You Don't Need to Bend Over to Read Liquid Measures with an OXO Angled Measuring Cup
Sure, some celebrity chefs like to prattle about their kitchens bare minimum of gadgetry, we all know that they really spend most of their time squalling like a colicky infant at their sycophants while they preen for the camera. The whole world buys kitchen gadgets like they were going out of style, and why should my house be any different? In truth, we have more gadgets than you can shake a stick at, and one of them is an OXO Good Grips Angled ¼-cup Measuring Cup. Alton Brown can kiss my grits (quick-cooking, of course), thanks.
Recipes with a long list of ingredients tend to tax the measuring sets of many cooks. Should a recipe call for 2 oz of this, 3 oz of that, 2 Tbsp of a third and 4 of another - at different stages and interspersed with dry measures - it becomes a pain. That's a reason why we picked up this little measuring cup: though its capacity is only two ounces, OXO also marked it in tablespoons. Those are just the measurements you can read from above: it's also marked in cups and milliliters on one side.
OXO makes angled measuring cups in four, two- and one-cup sizes with the same design. The chief difference is that larger ones have handles, but this one doesn't (so why the "good grip" name?). Like its big brothers, this cup has a pouring spout, is dishwasher safe, and is BPA-free. Like all measuring cups for liquids, it's pretty useless for precise measurements of dry ingredients.
Our only problem with this one is that the white backing on the scale seems rather exposed and prone to scraping off. So far no problems, but some day it'll probably be as tough hard to read as conventional glass measuring cups. So, as OXO says, "Why keep bending over?" For about four bucks you can measure liquid ingredients by looking down. I like that.
PLUS: scaled in ounces and tablespoons, reads from above
MINUS: no handle, white paint can scrape off
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Measuring small amounts of liquids is quick, comfy and accurate with an OXO Mini Angled Measuring Cup.
Sure, some celebrity chefs like to prattle about their kitchens bare minimum of gadgetry, we all know that they really spend most of their time squalling like a colicky infant at their sycophants while they preen for the camera. The whole world buys kitchen gadgets like they were going out of style, and why should my house be any different? In truth, we have more gadgets than you can shake a stick at, and one of them is an OXO Good Grips Angled ¼-cup Measuring Cup. Alton Brown can kiss my grits (quick-cooking, of course), thanks.Recipes with a long list of ingredients tend to tax the measuring sets of many cooks. Should a recipe call for 2 oz of this, 3 oz of that, 2 Tbsp of a third and 4 of another - at different stages and interspersed with dry measures - it becomes a pain. That's a reason why we picked up this little measuring cup: though its capacity is only two ounces, OXO also marked it in tablespoons. Those are just the measurements you can read from above: it's also marked in cups and milliliters on one side.
| The design's most inventive. Start with an ordinary flat-based, oval, slant-sided clear plastic measuring cup (about 2" high, 2½ wide and 3 long). That's nothing unusual. Then put a little "shelf" all around the slanted front, paint it white and put volume markings (ounces on one side, tablespoons on the other) in red against a white background. So when you pour oil, soy sauce, bourbon, Sriracha or whatever in the cup you can look down to read the volume instead of having to bend over and peer at it from the side. Very clever, quite easy to use, probably more accurate than most cups (as long as you know how to read a meniscus). |
OXO makes angled measuring cups in four, two- and one-cup sizes with the same design. The chief difference is that larger ones have handles, but this one doesn't (so why the "good grip" name?). Like its big brothers, this cup has a pouring spout, is dishwasher safe, and is BPA-free. Like all measuring cups for liquids, it's pretty useless for precise measurements of dry ingredients.
Our only problem with this one is that the white backing on the scale seems rather exposed and prone to scraping off. So far no problems, but some day it'll probably be as tough hard to read as conventional glass measuring cups. So, as OXO says, "Why keep bending over?" For about four bucks you can measure liquid ingredients by looking down. I like that.
PLUS: scaled in ounces and tablespoons, reads from above
MINUS: no handle, white paint can scrape off
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Measuring small amounts of liquids is quick, comfy and accurate with an OXO Mini Angled Measuring Cup.
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