TBWHL Multi-functional Hot Pot Fat Skimmer Spoon - Stainless Steel Fine Mesh Food Strainer for Skimming Grease and Foam DIA 3.1"

It's a solid stainless steel mesh skimming ladle and worthy of praise. The only thing: if you use this to strain off oil, from a fairly solid soup/stew including chili, you may need to do a two part method of skimming and then rinsing it off to skim more. This way the oil in the build up on your spoon won't impede skimming off just the oil and not juice as well. The holes are very, very small, which are what is needed when skimming soup, stews, even making seed cheeses, or tofu. By and large an excellent product.

I'll be using it to skim off unwanted fat from stews and carnitas.

This works great. I’ve also used it for poaching eggs.. love it!

I’m a kitchen gadget fanatic and this sure didn’t disappoint. Normally I use a regular spoon but it also scooped up the broth, with drips everywhere. This however only caught the foam. No more messy drips from pot to a container to hold the floating foam. Love it and it works great!

With the teeny tiny holes, it does strain royally, even retaining the thicker part of a broth which I may put back in the container and save, or rinse away; depending on the iicckk factor. This worked great for removing fat from cooled-down chicken stock and also from hot chicken stock. I've never had a straining spoon before (fat skimmer) and it's worth the expense. Having retired, I find time now to cook and am really learning more than during my working life or raising-children-life. And I have more income to buy special tools where I used to improvise to save money. I feel very luxurious having a special spoon to skim fat with. Woo hoo, life is good. Yes, I recommend this spoon.

Very pleased. As expected

I make a lot of soups and broths this tool is so awesome for skimming the tops of the broth while simmering. Gets all the scum and fats out so much easier than using a spoon Best Buy ever!

It does what it is supposed to do. It arrived with a ding/dent in the “spoon filter” section but I am using it as the defect does not affect its use.

Although marketed as a fat skimmer, I'm using it to make ricotta cheese. I needed a flat, fine-mesh sieve to gently lift the newly-formed curds from the whey. This item does the trick and as a bonus, is not a flimsy wire mesh as found in most strainers, but instead a metal plate containing finely-drilled holes. As long as it doesn't corrode, it should last a lifetime.Follow-up: I've produced multiple batches of ricotta and this skimmer spoon is functioning perfectly. Unlike wire mesh strainers, which clog with fine particles of curd, this spoon captures the curd but continues to strain whey throughout the harvest.

well made, with a well to contain the liquid. filter is a bunch of pin holes.the pin holes may be just a bit too small for thicker liquid or sauce to pass throughthe handle cushion comfort can be improved so that holding it is unlike holding a knife.effectiveness : 8/10

Like everything about it

looks solid

Whish the handle was longer