King Kooker JRC Jalapeno Corer Tool

This is a great tool! The first time I tried to core jalapeños, I tried a variety of knives and any other sharp pointy tools I could find in the kitchen. In the end, my best option was a Swiss Army knife, but it was far from ideal. It took me forever, made a huge mess, and no matter how careful I was, I still tore the tops of the jalapeños. I was determined to find a better way to core a silly jalapeño. I read reviews on Amazon for several different jalapeño corers, and I am SO glad I chose this one! It works great!! In just a short time, I had 14 perfectly cored jalapeños, with 14 intact cores. (See photo.) I highly recommend this tool!!

There are a surprising number of jalapeño corers for sale on Amazon and I had a really hard time knowing which one to choose. Many of them are more or less at the same price point, too, so that didn't help me either. Because I've never owned another one, I also don't have any way to compare different types of tools. I'm really under-selling my review, aren't I? Here's how I use the tool: I run the serrated blade between the core and the flesh of the jalapeño and then scrape the dislodged core out with the blade. That takes out most, but leaves some membrane and seeds behind. At that point, I scrape the remaining membrane and seeds out with the blade. I'm sure this is essentially the same method everyone uses and that I'm not contributing much with this description, but without reading instructions or advice on how to core a pepper, this is what was most intuitive. Formerly, I used a small knife, and that was really ineffective and imprecise. This fits well inside the pepper and makes the job considerably easier and faster. Also, the seeds don't stick to the blade nearly as much as they stick to an ordinary knife. There's a large opening in the middle of the blade, as you can see, and so many of the seeds fall through. The gap also discourages the seeds from sticking. I'm not having to constantly wipe my blade before coring another jalapeño. Another corer on here pulls out the center with sort of a curled piece, and I can't speak to the effectiveness of that, but I don't think it's necessary based solely on my experience with this one. Once you cut around the center, it comes out with issue. This is a very simple design, but as such, it can be better adapted for a variety of uses and pepper sizes. I like it. Like others, I make jalapeño poppers, but low-carb ones - I soften cream cheese, add cilantro, garlic, and other spices, as well as a little shredded cheddar, and stuff, then bake. No breading. Before this corer, my method was to cut in half and scrape seeds and membranes, but they look so much prettier whole. And now that coring them is so easy, I'm making this recipe a lot more. I guess what I need now is a way to more easily stuff my whole peppers.

Extremely satisfied with this. It works very well. I use it for any jalapeno dish.

This is a simple, sturdy, handy, little jalapeno corer, perfect for use when hollowing out peppers for making poppers. What used to be a huge chore involving blanching and slitting and scraping with a spoon, now is done in minutes with fresh peppers, preserving their crunch! Sometimes it takes more than one pass to get all of the pulp out, but it's not difficult to use, at all. The only thing I dislike about it, and the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is that the handle is just part of the blade, and your hand kind of slips up and down on it as you use it. There is no plastic or padding, so the sides kind of dig into your palm as you are gripping it. It's not too bad if you are only doing, say, 6 or 12 peppers or so. But if you are doing A LOT of peppers, that handle can really start to irritate your hand! Or maybe I am just a wuss and need to develop some calluses, lol. I would still recommend this tool.

I live in Texas and I love jalapenos. I have spent years core-ing those pesky things, and while it's not the hardest thing ever, you can launch seeds everywhere. You can touch the cores on your fingers and end up burning yourself someplace later if you don't get it all off. You can miss some of the veins and then it's too hot. List goes on folks. This thing amazes me every time I use it. All you need is a knife to cut off the top and this thing has a serrated edge to cut the veins, has a smoother cutter on the back to scrape. Is almost the perfect taper to get all the way to the bottom. The only thing that might be better than this is when you chop up the jalapenos, add them to cheese and cream cheese and then roll them in eggroll or wonton wrappers and deep fry. (you're welcome). But if you want to fill them, this is the ticket.

Perfect tool for getting jalapeños. I will never use anything else. Worth the money. I have 2, one for home and one for camping.

I do a lot of canning and cooking with all sorts of hot peppers. This tool is a game changer. Cuts the de-seeding time in half. Best use I've found is on jalapeños and hungarian hots. Some peppers are too slim for the tool to fit into. Great addition!

This tool is more adequate for coring jalepeno peppers than the type that is circular. That is because it acts more similar to a paring knife. The serrations could be sharper. The handle is a good size, both lenght and circumference. I still find that a paring knife is useful in conjuction with this coring tool. However, this coring tool is useful for the stated purpose of coring jalepeno peppers.