Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl Review

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It’s Tuesday again and time to review another dog bowl to slow down our speedy eaters.  Today we’re covering the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.  If you’ve been following us for a while then you would have seen the review of the regular Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl over a year ago.  We really liked that bowl except for one problem: shortly after using the bowl Stetson developed canine acne on his chin.  Our Veterinarian informed us that using plastic dog food bowls often caused this ailment.  We continued to used the Brake-Fast Dog Bowl and did our best to keep it clean of bacteria however after a second case of canine acne we abandoned the original Brake-Fast Bowl.

However, all was not lost…we came across the metal brake-fast bowl and thought our prayers were answered.  Unfortunately we had a few problems with this bowl as well.  Check out our dog bowl review:

Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl Review

Today we are reviewing the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.  Here are the specifications on the bowl:

Product: Metal Brake-Fast Dog Bowl
List Price: $36.00
Product Features:

  • The Medium bowl provides for most dog sizes from Beagle to Bernese Mt. Dog. It is suitable for dogs over 30 pounds up to 120 pounds, with a narrow muzzle. Holds 5 cups of food.
  • Inside dimensions – 7″ x 2 1/4″
  • Weight = 2 pounds
  • Intentionally slides on floor to further slow the dog’s eating
  • Durable, dishwasher safe die-cast aluminum

Product Description:
New! Die-cast aluminum non-stick bowl! Brake-Fast® Dog Food Bowl’s design prevents your dog from bolting their food. The simple obstructions make dogs slow down to eat. The Medium bowl provides for most dog sizes from Beagle to Bernese Mt. Dog. It is suitable for dogs over 30 pounds up to 120 pounds, with a narrow muzzle. Holds 5 cups of food.

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Product Video Review

Stetson and I decided to put the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl to the test.  Do the pillar shape obstacles actually slow down a fast eating dog like Stetson?  Check out the video:

What did you guys think?  I added a little voice over audio this time rather then just sticking to music and on-screen text.  Unfortunately I couldn’t get a stopwatch on the screen.  I’ll see if I can do that in our next video review.

My Thoughts On The Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl

Hopefully you watched the video, but just in case you didn’t it took 38 seconds for Stetson to finish eating 1 1/2 cups of food out of his regular stainless steel bowl.  It took 1 minute and 3 second for Stetson to finish eating 1 1/2 cups of food out of the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.  It took 25 seconds longer to finish eating and therefore we can successfully say the the Brake-Fast bowl did it’s job and slowed Stetson’s eating.  That is a significant difference and I believe this would be a perfect dog food bowl for fast eating dogs if…

The only issue I had with this bowl is Stetson is such a violent eater that he was scratching the sides of his teeth with the bowl.  I was wondering where the grey marks on his canines were coming from and also notice a small chip on one of his canines.  I came to the conclusion that the metal pillars were damaging Stetson’s teeth.   I therefore had to stop using the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl in fear that it was going to cause some permanent damage tos Stetson’s teeth.

However, if your dog is not a violent eater then this may be the perfect bowl for slowing down his eating.  Unfortunately Stetson and I will have to continue our search for the perfect dog food bowl.

Here are the pros and cons we found with this bowl:

Pros:

  • Heavy duty bowl – the thing weighs 2 pounds and is very solid.  It felt like a piece of granite in a box when it arrived at our door step.
  • Well constructed and designed
  • It did the job and slowed Stetson’s eating by 25 seconds.  That’s over 65 percent slow down.

Cons:

  • As mentioned earlier we believe the metal pillars were damaging Stetson’s teeth.
  • Sliding bowl is bound to damage wood and possibly stone, tile, and any delicate floors.

Overall we really liked this dog food bowl and would highly recommend it besides the two Cons we mentioned above.  If you’re interested in purchasing this dog food bowl it does come in several different sizes check out: Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.  Also, if your dog doesn’t have any issues with plastic then try the plastic version of the Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.

We’re reviewing dog bowls every Tuesday for the next few months.  If you want to see an overview of some of the dog bowls then visit the Dog Bowl Reviews article.

Have you used the Metal Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl.  If so, let us know what you thought of this dog bowl in the comments below.

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13 Comments

  1. Thank you for your reply – Have ordered my Durapet bowls this afternoon – I will let you know how we get on with them comparred to the Brake Fast and other bowls we have tried – I am sure looking at the design they will work much better for than the other have. Many thanks again Jo

  2. Hi Jo,
    I got the small ones for my Pugs. Here is the link to the ones that I purchased:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FRGTNE/ref=oss_product
    Definitely do not get the metal brake-fast bowls. They are not suitable for violent eaters. I am still happy with the Durapet bowls. My Pugs still try to wolf down their food, but these bowls have slowed it down a bit. Another thing I have noticed, they tend to be able to eat the dry food mixed with wet food faster than just dry kibbles. I guess the tackiness makes it easier for them to get it in their mouths. Feeding just dry food slows them down a little bit more.

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