OXO Good Grips Dough Blender

by OXO

• Broad, soft handle absorbs pressure
• Perfect for blending dough
• Great for making crumb toppings
• Sturdy stainless-steel wires
• Safe to use in dishwasher

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches ; 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: B00004OCNK
• Item model number: 73381
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,750 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com

Trying to blend butter or margarine with dry ingredients is no easy task. Although it can be accomplished with the crossing of swords (in this case, butter knives), your arms and hands certainly bear the brunt. Enter the dough blender by Oxo. The sturdy stainless-steel wires do the work of 12 butter knives and hold up swimmingly under pressure. The wide, nonslip handle will absorb the stress the work puts on your hands, making this tool as comfortable to use as it is easy. It's also great for making crumb topping for coffeecakes, cobblers, and fruit crisps. And, like all Good Grips gadgets, it's dishwasher-safe. --Laurie Notaro

Product Description

The OXO Good Grips Dough Blender makes it easy to combine butter or margarine with dry ingredients like flour and sugar. Sturdy, stainless steel wires blend ingredients thoroughly, and a soft handle cushions your hand. This is the perfect tool for making the crumb topping on your next fruit crisp or coffee cake.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Another OXO item that could use a little improvement... January 26, 2005

By H. Grove TOP 500 REVIEWER

The OXO pastry blender is, in basic shape, much like any other pastry blender: it consists of a handle with several rounded "blades" that you use to blend butter or shortening into dry ingredients such as flour.

There are a couple of differences. One is OXO's spiffy traditional "Good Grips" handle, a soft, thick rubber handle that's easy on arthritic (or otherwise painful) hands. The other is that the "blades" are more like the thick wire that you'll find in a whisk.

The handle is a great thing; certainly I find it easier on my tendonitis than an ordinary pastry blender. The wire-like blades have one good aspect: they don't have flat sides for butter and shortening to stick to, so it's a little easier to scrape chunks of butter and shortening out of them, and it's a lot easier to clean them.

There are a couple of down-sides, however. First, the wire blades are flexible enough that sometimes large chunks of butter push them aside instead of getting sliced up by them. Second, the handle on ours actually cracked through, and the wire blades have gotten deformed slightly so they're no longer evenly-spaced.

This is a common theme among the OXO items we buy. They have great design elements that make it worth it for us to continue buying some of their things, but they also lack a certain durability under heavy kitchen use. A number of OXO items have broken under our care. And while we unabashedly admit that we make heavy use of our kitchen items, we do not abuse them. We're careful to take care of them, and have few cases of things gratuitously getting damaged.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This baker's right arm! April 1, 2001

By Carole

I bake many types of scones and pastries that demand perfect blending. That means the fat and flour must be blended well, but not overblended. This tool has taken a lot of the hard work and time out of the old way of using two knives in scissors action. The overall balance to weight ratio is excellent; the handle is a good diameter and width, and the tines are spaced apart nicely. The design of the tines makes reaching all parts of the bowl to pick up flour a breeze. Cleanup is easy since you can toss it into the diswasher without fear of rust. I highly recommend this product from novice to pro.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless..! February 4, 2005

By Paola Piccolo

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I bought this blender to make pie pastry, and I was thoroughly disappointed. The wires don't cut because they just widen and the pieces of butter slip through..I spent a lot of muscle to obtain a very poor result. The handle is nice but it just doesn't get the job done.