FoodCycler® FC-50
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Web ID: 11847819Love it!
I have had mine for several years and it’s still going strong! So convenient and then use it for yard fertilizer! Doesn’t get any better than that!
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Frustrating
Bought this a few years back and it was great. Now I want to recycle it😡. Almost every time I use it, the scraps end up as a fused mess like concrete! I have to soak it for days, scrape pieces little by little until I can get the blades to rotate. Sometimes it takes 1-2 hours before it’s free to move the blades. I believe the worst are peels like from kiwi. Firm tools to help clean under the blades would help but put in the manual not to put fruit peels in it!!!!
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Response from vitamix.com
Hi there! We are sorry to hear that you are having trouble with food sticking in the bucket. We have found if you spray the bucket with a nonstick spray before adding your scraps, it helps a lot.
Cuts down on volume and messiness of our trash
We love it. We've had it for almost 2 years now, and it greatly reduces the volume of food waste we have to send to the landfill. I've used some of the resulting desiccated matter to mix in with potting and gardening soil, but as an apartment dweller, I just don't have the real estate for using it all. However, like I said in the beginning, drying out and grinding up the organic waste we produce in the kitchen means our garbage bags never get wet, and we can change the bags less frequently because they fill up more slowly. Both of these mean that we send less plastic to the landfill (even though it's "compostable", they still take a long time to break down).
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Not recommended
Only composting vegetable peels and it gave up the ghost at 4 months. It will not stop cycling. It just keeps going and stays on.
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Recommend with a few modifications
This product is great for processing VEGETABLE material and smaller bones and peels but a huge downside is that it turns fruits with high sugar content into fruit leather - which jams the machine and creates a big hassle to unstick the bucket. If you avoid putting high sugar content fruits in it, ensure you cut up high fiber foods, AND include some sort of shredded “fiber” material like sawdust, it works mostly like a charm.
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compost-a-later
very helpful for managing compost in winter when outdoor tumbler is frozen and not composting. great product
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Vitamix never dissappoints!!
Great product for composting large amounts of fruit/veggies/leftovers!
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Turns leftover food into dirt
This works really well. I've used it several times since I purchased, and it literally turns my leftover food scraps into dirt. My only complaint is that based on the design it can be a little hard to get clean (especially if I throw it in the dishwasher). While gathering food scraps there is no noticeable smell even after sitting out for a few days. I would recommend this to others.
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