Equipment

Tools and Gadgets

From garlic presses (yes, you should own one) to less-controversial tools like measuring cups, here are our favorite gadgets to fill up those kitchen drawers.
Cast iron and carbon steel cookware, plus enameled cast iron Dutch ovens
The Best Kitchen Gear We Bought in 2022
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The Best Kitchen Torches
Breville Hand Mixer
The Best Hand Mixers
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The Best Meat Grinders
Rulers for your kitchen
Why Every Kitchen Needs a Ruler
Bowl scraper and dough
Every Kitchen Should Have a Bowl Scraper
Beef roast browning in pan under a metal cooking weight
Why You Need a Chef's Press in Your Kitchen
Using a mortar and pestle to grind chiles and shallots.
The Best Mortars and Pestles To Buy
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The $29 Thermopop Digital Thermometer Measures Up
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The Best Thermometers for Deep Frying, Candy-Making, and Roasted Meats
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The Best Inexpensive Mandoline Slicers
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Should You Buy a Food Mill or a Ricer? (It Depends.)
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The Best Cooking Chopsticks Are Cheap, Durable, and Wildly Versatile
Why Every Kitchen Needs a Salt Pig (or Two)
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The Best Plastic Cutting Boards
A small plastic 15-degree angle guide is rubber banded to the end of a whetstone
This Tiny Tool Makes Knife Sharpening Way Easier
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The Best Spatulas (Turners) for Nonstick Pans
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The Best Olive Oil Pourer
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The Best Measuring Spoons
The Best Fish Spatulas (a.k.a. Slotted Offset Spatulas)
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The Best Poultry Shears
Pair of tongues picking up a piece of meat from cast iron skillet
The Best Kitchen Tongs in 2022
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The Best Kitchen Shears
Managing Editor Niki Achitoff-Gray mugging for the camera while using a very inefficient corn stripper
Take It All Off: Are Corn Strippers Worth It?
The Mandoline Isn't a Fancy Chef's Tool—It's a Kitchen Staple
peppers, mushrooms, scallions, and chicken on skewers on a grill
The Best Skewers for Grilling
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The Best Cooking and Baking Tools Under $50
Assorted can openers
The Best Can Openers
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The Right Way to Use a Meat Thermometer
A Zeroll ice cream scoop
The Best Ice Cream Scoops
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The Best Pizza Peels
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The Best Liquid Measuring Cups in 2022
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How to Season and Maintain a Wooden Cutting Board
Peeling an apple with a Y-peeler
Why a Y-Peeler Is the Best Vegetable Peeler
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Gadgets: Spaetzle Maker
7 Great Uses for a Fine-Mesh Strainer (Besides Straining)
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The Best Wooden Spoon
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The Best Whisks of 2022
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Why You Should Own a Pair of Good Kitchen Shears
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The Best Manual Citrus Juicers and Reamers
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The Best Way to Clean Your Filthy Microplane, Zester, or Grater
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Yes, You Need a Pair of Kitchen Tweezers. Here's Why.
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The Best Inexpensive Digital Thermometers
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Equipment: Cake Testers Aren't Just For Cakes!
The KitchenAid stand mixer meat grinder attachment
How to Use and Care for a Meat Grinder
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The Best Kitchen Timers
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The Best Knife Sharpeners of 2022
The Trudeau Turbo double-lever corkscrew, in both open and closed positions
The Best Wine Openers
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The Best Salad Spinner
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Why Every Cook Should Own an Instant-Read Thermometer
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Equipment: How to Choose a Meat Cleaver
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The Unitaskers That Belong in Your Kitchen
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The Best Rolling Pin Is the One You Actually Like Using
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Can Cinder, the World's Most Precise Griddle, Replace Sous Vide?
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Equipment: I Love My Squeeze Bottles
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Equipment: The Due Buoi Wide Spatula (My New Favorite Tool)
Gadgets: OXO Mini Adjustable Measuring Cup