Cherry Pitter success?

[itryalot]

It is my first attempt at pitting cherries and I hear your kitchen can end up looking like a slaughterhouse.
I went to my local kitchen place and they had about six different varieties. Any die hard cherry/olive pitters have a favorite?

[RGC1982]

I have the Williams Sonoma one too, but I still prefer to pit cherries over and into a deep mixing bowl because you can still get some spatter. Wear an apron if you like your clothes.

[kas]

how come when I do a search on chowhound for cherry pitter I found nothing but when I google it I found this thread???

anyways just wanna say I bought the OXO Good Grips cherry/olive pitter and found it misses a lot of pits and also the little splatter guard doesn't really prevent the juice from splashing and it keeps falling off ...... love the cherries though yummeeee

[buttertart]

We have had an OXO for several years and find that the juice goes all over the place.
The cherry pitter in our house far prefers this one: http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Int...
It cuts the time expended down by at least half (per him) and is a lot less messy.

[512window]

After reading another discussion on Chowhound about pitting with a paper clip, and being a skeptic, I tried it. Works great! So does a bobby pin.

Just stick the rounded end into the cherry, feel around for the pit, and pull it out.

I'm sure they have them at Amazon too. :-)

[buttertart]

I've done it that way and trust me this is easier and faster. And I have nothing to do with Amazon professionally by the way.

[Island]

Multiple! Now that's the way to go!

[buttertart]

Yes indeed!

[ajilani]

I find the chopstick method just as messy as doing it manually. I pit cherries for my two little girls and have just resigned to having very unlady-like looking fingers! I thought about a cherry pitter but didn't want to add to the gadget drawer!

[girlwonder88]

I was going to recommend this one-the Cherry It does 4 at once and has a guard so no juice and pits flying. Better by far than my old one.

[buttertart]

My cherry fancier at home loves it.

[Pumpkinseed]

I have a cherry pitter that came from the wall-mounted rack of gadgets at Crate & Barrel. It cost about $12.00 two or three years ago. It's a efficient little gizmo that I use frequently while cherries are in season. It punches those pits right out.

[alanthiana]

I have to agree with the oxo recommendation. I just bought it a week ago, and pitting an entire bag of cherries with it. It works great.

[Karl S]

Oxo.Period.

[jenni49]

My Oxo brand pitter, purchased from W&S works great. Only does one cherry at a time, but minimal splatter & it cleans up easily.

[valerie]

I have the Oxo one too. It works well and as you said, cleans up easily. I got it at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

[Island]

The one I have from Williams Sonoma works well.

[itryalot]

Just looked it up; I like it.

[Island]

Just looked it up and the one shown with the black housing is different than what I have which is a few years old. Looks like the same pitting action though, just more souped up. That plastic shield the cherry passes thru after being pitted looks like a useful improvement. Mine doesn't have it and pitted cherries do tend to fly out in random directions when pitting quickly. Also it doesn't waste any cherry "meat" which is always a good thing.

[KCrossland]

I have that one too and pitted 5 lbs of cherries the other day. the guard on the bottom is genius!