Five years ago, I wrote about the Roma by Weston Brands. It was the first electric tomato strainer I’d ever encountered and it totally changed how I preserved tomatoes. I went from someone who did mostly whole, peeled tomatoes to someone who did 30 or 40 quarts of puree each season.
As much as I loved it, that original model did have some issues. The body was so light that when you pushed the tomatoes through, it would tilt precariously (a problem I remedied by perching my elbow on the body to keep it level). It also splattered badly when you pushed the tomatoes through, because there was nothing covering the screen.
I am delighted to say that Weston Brands has thoroughly redesigned their electric tomato press and this new model (the Weston Deluxe Electric Tomato Strainer) is terrific. The body is heavier and less prone to tipping. There’s a screen cover to prevent splatter. It has a 250 watt motor which flies through food. It can go in reverse if something gets stuck. And it assembles so easily.
For my unit’s maiden voyage, I used it to quickly puree applesauce (it’s still a little early to be doing tomato sauce around here). I quartered every apple in the house, heaped them in a big pot (peels and cores included), and cooked them until soft. Once I started, it took all of five minutes to mill all those apples.
If you’re looking for something to make your tomato preservation easier, I definitely recommend it! This week, I’m giving away one Weston Deluxe Electric Tomato Strainer to a lucky Food in Jars reader. I hope it transforms your tomato process as much as it did mine. The giveaway is open to US residents only. Please use the widget below to enter.
Disclosure: Weston Brands provided the review unit you see pictured here at no cost to me and are also providing a second giveaway unit. All opinions are my own.
I dehydrate cherry tomatoes for a faux “sun dried” tomato
I usually can the tomatoes.
I like to can them and make great salsa.
WHAT A GREAT IDEA. HOW EASY TO USE….
I love to make a tomato vegetable juice to use all winter and tomato soup.
I love a simple cooked tomato sauce with onions, that way I can use it in almost any type of dish (Italian, Mexican, Indian, etc)
My husband requested I make two dozen half-pint jars of your tomato jam this year. It’s amazing how many tomato based items we go through each year! Sometimes it’s hard finding the right number that will last us the whole year until tomatoes are available again. I personally enjoy using your recipe for diced tomatoes that you created for the Mrs. Wages website. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!! The electric tomato strainer would certainly cut down on a lot of processing time, which is always nice :).
I love to can them and make sauces!
I’m curious to explore what else I could be doing with tomatoes and other varieties.
I’ve had your first post about the Weston tomato strainer bookmarked all this time. Exciting to see a new and improved model!
What an amazing giveaway! Ive wanted one of these bad boys since your first wrote about it 5 years ago!
I like to can pizza and spaghetti sauce
This is such an awesome giveaway! Fingers crossed!
Pizza sauce! The recipe in Preserving by the Pint.
I love to make salsa.
Freezer tomato sauce with whatever other veggie is on it’s last legs (peppers, green beans, broccoli, onion, kale, etc). Bring to a simmer, reduce, puree, then freeze in pint size jars.
I love my hand crank but this would be a dream!
What an amazing give away!
I am brand new to preserving food and haven’t canned any of our tomatoes yet, but this would be so helpful in my learning process!!
I am just now learning to can! I love following you and I really, REALLY want to win this!!
I learned to can tomatoes from my Sicilian neighbor and her monster strainer — would love to have my own for my own batches of tomatoes and apple butter!
I’m fairly new to canning and so far my favorite way to can tomatoes is whole. From which I learned from your post on 5 ways to preserve large tomatoes. I’m hoping to try my hand a sauce and jams later this year.
Thanks for all the informative posts and giveaway.
I love making my own sauce. This tool would make it so much easier to can my tomatoes for that!
What a great tool to own!
Wow…that would be such a huge time saver! I make so much spaghetti/pizza sauce, etc!
My kids want to make their own sauces!
I’ve dehydrated tomatoes and packed in olive oil in the past. This year I’ve specifically planted tomatoes for sauce – they are still growing (fingers crossed). Thanks for reviewing this Weston food mill, I’m glad it’s been useful. Someone is going to be very lucky at the end of your giveaway.
I love to do plain crushed tomatoes so I can add flavorings later.
My tomatoes are just coming in and it looks like it will be a huge crop this year. This would make processing so much easier than hand milling.
This would be wonderful for applesauce too!
This looks awesome!!
I love making tomato nectarine relish at this time of the year. I got the recipe from my moms friend who passed away several years ago. It’s incredibly delicious and it reminds me of Lois who was a funny kind woman whom we all miss.
Would you mind sharing the recipe for the tomato nectarine relish please? Either here or email me at drags59 at yahoo dot com
We love making homemade tomato sauce to open in the middle of winter!
I need this in my life! I love to make tomato puree to last all winter. This would be a godsend!!
I joined a CSA this year and have been overwhelmed by the number of tomatoes each week! Would love to process them like this. I’ve only made salsa and canned that before. Would love to preserve more tomatoes for the winter months!
I want to process more tomatoes and this looks like a great tool to help make that happen.
What a great tool!
I make loads of salsa every year, but I’ve always wanted to can tomato sauce.
would be wonderful to have the electric mill to make tomato sauce. I’m sure the time saved would be tremendous.
This looks really cool. I usually just freeze them cause I’m not too sure what else to do.
Amazing giveaway! Thanks!
I usually use my kitchen aid attachment to strain apples and tomatoes, but this looks much sturdier.
I run out of time and usually toast and freeze, unfortunately.
Your tomato jam recipe is one of my favorite ways to preserve tomatoes.
This looks so great! I usually just can my tomatoes whole, but would love to do more sauce or just crushed tomatoes if I had an easier way to do this.