5 Top Selling Kitchen Scales

When is a cup of flour not a cup of flour? No, this isn’t a riddle, but there can be a big difference between two cups of flour. One might weigh 4 ounces while the other one comes in at 6 ounces. That can make the difference between a dry piecrust that just won’t come together or why kneading bread dough might feel like you’re pushing around a brick. Good cooks and chefs know it’s not measurements in cups that get the recipe right, it’s measurements by weight. That why kitchen scales should be part of every well-equipped kitchen.

Those same good cooks and chefs also know kitchen scales are the only way to precisely measure their ingredients. That’s especially important in baking, which is more science than art (okay, maybe it 50/50). Measuring flour is a good example. Is the flour you’re using for your grandmother’s Red Velvet cake recipe recently shifted, scooped into the cup from the flour bag or spooned into it? How tightly packed the flour is during measuring can make the difference between delicious or disastrous. Not so with kitchen scales because a weight is a weight is a weight. In other words, a kitchen scale gets it right every time.

As important as kitchen scales are to cooking and baking success, they are equally important for dieting success. Weight loss is about calories in and calories out. The best way to weight loss success is by measuring your food to get the right amount of calories.

Kitchen scales come in three types: balance, mechanical and digital, with the latter two best for cooking. Digital scales have the advantage of being more precise, but each will work well for your cooking, baking and dieting needs.

Now comes the tough part... which kitchen scale are you going to buy?

~~ Check out the 5 best reviewed kitchen scales on Amazon, where you’ll find great prices and in most cases, free shipping, too! ~~

The EatSmart Precision Pro is the bestselling kitchen scale on Amazon... and for good reason.

• Capacity: it takes up to 11 pounds
• Precision: it weighs to the gram
• Stable platform for bowls and dishes
• Easy to read digital screen
• Lots of features
• Uses regular batteries
• Price
  

The Escali Primo has been well received for it's accuracy and convenience. It has a Tare feature (that means you can zero back to weigh a new ingredient to the bowl). In addition to it's accuracy, it's a compact unit with a spill-proof, quick clean body. It's available in 12 colors to work with any kitchen decor, including chrome, white, black, burgundy, metallic, soft pink, red, navy blue, aruba blue, mustard yellow, pumpkin orange, tarragon green. Another great feature is the Escali pirmo uses ordinary batteries.

Not only does the EatSmart Digital Nutrition kitchen scale weigh foods while you're dieting, it also analyzes the nutritional values of about a thousand foods, including pre-packaged or whole foods. If that's not enough for you to buy this kitchen scale, then think about this: it also calculates a number of nutrients like calories, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, potassium, magnesium, cholesterol, calcium, protein and vitamin K. The only thing is doesn't do is lie... there's just no fudging the calorie and nutritional count with this food scale.

Whether you watching your portion control or just weighing out ingredients for a you next cake recipe, this Ozeri Touch II might be the food scale you're looking for. It's sleek looking and easy to keep clean in black tempered glass body and has an easy-to-read LCD screen. It weighs in pounds and ounces, kilograms and grams and fluid ounces and milliliters. It also features an automatic Tare button that quickly calculates the net weight of your ingredients by subtracting the container weight.

This is a sleek kitchen scale of glass and stainless steel that can be left on the counter-top, but is still small enough to be stashed in a drawer (it's about 9.5-inches square). Weigh your ingredients directly on the platform or use a bowl (that's not included). The add and weigh features allows you to zero out the scale to add your ingredient all in one bowl. The easy to read LCD screen and upfront buttons make using this food scale a breeze.