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Imusa Victoria Cast Iron Tortilla Press, 8 Inch | 
 enlarge | Brand: Imusa
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $23.99
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $4.00 (17%)
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 4005
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 3.3
Model: VICTORIA-85008
UPC: 094046850088
EAN: 0094046850088
ASIN: B00164T384
Release Date: April 26, 2008
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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| Features:
| • | 8 Inch Size | | • | Sturdy Construction | | • | Reinforced Pressing Handle | | • | Design Allows for Various Thicknesses of Tortillas | | • | Cast Iron |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Works great January 6, 2009
Tammy Poole (The Woodlands, TX)
I started making my own corn tortillas, and at first used a glass pie pan (put dough inbetween two pieces of zip lock plastic, and then squash with the pie plate.) I would have to press hard, and rotate the round pie dish to get the dough to squish out to the right size/thickness. It worked well, but I was afraid I would break the glass dish and cut myself I had to use so much pressure. It was sort of a rocking swirling motion to get it to press out right. It worked, but I had to lean on the plate too much. I had used a skillet bottom, but you couldn't see how big/thin the tortilla was, so if you don't buy this, try a pyrex pie pan on two plastic sheets of ziplock material.
My husband purchased this press for me, and it is so easy to use. I use two pieces of ziplock plastic, cut to fit the press, and my flour (Masa Harina) has a recipe on the back for 4, 8 and 12 torillas. These make balls about the size of a ping pong ball or golf ball. They squeeze out perfectly every time, and I use no pressure at all.
I have read that there are two types of presses: cast iron and aluminum. The aluminum is lighter, but requires more force. The cast iron is heavy, and comes with a "shiny paint job" that comes off with time, according to internet reveiws, but my dough does not touch the press with the plastic sheets, so this is simply cosmetic in my opinion. I did notice some grease on it, but I assumed it was to keep the product from rusting, being that it is iron....you put oil on your cast iron pans for this purpose. It was minimal oil.
To protect my granite counters, I put felt stick-on feet onto the bottom since it is heavy and iron. May not be needed, but it makes me feel better. I could not be more impressed with it, and I can whip out fresh tortillas in about 2 minutes. I had at first told my husband not to get me one, I'd continue with the pie plate, but now I am thrilled to have it. It is effortless. I hate to see that some people had theirs break, or not make thin tortillas, but I imagine it is just a problem with their particular unit. If my tortillas were any thinner, you couldn't get them off of the plastic sheet. If they were thicker, they wouldn't be "right." Hope that makes sense! I like the press, and hope that it lasts. I received it in November, and have used it almost daily, and it is now in January...I haven't seen any issues with the product in that amount of time.
 Makes Excellent Tortillas December 28, 2008
Caymus (Seattle, WA United States)
This is an excellent tortilla press. We just recieved one and yes, it is a bit greasy out of the box, but this is not a hinderance. It made very flat, thin, and (most importantly) consistently good tortillas.
In order to avoid contact with the grease (which there from the manufacturing process to prevent the cast iron from rusting - not necessarily a bad thing), we took a 1 gallon Ziploc bag (food grade plastic) and cut it at the seams to create two pieces of plastic. We then trimmed the plastic sheets to be slightly larger than the press. This works wonderfully, we only need to peel the pressed tortilla from the plastic sheet and lay it in to the griddle.
We would recommend this press to anyone interested in making their own tortillas, sopes, or other dishes requiring use of a press.
Works great for me! November 24, 2008
Mignonette (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The one I received had little grease on it, not that it would have bothered me much anyway.
It also presses the tortillas paper thin. In fact, I had to be careful not to get them too thin at first.
Recommend lining each side with plastic when pressing. Then transfer pressed tortilla to a piece of wax paper then onto the grill. That's just the easiest way we found to tranfer them.
Served warm with some queso fresca - yum!
Tortilla Press for Dummies November 2, 2008
J. Zimmerman (Lockhart, Texas United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This tortilla press is a formidable implement. It weighs a lot and would hurt like hell if you dropped it on your foot. It does, however, do an excellent job pressing rolls of dough into nice round tortillas. It would help, however, if there had been some instructions included in English. Maybe even a recipe or two?
Great product September 15, 2008
Savannah M. Harper (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like this tortilla press. I love making my own tortillas and this makes the process so much easier. My only issue with this particular product is that it sticks. I have found that using squares of wax paper on top and bottom is the easiest way to get perfect tortillas.
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