Bellemain Stainless Steel Flour Sifter for Baking with Hand Crank - 3 Cup

“I used this sifter today and was very pleased with it. The handle turns easily, it feels well made, and the size is just right for baking. It seems like good quality and worked well for me.”

I may not live the most exciting life, but this sifter pushed me a long way in the right direction. A few short weeks ago, one of my wife's boyfriends' girlfriends (don't overthink it) challenged me to a chocolate lava cake baking competition. Me of all people, one of the most esteemed chocolate lava cake bakers I know. My world was shattered. Who would dare! There was only one thing to do: I had to step up my lava cake game. Traditionally, when I bake things, I bake them for myself and I have very close to no standards for baking qualities. The whole reason I bake lava cakes in the first place is because (1) I am completely insensitive to baking quality, which can be a problem since I was challenged by an experienced baker and (2) a bit of (trigger warning: cultural appropriation) "nekojita" or "cat tongue" which my dear wikitionary describes as "someone who is incapable of drinking or eating anything hot due to having an overly sensitive tongue" so I usually end up just eating uncooked batter and praying to the many gods of infectious diseases to spare me. Successful so far on that front by the way, but I digress. Consequently, I've generally used an approach of "dump everything in a bowl and stir it until losing interest" which hadn't produced the most, shall we say, appetizing confectures. The biggest problem, in the words of my lovely and supportive spouse, is that little tiny beads of powdered sugar form in the recipe producing pockets of unpleasantly concentrated sweetness. Well we can't have that. No way, no how, not me and NOT just before a competition. So I scoured the globe (or at least 3 kitchen stores at the local mall) for a sifter that could meet my lofty standards, if such a sifter existed. I was able to find a variety of contraptions of all shapes, sizes, types and colors but, personally, I had two main criteria. First, I wanted a sifter with a hand crank. Apparently there are these new-fangled devices which can sift by squeezing on the handle with a serious of tedious, untrustworthy and critically difficult to clean moving parts sheathed beneath a false floor of metallic mesh. Not for me! I think it's important to be able to quickly and easily clean your sifter properly. The aforementioned loving and supportive spouse has raised some concerns about my dish-washing capabilities in the past so this was a must. Secondly, I wanted a sifter with measurements on the sides. Now for high precision baking you're supposed to do all kinds of high precision measurements and, when appropriate, I am prepared to take such measures. But sometimes a friend is coming over with little advance warning and I have to produce one of my much ballyhooed desserts lest I face the soul-crushing reality that all forms of human contact I presently enjoy are predicated on the notion that I will provide tastey (sic) treats for guests and I sacrifice some precision for speed (and fewer ugly dishes in the sink). This sifter is the best of all possible worlds. Quick and easy to use, quick and easy to clean, surprisingly good lucking, and offered at a price competitive with many of the others I was looking at in stores even after including shipping. While I'm not much of a connoisseur of baking goods, I have to say that to the best of my understanding what a sifter can and should be, the Bellemain Stainless Steel 3 Cup Sifter is the very stuff that dreams are made of. At least my dreams, it's the stuff of nightmares for my challenger in the bake-off. NOTE: It is totally okay to end a sentence with the word "of" now that conversational English has invented for itself some phrasal verbs.

Quality stainless sifter. Very solid and works well. Well worth extra cost for the quality.

I am just reviewing the construction as I see it. Of course the real test is the test of time. However, let me tell you what I know from an initial analysis just from having it in my possession. I love metals, tools, knives, machines, etc. I always have. I like quality metals & tools and I always prefer to buy quality over junk. Consequently I have no money, lol. Speaking of money, I was not given this product to review, nor did I receive any sort of discount or other incentive. I reserve 5 stars for something that is way above and beyond what I expected. This product seems to be about exactly what I was hoping for. It looks to be a quality metal. It appears to actually be stainless steel as advertised. I have unfortunately had products that say they are stainless, but they are simply chrome plated junk metal. I would not bet my life that this isn't just chrome plated as it is pretty shiny like it is in the picture, but for the moment I believe that it may be stainless. The screen, and the ring that holds it may not be stainless, but I can't be sure. It does not look the same as the "can." If I were to bet, it will be the first to rust. It is an easy bet since the metal crank rubs on the screen so if it is coated in any way, it will likely rub off first. If it rusts, I will try to come and update this review. I wanted stainless to make it less likely to rust out. I will clean and dry it when I do use it. Even stainless will rust. The screen sits in the middle as you would expect. It is held in by the larger middle ring. It looks to be a solid fit. The crank has a real wooden handle. The crank runs smooth, and slides lightly across 90% of the screen, which is about as good for sifting as I think you can expect from such an inexpensive product. The handle seems to be held in by the roll of the can on the top and bottom. I tried to figure out if it was spot welded on the top and bottom. If it was, it was very smooth, but it does have small indention's where it might have been welded or pressed in some way. If it is welded, that means the can is chrome plated, as you do not see the heat marks, etc., from the welding. I have seen plenty of the old ones that are all rusted and I didn't want that. At the moment I am certain that it will perform very well as a sifter even though I have not used it yet (I have used several others). It looks better than any sifter I have ever used or seen. My only question is how well it will resist moisture. If it is all stainless, I would expect it to last the rest of my life. If anything unexpected happens, I will update my review.

Works great... crank much easier to use!

Good to have sifter. Helps me in baking

Solid stainless steel sifter that has a 5 cup capacity. Works well and effectively.

I noticed that this sifter is a bit smaller than my old rusted one that I have owned for 30 years. This sifter seems to operate smoothly.

Works well but little bit flimsy

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Seems well made and quickly sifted flour. Good size, holds up to 3 cups. Very pleased with it.

Very useful and easy to use. I wish it came with a bottom top.

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