The 8 Best Garlic Presses Of 2024
Mincing garlic will never be a problem again.

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Garlic is in so. Many. Recipes. But sometimes preparing it can be, well, fiddly. You have to separate the cloves. Peel off their thin papery skins. Chop everything into tiny pieces. It's enough to make someone want to buy, gasp, pre-minced garlic. Don't do it—bottled products often include stabilizers like citric acid and phosphoric acid. They're also generally pasteurized, which zaps a clove's quintessential pungency. That's no good for reaching the maximum flavor potential of dishes like this epically garlicky spaghetti, these lemony garlic shrimp, and this tempting honey garlic-glazed salmon.
Enter the garlic press, which is here to make life easier for garlic lovers everywhere. Here's everything you need to know about this handy kitchen gadget.
What is a garlic press, and how else can you chop garlic?
A garlic press is a tool that pushes an unpeeled (yes, unpeeled!) garlic clove through a small grid of holes, which mashes them into a thick paste. The most common garlic press has two handles and a compartment for the garlic. A piston pushes the garlic through the holes as you bring the two handles together.
We also looked at tools that are technically not garlic presses, but do the same job: Garlic twisters and ceramic plates, which both rely on two sets of teeth to grind the garlic. There are also microplanes, which finely grates garlic into a paste, and mechanical choppers.
What else can you do with a garlic press and similar gadgets?
Traditional garlic presses can also be used for mashing other small items like olives, capers, anchovies, and even ginger. Garlic twisters, ceramic plates, and microplanes can be used for hard cheeses, shallots, nuts, and herbs.
Our top picks
- Best Overall Garlic Press: OXO Good Grips Soft- Handled Garlic Press
- Best Splurge Garlic Press: Rösle Stainless Steel Mincing Garlic
- Best Restaurant-Quality Garlic Press: Mannkitchen Double Lever Assisted Stainless Steel Garlic Press
- Best Stainless Steel Garlic Press: Küchenprofi Parma Stainless Steel Garlic Press
- Best Garlic Twister: NexTrend Garlic Twister
- Best Ceramic Garlic Grater: Kyocera Advanced 3-1/2-inch Ceramic Grater
- Best Microplane Garlic Grater: Microplane Premium Classic Spice Grater
- Best Garlic Chopper: Chef'n Garliczoom Garlic Chopper
How we picked these products
We asked chefs from around the country, as well as our Delish staff, about their favorite garlic presses and similar tools to use at home and compiled the best of the bunch. We looked for gadgets that were easy to hold, easy to clean (hello, dishwasher-safe tools!), and could mince whole garlic cloves in no time. Some of these options fall into the traditional garlic press category, meaning you don't have to peel each clove. Others require you to peel cloves, but have other selling points.


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