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.
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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
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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
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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
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The Best Kitchen Tongs
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The Best Kitchen Shears
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Take It All Off: Are Corn Strippers Worth It?
The Mandoline Isn't a Fancy Chef's Tool—It's a Kitchen Staple
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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
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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 2021
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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 2021
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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Equipment: Kitchen Shears
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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