Are you looking for the best sweet potato french fry cutter options? You’re in the right place! This guide can help you find the right one…
In this guide, you’ll learn:
- Our picks for the best four sweet potato cutters.
- Attributes you should look for in a sweet potato cutter.
- What the pros and cons are of our top picks.
Quick Summary
One important note is that even though the manufacturers of these cutters say that they are good for sweet potatoes, some sweet potatoes can be extremely dense (depending on each potato) and hard to push through the cutters even if it is super heavy duty.
However, this can be negated rather easily by cutting the potatoes to the appropriate size before getting them through the blades. We’ll touch on the best blade sizes (hint – it’s 1/2″) and some other tips throughout this guide.
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Common Questions
How Do these Potato Cutters Work?
There are a few different types of french fry cutters that we’ve listed here, but most consumer and commercial fry cutters operate in the following way…
- Using suction cups, the user secures the potato slicer to a table or other stable surface.
- Then, the user selects a screen or cutting blade. The blade determines how thin or thick the fry cut is. It’s also important to consider that thinner blades will have a hard time cutting sweet potatoes. If you’re cutting yams, you’ll want to use the thickest blade that your product comes with (usually 1/2″ is ideal)
- The potato is then peeled and placed in the device against the blades. It can also be cut to a more manageable shape or size if it’s too large. This makes it easier to push the potato through the fry cutter.
- The user then uses the lever (or the lever is pulled electronically), which forces the potato through the screened blades of the fry cutter.
- Viola! You’ve got french fries.
The following video shows what you can expect from one of the more popular french fry cutters on the market.
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Why Invest in One?
A regular knife can do a semi-decent job of cutting potatoes for french fries, but if you want to step it up a notch, you’ll need a tool designed specifically for the job.
A high-end sweet potato slicer typically mounts to a kitchen countertop and gives you the ability to push the potatoes right through.
This eliminates the need for a knife and does the entire job of cutting fries in just one motion! Keep in mind that most units can be used interchangeably for sweet potato fries and white potatoes.
If you’re prepping for a large family, there’s no better tool for preparing large amounts of potatoes. Even though we did a guide on how to cut them into french fries, it can be downright exhausting to do for a large group of people.
Also, not everyone has the knife skills to get things uniform, and let’s face it. Uniform french fries taste the best, and it’s easiest to create them with a cutter designed for the job.
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What Else Can I Use It For?
The great part about the cutter options on this list is that they aren’t limited to cutting french fries out of potatoes.
So many other things taste great when they’re cut the same way, including carrots, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, etc.
What to Look in These Gadgets
Why Screen Blade Size Matters with Fry Cutters
You’ll notice a few different blade sizes when you look through all of the fry cutters on this list. For products such as the New Star fry cutter, you’ll probably want to order the 1/2 inch blades. This is because it takes less force to cut when you have a larger screen size.
If you’re hoping to do teeny tiny sweet potato french fries with the small 1/4 inch blades, then you’re probably not going to be able to unless you’re super strong. But do keep in mind that the mandolin option might be a good choice. You’ll be to do different shaped fries pretty easily, but they might be a different shape than the traditional small wedges. The advantage to a mandolin cutter slicer is that it’s more versatile and affordable than a french fry cutter.
It’s good for doing all sorts of different shapes and can accommodate many fruits and vegetables.
Manual or Electric
We’ve recently gone ahead and added an electric french fry slicer to this list. Why? Well, because cutting sweet potatoes into french fries; manually is hard work. If you’re not a strong individual, you might find one of the manual units too hard to use.
The bad news is that electric units tend to be more expensive.
If you have to go with a manual one, some people like to place these units on the floor to get a little more leverage if cutting a tough sweet potato. This way, you can get your whole body into it rather than just using the strength of your arm.
Build Materials for French Fry Cutters
Although we have a plastic potato cutter slicer on this list, we don’t recommend it for the application here. Plastic is too flimsy when you’re dealing with tough and large potatoes. It’s a decent option if you want to deal with regular whites but won’t perform so great when turning a thick yam into a french fry.
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How Did You Pick These Best French Fry Cutter for Sweet Potatoes?
These best french fry cutters for sweet potatoes were selected with three major things in mind…
- To give you the top options at home, you can use sweet potatoes fries.
- Have some alternatives to traditional potato fry cutters for higher or lower budgets.
- Present you with some creative and different fry cutters and slicers that you may not have thought of for this specific application.
We’ve already given our recommendations at the top (and in conclusion), so these aren’t in any particular order.
It just depends on your budget and what exactly you’re trying to achieve…
Best Sweet Potato Fry Cutters
Sopito Potato Stainless Steel
This is a new product to the market that’s mostly stainless steel and super heavy duty. Much like the other models, such as the New Star, the user must use the lever to push the potatoes through the screen.
Luckily, it was designed with sweet potatoes in mind. Thanks to the 1/2″ blades that come standard on this gadget, you don’t have to worry about ordering a different set of blades. The blades that it comes with are specifically meant to handle fibrous root vegetables such as yams and carrots.
It also comes with a suction cup-like all of the bigger brands to help keep it in place while you’re working.
- It comes right out of the box with a 1/2 blade ready to cut sweet potatoes into french fries.
- It is lightweight at 4.4 lbs.
- Made of all stainless steel, you don’t have to worry about cheap and flimsy plastic.
- The suction cup holds the fry cutter in place while the user pulls the lever. It helps potatoes not slip out while cutting.
Cons
- Still not as easy as electric french fry cutters for the application. Will require the user to be strong.
La Bai Electric Potato Slicer
Most of the time, it’s impossible to afford an electric model like this one. You only see them on restaurant sites, and they cost thousands of dollars. Granted, they look awesome, but it’s unrealistic to have one inside your home for cutting potatoes.
This is a new model to the market, but it’s not from a name brand that you’d recognize. However, it’s far more affordable than commercial french fry cutters. So far, it’s been well-received, so we thought we’d add it to this list as an alternative for someone that isn’t strong enough to use a manual cutter.
- An affordable version of an electric potato cutter, no manual effort required to cut good fries!
- It comes with three different sized screens: 6mm, 10mm, and 13mm. The 13mm is the half-inch size ideal for sweet potato fries in inches.
- More accessible to the home user than the restaurant versions, which cost thousands of dollars.
- Not very many reviews to speak of online of this fry cutter. No brand reputation.
- We need to exercise caution because it’s inherently less safe than a manual cutter.
New Star Foodservice Commercial Grade French Fry Cutter (43204)
As the name implies, this is a commercial-grade fry cutter.
However, with its sleek black and silver exterior, it’s perfectly suitable to be displayed in any modern kitchen.
Since it can be mounted on a wall or a table, it gives you a lot of flexibility to look and perform the best. You have the option of a temporary mount with suction cups or a permanent mount if you’re using it in a more commercial setting.
Unlike cheap and flimsy home models of fry cutters, it’s cast iron, stainless steel, and aluminum.
As a bonus, it comes with both1/2″ and 3/8″ blades. The thicker the cut, the easier it’s going to be to get a dense potato through, so having the 1/2″ option is nice to have.
The company also manufactures more accessories that include more blade sizes offering even more flexibility in the future should you choose.
Finally, if you ever run into an issue where the blades on your unit are dull, replacement parts seem to be very easy to come upon.
It weighs in at 12-lbs. It measures 20.5 x 10.5 x 9.7 inches. This may be bulky and heavy for some users.
- Multiple blade sizing options for cutting available – comes standard with 2.
- Option to permanently or temporarily mount with suction cups so that a potato won’t slip around when you cut.
- Sleek-looking exterior.
- It is made of strong cast iron, stainless steel, and aluminum.
- Easy to find replacement parts.
- Suction cups to hold it down while you’re cutting.
- Slicer may be heavy and bulky for some users at 12-lbs.
VIVO Commercial Grade Fry Cutter
If you’re serious about cutting sweet potatoes (or any potatoes for that matter), a commercial quality unit like the
VIVO is going to be the ideal choice. What separates a unit like this from a standard plastic unit is building materials and design. It’s built of cast iron and steel and has suction which allows mounting. This gives the user a high amount of balance, leverage, and power to make cutting even the toughest sweet potatoes easy – ideally if the ends are cut off, giving you even more leverage.
Keep in mind that although this cutter is powerful, it is heavy and rather large. The entire thing weighs 15 pounds and is 14″ x 10.5″.
Another downside that we could find was that the cutter blade only comes in 1-size, which is 1/2″.Perhaps the manufacturer has released another size, but we haven’t located it.
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- It may be a bit heavy for some users.
- Only one blade size option that we could find (1/2″). This is good for sweet potatoes but has no variety if you want something else.
Although a mandoline slicer isn’t wholly designed for fry cutting, we thought it would be good to consider for someone who wanted a more versatile option. Not only can mandolines cut thin slices of sweet potatoes, but they cut pretty much any other vegetable as well.
In addition, this particular mandoline can also work as a grater or julienne slicer. Cutting vegetables in this fashion makes them a lot more palatable and versatile. If you don’t have your mind completely set on doing traditional stick french fries, this is worth checking out! It also helps with cutting onions from reducing some of the irritating gasses.
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- Won’t do the traditional “french fry cut.”
- It is not as time-efficient as the other units on this list.
Culina French Fry Cutter
The Culina can be considered the least heavy-duty fry cutter on the list. It’s great for users looking for something simple and easy to store. It also comes with two blade sizes so you can adjust the thickness of the french fries you’re going to make quickly and easily.
The downside of this model is that it’s a bit on the small side and not nearly as powerful as the others.
This means that sweet potatoes will be a bit tough with this cutter. That is not to say that it’s impossible, though, especially if properly softened, but we don’t recommend getting it for that application.
We wanted to include this option for the user who would stick mostly to regular potatoes or couldn’t justify keeping one of the bigger heavy-duty models in their house/apartment. Still, if you’re going to be doing sweet potatoes in bulk, you’re better off with one of the others.
- Simple & small making it easy to store.
- It comes with two blades to easily adjust thickness.
- Ideal for regular white potatoes.
- Not as powerful as the other units.
- It may be too small for some potatoes (even white ones).
- Depending on the density of the sweet potato, it may not have the power to cut them easily.
Although this is almost a vintage device, we still thought it was worth including it on this list because you can still find it available for sale. It’s like a spiralizer, but it’s explicitly designed for potatoes.
Rather than making regular fries, it allows you to make curly fries! The fries come out super thick, much like a fast-food restaurant. The only difference is you don’t have to load it up with grease and oil; you can make them guilt-free right in your kitchen.
The Tater Twister probably isn’t the best for sweet potatoes, but it’s a product that’s worth having a look at.
Oh, and let’s not forget to mention that it’s electric. You still have to push the potatoes down onto the blades, but the blades spin from the motor, for those of us who aren’t that strong, then using a regular fry cutter.
- It’s one of the original spiralizers that works on potatoes.
- Easy to use.
- It’s electric and doesn’t require much manual labor.
- It comes with different blade types that can be used, including scalloped potatoes!
- Not easy to do potatoes in bulk.
Wrap Up
For most people, the New Star fry cutter will probably be the realistic option since it’s a trusted brand and product that’s been on the market for a long time.
Depending on your budget, the Sopito french fry slicer might be an option to check out and compare the price against the New Star.
And of course, if you’re feeling bold and want the capability to do things like a commercial kitchen, the La Bai electric option is worth considering to cut french fries in bulk in your home.

Hey, I’m Joey. I’ve been cooking since I was a little kid and love everything about it. You can find my writing about food, kitchen appliances (such as blenders) and much more. Thanks for stopping by!