There are several essential tools that every kitchen must have. A kitchen scale certainly deserves a spot on this list. Whether you want to make sure you're serving appropriately-sized portions of meats and other food items, want to properly measure flour for baking a cake, or are looking to achieve the most-balanced pour-over coffee, you'll need a reliable kitchen scale. Digital models make it even easier to accurately determine the weight of the items you're measuring; they take out the guesswork of determining just where the dial on an old-fashioned scale is pointing.

If you're looking for a new kitchen scale, it is easy to be overwhelmed by all the models on the market. To help you simplify your decision, we've compiled a list of the best digital kitchen scales. We looked closely at customer reviews and only selected products that were highly rated by thousands of customers. Additionally, we considered other features, such as precision, battery life, size, and ease of use. You'll find a more detailed explanation of our methodology at the end of this piece. Read on to learn more about our top picks so you can decide which digital kitchen scale is right for you.

The Etekcity digital kitchen scale offers a sleek and stylish design. It can accurately weigh foods and other items up to 11 pounds and goes by 1 gram increments. To help you match the demands of a particular recipe, this model can be set in five different units: ounces, pounds and ounces, fluid ounces, grams, and milliliters. It offers a tare function, which allows you to reset the scale to continue adding and measuring a new ingredient. Each measurement is easy to read, thanks to the backlit LCD screen.