Abstract: A sifter for removing dough balls from breading, the sifter comprising a basket having foranamous side and bottom walls, the bottom wall being of conical configuration tapering downwardly to a centrally disposed discharge opening surrounded by a pair of spaced apart concentric annular walls projecting upwardly from the bottom wall and closed by a cover, spaced apart openings extending upwardly from the bottom edges of the annular walls of a size to pass dough balls therethrough, the openings in one of the annular walls being offset circumferentially with respect to the openings in the other annular wall, the annular walls serving as barriers to the passage of breading toward the discharge opening but permitting dough balls to pass inwardly for discharge as the basket is oscillated.