/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9382344]

Have any of you broken a can opener before or is it just me that's a certain type of special?

I just used a fucking knife to open canned beans

[Anonymous No.9382346]

I have a few broken can openers in my second drawer.

[Anonymous No.9382364]

>>9382346
Thank God it's not just me, because my family is losing their shit over my stupidity right now

[Anonymous No.9382424]

>>9382344
The cheap ones tend to have the teeth on the wheel round off and become worthless. Sometimes they don't work just right with some can types and you end up with the big teeth on the gears not meshing correctly. Adding more pressure to get things working can break them.

Can openers are one of those tools you need several.

[Anonymous No.9382509]

Maybe you just had a cheap one but I've had the same can opener in my house for like 18 years and its never failed me. even has a bottle opener on the end

[Anonymous No.9382534]

never wash a can opener. water wrecks them.

[Anonymous No.9382586]

>>9382344
They break super easy desu. Especially the cheap ones, you'd think it's simple to make them but it's not

[Anonymous No.9382598]

>>9382344
Must've been a cheap piece of trash. Buy like a $16 one and you'll never need another one after.

[Anonymous No.9382609]

>>9382534
but.. gross

[Anonymous No.9382666]

>>9382424
The damn gears are always some shit metal that's the point of faliure so you buy more.

[Anonymous No.9382795]

Had one that served faithfully for decades that broke a year ago.
Have gone through two cheapos since.

[Anonymous No.9382800]

Only use a Leatherman in this house.. it's all we got, and it works flawless.

[Anonymous No.9382840]

Get a gearless style can opener. These things don't break.

[Anonymous No.9382917]

>>9382344
Must've been your retard strength, retard.

[Anonymous No.9383504]

>>9382344
Everyone in this thread already beat me to it, but tl;dr is you get what you pay for.

[Anonymous No.9383518]

>>9382344
Go old school and let your family fuck up the "good" can openers.

[Anonymous No.9383547]

I have broken cheap can openers, high end "premium" grad can openers with magnets to hold the can in place and generic can openers, that came in a kitchen tool set.

[Anonymous No.9383572]

>>9382666
>>9382424
>>9382346
So what are good can openers?

My mom had a single can opener from 1978 to 2009 and the only reason it got replaced is because someone managed to bend it.

I've had can openers last only a year before shitting out. The most any has lasted for me is 3 years.

[Anonymous No.9383573]

>>9383518
P-38...nice!

[Anonymous No.9383576]

>>9383572
Honestly, just the old ones. Found a can opener in my basement that must be from the 70s. Thing is bulletproof and cuts cans like butter. Don't know what kind of chineseium they're made of today, but old ones are made of pure, strong, American steel.

[Anonymous No.9383634]

>>9382344
i surmise youre a chair killer

[Anonymous No.9385314]

>>9382344
I go through these little shits like crazy. I hate it when they fray the labels and get little bits of it in the food.

[Anonymous No.9386733]

I know there are shitty ones that won't get a decent grip, but I've never seen one break.

You could try the kind that removes the lid from the side. My parents used to have one of those and it worked pretty smoothly.

[Anonymous No.9388228]

Don't you have easy open cans in Murrica?

[Anonymous No.9388411]

>>9383518

[Anonymous No.9388458]

Treat yourself. Go for the snap lock.

[Anonymous No.9388612]

Instead of fucking around with shit can openers you could always just buy a proper all metal one that will never break.

>2017
>Buying cheap shit chink made can openers
>KEK

I've had mine for for years, shit says "Made in West Germany" on it, get on my level, cucks

[Anonymous No.9388616]

>>9382344
I've broken loads of can openers that I've purchased at dollar stores but never a decent one. Just spend more than $1 next time you buy one.

[Anonymous No.9388926]

I have given up on can openers, no matter how cheap or how expensive they are. I just use the can opening tool on a Swiss Army Knife. It works flawlessly, never breaks or wears out and with a bit of practice it is as quick or quicker than any can opener.

[Anonymous No.9388934]

>>9388926
I mean that thing, in case you are wondering
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[Anonymous No.9388958]

>>9388934
Always used those as a bottle opener.

Never figured out how the fuck you're supposed to open a can with those!

[Anonymous No.9388974]

>>9388612
>Made in West Germany

[Anonymous No.9389124]

>>9388958
You pierce the can with the pointy bit and the round bit underneath goes on the outside rim

Then you just go around the edge pushing the pointer bit in and using the rounder part as leverage against the can rim

[Anonymous No.9389367]

>>9388612
>Made in West Germany
So we're only supposed to buy vintage can openers?
Because this seems to be the consensus of this thread, along with non-mechanical ones.

[Anonymous No.9389388]

>>9389124
Still made no sense at all, so i just spent the past 10 minutes looking up how to use the swiss army knife variants on youtube....

[Anonymous No.9389685]

[Anonymous No.9389690]

>>9389388
How is it even possible that you're an adult but have never seen how a traditional can opener is used?

[Anonymous No.9389694]

>>9389685
i got one of those.

[Anonymous No.9389841]

[/ck/ Observer No.9389851]

>>9389841
>shilling
That word again, /ck/.

[Anonymous No.9389859]

>>9389851
rather ironic to hear that shit from a namefag

[Anonymous No.9389877]

>>9389859
How is it ironic?
Do you understand irony?
I don't think you do.

[Anonymous No.9389885]

>>9389851
A true shill is supposed to say so. Those are the rules.