OXO Garlic Press: What the Flip-Over Cleaner Does

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OXO 11107400 garlic press with a silver body, black grips and red cleaner
The complete OXO 11107400 press, shown without cropping the handles.

The OXO 11107400 uses red pins to push residue out of its holes. See the pressing and handle-flip sequence, plus the washing that still remains.

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The OXO Good Grips Garlic Press uses red pins to push leftover garlic out of its holes when you flip the handles over. It does not wash itself. If trapped pulp is the part of using a garlic press you dislike, that built-in cleaner is the reason to consider model 11107400. Rinsing or dishwasher cleaning still follows.

From the chamber to the holes

The open chamber holds the cloves before you squeeze. OXO describes it as large-capacity, and the Amazon listing says it accepts multiple cloves. Neither gives a fixed number; clove size changes what fits.

A peeled garlic clove being placed in the open OXO garlic press chamber
Load cloves into the chamber. The listing allows multiple cloves but gives no fixed clove count.

Closing the handles drives garlic through the perforated face. The photo below shows that pressing stage—not the cleaning action. This is a press for crushed garlic, rather than a tool for choosing between slices and chopped pieces.

Garlic coming through the holes as a hand squeezes the OXO press
Pressing pushes garlic through the holes; the red cleaner is used afterward.

Reverse the handles to clear the holes

After pressing, flip the handles over. The red cleaning pins meet the holes and push out leftover pulp and skins. The cleaner is built into the press, so this step uses the tool itself rather than a separate cleaning attachment.

OXO garlic press handles reversed to bring the red cleaning pins into the holes
Flip the handles to push out leftover pulp and skins. Clearing the holes is not washing the press.

That distinction matters when a listing calls this press “self-cleaning.” The pins address residue caught in the holes; they do not remove the need to wash the chamber and the rest of the tool. The listing calls for rinsing, and OXO marks this model dishwasher-safe.

Check the body, not just the cleaner

Model 11107400 has a die-cast zinc body, not a stainless steel one. Its silver-colored body and black grips are visible in the product photos; those colors do not establish separate variants.

A hand holding the two black grips of the OXO garlic press
Soft, nonslip grips cover the handles; the tool still requires a manual squeeze.

The soft, nonslip handles are another part of the design, but they do not establish how much squeezing force you will need. We have not tested grip comfort, garlic yield or how completely the pins clear every hole.

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Based on OXO’s model information and the selected Amazon listing and product photos, not hands-on testing. The purchase is one garlic press; food shown is not included.

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OXO 11107400 garlic press

OXO 11107400 garlic press

Flip the handles to push trapped garlic out with the built-in red pins.

Keep in mind: The pins clear residue; the press still needs washing.

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