Electric Dumpling Maker – Automatic Press with 2 Auto Speeds and Manual Mode
Electric Dumpling Maker – Automatic Press with 2 Auto Speeds and Manual Mode
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A motorised press that folds and crimps a dumpling for you, one every few seconds
You lay a wrapper across the open mould, spoon in the filling and wet the rim. Press the button and the two halves close and crimp a neat scalloped half-moon dumpling. Set it to automatic and it cycles on its own every six or nine seconds while you keep loading. It runs on a built-in rechargeable battery, so there is no cord to the wall and it sits wherever you are working.
What it actually is
- An electric press mould, not a whole dumpling factory. The machine does one job: it folds a filled wrapper in half and crimps the edge. It does not roll dough, cut wrappers or portion filling; you do those, and the fold and crimp are the part it takes over.
- Two ways to run it. Manual mode presses once each time you push the button. Automatic mode repeats the press on a timer, every six seconds or every nine, so you settle into a rhythm of load, wait, lift, load.
- Cordless. A built-in rechargeable battery powers the motor and charges over a USB cable. Nothing plugs into a wall outlet while you cook.
- One shape, every time. The mould makes the classic half-moon with a scalloped edge: the jiaozi, gyoza and potsticker form. Every dumpling comes out the same size and shape as the last.
- Made for store-bought wrappers. The mould is sized for the standard round wrappers sold in the refrigerated aisle. Thin wrappers press and seal cleanly; that is the dough this small motor is built for.
Using it
The specification, as the maker states it
About the numbers, honestly. Listings for this unit give a footprint of roughly 5.5 by 4 inches and a height of about 5 inches (14 by 10 by 13 cm), which matches the counter-top size you see in our photographs, but we have not measured one ourselves. Battery capacity, run time per charge and the plastic grade are not stated consistently by the maker, so we do not quote them.
Good to know
- It is small, and the motor is modest. Thin commercial wrappers are what it presses well. Thick hand-rolled dough, pierogi dough and empanada pastry are harder for it to close and crimp, and that is the most common complaint about this type of press.
- The seal is up to you. The press crimps whatever you give it. A wet rim, a modest amount of filling and a filling that has been drained are what keep the edge closed in the pot; an overfilled or soggy wrapper will open no matter what presses it.
- Keep fingers clear while it cycles. In automatic mode the mould closes on its own every few seconds. Load between cycles and keep the machine out of reach of small children.
- Cleaning. Wipe the mould faces and body with a damp cloth or rinse the mould under the tap. The body holds a motor and a battery, so do not submerge it or put it in a dishwasher.
- It makes a motor noise. Each press is a short whirr. Normal for a small geared motor, and worth knowing if you had pictured it silent.
In the box
- One electric dumpling maker
- Filling spoon and small brush, as shown in our photographs
- USB charging cable
What changed on this page. We renamed the product to say what it does: it is a motorised press, and the earlier name overstated how much of the work it does for you. We removed images borrowed from other sellers, another company's product name that had crept into the copy, and promises about how the dumplings behave in the pot that depend on the cook rather than the machine. We added how the two modes work, what wrappers it is built for, and the honest notes above. The lead photographs are our own; the maker's photographs follow them.
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