# Stalking the perfect cheese grater **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428 "2005-03-01T14:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/1 "2005-03-01T14:44:03Z")
After many years of loyal service, my [Zyliss rotary cheese grater](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00004T148/ref=dp_product-image-only_0/002-1800522-2245616?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=507846) was mortaly wounded in a fight with the dispose-all. I still have a box grater, which I use for the softer cheeses and shredding vegetables, but for hard cheese and chocolate, nothing beats a rotary. I could just get another Zyliss, but since the Dope contains the collective experiece of some of the smartest people on the net, I though I’d solicit your recomendations. What kind of cheese graters do you all know and love? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/2 "2005-03-01T15:27:38Z")
I use a Microplane for hard cheese. I see they make a [rotary model](http://www.microplane.com/39000.shtml), but I just use a flat one - [this model](http://www.microplane.com/40020.shtml), to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/3 "2005-03-01T15:34:26Z")
Oh, man, I couldn’t live without a Zyliss. I bought a new one because I really needed two. They’ve changed the style a little to something they must think is more ergonomic. I might be an old reactionary, but I still pick up the old one before I use the new one. The old one seems to have more leverage. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/4 "2005-03-01T15:50:04Z")
I use one we got at IKEA. It’s a little “tupperware” box with two grater lids that fit on it. It has a no-slip bottom. You hand grate the cheese, but it all falls right into the box. It’s pretty convenient. We make our own pizza, so we use it pretty often. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/5 "2005-03-01T16:36:55Z")
I second the Microplane suggestion. They make a great grater. I use [this one](http://www.microplane.com/40001.shtml), but I may consider picking up their rotarty model, now. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/6 "2005-03-01T18:31:11Z")
I’ve had a Zyliss for years, and it sucks. For Christmas I got a [Microplane](http://www.microplane.com/35001.shtml), and I cannot believe this thing isn’t in every kitchen in the world. Mine is designated ‘coarse’ and it’s the only grater I will use for the rest of my long and fruitful life. It blasts through _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/7 "2005-03-01T18:50:51Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I use one we got at IKEA. It’s a little “tupperware” box with two grater lids that fit on it. It has a no-slip bottom. > > You hand grate the cheese, but it all falls right into the box. It’s pretty convenient. We make our own pizza, so we use it pretty often. I got that for my birthday this past october, I love it…SO much easier to keep clean than the box grater I had been using!!! I also recommend it=) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-the-perfect-cheese-grater/292428/8 "2005-03-01T19:00:36Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > I’ve had a Zyliss for years, and it sucks. For Christmas I got a [Microplane](http://www.microplane.com/35001.shtml), and I cannot believe this thing isn’t in every kitchen in the world. > > Mine is designated ‘coarse’ and it’s the only grater I will use for the rest of my long and fruitful life. It blasts through _everything_. I second the 35000 series, they come with a cover that covers the teeth so that the grater doesn’t get bashed up when in the drawer between uses.