Digital kitchen scale
Weighing ingredients in grams instead of scooping them by volume
Digital platform, reads to the gram, usually good for about 11 pounds. Weight does not vary; a cup of flour does, which is why bakers working from ratios weigh instead of scooping. Zero the bowl, drop each ingredient straight in, and there is less to wash. One real annoyance: a big bowl covers the readout. A display that pulls out on a slide solves it.
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- J. Kenji López-AltDoes it
Chef and food writer · The Food Lab
Weighs dough ingredients rather than measuring them. The scale is OXO's 11-pound model, with the display that pulls out on a slide so a big mixing bowl cannot hide the numbers. He calls a scale essential for getting the flour-to-water ratio right, and says this one has stayed fast and accurate over years.
Source: kenjilopezalt.com: 12 Gifts for Pizza Lovers
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