Complete Your Kitchen Utensil Collection with a Spoonula

Round out your cooks' tool kit with a spoonula. This handy tool combines the best features of a classic cooking spoon and a spatula. It's a great utensil for scooping, mixing, stirring and folding ingredients. It's also good for scraping the bottom of a pan, container or mixing bowl. Discover how having this versatile kitchen tool can help you prepare your favorite meals.

What is the Difference Between a Cooking Spoon, a Spatula and a Spoonula?

As you browse our slotted spoons and spoon sets, spatulas and food turners, you'll find plenty of utensil options to choose from when it's time to start cooking and baking. Let's break down the basic differences between your average cooking spoon, spatula and spoonula.

Wooden cooking spoons are a must for any kitchen. They're easy and comfortable to hold while you stir sauces, they are non-conductive and they're safe for use with pots and saucepans. A downside to wooden cooking spoons is that they will absorb odors. If you plan to do a lot of baking and cooking, have at least two different spoons so you can use one for baking and another one for cooking.

A silicone spatula, on the other hand, won't absorb smells. Like wooden spoons, they're safe for use with your favorite cookware and bakeware. These utensils are good for flipping, spreading and scraping foods. For example, a spatula can be used to flip a grilled sandwich or to mix a batter. They are also helpful in moving baked treats, like cookies, from a sheet pan to a cooling rack.

A spoonula features the best elements of a spoon and a spatula in one handy kitchen utensil. It offers many of the benefits of a spatula, like spreading and flipping foods. And, like a cooking spoon, it's great for stirring ingredients on the stovetop. Spoonulas are sturdy utensils and they are suitable for working with things like stiff doughs as well as stirring hearty stews.

Main Features and Benefits of a Spoonula

Because of its curved head, this utensil excels at a variety of food preparation functions. Its edges allow you to easily scrape the sides and bottoms of pans. Thanks to its spoon-like design, it's also great for serving food too.

Many of these kitchen tools are made from silicone, which is both heat and cold resistant. Part of the Williams Sonoma tools collection, our flex core design combines the durability of silicone with the support of a nylon core. Slip-resistant handles offer just-right support and control while you scoop, mix or cook.

Some classic versions feature a durable wood handle with a silicone head. Plus, silicone won't chip or crack, ensuring lasting use. And, silicone does not retain any odors and it won't stain, meaning you can easily use this tool for stirring a tomato sauce one day and preparing a cake batter with it the next.

While you think about all of the different uses a spoonula offers, consider the different meal options you have available when you use this tool. Browse our favorite cookbooks and take a culinary adventure with new, inventive dishes, tried-and-true one-pan wonders, delicious desserts and more. Go wherever your culinary inspiration takes you. It's all here at Williams Sonoma.