OXO Good Grips Sauce and Gravy Whisk

Overview

A stainless steel sauce and gravy whisk with a flat coiled wire design and an angled head, built to reach into the corners of a saucepan. It is shaped for gravy, roux and pan sauces rather than general whisking in a bowl.

The flat coil is the detail that sets this apart from a round balloon whisk, since it can lie nearly flat against a pan bottom instead of only reaching a curved bowl. That shape trades aeration for reach and control in a shallow pan, so it works as a purpose-built tool rather than an all around whisk. It is dishwasher safe, which matters for a tool likely to see hot fat and sauce residue.

• Flat coiled stainless steel wire design
• Angled head for pan corners
• Ergonomic comfortable handle
• Dishwasher safe construction

Who it's for

Cooks making gravy, roux or pan sauces who want a whisk shaped to work a flat pan rather than a bowl. Not the choice for whipping cream or egg whites, where a rounder, wire-heavy whisk does more work.

Pros and cons

Performance notes

The flat coiled wires and angled head let the whisk head sit nearly parallel to a pan's surface, which is how it reaches into corners a rounded balloon whisk tends to miss. That same flat profile moves less volume per stroke than a balloon whisk, trading aeration for contact with the pan. The stainless steel construction and dishwasher safe rating are meant to hold up to repeated contact with hot fat and pan residue.

Specifications

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