Scoop (utensil)

In common usage, a scoop is any specialized spoon used to serve food.[1]

This article is about a specialized spoon used to serve food. For other uses, see Scoop.
"Disher" redirects here. For people with the name, see Disher (surname).
Disher style scoop
A measuring scoop
Model of an Ice Scoop, Eskimo, 1900-1930, Brooklyn Museum
Selection of ice cream scoop collection at Old Town Slidell (Louisiana) Soda Shop

In the technical terms used by the food service industry and in the retail and wholesale food utensil industries, there is a clear distinction between three types of scoop: the disher, which is used to measure a portion e.g. cookie dough, to make melon balls, and often to serve ice cream (although manufacturers frequently advise against using dishers for ice cream and other frozen foods); ice cream scoops, and the scoop which is used to measure or to transfer an unspecified amount of a bulk dry foodstuff such as rice, flour, or sugar.

Disher

Dishers are usually hemispherical like an ice cream scoop, while measuring scoops are usually cylindrical, and transfer scoops are usually shovel-shaped. Some dishers have mechanical levers which help expel the disher's contents. Traditionally dishers are sized by the number of scoops per quart but may also be sized by ounces, the diameter of the bowl, or the number of tablespoons they hold.

Ice Cream Scoop

Some higher-end ice cream scoops have a thermally conductive liquid in the handle to help keep the ice cream from freezing to the scoop's metal.

Transfer Scoop

Transfer scoops (a.k.a. utility scoops) are used to transfer bulk foods from large storage containers to smaller containers, and generally do not have any measurement markings, as their purpose is to transfer, and taking time to adjust the amount in a scoop would slow the transfer rate.

Other types of scoop utensils
  • Ice Scoop
  • Coffee Scoop
  • Spooner
  • Dipper
  • French Fry Scoop

Standard sizes

The table below is the standard definition in the U.S. food industry, but actual capacity varies by manufacturer.[2]

Disher Scoop Sizes
Handle ColorScoop Number
(Scoops per Quart)
Typical Use[3]U.S. Fluid Ounces
(fl. oz.)
Spoon Equivalent
(Tea=tsp.
Table=TBS.)
Metric
(millilitres)
Diameter
(inches)
  Orange
48.0 16 Tbs. (1 cup)236.63 ​5⁄8″
  Teal
56.4 12.8 Tbs. ( 0.8 cup)189.33 ​3⁄8″
  White
65.3 10 ​2⁄3 Tbs. (​2⁄3 cup)1583″
  Gray
8ice cream, jumbo cupcakes, mashed potatoes4.0 8 TBS. (​1⁄2 cup)1182 ​3⁄4″
  Ivory
10Texas-size muffins, popovers3.2 6 ​2⁄5 Tbs. (​2⁄5 cup)952 ​5⁄8″
  Green
12Ice cream, Standard muffins2.7 5 ​1⁄3 Tbs. (​1⁄3 cup)802 ​3⁄8 or 2 ​1⁄2″
  Sky Blue
142.4712 ​3⁄8″
  Royal Blue
16Pancakes2.0 4 Tbs. (​1⁄4 cup)592 ​5⁄16″
  Yellow
20ice cream, giant cookies1.6 3 ​1⁄5 Tbs. (​1⁄5 cup)472 ​1⁄8″
  Red
24regular cupcakes, sorbet, mashed potatoes1.3 2 ​2⁄3 Tbs. (​1⁄6 cup)382″
  Black
30silver-dollar pancakes, candies1.1 2 ​1⁄8 Tbs. (​17⁄128 cup)331 ​7⁄8″
  Mushroom
360.9427.81 ​3⁄4″
  Orchid
40mini muffins0.8 1 ​1⁄2 Tbs. (​3⁄32 cup)241 ​5⁄8″
  Rust
50mini cupcakes, canapés0.64 1.28 Tbs. (0.08 cup)19
  Pink
60large cookies0.53 3 ​1⁄5 tsp. (​1⁄15 cup)16
  Plum
70cookies0.46 2 ​3⁄4 tsp. (​11⁄192 cup)141 ​1⁄4
  Orange
100chocolate truffles0.32 1 ​8⁄9 tsp. (​17⁄432 cup)9
  • Transfer scoop
  • Zerolon Ice cream scoop with heat conductive fluid and a green handle cap, indicating a #16 scoop (Zerolon Scoops use a different color coding, where the size # is the number of double scoop servings in a gallon of ice cream)
  • Small disher scoop
  • Large aluminum scoop, here with caramel corn

See also

References
  1. "Scoop utensil United States Patent 6733056". Freepatentsonline.com. 2002-06-14. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  2. Chen, Kit. "Disher (aka ice cream scoop) sizes". Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. "Dishers". Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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