5 Qt Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl

This stainless steel mixing bowl is exactly what I was looking for. I have a 13qt stainless steel mixing bowl that I had been using for preparing homemade organic/gluten free breakfast sausage. To give you an idea of the amount in the recipe: 3-1/2 lbs ground meat, 16 lbs apples diced, about 24 oz bread crumbs, about 16 oz of my own dry spice mixture and about a cup of avocado oil. I was struggling to get it properly mixed in the 13qt bowl because it filled it right to the top. This 20qt version is just what I needed - you can see that there is sufficient space to mix everything without it falling out over the edge. The stainless steel is excellent quality and it's not too heavy when empty. It is huge and one must be creative when finding storage. I showed photo in dishwasher just to show that it fits; although I did wash by hand. Notice the sticker is on the bottom and not inside the bowl. Highly recommended for big batch processing!!

This bowl is much nicer than I expected. I own some smaller restaurant quality mixing bowls and I while I initially wanted to get a 30qt version of those I decided to try this one first since it’s a fifth the price. I’m glad I did because the quality is nearly as good. It’s much sturdier than I thought it would be. It’s heavy but not overly so and the bottom is true flat, it doesn’t pop or spin on the countertop. The size is great. We’re a family of ten and I can make batches of meals in this bowl that are large enough to freeze as 5-7 complete meals for all of us. I make things like fried rice, pasta bakes, chicken pot pies, stir fry, and casseroles with plenty of room to mix everything without worrying if I’m overfilling the bowl and will make a mess. It’s also nice for bread baking. I like to use my stand mixer to knead dough so I can bake a bunch of bread to freeze. This big mixing bowl means I can have them all rise in the same bowl while waiting to be baked and not dirty all my other mixing bowls. The one thing I don’t like about it is that it’s difficult to wash. I usually hold it upright and use the sprayer to clean it out then scrub it with it flat on the counter followed by a rinse.

Exactly what I was looking for and just the right size.

This bowl turned out to be more shallow than I’d expected. Otherwise, it’s a fine mixing bowl

Very good and usable.

Wow...... this thing is gargantuan 😲. If people are winning about it ignore them... they’re probably having a bad day. I’ll probably have to store this under my bed it’s so freaking big! The one picture is with my almost 6 year old. I wanted a big bowl to rise bread dough in because I do 4 loaves at a time. This will definitely fit any amount of dough that I’ll need! Very happy with with this purchase! 🤗. Update several years later 🤣: so my opinion now on them is they're a bit thin but for the price I think they're good quality. I have 2, 20 qt and 16 qt bowls from this same company because I wanted to make sure they were similar in shape so I could stack them easily. Honestly I prefer the 16 qt because it's still very large and can probably fit 2 home grown chickens (so large chickens) in it. Although I can fit the 16 qt in my sink whereas I can't the 20 qt. Hope that helps! I like giving these as wedding gifts because it's unique and there's always a need for a huge bowl at some point!

Great bowl. Comfortable to use and hold, easy to wash. For bread makers, a shower cap fits nicely over it in place of plastic wrap. My only complaint is the bottom flexes sometimes when I'm mixing vigorously by hand, which speaks to its material being on the thinner side. However, that does mean it's lightweight and inexpensive. For the price and ease of use and cleaning, I still give it 5 stars and would buy again.

The 3 Qt bowls are marked as "3 Qt" but it only holds a little over 2 quarts. That's almost 4 full cups short of the advertised size. The bowls look and feel sturdy enough for general use which is why I rated higher than 1 star, but I needed a 3 quart bowl, not 2 quart. This makes me wonder how accurate the other sizes are. ------ UPDATE: I started the return process, but the instructions from the seller (MVTRADINGONLINE) states they will charge me for return shipping. I contacted Amazon who contacted the seller asking for a full refund. The seller wanted to know what was wrong with the bowls. When I explained that they were smaller than described, I was told by the seller that their description was accurate because they labeled the bowls as "Standard". There were some additional back and forth interactions, but the seller was adamant that "Standard" means "smaller than advertised" and that I need to search for "True" size bowls if I wanted the actual size listed in the description (which I did, but there isn't any bowl I could find labeled that way). In the end, the seller said they would issue a full refund, but they did not address my question of the return shipping. Based on the vagueness of their item descriptions and their emails, I don't have full confidence in receiving a full refund. They may do that, but my trust in them is very low right now. The sellers are very quick to respond so I will keep my star where it is. I am just not happy with the vagueness of the item descriptions and content of our discussion.