What kind of spoon is this, and where can I get one?

[GrillingFool]

I have an acquaintance who wants more of these type spoons.
Is there a name for them?
How about a source?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Katie H]

Never seen anything like it, GrillingFool, but there are many eyes here on DC. Perhaps someone will know what it is. Best wishes on your search.

 

[kitchenelf]

It appears to be filed down on purpose (but I have been wrong before ) - it would be a great spoon to cook/bake with!

 

[bowlingshirt]

It looks kinda like a spoonula, but I've never seen a metal one before...that's the prototype, perhaps ????

 

[Andy M.]

I've never seen this shape spoon before. What's the attraction?

 

[Uncle Bob]

And the obvious question, Are there any names, numbers etc. on the item???
Where did your aquaintance get this one?

 

[Katie H]

Just for the heck of it, I did a Google image search for "basting spoon." Interestingly enough, on several pages there were a number with blunt tips similar to the spoon in your photo. Perhaps it's a basting spoon of some sort.

 

[keltin]

How big is that spoon? If it’s a large serving/cooking utensil, there are various varieties you can find:

Called a Serving Spoon

Blunt End Spoon

Blunt End Spoon #2

Stirring Spoon

Perhaps its a type of Ice Cream Spoon?

Maybe it doesn't have a name?

 

[BBQ Mikey]

The simple answer to your question is

"very big"

 

[AllenOK]

BBQ Mikey, what does your friend use that for?

I have something extremely similar, that's used for ice cream. If you want, I'll post a pic of mine.

 

[Katie H]

Do it anyway, Allen. Inquiring minds want to know. I first thought it might be an ice cream scoop/disher but, for some reason, basting came to mind instead.

 

[AllenOK]

Ok, here's mine.

If you look, you can even make out the name of the store that sells it. They call it an "ice cream spade". Over-all length is about 9".

 

[Corinne]

I have 2 spoons similar to this one. They are all metal. One is slotted, the other is not. I love them! I wanted to buy more but the place where I bought them didn't carry them anymore.

What's so great about them? The flatness at the edge of the bowl of the spoon allows you to scrape across a wider portion of the bottom of a pan or mixing bowl. A regular spoon has almost a pointed tip on the end of the bowl & doesn't allow you to cover as much ground when you're stirring.

Corinne

 

[keltin]

Whoa AllenOK, your’s is a near exact match! Maybe it is an Ice Cream spoon? Where did you get that?

 

[AllenOK]

From the ice cream company whose name is emblazoned on the tang near the wooden handle. It's a franchise chain, with locations all over OK, northern TX, western AR, south-western MO, and southern KS. Heck, I used to work for them, back before I decided to go into food professionally. Double-heck, there's a store about a mile from me right now. I buy milk there, and ocassionally ice cream.

 

[GrillingFool]

Great sleuthing!
I know the company name is Warco, but that's about it.
There are a bunch on google made of wood, endorsed by Mario
Battali of Iron Chef fame, and I saw that Ice Cream Spade, too!
Said acquaintance is from another message board, and likes them
because they are flat ended for scraping. Also because the flat end
makes a nice "knife edge" for banging things up in a skillet.

I think it might be an ice cream spade; they mentioned advertising
on the handle.

Thanks everyone! have I mentioned that I really like it here?


edit to add a link: The Warco Variant Ice Cream Scoop:

Warco Variant

I think that is the beast.

 

[sparrowgrass]

I have one just like that, and I too love it. Mine came from my XMIL--they gave them out as premiums at the savings and loan where she worked. It is more than 30 years old, I know.

Flat bottom is great for stirring, it is heavy unbendable metal so I can use it for hard ice cream. I have even been known to use it in the garden to dig planting holes.

If I could find a couple more, I would buy them in a heartbeat.

 

[buckytom]

i'm late on this, but i've also seen those used with ice cream. they're used for blending extra ingredients, like chocolate chunks, cookie chunks, fruit, etc., into a base ice cream.

(i don't know why, but i keep hearing mr. burns' voice saying "iced cream".)

 

[Robt]

Our family was ginen a version of this spoon as a gift by the grain co-op one Xmas back in the sixties. They called a square corner spoon. It did get into the "squarish " corners of a sauce pan.

 

[my_psychosis]

I've never seen one before but I want one now.
Hey Keltin "Auron" is my fav great avi.