OXO Good Grips 11-Pound Digital Kitchen Food Scale with Pull-Out Display, Stainless Steel Review (2026)

Who benefits from a pull-out display

Weighing pizza dough ingredients by baker's percentage means adding flour, water, salt and yeast into the same bowl one at a time, and a tall mixing bowl often blocks a scale's built-in screen right when a cook needs to check the running total. OXO built this scale around that problem, with a display that slides out from under the platform so it stays visible even with a large bowl sitting on top, then tucks back in for storage. That makes it a strong fit for anyone mixing dough directly on the scale rather than in a separate bowl weighed on its own, which is a common shortcut for keeping dough hydration accurate.

Capacity and precision in plain terms

The scale measures up to 11 pounds, about 5 kilograms, in increments of 1/8 ounce or 1 gram depending on the unit selected, which covers flour, water and smaller additions like salt, sugar or oil with enough precision for consistent dough. A zero or tare function lets a cook reset the reading after adding each ingredient, so the total climbs cleanly toward the target weight without needing to do subtraction by hand. The platform switches between ounces, pounds, kilograms and grams, useful since many professional pizza dough recipes are written in baker's percentages using metric grams rather than US units.

Everyday handling and care

At about 8.75 by 7.25 by 1 inches and running on four AAA batteries, the scale is compact enough to store in a drawer between uses and does not need to stay plugged in or charged. The weighing platform is stainless steel and lifts off for hand washing, which matters for anyone using the scale for raw dough as well as dry ingredients, since flour dust and stray bits of dough tend to build up on a fixed surface. The stainless finish is designed to resist smudges and fingerprints, keeping the scale looking clean even with regular kitchen handling.

Where the capacity runs short

An 11 pound limit comfortably covers a standard batch of pizza dough for a family meal, but bakers doubling a recipe for a party or prepping dough for several pizzas at once, especially when weighing flour, water and a mixing bowl together, can bump against that ceiling faster than expected. Scales built for bread bakers, like some 22 pound models from other kitchen brands, offer more headroom for those larger batches, though usually without the pull-out display. For most home pizza night routines, though, the OXO's capacity leaves enough margin above a typical dough batch.

Verdict and who should look elsewhere

Our score of 8.8 out of 10 reflects a scale that solves a specific, common kitchen problem, a display hidden by a bowl, better than most competitors at a similar price, while still covering the batteries, unit conversion and easy cleanup that make a kitchen scale pleasant to use every day. It is a smart buy for anyone who regularly weighs pizza dough or baking ingredients directly in a bowl on the scale rather than in a separate measuring cup. Bakers who routinely mix large batches well above 11 pounds, or who do not mind checking a fixed display from the side, may be better served by a higher-capacity scale instead, trading the pull-out feature for more headroom.

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