![]() That small change results in a scoop of ice cream that looks more like a narrow disk than a round mound. Norpro Ice Cream Scoop: The design and feel of the Norpro is very similar to that of our winner, but the oval bowl tapers as it nears the handle.It’s comfortable, with a nice weight, but it doesn’t do well at forming balls of ice cream. Wilton Ice Cream Scoop: The Wilton scoop looks like a hammerhead shark, with wings that work well at getting into every area inside a container of ice cream.This ergonomic model also needs a wide-open area to work in, so, if you buy ice cream in narrow pint or quart containers, this probably isn’t the right tool for you. There’s a bit of a learning curve to use it correctly for us, it pushed the ice cream like a bulldozer, never really scooping it. To use it, you push with the palm of your hand, rather than pulling, like with a traditional scoop. Midnight Scoop: The pricey Midnight Scoop looks like a piece of modern sculpture.During testing, it was difficult to form a true ball of ice cream, and the twisting motion is awkward. Good Cook Twister Ice Cream Scoop: Another model from Good Cook, the Twister, requires turning your wrist as you dig down into the ice cream.The ice cream sometimes stuck to the lever, and, with a bowl that's more than two inches wide, scooping hard, “super-premium” brands was challenging. OXO SteeL Ice Cream Scoop: Another OXO model, the SteeL, has an almost perfectly round bowl with a lever that ejects the scoop.Testers also had a hard time getting the ice cream to curl into a pleasing ball. OXO Good Grips Solid Stainless Steel Ice Cream Scoop: The OXO Good Grips Solid Stainless Steel Ice Cream Scoop was simply too heavy.But with really hard ice cream, it's hard to dig the large head-which is more than two inches wide-into the carton. We liked the sharp cutting edge around the bowl, which made it easy to form balls of softer ice cream. It also features a liquid in the handle that helps warm the bowl (though, again, the manufacturer wouldn’t provide specifics). Scoop That II Warming Ice Cream Scoop: The Scoop That II Warming Ice Cream Scoop was the best-performing round-bowl scoop we tested.(The manufacturer would not identify the liquid.) It ranked just behind the Zeroll in our tests, but we think our winner is a better scoop, though it costs a little more. New Start Foodservice Stainless Steel Ice Cream Scoop: The New Star scoop is a copy of our winning Zeroll’s design, and its handle is also filled with a liquid that transfers heat from your hand to the scoop.Zeroll Original Tubmate Ice Cream Spade: The spade on the Zeroll Tubmate is two and five-eighths inches wide, making it difficult to work with in smaller, pint-sized containers.After a few days of use and washing in the sink with the rest of the models, the handle had a few nicks in the finish, which doesn’t look great. ![]() ![]() Zeroll Zerolon Ice Cream Scoop: The Zeroll nonstick-coated model is slightly more expensive than our winner, and, while it scoops just as well, we don’t think it releases the ice cream with noticeably more ease.Serious Eats / Will Dickey The Competition
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