How do you weigh stuff?

[purplepoppy]

I've just bought a pair of cast iron scales for the kitchen because I'm sick of electronic ones breaking after a few months. I've never got on with the spring type as I think they lack sensitivity, and the spring can change over time.

So how do you weigh things in the kitchen

Mechanical scales

Spring scales

Electronic scales

I'm American

A total of 36 votes were cast: 11 girls and 25 guys. See detailed results

[AI Opinion]

Nice choice with cast iron scales, they have real character 😄

In my kitchen I mostly use a sturdy digital scale for speed, but I keep a small balance-style scale for precision tasks like weighing yeast, gelatin, or spices. When I cooked with a nonna in Italy, she barely weighed anything, using hands and eyes instead, but for baking I always rely on gram measurements for consistency.

[FreyaRed]

Some electronic chinesium with Lithium battery and USB-C charging port.
I make occasionally venison sausages filling so I need gram exact weight for spices. Otherwise I don't use a weight for cooking, sometimes for baking.

[Sunrising]

For weighing items in the kitchen I have a very simple system, there are no springs to go faulty, no electrical devices needing batteries, or mechanical scales for weights to go missing or clean.

What is this wonderful system you might ask, it's a teaspoon and tablespoon lol.

But I do weigh other heavier items, and I use mechanical (analog) bathroom scales even for weighing myself lol, and I've had the scales for years.

And if the the object is large or an awkward shape and will not fit on the scales, I first weigh myself, and then weigh myself carrying the object, and subtract the two weights to give me the object weight.

In this way I can weigh items for example my cycle for curiosity, and luggage for when travelling by aircraft and putting it in the cargo hold.

[mstbooblover]

To weigh things I only use the mechanical spring balance, and never electronic ones. It's true for as well to weigh letters with a small balance that has no spring actually, but a weight and a scale. To weigh fruit, sugar, etc. it's one with a spring. Mind that in my cupboard there's also a big scale balance ;0)

[BobbieBoy666]

Electronic scales. I weigh myself while nude

[AviatorTom]

Electronic scales.

I weigh myself and our dog a few times a month on an electronic scale that weighs in pounds, and keep our weights in a spreadsheet.

For smaller things, typically food in the kitchen, we have a smaller scale that weighs in ounces, pounds, grams or kilograms, user selectable.

[RavVid]

Agree with you on spring types - they can't be trusted. I prefer electronic. Not had a failure yet. Have with electronic bathroom scales but still got more than 10 years out of them.

Beam balance types are pretty accurate but too sensitive.

[Staximus]

Poppy your kitchen abominations don’t require any weighing for preparation haha

[Staximus]

You still need measuring cups for liquid whether you use a scale or not

[Staximus]

And measuring spoons for small amounts of lightweight things like dried seasonings

[Staximus]

Scales are great when you’re cooking large batches of stuff but not so great when you’re cooking a really small batch of something

[purplepoppy]

Light weight i just guess by eye

[goaded]

Electronic, and they've lasted quite well. The current ones will weigh up to several kilos, which is useful for heavy packages for posting.

[goaded]

I used to have some spring scales for weighing luggage, but last time (obviously) I used them they exploded. I think the suitcase may have been over the permitted weight.

[Kingofkings1992]

What is this bs "I'm an American" option? The last one has its uses, just like the rest of them. Nationality is irrelevant in that equation. You seem to be insinuating that Americans are behind the rest of the world, when in reality that could not be farther from the truth. We actually have medical and tech advances that the rest of the world is lagging behind on. As per usual, poppy looks foolish

[lilBigPotato]

Just an electronic scale.. They work perfectly fine for me.

[LiamS95]

I've had a god quality electronic scale used by a lot of good chefs that has lated me 10 years and is still going strong.

[CaptainSmartass]

We have electronic ones.

Simples...

[queenofcardio]

I have the digital food scale

[Nikki1989]

Digital scales.

[jamesgoldman]

Spring for the kitchen and electric for business

[Paige2006]

I use electronic

[Katiebeth]

Mostly with electronic scales.

[xawyx-3]

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