The spring whisk, otherwise known as a coil whisk, is usually made of stainless steel, is smaller than the balloon whisk, and is used for things like gravies and salad dressings. Read more ...

Large whisks can be too cumbersome, and a regular whisk with smaller proportions never feels quite right. Mini coil whisks are the answer. As the name suggests, the petite French iteration of the ...

The name of this whisk gives you an idea of what the physical characteristics are with this variety as it features the coils in the shape of balloon and the wires look like the strings found on ...

I had a standard model French whisk, but the world of whisks is vast. There are double balloon whisks, egg whisks, coil whisks, ball whisks, and cage whisks. There are flat whisks and dough whisks!

After my chef’s knife, it’s the tool I reach for most often. If you are unfamiliar with a flat-bottomed whisk, imagine a coil bent into a circle and attached to a handle at a slight angle.

Instead of many widely spaced wires, the dough whisk has overlapping, thick coils. Not all dough whisks have the same pattern of loops, but most of them have three, non-concentric coils.