Getting the Most From Your Automatic Lemon Smasher

I honestly didn't think I needed an automatic lemon smasher until I tried to make fresh lemonade for a massive backyard barbecue last summer. By the tenth lemon, my hand was cramping, my thumb was stinging from a tiny papercut I didn't know I had, and I'm pretty sure I'd only managed to get about half the actual juice out of the fruit. That's the moment I realized that while the old-fashioned wooden reamer looks cool in a rustic kitchen, it's a total pain when you actually have work to do. ...

May 12, 2026 · 6 min · Rule Goskov