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A four-sided stainless grater at 308 g (10.9 oz), with a removable rubber base that also seals the bottom edge.
What we would actually buy The only listing here that tells you the rubber base has a second job — it stops grated cheese escaping under the bottom edge, which is where a good deal of it usually goes. Twelve dollars, and no container.
“It also prevents food from escaping out the bottom of the grater.”
A box grater is an open-bottomed box. Four grating faces and nothing underneath.
Stand it on a board, grate a block of cheddar, and a fair share of the cheese comes out under the bottom edge and ends up round the outside rather than in a pile beneath. Then you push it back in with your fingers.
A rubber bottom closes that gap: the grater sits sealed against the board, and everything stays inside until you lift it.
Eleven other listings on this shelf mention a non-slip base. Only Spring Chef names this second job.
Which is the other detail worth having, and GORILLA GRIP makes the same point on this shelf: a fixed rubber rim is a trap. Cheese works into the gap between rubber and steel, and no brush reaches it.
Removable means it comes off and goes in the machine with everything else.
Second best on this shelf, behind only the $9.98 Urbanstrive:
Mass is panel stiffness on a grater. A thin-gauge box flexes when you press hard cheese against it, and a flexing panel makes the edges skip — which is what most people mean when they say a grater feels blunt.
Six graters on this shelf have a detachable container — the three KitchenAids, GORILLA GRIP, OXO, Urbanstrive. Seven do not, including this one.
The case for a container: it catches, it measures (KitchenAid publishes cup graduations), and with a lid it stores.
The case against: one more thing to wash, more height on an object that is already awkward to put away, and it is in the way when all you want is parmesan over a plate.
This grater is built for the second habit: grate straight onto the board, the plate or into the bowl.
WALDWERK’s answer on this shelf is a third option — an oak collecting board underneath.
Spring Chef sells two graters here:
This — $11.99 — 308 g Spring Chef XL — $13.99 — 180 g — described as “wider than our original grater” with “a greater holding capacity”
A wider grater of the same construction cannot weigh forty-two per cent less. One of the two figures is wrong, and the published dimensions do not settle it.
Treat both as unreliable.
No steel grade. Three graters here publish 304 — Urbanstrive, Cuisipro and WALDWERK — and the other ten, including this, say only “stainless steel”. The cheap grade sold under the same word is 430, which rusts at the punched edges.
No blade process, which only WALDWERK addresses: other manufacturers cheaply stamp the blades… we etch them.
No warranty.
On sale at around $12 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Sides | Four — coarse grating, medium grating, fine grating/zester, and a slicer |
|---|---|
| Base | Removable rubber, which prevents slipping AND stops food escaping out of the bottom |
| Blades | Sharp stainless steel, stated to cut cleanly |
| Design | A sleek shape, stated to make grating cheese and soft foods easy |
| Suitable for | Cheese, parmesan, potato, squash, courgette, carrot, lemon, cucumber |
| Dishwasher | Safe |
| Weight | 308 g (10.9 oz) |
| Metal per dollar | 25.7 g (0.9 oz) — second highest on this shelf |
| Dimensions | 140 × 121 × 241 mm (5.51 × 4.76 × 9.49 in) |
| Container | None — the rubber base collects instead |
| Steel grade | Not published by the maker |
| Blade process | Not stated |
| Against the maker’s own XL | This weighs 308 g (10.9 oz) and the XL 180 g (6.3 oz) — see the FAQ |
| Warranty | Not published by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B011B8M2GO |
| EAN | 0712324502237 |
It is the most useful sentence on this shelf, and only Spring Chef says it. A box grater is an open-bottomed box: four grating faces and nothing underneath. Stand it on a board and grate a block of cheddar, and a good deal of the shredded cheese comes out under the bottom edge and ends up round the outside of the grater rather than in a pile beneath it. A rubber bottom closes that gap — so the grater sits sealed against the board and everything stays inside until you lift it. Spring Chef states both jobs in one bullet: it "prevents slipping and sliding on your counter, cutting board or plate. It also prevents food from escaping out the bottom." Eleven other listings mention a non-slip base and name only the slipping.
It should not, and one of the two figures is wrong. Spring Chef sells two graters on this shelf: this one at $11.99 and 308 g (10.9 oz), and an XL at $13.99 and 180 g (6.3 oz) that the listing describes as "wider than our original grater" with "a greater holding capacity". A wider grater of the same construction cannot weigh forty-two per cent less. The published dimensions do not settle it either — 140 × 121 × 241 mm (5.51 × 4.76 × 9.49 in) here against 251 × 142 × 127 mm (9.88 × 5.59 × 5 in) for the XL, which look like different orientations rather than different products. Treat both weights as unreliable. If mass matters to you, the figures that can be cross-checked on this shelf are KitchenAid’s 458 and 499 g (17.6 oz) and WALDWERK’s 621 g (21.9 oz) with its oak base.
It depends entirely on where you grate, and this shelf splits almost evenly. Six graters here have a detachable container: the three KitchenAids, GORILLA GRIP, OXO and Urbanstrive. A container catches, measures and then stores the cheese with a lid — useful if you grate ahead, and KitchenAid’s publish cup graduations. Seven have none, including this one, and rely on a non-slip base so you can grate straight onto a board, a plate or into a bowl. The honest case against a container is that it is one more thing to wash, it adds height to an already awkward object to store, and it gets in the way when you only want a handful of parmesan over a plate of pasta. WALDWERK’s answer on this shelf is a third one: an oak collecting board.
Grating straight onto a board or a plate, where a container would be in the way
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 2,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
22.9 cm (9 in) · 18/0 stainless (95%) · four cutting faces · non-slip base · stainless handle
A 22.9 cm (9 in) four-sided box grater in 18/0 stainless with a non-slip base — the shape every kitchen has, at the entry price.
Best for: Everyday cheese and vegetables.
≈ $10
10 × 24 cm (3.9 × 9.4 in) · four-in-one · stainless · stated stable and safe · slicing, shredding and grating
A four-sided stainless grater with published dimensions — 10 × 24 cm (3.9 × 9.4 in) — covering slicing, shredding and grating in one body.
Best for: A kitchen where the grater lives in a cupboard rather than a drawer.
Four-sided 304 stainless steel box grater with a detachable base that doubles as a ginger grater, four grating surfaces from fine to coarse, patented surface glide technology and a non-slip handle
A four-sided 304 stainless grater whose detachable base is a fifth, ginger-grating surface.
Best for: Anyone who grates ginger and garlic as often as cheese — the base is the reason to buy it
≈ $21
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
