One More Way to Pit a Peach: The Pit Popper

It's the season for stone fruit like peaches, nectarines, and plums, but as Emma demonstrated a couple days ago, it can take some work to get the pit out of a soft, ripe nectarine or peach. And what do you do if you want to leave a peach whole, instead of cutting it up? How do you remove the stone inside?

Enter the Pit Popper, a small gadget that promises to do just that.

How does it work? Well, on their website, the Pit Popper folks explain that you insert the Pit Popper into the stem end of the fruit, then turn it clockwise, "like a doorknob" and draw it back out. The serrated tube of the Pit Popper grabs the stone and pulls it out.

This little button of a gadget is apparently designed to work on soft, ripe stone fruit and on pears, too, for when you want to leave them whole to poach or bake.

We think this is rather brilliant — if it works well! It's the kind of single-use gadget that could end up being really useful, especially during the summer season. Have you ever tried one of these?

• Find it! The Pit Popper, $4 at PitPopper.com

(Images: PitPopper.com)

Comments (6)

Yikes! What a waste of a good peach. This pitter removes too much of the soft flesh and edible food. I'm staying with a paring knife and carefully cutting around the stone. Most of Oregon's peaches are freestone and never a problem to pit.

I've also heard that you can easily pit cherries with a pastry tip. So no need to buy a special pitter!

Yes it des seem t waste a good bit f the yummy parts HoWEVER,I like the idea for giving it t the kids whole or for poaching the pears. At 4 bucks it can be a good one use item if you have the drawer space.

errr my O key seems t be having a problem - please add them t the abve cmment :) thks

Mm, no. As mentioned, it takes out too much of the edible bits. Also, what if you have small peaches? Wouldn't work well at all in that case.

I have to doubt you've actually tried this product. It only removes the stem end of the fruit leaving a beautiful intact fruit - since it grabs onto the pit to remove it - not the pulp! It only works well on ripe fruit though..hard peaches and nectarines need not apply.