Imusa Victoria Cast Iron Tortilla Press, 6-1/2-Inch Reviews

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My husband is Mexican and is very picky about tortillas. We only eat corn tortillas and don't eat the preservative-laden tortillas in supermarkets. With a bag of Maseca, you can make as good tortillas as it is possible to obtain in the US outside of a huge Mexican enclave with a real tortilleria. We were stuck with an aluminum tortilla press for years and it's a total waste of time -you cannot get thin tortillas with it at all, because the press is simply too light. This one is terrific. You must use some type of liner, like a slit plastic bag ( a filmy produce bag works great) or wax paper to place the dough between, but you can get super, super-thin tortillas with it. If you have an aluminum tortilla press, give it to a kid to pretend making tortillas with Play-Doh and buy this one. You will not regret it. This is one of the best kitchen purchases I have made in the last ten years and it's an essential in our house.

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I bought this item from target yesterday and couldn't be happier with my purchase. I use this to make Indian chappati/roti bread.

All you have to remember is to keep the dough ball inside the plastic sheets. This is also written on the box and the reason is very simple ... this is made of cast iron and if it is exposed to moisture it will rust.

Just remember that this is basically 6 inches in diameter !

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This thing WORKS. My big drawback is it arrived in a HUGE box and arrived BROKEN the handles had been knocked off. HOWEVER, Amazon replaced it rather quickly, and the second one is great. As everyone else says, it is coated in oil, and that is all right. I washed it off and coated with with olive oil, like all my cast iron stuff (living in a humid environment, everything here needs a good coating of oil :-)). It works, and using the plastic bags is a good thing.

So, if you need one, and cannot live without fresh tortillas, get one. I missed Texas for a looooong time because of the tortillerias there....fresh tortillas at all restaurants and the food but now, I have learned to make salsa, fajitas, and a myriad of other good foods, so I am not so homesick :-)....especially since I can have my OWN corn tortillas!

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I received my press yesterday and went right to work making tortillas. This was exactly what I needed.

Taking the advice of other reviewers here, I used a cut zip lock back with all sides split except for one to line the press.

The little dough balls need to be slightly to the back of the center of the press, closer to the hinge than the center.

Close the press, and wiggle the handle a bit from side to side to get them even thinner than just by pressing. I made both corn and flour tortillas and was very happy with my results.

The press had some sort of black grease on the inside of it, so when you first get it, wash it and carefully dry the edges that contact the plastic lining or any possible food! I'm sure they did that to keep rust down.

Perfect size for making chips or tacos or rolling up an enchilada. I think it should make nice pastry circles too perhaps for small pot pies. I played with one tortilla and one of the small corning rounds. It fit well.

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I received my Imusa Victoria Cast Iron Tortilla press and it was in good condition. It seems like a high quality, well constructed item made of durable iron which looks to be chrome plated or coated with something because its a lot shinier and nicer looking than natural iron. I tried it out immediately after receiving it and was very impressed with how it worked. I saw other reviews that said people broke it when pressing tortillas but I'm really not sure how they did that. Its well made of solid iron with good hinge pins and takes practically no pressure at all to press even the thinnest tortillas. I knocked out about a dozen or so tortillas and it worked great on all of them. I would recommend washing it before use as it does arrive coated with oil or something but you should do that with any food prep devices anyway. I highly recommend this product. Definitely well worth the $$$