The twin gears look very different than the augers or blades, how do they work?
There are so many questions here – let’s address each one individually. Yes, the twin gears are very unique to the juicing world. They are precisely what they claim to be – gears. Not blades, augers or rotors. The twin gears mesh together at a clearance of a mere 4/1000 of an inch to gently crush, squeeze, and grind the juice from the produce, much like your teeth do. Those “cut out” places along the length of the gears serve different purposes. The recessed area along the gear length more easily accepts fibrous vegetables and herbs like carrots of stinging nettle. The actual “cut out” places are fantastic for cutting the stringy fibers found in celery and other long-fibered herbs. Those “cut out” places are what allow you to put a full-length stalk of celery into the Green Star without a jam or clog! Cleaning the twin gears is easy and fast. Green Star provides a complimentary special brush that makes fast work of cleaning the gears after juicing. Hold the gears, one at a time, under
