OXO Good Grips Melon Baller, One Size

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Fiercely defending its reputation as a premier kitchen tool gadget company, OXO takes the cake for the best dual melon baller! This tool features two stainless steel heads. One end is a big scoop that produces 1.25” melon balls while the other end is a small sized scoop, producing just 1” balls. Having the potential of 2 different size melon balls available in the same tool offers excellent versatility, as creating a variety of sizes can really amp up the interest factor when it comes to making dishes like our Watermelon Arugula Salad or Fresh Watermelon Fruit Salad. It’s most definitely not just for watermelon though, as this OXO Melon Baller worked just as well on our cantaloupe and honeydew melons as well. This included cantaloupe, honey dew and watermelon. The melon baller makes sure all your fruit is the same size and the shape of the balls is very pleasing and appetizing. As for the handle of the Norpro melon baller, it features the most ergonomic design of all the tools we tested with a soft rubber coating that offers an exceptionally comfortable grip--and a slip-free one at that! The size of the handle is large and easy to grasp, plus it has convenient finger indents for ultimate ease of use. And, there’s even a hole at the end of the handle so you can hang this tool on a hook or attach it to a ring of other kitchen utensils.

Watermelon is a big fruit and some people/families can't get through a whole one, so any leftovers I suggest freezing! If you’re interested in making a summer fruit salad, there’s no better tool than a melon baller. These small utensils provide several benefits that make them an essential kitchen tool. Easy usageI have a melon baller that has a scoop on each end. Once side is a mini melon baller and the other side is a regular size. Functionality: considering how effective each tool is at balling melon as well as whether or not it is versatile enough to be used for other kitchen related or food prep tasks. I love my melon baller, it's a must have for fruit salads. I used to use a regular spoon before but that doesn't come out too great. I also like that when I use a melon baller, all the fruits are the same size so the salad looks much more uniform and attractive.

There are two common types of handles: straight and offset. A straight-handled baller will make it easy to scoop out the flesh of the melon. An offset-handled baller will make it easier to scoop out balls at an angle (which is more common when using a round melon). The material On the downside, the cutting edge of this melon baller is so sharp, we actually found our melon scooping efforts to have punched through the rind on several different occasions. This means that when you’re at the point in your melon balling that you’re getting close to the melon skin, you have to be extremely careful so as not to wind up with tough bits of rind on one edge of your perfect melon spheres like we did. Pros:Make a Sweet Treat. A melon baller is the perfect tool for making confections such as our Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles or Halloween Themed Cake Pops! Scooping the fruit out (the serrations help create grooves for scooping, similar to a grapefruit spoon or spork) In between the two different sized scooping cups, there is a rubber handle that bears OXO’s trademark non-slip grip texture that offers you secure hold even with wet, juicy melon hands! Plus, the tool itself is nice and long, offering you excellent leverage as you work and making it easy to keep your hands clean and dry. We cut triangles into the melon to create a cool effect. Use a sharp knife to cut the watermelon skin. You can experiment and do whatever you like! Next time I do it I will do something else!

Turn to the other side and take a larger slice off, this is where you are going to create the watermelon balls from and present it in after.

Still, other melon baller varieties might have a spring mechanism for easy release or others work like small pairs of tongs. Ranking the Best Melon Ballers The Test Subjects When shopping for a good melon baller, it's important to take into consideration the sharpness of the scooping portion, the depth of the cup, the grip of the handle, and the overall ergonomics of the tool itself. Since you'll be using this device to scoop a juicy, messy fruit for sometimes long periods of time, it's gotta be comfortable to hold and easy to use! To protect your melon baller from rusting, add a few drops of oil to the metal surface. This will help protect it from rusting and keep it in good condition for a long time. Though stuffing a big ol’ wedge of watermelon in your face is a seriously good time, it is nice to have an easier, less messy way of enjoying this juicy fruit. Enter: the melon baller! Portion Ice Cream. Use a larger sized melon baller to portion perfect scoops of ice cream ( Vegan Matcha Ice Cream, anyone?), or use smaller ballers to make mini ice cream cones!

Edges of the scooping cups are overly sharp, leaving us with bits of melon rind on some of our melon balls. It’s also worth noting that though the product listing indicates that this melon baller is dishwasher safe, some folks report that doing so results in some damage to the finish of the handle, so you may want to hand-wash this one to be safe. Pros: There you have it a Watermelon Ball Bowl! We also added some kiwi for some extra goodness! How to freeze Watermelon Balls? Now these are some super cool kitchen gadgets. When it comes to all your scooping needs, we’re scooping up all the prizes with our range of kitchen items at Lakeland.We used these 5 criterial scores to calculate an overall average rank for each melon baller, thereby determining the winners in each of our 6 main categories! Best Single Melon Baller: Norpro Grip-EZ Melon Baller We organized our melon baller haul according to common characteristics and set forth to determine the best representation from each of the following 6 categories: We set out to test as many of the different melon baller options as we could! We researched, shopped for, and physically tested the following 10 different melon baller tools: We can substitute melon ballers with metal measuring spoons if they have sharp edges. For example, make fancy dessert garnish and we need to make melon balls without a scooper. Measuring spoons not easy to use instead of a melon baller for every task but if we need we can, especially for soft fruits as watermelon and melon. What I like about this melon baller substitute, they come in a few sizes. With these measuring spoons and we can make different size balls to garnish desserts or other dishes. I tried to use to scoop core from the apple and it works fine. I can use it to make a few balls garnishes. However, my measuring spoons not design for this task and bent so easily. Another downside, missing the hole on the spoon. The hole on the melon baller is important if we make balls from watermelon as an example. The juice escapes from the hole and we can make easy perfectly shaped watermelon balls. When it comes to portioning melon, sometimes perfectly round balls are just a little boring. Thankfully there are also specially shaped melon ballers out there if you’re looking for something a little bit more unexpected! Our favorite among them: this dual ended option from premium kitchen cutlery brand, Messermeister.