This is my second favorite kitchen gadget.  From measuring dry ingredients such as flour (5 oz per cup) to portioning out burger patties, it is quick and accurate.

When baking, accuracy in flour measurement is really important.  Depending on temperature, humidity and method used with the measuring cup, the actual amount of flour in ‘a cup’ can very significantly enough to affect the outcome.  With a scale, the weight is always the same.  and it is a fair bit faster to just pour flour into a bowl on the scale until you have just enough.

Then you can zero (tare) out the scale, and add your next ingredient by weight and so on.  It really does make life in the kitchen much easier – for real.

I place a bowl on the scale, and then portion out my meat patties into 6 oz patties (8 oz if Kathy isn’t looking) and then every patty is the same size and cooks in the same time as each other.

Buying meats in bulk is a great way to economize, but portioning it out into 1 lb portions then bagging it for the freezer makes it easy to use down the road.

You can even weigh a puppy prior to… no, not cooking him… figuring out how much food he should be getting!

I have a different scale, but this one is very highly rated by a source I trust very much.

Next up – Prep Dishes