Equipment
Our favorite kitchen equipment and how best to use it all, based on exhaustive reviews and years upon years of professional cooking experience. We do the work so you don't have to.
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We Tested 8 Small Saucepans and Found Three We Love for Sauces, Browned Butter, and More
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Behold the $24 Whisk We Deemed “The Best-Designed Handheld Frother”
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Want to Cook Like a Chef? You Need a Rondeau
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The Fellow Atmos Is the Only Coffee Canister We Actually Recommend
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How a Kitchen Scale Can Make You a Better Baker (and Cook)
The Best Cocktail Shakers, According to Our (Shaken, Not Stirred) Tests
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The Anova Precision Oven Uses Steam-Injection, But Is it Any Good?
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The Best Lump Charcoal, According to Our Extensive, Very Smoky Tests
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Some of Our Favorite Ooni Pizza Ovens Are 30% off for Memorial Day
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11 Pasta Tools That’ll Help You Go Beyond Homemade Fettucine or Lasagne
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What’s the Difference Between All of the All-Clad Lines?
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We Tested 7 Pairs of Grill Gloves to Find the Best, Most Heat-Resistant Ones
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Our Favorite French Press Is Incredibly Well-Designed and Sleek
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Should You Buy a Cast Iron or an Enameled Cast Iron Skillet? Here’s a Comparison
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We Tested 9 Sauté Pans, and 3 (Shallow) Fried The Competition
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We Tested 8 Swedish Dishcloths—These Are Our Favorites
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Bristled, Coiled, and Spongy: We Tested 9 Grill Brushes
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The Very Best Coffee Makers, According to Our Exhaustive Testing
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The Best Wok is $60 and Will Last Practically Forever
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The Very Best Meat Thermometers, According to Our Tests
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We Tested 10 Stand Mixers—Four Stood Out Above the Rest
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Our Favorite Ice Cream Maker Is Only $70—Less Than Half the Price of Other Models
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The 5 Best Portable Gas Grills, According to Our Rigorous Tests
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The Best Stainless Steel Cookware, According to Our Tests
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After Testing 9 Grill Tongs, We Found Three That Gripped and Flipped With Ease
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A Very Subjective Ranking of the Best Le Creuset Colors
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Four of Our Favorite Breville Espresso Machines are 20% Off For a Limited Time
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We Tested Portable Induction Cooktops to Find the Best Ones for Everyday Cooking
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How Do Induction Cooktops Work, Anyways?
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We Made a Dozen Pies in Ooni’s First-Ever Electric Pizza Oven—It Was Awesome
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We Tested 18 Cookware Sets–Here Are 3 We Think Are Actually Worth Buying
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The Best Portable Charcoal Grills for Every Budget, According to Our Tests
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We Loved Live-Fire Cooking on the Solo Stove Bonfire—and Now It's 35% Off
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The Best Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines, According to Our Tests
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Masienda's Molcajete Is the Best We've Found
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Our Favorite Space-Saving Kitchen Tools
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Why You Should Keep Desiccants Packets in Your Kitchen
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Some of My Favorite Spatulas Come From A…Thermometer Brand
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The Vitamix 5200 Is Truly the Best Blender—and Now It's 30% Off
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Personal vs. Full-Sized Blenders: What’s the Difference?
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As a Coffee Professional, I Can't Recommend the Aeropress Enough
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The La Marzocco Linea Micra Espresso Machine Is the First Of Its Kind—But It Also Costs Thousands
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We Tested 17 Kitchen Towels to Find the Best All-Purpose Ones
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Here Are 17 of Our Favorite Kitchen Gear Upgrades (And They're All Under $40)
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Our Favorite Budget-Friendly Sous Vide Machine from Instant Pot is 20% Off
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Handheld vs. Countertop Vacuum Sealers
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The Best Knife Sharpening Services to Get Your Blades in Tip-Top Shape
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Our Favorite Seltzer Maker is 40% Off—And It’s Actually Stylish Looking
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Everything (Important) You Need to Know About Microwaves
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This Is the Best, Cheapest Coffee Grinder You Can Get
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We Tested the Solo Stove Pi Pizza Oven—and Highly Recommend It
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Everything You Need to Know About Wine Fridges
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We Tested 12 Sets of Drinking Glasses—Four Stood Out
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We Tested 6 Espresso Grinders And Recommend Half of Them
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The Best Deals on Staub and Le Creuset Cookware Happening Right Now
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Stand Mixers vs. Hand Mixers: Which One Should You Buy?
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The Best Gear from Our Equipment Reviews, According to Serious Eats Staffers
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I Was a Professional Baker—This Is My Favorite Bench Scraper
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What’s the Point of a Cake Tester?
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We Tested Dinnerware Sets and Found Great Options at a Variety of Price Points
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Our Longtime Favorite Bread Knife Is Only $25—and It Slices Like No Other
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We Tested 6 Deep Fryers to Find the Best for Crispy, Crunchy Food
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Bench vs. Bowl Scrapers: Why You Need Both
Bartesian vs. Bev: How Well Do Cocktail Machines Work?