Norpro 5 1/2-Inch Stainless Steel Funnel with Detachable Strainer

Works as advertised.

Purchased a deep fryer on Amazon that uses 1 gallon of oil. Also bought 1 gallon glass jar with lid (thick glass). Needed something more than regular funnel. Purchased this due to shape, size and built in filtering (non removable. Also came with cheese cloth, haven't used cloth yet. Works perfectly for intended use. Place in mouth of 1 gallon jar, slowly pour in luke warm used cooking oil from fryer. Filters out chunks, etc. I always stop before pouring in last bit from fryer tray to funnel. I stop when I start to see small pieces. Without using cheese cloth, I only get a very small amount of fine particles in bottom of storage jar. No big deal! When I re-use the oil, I stop pouring into fryer when I reach the sediment in bottom of jar. Then clean out with paper towels. Works great and easy. Have re-used same fryer oil 7 times, still clean with no foam when cooking. I keep original container oil was in for disposal after its time to refresh oil. This funnel works perfectly for what I needed it for! Just ordered 2 more. 1 for when I make chicken soup broth from real boiled chicken. Will also use cheese cloth for that. 2nd one will go in stash box. Funny thing is at $10 each, I paid $20 + tax for 2 funnels. Yet the 2 pack is $27 + tax, doesn't make sense but whatever. This is an excellent perfect size funnel for the kitchen. Well made stainless and easy to clean. I spray it with 50/50 vinegar & water in spray bottle, let sit a couple minutes. Then hand wash with Dawn, comes out perfectly clean, no oil residue.

After lots of careful consideration (I.e. browsing random stuff on Amazon for hours), I purchased this funnel specifically for filtering my homemade limoncello and arancello. Another reviewer stated that they had used it with #2 sized coffee filters, and I thought that would be perfect for my needs. So I ordered both the funnel and filters, along with a ton of other awesome stuff I probably don't need, and it all arrived two days later. Yay Amazon Prime. The nitty gritty about the funnel: it's sturdy, well made, and the strainer stays securely in place. It looks exactly like the picture, and does not feel flimsy or chintzy at all. It's easy to clean, and seats well in all of my awesome canning jars. Even the smaller, half-liter size. Definitely worth the $10 price tag. Now for the warning to those who wish to use this funnel along with coffee filters to make delightful homemade infusions: I decided to test out my funnel + coffee filter apparatus before attempting to filter all three liters of extracted goodness, wanting to optimize the process and not waste a drop of my precious liquid sunshine. This was a fortunate decision on my part, as I decided to begin with filtering delicious, bacon-infused bourbon. I then proceeded to dump nearly the entire half liter all over my countertops. The compatibility of the funnel with #2 sized cone filters is a dirty, dirty lie! I had to hold the filters during the entire filtering process; if I let go, the filter would tip over, spilling the entire (unfiltered!) contents down the funnel or on the counter, and I had to start all over again. NOT good. Finally, I finished filtering the bacon-infused bourbon, but vowed to find a better way. Since I don't own a coffee maker that requires filters, I had no clue where to start. So I scoured Amazon (I.e. browsed even more random stuff) for other filters and compared dimensions. I finally settled on the basket-style Melitta filters, and ended up buying both the junior 4-6 cup size, as well as the regular 8-12 cup size at Target. (What can I say? I'm impatient. Plus they were like $1.50 for 200.) After trying multiple configurations, the way that worked best for me was to have the strainer in place, with two regular 8-12 cup size coffee filters on top. I was originally worried that the pull tab for the strainer would pierce the filters, but they were very sturdy and I didn't have any issues with perforation. When I finally ended up filtering my limoncello and arancello, I was pretty much a pro at the whole filtering thing, the process took much less time than I anticipated. I can't wait to make more delicious booze! For those of you with Amazon Review ADD, the CliffsNotes version: Funnel is awesome. Buy it. To finely filter stuff, use regular-sized, basket-style Melitta coffee filters with it. Leave the strainer in place. Yes, even with the pull tab sticking up. No, it won't pierce the filters. Yes, I promise. Use 2 filters nested together. Replace with 2 more when they get clogged up. Repeat until you're happy with the result. Thank me for the great advice. Send me samples of your delicious, nicely filtered booze.

This works well, stainless is nice, fit of the filter is good. It works really well if your moving a liquid with a bunch of gunk (IE: your mash) into another container and don't want all the yuk in it. The only thing that makes it 4 stars and not 5 is there is a lip inside where the filter sits, if your pouring something you really want the last drop of, the lip catches it and it's stuck. If I'm moving finished Bourbon I use a different funnel b/c I want every last drop but if I'm moving my mash to my fermenter I use this guy. It also has a small 1/4' spout that fits into a beer bottle or wine bottle if your transferring into a small mouthed vessel. Well worth the $$$.

Smaller than I expected but good quality and worth the price

This works well for filtering water kefir grains out or for adding flavors to my bottled water kefir for the second ferment. The narrow part of the funnel fits well into my swing top bottles (I have a few different types, but I generally use bottles similar to these if it won't be building too much pressure: Bormioli Rocco Moresca Bottle, 33.75 oz, Clear ). The indented part of the funnel doesn't reach all the way to the top of the bottle, so I do have to lift the funnel a bit to allow air to escape and the bottle to fill, but that isn't any trouble. Some of my narrower necked swing top bottles are so narrow that only part of the tip (and thus only the indented part of the funnel) fit into the bottle and with those bottles the funnel does not need to be lifted in order or the bottle to fill. The funnel fits securely enough into any of my bottles to be easy to use. Overall, this is a great, easy to clean funnel that works great for my needs.

You cant be surprised with a funnel....it's a funnel. No moving parts. It does what a funnel does...It funnels lol. Well it's very well constructed. It's made solidly. The strainer is designed to filter out larger particles. What I'm working on is setting up a rig that will have 2 funnels. This 1 will catch the big particles, and the second 1 will be lined with a coffee filter. Cutting the top off of a soda bottle will work fine, and the spout even fits in most standard cooking oil containers. You can just use a coffee filter on a single funnel if you like, but it will take longer if your oil is dirty. Enjoy.

Work great