The Best Memorial Day Sales of 2023

a grill, a firepit, a sous vide machine, a wok, and an air fryer against a colorful background — Serious Eats / Sabrina Jiang

The summer solstice isn't *technically* until late June, but Memorial Day is a harbinger of warmer weather, grilling season, and outdoor pizza ovens galore. (Plus, for many of us, a day off! Incredible!)

Memorial Day also ushers in…Memorial Day sales. Bet you weren’t expecting that at all based on the headline of this very article! And while the holiday may be over, we rounded up our favorite Memorial Day sales that you can still get—including ThermoWorks, Weber, Anova, and Solo Stove.

Editor's Picks

Here’s a quick look at some of the best deals:

The Best Wok: Yosukata Carbon Steel Wok Pan
The Best Instant-Read Thermometer: ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE
One of Our Favorite Gas Grills: Weber Genesis E-325s 3-Burner Gas Grill
Truly the Best Blender: Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender
The Most Powerful Sous Vide Machine: Anova Culinary Precision Cooker Pro
The Best Stainless Steel Skillet: Made In Stainless Clad Frying Pan
One of the Best Vacuum Sealers: Nesco VS-12 Deluxe Vacuum Sealer
Our Favorite Splurge-Worthy Ice Cream Maker: Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
The Best Boning Knife: Global 6.25-Inch Boning Knife
A Crowd-Pleasing Dinnerware Set: Staub 12-Piece Dinnerware Set

The Best Wok

Yosukata Carbon Steel Wok Pan

Amazon

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Normally $70, Now $61

Our favorite flat-bottomed, carbon steel wok is heat responsive and beautiful—with a blue-black color. We also like its helper handle and wooden main handle that stayed cool to the touch. It’s easy to see why we’ve deemed it an essential piece of cookware.

The Best Flat-Bottomed Woks

Serious Eats / Tim Chin
The Best Instant-Read Thermometer

ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE

King Arthur Baking

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Normally $100, Now $80 at thermoworks.com

The Thermapen ONE is our favorite instant-read thermometer for a good reason: it's lightning fast, incredibly accurate, and comes with a range of handy features like an automatic backlight, a rotating screen, and auto on/off. ThermoWorks is currently offering 20% off site wide (the discount is automatically applied at checkout).

We Tested 18 Instant-Read Thermometers–Here Are Our Favorite Models

Serious Eats / Irvin Lin
One of the Best Gas Grills

Weber Genesis E-325s 3-Burner Gas Grill

Amazon

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Normally $1,049, Now $899

If you’re looking for a versatile gas grill that cooks exceptionally well, is easy to use, and comes with Weber’s excellent customer service and reputation, there’s this Weber Genesis. It was one of our top picks after testing gas grills—and it’s 14% off.

The Best Gas Grills, According to Our Ridiculously Rigorous (and Very On-Brand) Testing

Serious Eats / Russell Kilgore
The Very Best Blender

Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender

Amazon

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Normally $480, Now $409

Behold: the very best blender. It's been our favorite for years and years (since Kenji first reviewed it) and there's just no besting it. It has a tapered blender jar that effortlessly sucks ingredients down into its blades and it's no-frills, all power (featuring just a few controls knobs/switches).

Which Vitamix Blender Should You Buy? We Compared (Almost) All of Them

Serious Eats / Tamara Staples

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A Seriously Powerful Sous Vide Machine

Anova Culinary Precision Cooker Pro

Amazon

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Normally $399, Now $263

Right now, our favorite splurge-worthy immersion circulator is considerably less splurgy (at this price, it's about the cost of the Breville Joule). In our tests, we found it to be incredibly powerful and fast. We also liked its intuitive on-board display.

We Tested 18 Sous Vide Machines (Immersion Circulators)—Here Are Our Favorites

Serious Etas / Russell Kilgore
Our Favorite Stainless Steel Skillet

Made In 12-Inch Stainless Steel Skillet

Amazon

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Normally $119, Now $101 at madein.com

The Made In stainless steel skillet beat out the likes of All-Clad and Le Creuset to be named our overall top pick. It was responsive to heat and just a joy to hold and toss with. Right now, the 12- and 10-inch sizes are on sale.

We Tested 29 Stainless-Steel Skillets to Find the Best Ones

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
A Smokeless Firepit

Solo Stove Bonfire Essential Bundle

Solo Stove

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Normally $569, Now $340 at solostove.com

Starting May 17th (and through June 4th), Solo Stove is offering up to 45% off select fire pits. We’re big fans of the Solo Stove (and cooking on them!) and find them to burn exceptionally steadily and fairly smokelessly. And with the purchase of any Ranger, Bonfire, or Yukon, you get a free Mesa (a cute, tabletop firepit) with the code FREEMESA.

We Tested the Solo Stove Bonfire Fire Pit to See if You Should Buy (And Cook On) One

Serious Eats / Grace Kelly
Our Favorite Dish Drying Rack

KitchenAid Full-Size Dish Rack

Amazon

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Normally $85, Now $43

You can’t cook without cleaning up. And for the inevitable task of drying dishes, our favorite drying rack comes from KitchenAid. It’s very large, has sidewalls that keep dishes in place, and has a drain mat that you can remove for cleaning. Plus, it’s 39% off—a steal.

We Tested 13 Dish Racks—Our Favorites Make Drying Dishes Easy

Serious Eats / Madeline Muzzi

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One of the Best Vacuum Sealers

Nesco VS-12 Deluxe Vacuum Sealer

Amazon

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Normally $135, Now $114

This vacuum sealer features double-seal technology that stood out in our tests: the seal held up over prolonged heat and cold applications. It also has built-in bag storage and a bag cutter, as well as a pulse setting.

We Tested 19 Vacuum Sealers—Here Are the Best Ones

Serious Eats / Taylor Murray
One of Our Favorite Water Bottles

Hydro Flask 24 oz Wide Mouth With Straw

Amazon

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Normally $40, Now $35

After testing seven stainless steel water bottles, we named this one from Hydro Flask one of our favorites. We loved its wide mouth that made it easy to fill, its built-in straw, and its slim body that made it portable and allowed it to fit in a car cupholder. For Memorial Day, Hydro Flask is offering 25% site wide, which includes our favorite water bottle (note: Hydro Flask has it in just two colors, while Amazon offers it in six).

We Tested 7 Stainless Steel Water Bottles to Find the Best Ones for Everyday Use

Serious Eats / Grace Kelly
One of the Best Ice Cream Makers

Breville The Smart Scoop

Crate & Barrel

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Normally $500, Now $400

This ice cream maker is our favorite splurge-worthy model. It has a built-in compressor that chills the ice cream base (no having to pre-freeze the canister) and 12 hardness settings. It even chimes like an ice cream truck when the ice cream's finished churning!

We Tested 10 Ice Cream Makers—Here Are Our Favorite Models

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
The Best Decanter

Made In Decanter

Amazon

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Normally $89, Now $62 at madein.com

Our favorite wine decanter is from Made In. It's simple, elegant, and compact—traits that made it stand out amongst 12 other decanters. And right now, it's 30% off, which is pretty dang hard to beat.

We Tested 13 Wine Decanters and Came Away with 2 Favorites

Serious Eats / Madeline Muzzi

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The Best Boning Knife

Global 6.25" Boning Knife

Amazon

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Normally $110, Now $70

This super-flexible boning knife aced our tests. It sliced, it trimmed, it glided! Plus, it has a dimpled handle that adds a bit of pizzaz.

We Tested 10 Boning Knives—Two Flexed on the Competition

Serious Eats / Ashlee Redger
A Beautiful, Speckled Dinnerware Set

Staub 12-piece Dinnerware Set

Walmart

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Normally $200, Now $160 at walmart.com

This slightly speckled dinnerware set is beautiful and crowd-pleasing, with a stamped “Staub” logo on the tops of the plates and sides of the bowls. The set comes with four dinner plates, salad plates, and bowls.

We Tested Dinnerware Sets and Found Great Options at a Variety of Price Points

Serious Eats / Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
Splurge-Worthy, On-Sale Oven Mitts

Food52 Silicone Oven Mitts

Food52

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Normally $40, Now $25

Some of our favorite oven mitts are on sale and are a whopping $15 off. They have magnets for hanging and extra-long cuffs. (Note: the Paprika color is the most discounted, while the other colors are just $5 off the original list price.)

We Tested 14 Oven Mitts and Pot Holders to Find the Best Ones

Serious Eats / Jenny Kellerhals
An Expert-Recommended Coffee Maker

AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker

Amazon

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Normally $40, Now $32

For brewing one cup of coffee at a time, we really like the Aeropress. It's lightweight, making it as equally good for traveling as it is at-home use. Plus, it's versatile. "Because it’s designed around a filter cap, a chamber, and a plunger, it can make espresso-style coffee, plunger-assisted drip coffee, and even brew immersion-style coffee—just flip it upside down," we explained here.

As a Coffee Professional, I Can't Recommend the Aeropress Enough

Serious Eats / Jesse Raub

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The Best French Press

Fellow Clara French Press

Amazon

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Normally $99, Now $84 at seattlecoffeegear.com

Our favorite French press from Fellow usually isn't discounted, but it's $15 off at the moment with free shipping. It has a sleek, matte black exterior, an insulated stainless steel body that keeps coffee hot, and a weighted handle for seamless pouring. It even comes with a wooden spoon for agitating grounds mid-brew!

We Tested 18 French Press Coffee Makers—Here Are Our Favorite Models

Serious Eats / Ashley Rodriguez
One of Our Favorite Dinnerware Sets

Made In The Tabletop Set

Made In

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Normally $683, Now $512

We tested 17 dinnerware sets and named the Made In one of very top picks. It's simple, elegant, and durable and it even comes with a 1-year no-chip guarantee. The set includes dinnerware service for four, plus silverware and a serving platter. The flatware and serving platter are also on sale individually and were top picks in our respective reviews of those categories as well.

We Tested Dinnerware Sets and Found Great Options at a Variety of Price Points

Serious Eats / Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm

FAQs

When is Memorial Day?

Memorial Day was on May 29th, 2023.

Are there Memorial Day sales?

Yes! There are plenty of sales through the weekend and on Memorial Day (and past then, too)—including all of the ones above (grills, outdoor fire pits, coffee gear, cookware). We will keep updating this document as we find worthwhile deals.

Our Favorite Instant-Read Thermometer Is 32% Off for Memorial Day