OXO Good Grips 5-Pound Black Food Scale with Pull-Out Display

by Oxo

Product Features

• Display pulls away from base to prevent shadowing from large plates or bowls
• Convenient indicator displays how much capacity is left on the Scale
• Zero function allows for zeroing Scale before adding additional ingredients
• Easy-to-read , large numbers
• Thin profile allows for easy storage

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 9.2 x 1.8 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0020L6T7K
• Item model number: 1157100
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,930 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #34 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Measuring Tools & Scales > Scales > Digital Scales

Product Description

The user-friendly OXO Good Grips 5-pound Food Scale with Pull-out Display is perfect for weighing all ingredients. Weigh items directly on the platform, on a plate or in a bowl, and pull the display away from the base to prevent shadowing from large plates and bowls. Accurately measure ingredients when cooking and baking or stick to a diet by weighing portions. A weight indicator shows the capacity left on the Scale before maximum capacity is reached. Press the zero button to offset the weight of a container or to set the weight back to zero to add additional ingredients. The display features large, easy-to-read numbers which measure in 1/8-ounce and 1-gram increments and the platform can be removed for cleaning. The Scale has a 5-pound capacity and two AAA batteries are included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection with a small footprint, September 24, 2009

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peraspera (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: OXO Good Grips 5-Pound Black Food Scale with Pull-Out Display (Kitchen)

Storage real estate in my kitchen is at a premium so I bought this scale instead of the larger eleven pound capacity version, Oxo Good Grips Food Scale with Pull-Out Display. The small size tucks away nicely but the directions say it will ruin the scale's accuracy to store it on its side or with weight on top. I found a nice home for the scale but it would have been nice to see that information in the item description. I think the smaller capacity of this scale is an excellent trade-off for its smaller size compared to its larger sibling for nearly all home kitchens.

It is a total joy to have a truly reliable scale so I can use weight instead of volume measurements for my baking as it is more accurate, particularly for flour, as well as being faster and neater. You can Google "convert (ingredient of choice) to ounces" to get volume-to-weight conversion charts for ingredients for all your recipes. The gram option makes following European recipes where quantities are often indicated in weight instead of volume a breeze.

The scale works perfectly and is intuitive enough to use without reading the directions. It is accurate compared to the postal scale at my post office. Some reviewers of the larger scale mentioned inconsistent readings when weighing the same item at different times. The scale I have shows no signs of this. I checked with both very light and heavy items placing them in the center and towards the edges of the platform. All readouts were consistent with all items even when they were not centered on the scale. The scale does have a smidge of a delay when adding ingredients but I found this easy to handle by using a light hand when I was getting close to adding the weight I needed.

The readout only pulls out three inches although it retracts to two inches unless you hold on to the readout. However, the two inches is more than enough to prevent shadowing for most anything one would want to weigh under five pounds including using a large dinner plate. The LCD readout is large enough that even the fractions are easy to read although this scale does not have the backlighting option that the larger model has. In using the scale I haven't felt the need for any backlighting but someone who has a particularly dark kitchen might feel differently.

Unlike the larger model the platform on this scale is not removable for cleaning. The platform is easy to clean but that might be a feature that some would find important. Also, this model does not display pounds in decimals which was a criticism that was brought up in reviews of the larger model.

My old scale that I never trusted an inch is now in the Goodwill pile. This is a product I would readily recommend highly to family and friends.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic digital scale, November 19, 2009

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Carter's Mom (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OXO Good Grips 5-Pound Black Food Scale with Pull-Out Display (Kitchen)

I use this scale to weigh every meal that I eat. I also own the larger version of this scale. For my purposes (weighing meals), this smaller scale is ideal. It can only hold up to five pounds, but even with a heavy china plate and a pound and a half of food, I am not even close to the five pounds. The on/off switch also acts as a zero switch so that you can zero out the scale before adding additional foods or ingredients. It can read imperial and metric units. The display can be pulled out slightly so that you can read the weight of a dinner plate without playing peek-a-boo or resorting to using a bowl underneath. One word of warning: as with all digital scales, you should take the plate off the scale if you need to cut a piece of meat or other food -- adding the extra pressure to the scale will cause it to malfunction over time. The smaller size of this scale and the lower cost make it an even better option that the larger version. Great low profile and compact size for small kitchens.

UPDATE: I wanted to add a comment about battery life in response to another customer's negative review. I've used my scale daily now for two months and have never replaced the batteries. I find with my older, larger version of this scale that I only need to replace the battery every 9-12 months with daily use. I don't find that bad at all!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll wonder how you ever lived without it, October 5, 2009

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Garde Manger (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OXO Good Grips 5-Pound Black Food Scale with Pull-Out Display (Kitchen)

I put off getting a scale for a long, long time. However, this scale has made me a permanent fan. It calibrates itself when you turn it on and is super easy to use. The pull out reader makes it a cinch to be able to read weights if you're, for example, using a large bowl to house the ingredients. It also has a handy little indicator on the righthand side to let you know how close to its max weight you are... but at 5 lbs, I have yet to get near its limit. Also, readjusting the weight to zero as you add each ingredient is its best feature, making measuring by weight easier than any inferior method. This is now one of my favorite kitchen gadgets.