Why a Kitchen Scale Is the Most Important Tool in Any Kitchen [Video]

Your kitchen should have the right tools. Welcome to A Guide to Gearing Up Your Kitchen, a series where I help you outfit the space with all the small appliances you need (and ditch the ones you don’t).

You’ve probably heard folks refer to cooking and baking as a science. While I consider a great deal of it an art, I don’t deny that I do an inordinate amount of trials, weighing, measuring, temperature-monitoring, and record-keeping for an artist. Of all the tools and appliances I use, one of the most essential is my digital scale.

A kitchen scale is required for consistency. It allows you to accurately measureingredients, monitor serving size, split cake batter evenly between cake pans, and even help troubleshoot where a recipe went wrong. There are features to help you measure each item with accuracy even if you’re piling seven ingredients in the same bowl. While this might seem like the sort of thing only a professional baker would need, use it …