Boskermeal 5 bowls, 3 graters, lids

More than they sound, and nothing else on this shelf has them. The saving Boskermeal names is the right one: "grate carrots directly into these stainless steel mixing bowls to eliminate extra cutting bo[ards]." A box grater needs a board beneath it, the shreds pile up around rather than under it, and then everything is transferred — three objects for one job. An attachment that sits on the bowl rim is one object, and the shreds land where they are going. Three heads cover grating, slicing and shredding, which is most of what the box graters on this site do with four sides. What it will not do is the fine zesting side of a box grater, and the attachments are three more things to store.

No. The catalog lists 454 g (16 oz) — one pound — for five stainless steel bowls, three grater attachments and a set of lids. The comparisons are on the same shelf: Cuisinart’s three stainless bowls are 1,769 g (62.4 oz), Viking’s ten pieces are 2,722 g (96 oz), and Pyrex Colors’ three glass bowls with lids are 4,019 g (141.8 oz). One pound is roughly what a single mid-sized steel bowl weighs. Expect something in the region of two kilograms. It matters because the listing claims "thicker stainless steel" that "resist[s] dents and rust better than thinner brands" — and weight is the only way to check a thickness claim when no gauge is published. Neither this nor Priority Chef, which makes the same claim, publishes one.

Because a bowl wants nothing to cling, and that is the opposite of some other kitchen surfaces. Boskermeal publishes "a mirrored interior that lets food slide off easily" — and a polished steel surface genuinely releases dough, batter and whipped egg far better than a brushed or satin one, where the grain gives the mixture something to key into. The contrast worth drawing is with a mortar, where every good listing specifies a rough, unpolished interior precisely because grinding needs friction. Same material, opposite requirement. For a mixing bowl the other thing a mirror finish buys is that it shows you when it is clean — a satin interior hides a film of fat.