Yanco BM-110 Birmingham Melamine 10-1/4" Round Plate, Gray Interior and Black Exterior — Case of 24 (2 dz)

Ten and a quarter inches is the working dinner plate: a protein, a starch and a vegetable with space left between them, which is the whole argument for buying this diameter instead of the 8-1/2. Nothing about it is decorative; it is the plate the kitchen plates on.

The dinner size

Depth is 1-1/4 inch, matching the 11-1/2 inch round, so braises and anything with a jus stay put between the pass and the table. The brushed gray face under a black outer wall gives a dark border that frames the plating. Melamine at this diameter weighs noticeably less than china of the same size, which servers notice across a long shift.

Sold by the full case. Case of 24 (2 dz)