Kitchen Equipment: Most Expensive and Most Used
What is the most expensive piece of cooking/baking equipment in your kitchen, stove and fridge aside? And what your most used piece of cooking/baking equipment?
My most expensive would be my $600 Kitchen Aid, most most used would be my $1 Wooden Spoon.
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19 Comments:
Most expensive: Le Creuset 5.5 quart frenc oven
Most used: knives (still pretty expensive!)
Kerosena at 7:04PM on 11/14/07
I use my kitchenaid mixer, cuisinart food processor are used often. Both were gifts.
I love my granite baking area. I use it to make pastry and chocolate work.
I use that area often.
JerzeeTomato at 7:29PM on 11/14/07
I use a 10 inch Sabatier slicing knife for almost all cutting tasks. It was on sale for about 15$.
I'm thinking of replacing it with one of the new Wustoff rockwood handle knives. They are really cool looking. That would also be my most expensive knife. Not that any are cheap I just got them at good prices.
coolname at 7:35PM on 11/14/07
Most expensive: Limited edition fuchsia KitchenAid Artisan mixer. (I bought it for myself 5 years ago and it has been worth every penny.)
Most used: I use my mixer a lot! I think that would be it. (Also, knives, but I don't think that counts because everyone uses knives on a daily basis - that is, if they cook.)
charm city cupcake at 8:28PM on 11/14/07
Most expensive would be my 7 qt. Viking mixer (an insane gift which I rarely use since I already have a Kitchen Aid Aritisan). Most used would my large sheet pan which I think probably cost $10. We use it for everything, from yeast rolls to mini pizzas to cookies.
elderberry44 at 9:39PM on 11/14/07
my all clad pots. worth every penny.
cybercita at 9:42PM on 11/14/07
I bought my KitchenAid Pro 5 Plus reconditioned from Amazon.com, so it wasn't too bad (~$169) -- I think ounce for ounce, my most expensive piece of equipment was my Thermoworks Thermapen. At $80, it's an expensive thermometer, but I feel it's worth it because it is so accurate and has a very wide range. I use it all the time to test the temperature of everything from meat to oil to bread...
My most used is probably my Shun 8" chef's knife. I use it at least twice a day every day...
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 11:43PM on 11/14/07
I wanted a KitchenAid for my college graduation. I figured it was a better sell than a one-way ticket to Europe. Neither happened. But I do use my mother's often.
I most often use:
1) knives
2) sheet pan (I roast a lot this time of year)
3) Nonstick skillets
KarynMC at 6:00AM on 11/15/07
My 25 year old Cuisinart food processor would probably be the most expensive item in my kitchen. Most used are my 8" chef's knife, wooden spoons, and tongs.
Library Lady at 9:47AM on 11/15/07
Most expensive: Kitchen Aid Mixer, which I do use quite often
Most used: Toss up: Cast Iron Frying Pan, Knives, cutting boards, etc.
izzy's mama at 10:11AM on 11/15/07
Most expensive is my Kitchen 6qt. Professional Mixer, The Beast, My husband gave it to me for my 20 birthday and my most used is my williams sonoma silicone spoonula.
jennywren at 10:12AM on 11/15/07
most expensive, my Cuisinart food processor.
most used, 12" non-stick saute pan, a wide-flat-slotted-wooden "spoon", 10" chefs knife and cutting boards. i grab for all of those daily.
VerasTastyFreeze at 10:55AM on 11/15/07
Most expensive, the laptop I am typing this on. Don't think it is a kitchen appliance? Aside from containing every recipe and cooking note I have ever created, and maintains my cooking blog, it plays Pandora Internet radio. I can't cook without it.
Most used: my $50 Mundial Santuko.
Scotty at 11:45AM on 11/15/07
Most expensive? I think that would be my Bunn Pour O Matic coffee brewer. It might also qualify as the most used. The tool I treasure the most, though is my (post-divorce) partial set of Mondin knives. I bought these before my first son was born and the youngest son has just given me a second grandchild. At the time, the knives cost too much (I had to buy them one at a time from a local butcher), but over the years have been worth every penny. They are stainless steel and won't take an edge as readily as carbon steel will, but I can get them to peel a tomato when I need to.
I really ought to take out a loan and buy the set again. ;-)
BillinDetroit at 1:50PM on 11/15/07
Most expensive: Kitchen Aid 6qt professional mixer
Most used: Mixing bowls- 5 bowls of different material,size and color. They were bought separately, but they nest nicely and save precious cupboard space
tinat at 1:59PM on 11/15/07
Most expensive: Kitchen Aid mixer (I have the smaller version, but it works for me). I received my first one as an Xmas gift from my ex. When it died (and it did after 10 years of almost daily use), I immediately left the house and bought another one.
Most used: My frying pans (my husband eats bacon and eggs every morning)
Maureen at 9:25AM on 11/16/07
Most expensive: Wustoff santuko knife
Most used: That knife, and a hand blender and various attachments that came with it (whisk, mini food processor, etc). I use both almost every time I cook anything.
Rasputin45 at 1:44PM on 11/16/07
I guess my most expensive piece of equipment is my 20 Quart Hobart Mixer. I won it in a custody battle with my ex - so it cost me eight years.
chiff0nade at 2:26PM on 11/16/07
My most exensive has to be the Kitchenaid Mixer, which I've used twice in two years (I'm a chef..not a baker...well, amateur, that is).
My most used and my favorite is a peeler/corer that I paid about $0.88 for twenty years ago....Till this day, I've bought about six peelers since then, and NONE work like that one. Thank goodness, I still have it and am still searching for a new one....
CeCeH at 7:19PM on 11/19/07