CAn anyone suggest a good brand of turntable? I got mine from my Mom which was God knows howold and it DIED today. I ran to Wal-Mart and thought, "Oh here's one for 10 bucks. . .It'll do til I can get another one."
This thing is a wobbly piece of junk. Proof that you get what you pay for!

Elle

I got mine at Michael's. It's by Wilton, and it weighs a ton, but it works like a dream. Even with my heaviest cakes the turntable glides effortlessly. I used a 40% off cupon from the Michael's flier, and it ended up costing under $30.
HTH

I have the same one.. Wilton professional... love it! ( I also saved the coupon for it- there were 2 in this sunday's papers if you still have the ad!)

OH yes! Two coupons, I'm so glad you said that. I had to go dig the paper out of the heap!

keep in mind they also accept coupons for Joann's and ACMoore too

Speaking of the Wilton turntable, can anyone tell me if this is a defect: the 2 pieces of my turntable do not stay together. I thought there would be a way to lock them so that I could transport them as 1 unit. However, I can only lock the turntable plate itself, to prevent it from turning or to tilt it at a particular angle.

Does this make sense? Thanks for your help!

I have used the "cheap" Wilton turntable ($12) for many years...until I dropped it and broke it!



Then I got the tilting turntable (Wilton also) and that's been working great. I've been too chicken to actually use the "tilt" on it though!

I don't know if you can look it up on "America's Test Kitchen" site or not, but I remember seeing a show not to long ago where they put turntables to the test.

I think they rated the Wilton Professional on really well, but not the one that tilts. I have the one that tilts and I hate it. I guess it's ok for just turning something on it, but I can't tell you how many times I have dropped something of while it was tilted!

I would really like to try the professional one that doesn't tilt from Wilton.

Btw-Michael's had 2 coupons last week also. My Mom gave me hers, and I went in that store 4 times last week. I was beginning to get embarrased. But it won't keep me from going 4 times this week too!

I've also wanted to get Wilton's heavy duty one! Looks very nice! I have the cheapter tilting one and so far has worked fine, but I won't try the tilting mechanism.....to chicken and have heard horror stories about it! But, it's wonderful for just turning cakes!

I have the Wilton professional turntable. I really like it. I would probably not have bought that one myself, just starting out but my MIL gave it to me as a Christmas present with several other supplies to get me started.

I have an Ateco professional turntable. It is super heavy, it moves smoothly and I love it!

I have the Wilton tilting table one AND have used the tilt. So far no problems with the tilting. Maybe it makes a difference on the size and shape of the cake that is on the turntable.

I have the reversible turn table (not by wilton). It's round on one side and rectangle on the other for sheet cakes. It's heavy and it turns like a dream.

I think I got it from country kitchen?? but not sure now. It doesn't have a brand name, it's just called reversible I think.

: )

I have had the cheap-o $9 Wilton turntable for 2 years now. If I need it raised, I just put it on a 46 oz juice can or a coffee can.

LOVE that I can stick it in the dishwasher!