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Celery is one of the hardest vegetables to juice. Its long parallel fibres wrap around an auger and blind the fine mesh screen in a centrifugal machine, which is why a juicer that handles apples without complaint can still make a mess of a single bunch.
Of the five machines below, the Ninja NeverClog JC151 at $149.99 is the one worth most people’s money: cold press extraction, dishwasher-safe parts, and by far the largest owner review base here. If your ceiling is $60, the Brecious adds a reverse function. If counter space decides it, the vertical Omega is built for that.
I have not run these five machines side by side. How the picks were chosen is set out below.
Quick Comparison: Juicers for Celery in 2026
| Product | Best For | Price | Rating | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja NeverClog JC151 Cold press · 150W |
Overall | $149.99 | 4.5★ (3,631) | Check Price |
| Omega Cold Press All-in-One Triple-stage · 80 RPM |
Yield | $199.87 | 4.4★ (2,824) | Check Price |
| Brecious Slow Masticating 2 speeds · reverse |
Under $60 | $55.95 | 4.5★ (1,145) | Check Price |
| Omega Vertical 43 RPM · auto-eject |
Small counters | $360.00 | 4.3★ (1,953) | Check Price |
| Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Centrifugal · 800W |
Cheapest way in | $74.95 | 4.4★ (41,450) | Check Price |
Prices, ratings and stock were checked on 5 August 2026 from a New York ZIP code in USD. Amazon pricing moves, sometimes sharply — two of these five have shifted by more than $40 since this guide was last updated, which is exactly why the date above matters.
1. Ninja NeverClog JC151 — Best Overall
The JC151 is a slow auger machine built around a specific problem: fibrous produce jamming the works. It runs a 150W high-torque auger, holds 24 oz of juice and 36 oz of pulp, offers two one-touch programs and adjustable pulp control, and the parts that touch produce go in the dishwasher.
Ninja’s anti-clog claim is a marketing claim, and it is worth naming as one. What gives it weight is the size of the sample behind the rating: 3,631 ratings at 4.5 stars is by a wide margin the largest review base of any cold press machine on this page, and the clog complaints that dominate reviews of cheap masticating juicers are not the dominant theme here. That is owner consensus rather than a lab measurement, but it is a lot of owners.
For celery specifically, the dishwasher-safe parts matter more than they sound. Celery juice stains plastic green with daily use, and a machine you dread cleaning is a machine that ends up in a cupboard. If you want the longer write-up, I have a full Ninja NeverClog JC151 review.
Pros: Largest cold press review base here (3,631 at 4.5★), dishwasher-safe parts, adjustable pulp control, compact footprint, two one-touch programs
Cons: Chute is narrow enough that celery needs cutting into 3–4 inch pieces, 150W is the lowest wattage of the cold press picks, the “NeverClog” name is Ninja’s claim and not an independent test result
2. Omega Cold Press All-in-One — Best If Yield Is the Priority
This is the horizontal Omega: a 200W motor turning a triple-stage auger at 80 RPM, pressing produce against a screen rather than flinging it at one. The design is the reason it gets recommended for celery — a horizontal auger gives stringy stalks a proper pressing stage, and the pulp comes out drier than a centrifugal machine leaves it.
One thing worth knowing before you buy, because it cost me a while to untangle: this machine appears on Amazon under more than one listing. The variant linked here is $199.87. A second listing for what is by every visible sign the same machine — same title, same 4.4 star rating, same 2,824 ratings — was $263.50 on the same day. Check both before you commit; a $63 difference on identical hardware is worth ninety seconds of clicking.
It is not dishwasher safe, and it takes up a genuine foot of counter. If you juice one bunch a morning and value the cleanup being over quickly, the Ninja above is the better daily machine.
Pros: Triple-stage horizontal auger, 200W at 80 RPM, doubles as a nut butter and pasta attachment system, long motor warranty, 4.4★ across 2,824 ratings
Cons: Hand-wash only, largest footprint here, sold under multiple listings at meaningfully different prices
3. Brecious Slow Masticating — Best Under $60
At $55.95 this is the cheapest genuine cold press here, and the feature that earns it a place is the reverse function. Celery strings will eventually bind an auger on any budget machine; a reverse pulse clears it without taking the thing apart over the sink. Two speed modes let you drop to the slower setting for stringy produce and raise it for carrots or beets in a mixed juice.
The compromises are where you would expect them at this price. The housing is lighter than the Omega or the Ninja, cleanup means patience with the supplied brush, and the review base is 1,145 — respectable, but a third of the Ninja’s and from a brand with no real track record behind it. Buy this if $60 is a hard ceiling and you want cold press extraction rather than a centrifugal machine at the same money.
Pros: Cheapest cold press option here, reverse function, two speed modes, quiet, 4.5★ rating
Cons: Lighter build, smallest review base of the five, hand-wash only, little brand history to fall back on if it fails
4. Omega Vertical — Best for Small Counters
The case for this one is footprint. Horizontal masticating juicers occupy a foot of counter even when idle, and a juicer that gets put away is a juicer that stops being used. This Omega stands upright in roughly the space of a large mug, runs at 43 RPM — the slowest here — and ejects spent pulp continuously into a separate bin instead of making you stop and empty it. Omega publishes the speed and auger specification directly.
I have to be straight about the price, though. This was $308.99 when this guide was last updated in June and it is $360.00 today, a rise of about 17%, and on the day I checked Amazon showed only one unit left. At $308 it was a defensible premium pick. At $360, with a 4.3 star rating that is the lowest of the five and an All-in-One Omega available at $199.87, its case has narrowed to one thing: buy it if the vertical footprint genuinely solves a problem in your kitchen. If it does not, the money is better spent elsewhere on this page.
Pros: Smallest footprint of the cold press machines, 43 RPM, automatic pulp ejection, no-drip tap
Cons: $360 and rising, lowest rating of the five at 4.3★, stock was down to a single unit when checked, narrow chute
5. Hamilton Beach Big Mouth — Cheapest Way to Find Out If You’ll Stick With It
This is the one centrifugal machine here, and it is on the page for an honest reason rather than to pad the list to five. A centrifugal juicer is the wrong tool for pure celery juice: the spinning basket catches those parallel fibres, yield per bunch drops, and the machine works harder for less. That is the mechanism, and it does not change because the juicer is well made.
What it is good for is finding out whether daily juicing is actually a habit you will keep before you spend $150 or more on a slow juicer. At $74.95 with 41,450 ratings at 4.4 stars — by an order of magnitude the most-reviewed machine here — it is a low-risk way in. The 3 inch chute means far less pre-cutting, the 800W motor gets through a bunch in seconds, and the wide basket is easier to clean than any auger on this page. It also makes more sense than the cold press options if your juice is celery mixed with apple, carrot and ginger rather than celery alone.
Pros: 41,450 ratings, 800W, 3 inch chute means minimal prep, dishwasher-safe parts, fastest cleanup here
Cons: Genuinely the wrong mechanism for pure celery juice, lower yield per bunch, noticeably louder
What the Measured Tests Actually Show
Almost every celery juicer guide, this one included until now, tells you cold press beats centrifugal and leaves it there. There is one genuinely measured comparison worth reading: JuiceNext put 500 g of celery through seven slow juicers and weighed the strained juice from each.
Two findings are worth carrying across. First, the spread between the best and worst slow juicer was real but not dramatic — strained yields landed roughly between 305 ml and 370 ml, so the gap is on the order of 20%, not double. Second, slower does not automatically mean better: the machine that took nearly six minutes on the same 500 g returned a high raw yield that the author puts down to clogging rather than efficiency.
The limitation matters as much as the findings, and it is why this guide exists alongside that one: every machine in that test is a Hurom. It is a careful examination of a single brand’s range, with no budget machine and no centrifugal in it at all. If you arrived at this question without a Hurom already in mind, it answers which Hurom, not which juicer.
You will also see it stated everywhere that cold press extracts 20–30% more juice than centrifugal. I have not found an independent test behind that specific range, so this page will not repeat it as fact. The mechanism is well established and the direction is not in dispute — pressing beats shredding for fibrous stalks — but treat any precise percentage you see attached to it as a rule of thumb someone has repeated, not a figure someone measured. The same caution applies to enzyme-preservation claims, which are made far more confidently than the evidence supports.
What to Look For in a Juicer for Celery
Cold Press vs Centrifugal
Celery’s long parallel fibres are the whole problem. A centrifugal basket spinning at thousands of RPM catches them, which costs you yield and can stall the machine mid-run. A masticating auger turning at 43–80 RPM presses those fibres instead of shredding them. The rule of thumb: the higher the proportion of celery in your juice, the more the mechanism matters. For pure celery every morning, buy cold press. For a mixed vegetable juice where celery is one of five ingredients, a centrifugal machine is a defensible choice. The full masticating vs centrifugal comparison goes through the trade-offs.
RPM, and How Much It Actually Matters
Lower RPM means less heat and less foam. The cold press machines here run between 43 and 80 RPM; centrifugal juicers operate at 3,000–16,000. That second gap is the one that changes your results. The difference between 43 and 80 RPM is far smaller than the marketing around it suggests, and the JuiceNext numbers above point the same way — the slowest machine in that test was also the worst performer.
Feed Chute Size and Prep Time
Celery stalks run 10–14 inches. Most chutes are 1.5–2 inches across, so you will be cutting stalks into thirds whatever you buy. The prep that helps most: wash the bunch, cut the thick white base off as a single piece since it juices poorly, then cut the stalks into 3–4 inch lengths. It takes about ninety seconds and it makes every machine on this page run more smoothly.
Cleaning, Which Decides Whether You Keep Doing This
Celery juice stains plastic green within weeks of daily use. The Ninja and the Hamilton Beach have dishwasher-safe parts; both Omegas want hand-washing with the supplied brush. Weigh that properly. A $150 machine that stops being used after three weeks because the cleanup is tedious is worse value than a $75 one you actually reach for. There is a step-by-step guide to cleaning a juicer if you want the detail, and one on why juicers clog if yours already does.
Can a Food Processor or Blender Do This Instead?
Not directly. A food processor chops celery but will not separate juice from fibre. A blender gets closer: blend with a little water and strain through a fine mesh or a nut milk bag. It works, it takes longer, and it yields less per bunch than a dedicated juicer. Worth trying once with the blender you already own before spending anything.
How These Picks Were Chosen
Plainly: this is a research-based guide, not a hands-on test. I have not run these five juicers side by side in my kitchen, and this page will not imply otherwise.
What that leaves is still worth something, provided it is done carefully. Prices, star ratings, review counts and stock status were read directly from each Amazon listing on 5 August 2026, from a New York ZIP code in USD — which is how the $43 rise on the horizontal Omega, the $51 rise on the vertical, and the duplicate-listing price gap all surfaced. Motor wattage, auger speed and capacity come from manufacturer specifications rather than from other people’s articles. Owner reviews were read for repeated specific complaints rather than for star averages alone. Independent measurement, where any exists, is cited and linked rather than absorbed and restated.
What I could not establish: there is no independent cross-brand test of celery yield that I can find. The best available measurement covers one manufacturer’s range. Anyone claiming a precise yield ranking across brands is either working from a test they have not shown you or repeating a number someone else invented.
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of juicer is best for celery?
A masticating (cold press) juicer. The slow auger presses celery’s parallel fibres rather than shredding them, which means more juice per bunch and far less clogging. Centrifugal machines are fine when celery is one ingredient among several, but for pure celery juice they give lower yield and struggle with the strings.
How much celery do I need for a 16 oz serving?
Roughly one medium bunch, about nine stalks, in a masticating juicer. A centrifugal machine will typically need more for the same glass because it leaves more moisture in the pulp. Treat these as working estimates rather than measurements — yield varies with how fresh the celery is and how finely you prep it.
Do I need to remove celery strings before juicing?
No. A masticating juicer handles the strings without any pre-stripping. Wash the stalks, trim off the thick white base, and cut into 3–4 inch pieces if your chute is narrow. Pulling individual strings out adds time for no benefit.
Can I juice celery with a blender?
Yes, with extra steps. Blend chopped celery with a small amount of water and strain through a fine mesh strainer or nut milk bag. You will get less juice per bunch than a masticating juicer and a slightly cloudier result, but it is a reasonable way to test whether you actually want a juicer.
How do I stop celery from clogging my juicer?
Cut it into 3–4 inch pieces, feed slowly rather than forcing it, and push a piece of apple or cucumber through every few stalks to help clear the chute. If a masticating machine does bind, use the reverse function before taking it apart.
Is cold press really better than centrifugal for celery?
For pure celery juice, yes — pressing extracts more from fibrous stalks than shredding does, and there is no heat from a high-speed basket. What I will not give you is a precise percentage: the 20–30% figure repeated across this topic has no independent test behind it that I can find. The direction is reliable; the exact number is not.
The Bottom Line
For daily celery juice, the Ninja NeverClog JC151 is the one I would point most people to: cold press extraction, dishwasher-safe parts, and the largest body of owner feedback of any comparable machine here. If yield is what you care about and you will hand-wash, the Omega All-in-One at $199.87 is the better machine — just check both of its listings first. And if you are not yet sure daily juicing will stick, the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth at $74.95 answers that question cheaply, with the honest caveat that it is the wrong mechanism for celery on its own.
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