The OXO Steel Salad Spinner meets
the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large)
Serious Eats' top salad spinner out of 14, with a steel bowl that goes straight to the table. We tested it head-to-head against the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large) across 6 key dimensions.
OXO Steel Salad Spinner
“Serious Eats' top salad spinner out of 14, with a steel bowl that goes straight to the table”
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large)
“The top pick at America's Test Kitchen, Wirecutter and Food Network, for about $33”
Head-to-Head Breakdown
Strengths & Weaknesses
OXO Steel Salad Spinner
- Serious Eats' Best Salad Spinner after weighing the water left behind by 14 models
- The stainless steel bowl sits steady on a non-slip base and doubles as a serving bowl, which Wirecutter and Food Network both singled out
- Every part goes in the dishwasher, and America's Test Kitchen gave it top marks for cleanup
- Lists at $74.99, more than twice the price of the plastic OXO that dries greens just as well
- TechGearLab found the brake button the stiffest to press in its test group
- The steel bowl is opaque, so you can't watch the greens dry, and the center stem can crush leaves
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large)
- Top pick at America's Test Kitchen, Wirecutter, Food Network, EatingWell and mybest
- Left only 3.38% of the water behind in Serious Eats' weighed drying test
- Wirecutter's accessibility panel found the one-handed pump the easiest to use
- The lightweight plastic bowl is less stable than OXO's steel and glass versions, per Serious Eats
- The pump stem pokes 2 inches into the basket and slightly bruised baby spinach at America's Test Kitchen
- EatingWell found the clear plastic bowl prone to discoloring
The Verdict
Our Bottom Line
Serious Eats put 14 salad spinners through the same routine: weigh the greens, wash them, spin them, weigh them again. The OXO Steel came out on top. It left 3.68% of the water behind and dried 5 ounces of mixed greens in 27 seconds, then won the category because it does that from a bowl you can carry to the table. TechGearLab ran a messier test, rinsing soil off romaine, and the Steel cleared more of the dirty water than anything else in its group: 83% after two spins.
OXO Steel Salad Spinner
Serious Eats put 14 salad spinners through the same routine: weigh the greens, wash them, spin them, weigh them again. The OXO Steel came out on top. It left 3.68% of the water behind and dried 5 ounces of mixed greens in 27 seconds, then won the category because it does that from a bowl you can carry to the table. TechGearLab ran a messier test, rinsing soil off romaine, and the Steel cleared more of the dirty water than anything else in its group: 83% after two spins.
- Cooks who wash, dry and serve salad from the same bowl
- Households that make salad several times a week and want a spinner that lasts
- Anyone whose last plastic spinner cracked or skated across the counter
- Hosts who want a steel bowl that looks right on the table
- Kitchens where every part has to go in the dishwasher
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large)
America's Test Kitchen, Wirecutter, Food Network, EatingWell and mybest all named the OXO Good Grips their top salad spinner. No other model in our research has that kind of backing. America's Test Kitchen found it the most effective in its lineup at removing water from a range of greens, and Serious Eats measured 3.38% of the water left after 28 seconds, a touch drier than the Steel.
- Anyone who wants the most-recommended salad spinner for about $33
- Cooks who care about dry greens more than a serving bowl
- People with limited grip strength, since Wirecutter's accessibility panel found the pump easiest to use
- First-time buyers replacing a pull-cord or crank spinner
- Small households that want a spinner light enough to grab one-handed