Basically, a steam juicer is both a steamer and a juicer; when juicing fruits, a steamer juicer uses steam to gently rupture the cells of the fruit to release its natural juices which are captured by the center juice container and are released through its heat-resistant juice hose.
Steam water then fills the fruit so they are plump even after juicing and when you try to bite any of the juiced fruits, all you get is tasteless liquid from the seamingly unalterred fruit.
A steam juicer is easy to use; it doesn't have any complicated parts and it works much like the usual steamer you used to steam chickens, fish, and other meat and crops.
And you could actually use it as a food steamer, but steaming fish may not be a good idea as it may leave a stench odor on your steamer juicer and we think that it's best to keep your steam juicer free from such odors. After all, you're trying to produce the freshest and most delicious fruit juices; odors and residues of other steamed items may affect the taste of your juice though steaming vegetables wouldn't be a problem.
A steamer juicer is great in juicing fruits such as grapes, apples, pears, currants, raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, elderberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, plums, peaches, pears, crab-apples, tomatoes, and other similar fruits.
As mentioned, you may also use it for steaming foods such as Corn on the cob, Broccoli, Carrots, Squash, Potatoes, Clams, Meats, Vegetables, Seafood, Sausages, Corned Beef, Chicken, Fish, Shellfish and more.
Steamed foods are also becoming popular favorites nowadays because they are tastier and more nutritious since steaming don't wash-off vitamins and minerals from the food.
Using it is simple, just fill the water pot and bring it to boil over a stove. Rinse the fruits that you want to juice and put them inside the steam basket. Just leave it and in about 40 minutes or so, you'll see fresh fruit juices start dripping through the juicer's hose which you can collect on a pan, pitcher or glass.
You can put in as many fruits that the steam basket can accommodate so it's perfect if you have a large family; a typical steam juicer has a 10 liter pot which is large enough to produce 10.6 quarts of fresh juices.
Just put all the produce inside the basket and let the steamer juicer take care of it; there's no need to stem or cut, just wash them and throw them in!
The whole juicing process may take about an hour or so depending on how huge the batch is.
This juicer is best for people who want to preserve fruit juices to make concentrates, syrups, jams, and jellies.
A steam juicer is very easy to use. Juicing is as simple as boiling water!