Vollrath 5 Piece Heavy-Duty Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl Set - 5/Set

I'm not a professional chef. But cooking is my hobby, and I've been doing it for over thirty years. These heavy-duty stainless-steel mixing bowls were made in the USA. I'm sure that a cheaper set of imported bowls would have served my needs. But the weight and quality of this American-made set is immediately evident the moment you pick one up. I hear a lot of people say that they want to support American manufacturing and American jobs. Yet, many of these same people fail to put their money where their mouth is when they make a purchase. When you turn these bowls upside down, you won't see "Made in China" (or some other country). What you will see is "Vollrath, Sheboygan, WI, USA". Maybe that means nothing to you. But it makes a world of difference to me, and to the American workers who made them.

The good: The weight, design, and construction of these bowls is incredibly nice, the best I've found so far. It would be a 5 star if not for this: The disappointing: The interior satin finish is definitely not my preference. it looks like dull old aluminum and it's nature is that appears somewhat dirty and oxidized after cleaning.. Scratches from a single use of Danish mixing whisk left very visible scratches, and it looks worse than a shiny scratched bowl, as those eventually develop a patina that becomes a dull glow. These scratches show up as darker gray. The interior urface.is almost rough to the touch, almost like raw metal. Vollrath says the interior is stain and scratch resistant and creates a smooth attractive appearance. This is just marketing gibberish. Compared to shinier finish, It shows fingerprints, water marks, scratches much more visibly, and it's literally less Read More

Joanna's review left on 2/2/23 is spot on - and I wish I would have read it before "blindly" ordering this set. I wish I would have ordered the CHEAPER polished set by Vollrath. The interior of these bowls with the ugly matt finish is unbearable. They never look clean and they always feel dirty and rough to the touch because of the matt finish. I've never seen stainless steel bowls like this. I also noticed that one of the bowls has a bubble on the bottom of the bowl (you can push the outside of the bottom of the bowl like pushing a button - it's like the coating separated). Every bowl also came with two stickers - a white sticker and an orange sticker. The white stickers came off with ease. The orange stickers were practically glued to the bowls. I had to soak them in oil for Read More