Juiceman still champ in Consumer Reports' tests
Breville makes a lot of exceptional small appliances, including our top-rated food processor, the Breville Sous Chef BFP800XL/A, and our number one toaster oven, the Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL. It can now add juicer to the list of things it does well, after the Breville Juice Fountain Elite 800JEXL/B landed on the recommended list in Consumer Reports' latest juicer tests.
Breville's extractor-style juicer cranked out very good juice in our tests, plus it has many of the convenience features we look for, including an extra-wide feed tube, which means less cutting up of fruits and vegetables, plus a separate juice jug and pulp container. The one downside to the Breville juicer is its price. At $300, it costs three times as much as the top-rated Juiceman JM8000S. One difference between the two machines: the Juiceman left behind more pulp in our tests. So if you like your juice very smooth, paying more for the Breville makes sense.
While the other new models from our tests missed the recommended list, a few are worth mentioning. The KitchenAid Maximum Extraction KVJ0111OB costs $500 and has a lot of moving parts, which affected its ease of use score. However, juice performance was exceptional, so hard-core juicers may want to give it a look. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro 67650 is an easy extractor-style juicer that performed very well overall and costs just $60, making it a nice choice for first-time juicers.
We also tested the West Bend 75500, $40. Like other bargain models, its overall performance was mediocre, suggesting it doesn't pay to spend too little on a new juicer.
—Daniel DiClerico (@dandiclerico on Twitter)
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