Recommend a good garlic press

Pampered chef has lasted in my kitchen.

The best garlic press is one that stays in the drawer. Take a clove off the head, lightly crush with the side of your chef knife, the peel slides off easily, then give it another good whack with the knife side, a few knife strokes and you have minced garlic. Elapsed time <1 minute.

I have a really nice OXO garlic press in the drawer of misfit cooking tools, along with lettuce scissors, shrimp peelers etc..

I find a garlic press wastes a lot.

I have a truffle shaver that's basically a handheld mandolin that uniformly slices garlic very thin. Much easier than slicing with a knife and less messy than a garlic press.

This way…add a little salt and make it smoother. Use a razor if you want thin slices.

No need to waste money and texture

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I’ve had a few, but I just hate peeling the residual out after every clove. If I’m making a “nice” dish I’ll just take the time to mince it with my knife.

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Same here. Can't really beat the side of a chef's knife to crush it a bit, making removing the peel very easy and then just rocking the knife over the garlic to finely mince it. No damn press to clean afterwards.

The only one I ever had was a gift and it died a lonely death in the misc. drawer in the kitchen.

Zulay Press. Cheap. All metal. All one piece. Easy squeeze, very little waste. Easy to clean.

Zulay Garlic Press

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I just hate peeling the residual out after every clove

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There’s no need to pull out what’s left in the press after each one, just keep putting whole cloves in the press and squeezing, what’s left in there will go through with the next one. I’ll throw the “residual” in the pot with the rest too of the garlic, so there isn’t any waste but a little juice.

If that’s the case I always peel the skin off the clove