Macadamia Nut Cracker: The Drill Cracker

If you are looking for a Macadamia nut cracking tool that can crack nuts by the bucket full, look no further than the Drill Cracker. It is one efficient nut cracking machine that can fill up a five gallon bucket of macadamia nuts in five minutes. All you need to know to put this speed in perspective, is that the Drill Cracker is the fastest macadamia and hard nut shell cracker on the market for residential use.

All you need to use the Drill Cracker is a 1/4" or 3/4" drill and a bucket. If you have more than 5 gallons of nuts, you might want to get a few buckets because the Drill Cracker is going to crack those nuts very fast. And it cracks the nut shells without shattering the nut meat. 

Now if you do not need the speed and power of the Drill Cracker, there are other nut cracking tools on the market, including the Macadamia Nut Cracker. This nut cracking tool is not nearly as fast as the Drill Cracker but it is considerably less expensive and it reliably cracks Macadamia nuts.

So regardless of your nut cracking budget, there is a reliable nut cracking tool out there for you.

English Walnut Picker Upper: The Holt's Nut Wizard

Almost everyone loves harvesting English walnuts but no one loves the back breaking task of bending down to pick them up. Well, thanks to the Holt's Nut Wizard English walnut picker upper, you no need to bend over. The Holt's nut wizard is an ideal nut picker upper tool. Simply roll the wizard over your English walnut and the nuts appear to jump right in.

As you can see from the above picture, the nut wizard consists of a wooden pole attached to a cylindrical, wire basket. When you roll the wire basket over English walnuts, the wires open and engulf the walnut. As you continue rolling the basket the wires close with the walnuts trapped inside. So the Holt's Nut Wizard is quite the English walnut picker upper tool.

As you can also see from the picture above, the Holt's Nut Wizard comes in a variety of sizes. The different sized wizards are designed to pick up different types of objects. For example, you need a medium sized nut wizard for English walnuts. An extra-small nut wizard can be used to pick up ammo shell casings. A large nut wizard can be used to pick up apples and apple sized fruits.

So in summary, the Holt's Nut Wizard is a versatile English walnut picker upper tool. So this season, take the strain off your back and get a nut wizard.

:Cracking Black Walnuts With The Kenkel Cracker

We have written several posts about a variety of black walnut crackers. We have already identified the best commercial black walnut cracking machine for under $3,000. We have also written about a number of other inexpensive black walnut shellers for home use. But for some reason we have neglected to write about the Kenkel hard shell nutcracker.

The Kenkel nutcracker is specifically designed to crack tough, hard shell nuts, including black walnuts. It has a long handle that provides optimal nut cracking leverage and the amount of cracking pressure is user controlled. So the nut cracker has complete control and can ensure that the nut meat is not shattered.You can even adjust the cracking chamber to fit the size of the nuts you are cracking.


The Kenkel cracker is made of steel and will not rust. It may be the only hard nut shell cracker you ever need during your entire life time. And best of all the Kenkel cracker is very affordable at less than $60.

Kinetic Kracker: Best Pecan Cracker

By far, my favorite electric pecan cracking machine is the Kinetic Kracker. Why? For a couple of reasons, least of which is a fantastic pecan cracking machine for sale at a great price. The kinetic cracker reliably cracks 1,560 pecans per hour without missing a beat. It has a fan cooled electric motor that does not tire (over heat) so it can crack all of the pecans I can supply. And when I say that it cracks pecan, I do not mean that it smashes them into little pieces. The kinetic kracker actually senses the correct pressure needed to crack each individual pecan and adjusts accordingly. The kinetic kracker is a specialized pecan cracker that cracks pecans and pecans only.

The kinetic cracker functions as a commercial pecan cracker (ideal for small business operations) as well as a residential pecan cracker. Its small size makes it so mobile that you will end up taking your kinetic kracker to your friends' homes and cracking their pecans too. Or if you have a small pecan cracking business, you might just take the kinetic kracker along to a harvest and crack your pecan on site. Either way, the kinetic kracker is going to give you years of pecan cracking enjoyment. 

Best Price on Taylor Pea Sheller

We have written several articles about the legendary Taylor Pea Sheller, a pea shelling machine that is the most effective sheller on the market for residential use. But we wanted to let our readers know that they can now get a Taylor pea sheller at an amazingly great price at 855Sheller.com, where it's priced for under $400. That's quite a steal when compared to pea sheller retailers that sell the Taylor for over $500.

For those of you who have not heard about the Taylor Pea Sheller, let me tell you it is one smooth pea shelling machine. Featuring a 1/3 HP motor, this pea shelling machine is heavy duty. It is ideal for folks who are going to be shelling substantial numbers of pea bushels. The Taylor shells everything from black-eyed peas, crowders, lady fingers, white acres, to English peas. So you will get good use out of this pea sheller.

Taylor Pea Sheller Review

Today, I am going to review the "commercial pea sheller" known as the Taylor Pea Sheller. But before I begin this review, while the Taylor Pea Sheller is often referred to as a commercial pea sheller, it also perfectly suitable as a residential pea sheller. In fact, the Taylor Pea Sheller is larger and more reliable than other residential and light commercial pea shellers and it features a 1/3 HP motor. If you have a large home garden or will be shelling a substantial quantity of peas, the Talyor Pea Sheller is the preferred pea sheller for you. For smaller quantities of peas. the Mr. Pea Sheller is a more appropriate electric pea sheller.

What you are getting with the Taylor Pea Sheller is a lot of flexibility. Its small size makes the Taylor Pea Sheller highly mobile. You can take it with you to the kitchen, living room, or on an outside patio. Heck, you can take it to the field, as long as you can get a power source and ensure that the unit (and power source) are protected from moisture. Once you select a location to use your Taylor Pea Sheller, you will quickly discover that it can shell 3 to 4 bushels of peas per hour. The Taylor Pea Sheller is excellent for shelling black eyed peas, crowders, lady fingers, white acres, butter beans, and English peas.

Corn Husking with the EZ Chopper Cutting Board

Corn husking can be quite easy if you have the right tools. One of the essential tools that will make your corn husking easier is the EZ Chopper Cutting Board. The EZ Chopper features a cleaver holder that rotates on a food safe cutting board. When attached to a cleaver, the EZ Chopper allows you to efficiently and easily cut both ends of the corn for further corn processing. In addition to being a corn cutter, the EZ Chopper slices all kinds of other fruits and vegetables. It's ability to quickly process corn and other fruits and vegetables make the EZ Chopper a must have corn cutting tool.

But if you are looking to efficiently process your corn, do not stop with just the EZ Chopper. Once you have cut your corn ends with the EZ Chopper, use the the EZ Creamer Corn Cutter to complete your corn processing. The EZ Creamer corn creamer machine is an amazing tool that easily shucks, cuts and creams corn in seconds. It is an all in one corn sheller, corn shucker, and corn cuter.