diff --git a/static/js/utils/MasonryScroller.js b/static/js/utils/MasonryScroller.js
index 0a86088c..352be07f 100644
--- a/static/js/utils/MasonryScroller.js
+++ b/static/js/utils/MasonryScroller.js
@@ -533,10 +533,15 @@ export class MasonryScroller {
         element.style.width = `${pos.width}px`;
         element.style.height = `${pos.height}px`;
 
-        // Remove max-width constraint from model-card to allow dynamic sizing
-        const modelCard = element.querySelector('.model-card');
+        // Remove max-width/min-width constraints from the model-card to allow
+        // dynamic sizing. The card is either the item element itself (e.g.
+        // RecipeCard returns the .model-card root) or a descendant (ModelCard).
+        const modelCard = element.classList.contains('model-card')
+            ? element
+            : element.querySelector('.model-card');
         if (modelCard) {
             modelCard.style.maxWidth = 'none';
+            modelCard.style.minWidth = '0';
         }
 
         return element;
diff --git a/static/js/utils/VirtualScroller.js b/static/js/utils/VirtualScroller.js
index bf216697..22b5e00d 100644
--- a/static/js/utils/VirtualScroller.js
+++ b/static/js/utils/VirtualScroller.js
@@ -483,10 +483,18 @@ export class VirtualScroller {
         element.style.width = `${this.itemWidth}px`;
         element.style.height = `${this.itemHeight}px`;
 
-        // Remove max-width constraint from model-card to allow dynamic sizing
-        const modelCard = element.querySelector('.model-card');
+        // Remove max-width/min-width constraints from the model-card to allow
+        // dynamic sizing. The card is either the item element itself (e.g.
+        // RecipeCard returns the .model-card root) or a descendant (ModelCard).
+        // Without this, the CSS min-width of 200px forces compact-density cards
+        // wider than their allocated column, and the last column gets clipped
+        // by the grid's overflow-x: hidden.
+        const modelCard = element.classList.contains('model-card')
+            ? element
+            : element.querySelector('.model-card');
         if (modelCard) {
             modelCard.style.maxWidth = 'none';
+            modelCard.style.minWidth = '0';
         }
 
         return element;
diff --git a/tests/frontend/utils/masonryScroller.test.js b/tests/frontend/utils/masonryScroller.test.js
index 4e979eda..d6c29702 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/utils/masonryScroller.test.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/utils/masonryScroller.test.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function makeItems(dimensions) {
  * Build a scroller attached to a stubbed container. clientWidth/clientHeight
  * are 0 in jsdom, so they are defined explicitly for deterministic layout.
  */
-function createScroller({ items = [], fetchItemsFn, overscan, viewportHeight = 600 } = {}) {
+function createScroller({ items = [], fetchItemsFn, overscan, viewportHeight = 600, createItemFn: customCreateItemFn } = {}) {
   const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
   Object.defineProperty(wrapper, 'clientWidth', { value: CONTAINER_WIDTH, configurable: true });
   Object.defineProperty(wrapper, 'clientHeight', { value: viewportHeight, configurable: true });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function createScroller({ items = [], fetchItemsFn, overscan, viewportHeight = 6
     gridElement: grid,
     containerElement: wrapper,
     scrollContainer: wrapper,
-    createItemFn,
+    createItemFn: customCreateItemFn || createItemFn,
     fetchItemsFn: fetchMock,
     overscan,
   });
@@ -206,9 +206,35 @@ describe('MasonryScroller', () => {
       expect(el.style.left).toBe(`${scroller.positions[i].left}px`);
       expect(el.style.top).toBe(`${scroller.positions[i].top}px`);
       expect(el.querySelector('.model-card').style.maxWidth).toBe('none');
+      expect(el.querySelector('.model-card').style.minWidth).toBe('0');
     });
   });
 
+  it('clears model-card max-width/min-width when the item element is the card root', () => {
+    // Production shape for recipe cards: RecipeCard returns the .model-card
+    // element itself, so the scroller must clear constraints on the element
+    // rather than a descendant (querySelector would find nothing).
+    const items = makeItems([{ width: 100, height: 200 }]);
+    const cardRoot = document.createElement('div');
+    cardRoot.className = 'model-card';
+    const { scroller, grid, wrapper } = track(createScroller({
+      items,
+      viewportHeight: 3000,
+      createItemFn: () => cardRoot.cloneNode(true),
+    }));
+
+    scroller.refreshWithData(items, items.length, false);
+    wrapper.scrollTop = 0;
+    scroller.overscan = 5;
+
+    scroller.renderItems();
+
+    const rendered = grid.querySelectorAll('.virtual-scroll-item');
+    expect(rendered.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(rendered[0].style.maxWidth).toBe('none');
+    expect(rendered[0].style.minWidth).toBe('0');
+  });
+
   it('triggers loadMoreItems when scrolled to the bottom', async () => {
     const firstPage = makeItems([
       { width: 100, height: 200 },