The food disher has a very specific culinary purpose – serving perfectly portioned amounts of food!  Whether it’s cookies or ice cream or mashed potatoes, the food disher will help you portion out a perfect amount.  Knowing the amount makes your scoop infinitely more useful.  Using the Lexon food disher sizing chart, you’ll be able to make the most of your food dishers.

How is food disher sizing determined? 

Food dishers are numbered according to its size.  The size number refers to the number of scoops you could make from a quart of food.  So, a #100 disher makes 100 scoops of food to a quart.  A #6 disher makes 6 scoops.  Therefore, the larger the number, the smaller the scoop. If you have a few dishers at home, you can easily find out what size you have been using.  Lexon codes its disher by color handle, and labels at the back of the disher.

But, if your disher is unlabeled, there is another method for figuring out the size.  Simply use a ruler to measure the diameter of the scoop.  Then, use the food disher sizing chart to determine the size. 

Why does food disher sizing matter?

Knowing the size of your food disher helps you make the most of your scoop!  Professionals use the disher to measure semi-liquid ingredients like mayonnaise or peanut butter, because it is easy to remove these messy items from the disher bowl.

Other great uses include measuring meatballs, mashed potatoes, rice, cupcakes, cookies, muffins, pancake and waffle batter, cake batter, potato salad, refried beans, sour cream, drop biscuits, whoopie pies, fillings for cakes, hash browns, filling for deviled eggs, pudding, corn, and peas.  The list goes on and on, but you get the idea!!! There are endless uses for food dishers once you understand the sizing!  So, choose the size that best fits your need.

Recommended Food Disher Sizes

If you’re looking to add some of dishers to your kitchen, we suggest getting a small, medium, large, and extra large dishers size to start.

The small disher we recommend is a #60.  It holds 1 Tablespoon and makes a cookie that is about 1 3/8″ in diameter.  It is perfect for bite-sized cookies, protein power balls, mini meatballs, and melon balls.

The medium scoop we recommend is a #40.  The size holds almost 2 Tablespoons, making a cookie that is about 2 3/4″ in diameter.  This scoop makes a great cookie for sharing.  It also makes a good cake pop.

The large scoop we recommend is the #20.  This size holds 3.5 Tablespoons, it is most professionals’ favorite sized cookie (3 1/4″ in diameter).  It is also the perfect scoop for cupcakes or muffins, filling a standard muffin pan perfectly.

The extra large scoop we recommend is the #8.  This size holds almost 1/2 cup of food, and makes an enormously delicious cookie (4 1/2″ in diameter).  This is perfect for serving side dishes like mashed potatoes, rice, baked beans, or salad.