Best baking sifters according to redditors

Flour wand.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y

It's a flour duster.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y

Metal detector sifter. When you get a hit with a metal detector, just scoop the sand. Don’t even need to bend over.

The Sand Scooper - 28 Inch Beach Sand Sifter with Handle (Blue) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FKJZXQQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_L.juDbZZG6NHJ

It's a flour duster http://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y

Flour duster

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y

https://youtu.be/KpOEN103xvI?t=15

/u/lotrouble, I didn't know you were so filled with rage. I like it. Have you ever punched anyone in the throat?

Hey /u/sugarfish7, what do you usually like to bake? I can never be assed to sift my flour.

I've always had one of the no moving parts variety.

I've had it so long I can't tell you the brand, but something like this http://www.amazon.com/Fine-Mesh-Flour-Sifter-Stainless/dp/B003N3F7CM/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1394917830&sr=1-1&keywords=sieve

That's a flour duster (see this http://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464998220&sr=8-1&keywords=flour+duster )

Nothing you said was incorrect nor gave away that you may be not a native speaker. This type of tool is what I was alluding to. Sold as a way to sift flour when it's typically easier to use a mesh strainer or sieve. You are correct that a colander has larger holes, typically for pasta or veggies, etc.

I used this one

Thunder Group 8 Cup Flour Sifter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PZ9GU4?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

300g batches take 12-15min depending on the ambient temperature and wind

https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Group-Cup-Flour-Sifter/dp/B001PZ9GU4

Has held up great. Thought the screen might wear out by now from the heat/scrubbing from the coffee, but it's like new except for discoloration. Hardest thing to source for size, construction, temp capability, etc. was the thermometer.

You can get one of those sifting tools, if you do it a lot. It's a measuring cup that has a lever thing and inbuilt sieve. Your flour/sugar comes out the bottom.

Get a drum sieve, also called a tamis. They come in different sizes, with different mesh screens frome fine to coarse, and different materials. I prefer stainless steel. Here is one on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Winco-SIV-12-Sieves-12-Inch/dp/B001VZAV8Y/

Your best bet is something like this.

A sifter might be just the thing! Young children will love turning that handle. This will make a huge mess, but will result in super fluffy flour or powdered sugar.

As I am a baker, I would like to suggest this flour sifter and this Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook because OMG I love food. Especially cake.

You're pretty!

Don't believe every description you read on ebay. It's a flour duster. Here is a new one: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Manufacturers-FD-1-Flour-Duster/dp/B0000DDZ1Y

Two additional things that have made cake baking a lot easier for me:
An electric sifter: http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-140-Battery-Operated-Sifter/dp/B000JWLO6I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314385358&sr=8-1

And a beater blade:
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Service-Restaurant-KitchenAid-6-Quart/dp/B002KAPN9Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1314386431&sr=1-6

You still have to be a bit careful with the electric sifter not to put too much into it at a time, but it is just so much easier than using manual sifters. The beater blade assumes that she already has a stand mixer (note that there are different beater blades depending on model/capacity).

I have a whisk/sifter thing. It's nice since I can use the whisk alone to get the big clumps, and then do a few whisks and twists with the sifter sleeve on to get the flour fluffy

I bought this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVGLJQO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) from a comment in the article and it worked great. I did use a ricer first. No matter what, it will take some time and some effort to get the potatoes through the mesh, but it's worth it.

Why do you need a sifter with moving parts? How about something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Chefn-Siftn-Sieve-Flour-Sifter/dp/B00DVGLJQO

I just use a fine sieve like this: http://www.amazon.com/Winco-MS3A-8D-Strainer-Double-Wooden/dp/B001VZERX4

So I use this large sieve...
https://www.amazon.com/Winco-SIV-14-Sieves-14-Inch/dp/B003YOXD1W

And this fan...
https://www.amazon.com/Vornado-CR1-0121-06-Large-Whole-Circulator/dp/B0025QKUE8

I have a HG/BM setup and just dump the beans into the sieve then hold the sieve over the fan which I have pointing straight up from the ground. Gently swirling the beans around cools the beans to room temperature in less than a minute. I normally roast 1/2 lb at a time, but I've done up to a lb and the setup still works well. I pretty much have to use it on the back porch or the garage because any chaff that's still with beans will get blown out almost immediately.

You could definitely get away with a less expensive fan, but I found it on sale for $50 and I use around the house for other things when I'm not roasting so win-win.

You can grind flowers up fine and run them through a fine-mesh sifter like this. The kief you get is sticky enough with trichomes that it can be compressed by hand to make hash, if you want. But really, who'd want to? The kief from a fine sifter is amazing.

Yes. I bought one of these for my fent.

Have you seen these? http://www.amazon.com/Winco-Stainless-Steel-Sieve-Diameter/dp/B0037XH6MM
They come in bigger sizes too.

you want to pick the lobes of any veins then pass them through a tamis.

To do this put on a couple pairs of vinyl gloves so you don’t melt the foie with your body heat. Then using a pairing knife pick out the vieny bits keeping the foie as whole as possible. Once you’ve done this you can pass them through a tamis (think a flat sieve that fits nicely over a bowl) using a plastic bowl scrapper to help push them through over a large bowl. Occasionally you’ll have to scrap the foie off the bottom of the tamis, but it will give you a smooth consistent texture once you fold together the passed foie in the bowl.


Tamis Winco Sieves, 10-Inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037XH6MM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bQYlDbD381JQJ

This one is my favourite:
Matfer Bourgeat Nylon Dough Scraper https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001U1G0M0/

Achla Designs Compost Sifter Screen with Handles https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QKP7HQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lt.5Cb2WS48AY