OXO Good Grips Bench Scraper Review: The $15 Tool Every Home Cook Actually Uses

Product Overview

The bench scraper is one of those tools that professional kitchens have used for decades but home cooks are only recently adopting in large numbers. OXO's version translates the bakers' bench knife into a dishwasher-safe, everyday kitchen tool: a flat stainless steel blade attached to a curved Santoprene non-slip handle.

There are no color or size variants — this is a single SKU. OXO does sell a two-pack (B013MA1YRM) for roughly $26, useful if you regularly bake in volume and want two in rotation.

Performance & Real-World Use

The bench scraper earns its keep across more tasks than most buyers expect. Its primary role in baking is portioning and folding dough: the flat stainless edge slides cleanly under sticky bread or pizza dough without tearing it, and the measurement markings etched into the blade let you eyeball-divide a full batch into equal portions — rolls, baguette lengths, or pizza rounds — without pulling out a scale every time.

Beyond bread, the tool is one of the fastest ways to clean a flour-dusted work surface. One or two sweeping strokes collect every scrap of debris into a neat pile, replacing the clumsy spoon-and-arm method entirely. During everyday prep work — not just baking — it doubles as a transferring tool, moving a full board of diced aromatics directly into a hot pan. Knife blades stay sharper when you stop using them to scrape the cutting board.

One real caveat from America's Test Kitchen's multi-model equipment testing: the OXO's handle is measurably wider than competing models. Under firm, straight-down pressure — the kind needed when tackling dense vegetables or particularly stiff dough — the wide handle causes your knuckles to brush the countertop. ATK rated the narrower-handled Dexter-Russell slightly higher for that specific reason. Wirecutter and Serious Eats both tested the same field and still named the OXO their top pick, so this is a real but limited tradeoff rather than a disqualifying flaw.

ATK also noted the Santoprene rubber can become sticky and gummy after heavy, long-term dishwasher use — something that rarely surfaces in Amazon reviews but is worth knowing if you run a dishwasher daily.