Best Manufacturers Flat Roux/Gravy Whip 12-inch

by Best Manufacturers Inc.

Product Features

• 18/8 Stainless steel wires
• Wire size, length and strength are meticulously selected for the design
• Attention to wire spacing, radius curve and overall length to match cooking need and preference
• Chrome plated handle
• Dishwasher safe

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 2.8 x 2.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004R8ZO
• Item model number: 12-FL
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,791 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This durable 12-inch flat roux whip provides easy access to the good stuff on a pan's bottom and corners, which translates into more-flavorful gravies. Its flat 4-wire design is also great for mixing roux--the butter and flour mixture used in thickening sauces--and stiff batters, or use it to deglaze. The high-tensile stainless-steel wire is rustproof and epoxy sealed for sanitation, and the chrome handle is weighted to give you better mixing control and comfort. Best of all, it's dishwasher-safe. --Doree Armstrong

Product Description

The professional standard for the home cook, Best Wire Whips are made by craftsmen in Portland, Oregon. Each whip is handcrafted for optimum stirring, mixing and blending, achieved through a unique wire design. Each whip shares the identical attention of wire spacing, radius curve and overall length to match every cooking need and preference. Whips are weighted for dynamic mixing control and comfort. Wire length is sized in concert with handle balance and grip dimension to give the cook a feel for the effortlessness and efficiency of the task. Best Whips offer to home cooks the same commercial quality tools used by America's finest chefs. The Best Roux/Gravy Whip is the tool for working the bottom and corners of a pan and for a perfect deglaze.. Stainless Steel wires and 7/8-ich diameter chrome plated handle are designed for commercial stovetop conditions. The handle is completely sealed with epoxy to eliminate any area where food may lodge and water may enter, making it more sanitary and easy-to-clean. Dishwasher Safe. 10-inch length

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doux That Smooth Roux That Youx Doux So Well, December 2, 2000

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E. Thompson "Soooooper Genius" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Manufacturers Flat Roux/Gravy Whip 12-inch (Kitchen)

Yes, it's nearly single-purpose (although, I love it for making my notorious triple-chocolate pudding). No, you probably don't make gravy as often as your mother did. Think back, though - hers had lumps. This is salvation for the dreaded lumpy gravy.

This whisk makes making a roux very pleasant - first, the size is nice, as your hands aren't right down in the hot fat. Second, it's almost two-dimensional, so it's optimized for scraping the bottom of the skillet or roaster you're making roux in. It does one thing, and it does it really well. This would make a great stocking stuffer for whoever roasts the Christmas beast in your family.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great roux whip!, June 10, 2002

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C. Thomas "cct816" (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Manufacturers Flat Roux/Gravy Whip 12-inch (Kitchen)

This whip makes it extremely easy to mix up roux or anything you'd use a whip for. Roux benefits because of its unique shape and the fact that you have to stir roux for such a long time. Its shap makes it easier on your hand and wrist.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unwieldy, August 12, 2011

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S. Hamilton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Manufacturers Flat Roux/Gravy Whip 12-inch (Kitchen)

Despite being extremely well made I was wouldn't recommend in the roux/gravy whip. It is unwieldy. Too long and large to be agile and the wires too widely spaced to do the job as quickly as a regular dinner fork or small whip. For years I've either used a fork or small wire whip to make roux but as I was updating a bunch of kitchen helpers and had really like Best's balloon whip I decided to try the roux whip too. I never send back anything unless it arrives broken but I wouldn't purchase this item if I'd tried it first. Just in case you are "new to roux" once the meat is removed and the majority of the fat is poured off, leaving a small amount with the dried and caramelized meat juices the pan is returned to the heat, if you are thickening the sauce sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour in the pan and incorporate the flour with a few tablespoons of fat with the back of a fork and cook for about 1 minutes. Add a liquid such as vegetable or meat stock, a spirit, some wine, or juice to act as a solvent. Using a tines of regular dinner fork to loosen the fond from the bottom of the pan and dissolve them in whatever liquid you choose will create a basic sauce. I found this roux whip clumsy...too long and the wires too widely spaced to easily loosen the fond and incorporate a thickener although it was fine for the liquid then again adding a small amount of the liquid to the fond and thickener with either the back of a fork or a small whisk produces a great sauce or gravy without adding one more single purpose utensil.