Kitchen Favorites: Large Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
This giant stainless steel mixing bowl is my kitchen favorite this week, and it is the one I pull out when baking season shows up and I have got a whole lot to make. Nobody pays me to say that — Fox Run has never contacted me, this is not sponsored, and I bought mine with my own money right off Amazon like anybody else. It is a 10.75 quart, it is the exact one you see me holding in the video, and it is the big gun I bring out when one regular bowl is not going to cut it.
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• This is the exact one in the video and the exact one I bought with my own money. Ten and three quarter quarts, which is enough room to stir a huge batch of fudge or double up on cookie dough without a thing going over the side. It is light enough that I can carry it full, and I have not managed to hurt it yet.
Here is when this bowl comes out of the cabinet. A huge, ginormous batch of fudge. Multiple batches of pumpkin bread at one time. Cookie dough when I am not making one dozen, I am making six. It is baking season, y’all, and this is me whipping out the big guns.
The problem with a normal mixing bowl is not that it is too small to hold the ingredients. It is that it is too small to let you stir them. You end up creeping around the edges trying not to fling flour across the counter, and half the batch never gets properly mixed because there is no room to get a spoon underneath it. Give yourself a few extra inches of wall and the whole job gets easier.
Two things I will say for it beyond the size. It is indestructible — I have knocked this thing around my kitchen for a long while and it does not chip, it does not crack, and it does not stain. And it is lightweight, which matters more than people expect. A bowl this big made of glass or stoneware would be a two-handed job before you put a single thing in it, and a bad one to lift down off a shelf. This one I can carry across the kitchen full of batter without thinking about it.
It is the bowl behind the big-batch things I make every fall — candied pecans when I am filling jars for every lady at the table, my mama’s banana bread when I am doubling it, and a full pan of pecan pie bars for a crowd. None of those are hard. They just need room.
Why a Big Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl Earns Its Space
Stainless is the right material for a bowl this size, and not only because it is light. It is non-porous, so it does not hold on to grease the way plastic does — and that matters more than it sounds like it should. Tasting Table has a good piece on why the bowl matters when you beat egg whites, and the short version is that a plastic bowl hangs on to an invisible film of grease even after you wash it, and that film is enough to keep your whites from ever getting fluffy.
The same article makes the other argument for going big, and it surprised me: egg whites can climb to seven times the volume you started with. Seven times. If you have ever watched meringue crawl up over the rim of a bowl and thought you did something wrong, you did not — the bowl was just too small. That is true of bread dough rising and a doubled cake batter too. Headroom is not a luxury in baking, it is part of the recipe.
The last thing is honest and a little silly, and I said it in the video because it is true. On a bad day this bowl makes a really generous cup of coffee. It holds a lot of ice cream. It is a ginormous bowl of popcorn. If it is that kind of day, this bowl will be there for you too.
Which Size Should You Buy?
Mine is the 10.75 quart and that is the one I would point you to if you are only buying one, because the whole reason to own a bowl like this is the jobs your other bowls cannot do. Buying a middle size to be sensible is how you end up right back where you started, creeping around the edges of a bowl that is a little too small.
That said, they come in a whole range, and there are two sets worth knowing about — a set of three that runs from 4.25 quarts up to the 10.75, and a set of six that starts at a half quart and goes all the way up. Both of those sets include the big one I use. If you are starting your kitchen from scratch or you are buying this for somebody who is, a set is the better value, and you get the little ones for cracking eggs and holding chopped onion. If you already have bowls and you just need the giant, buy the giant.
🥣 The Sizes Worth Considering
Same bowl, bigger and smaller — plus the two sets that include the 10.75 quart I actually use. Click any one to see what it costs today on Amazon.
Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl FAQ
Is Stephanie paid for recommending this stainless steel mixing bowl?
No. Nobody has paid me a dime, Fox Run has never contacted me, and this was not a gift or a sample. I ordered it myself and paid for it with my own money. If that ever changes on any product I show you, I will say so right here in this spot, first thing.
Is the one you linked the exact bowl in the video?
It is, and I am always glad when I can say that. The bowl in the box above is the same 10.75 quart I am holding in the video, same brand, same size, same everything. I bought it off Amazon and that is the listing I bought it from.
Is a 10.75 quart bowl too big for a normal kitchen?
It is big, and I am not going to pretend otherwise — you need a cabinet that will take it. But I cook for seven people, and the honest answer is that the bowl I regret is never the one that was too big. It is the one I had to split a recipe across because it would not all fit. If you bake in doubles or you feed a crowd at the holidays, it will earn its shelf.
Is stainless steel better than glass or plastic for mixing?
For a bowl this size, yes. Plastic holds a grease film that will wreck egg whites no matter how well you wash it, and glass at this capacity is heavy enough to be genuinely awkward to lift down full. Glass has its place — I use it all the time for smaller things and for anything going in the microwave. But the big mixing bowl is the one job where stainless wins outright.
Can it go in the dishwasher?
Mine does, and it comes out fine. The only thing I would mention is that a bowl this wide takes up most of a bottom rack, so on a heavy baking day I usually just wash it by hand in the sink and be done with it. Warm water and a little soap and it is clean — there is nothing to soak and nothing to scrub out of a corner.
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Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl — About Stephanie Longstreth
Stephanie Longstreth is the home cook, mom, and storyteller behind StephanieCooksForACrowd.com. She cooks for a family of seven in Florida — five kids, two cats, and one husband who appreciates a good meal. Four of her children came home through adoption, and family stories are woven into everything she makes and shares. Find her crowd-friendly recipes, weekly meal plans, and real family life on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest @stephaniecooksforacrowd.