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.

Why Every Kitchen Needs a Ruler

Every Kitchen Should Have a Bowl Scraper

Why You Need a Chef's Press in Your Kitchen

The Best Mortars and Pestles To Buy

The $29 Thermopop Digital Thermometer Measures Up

The Best Thermometers for Deep Frying, Candy-Making, and Roasted Meats

The Best Inexpensive Mandoline Slicers

Should You Buy a Food Mill or a Ricer? (It Depends.)

The Best Cooking Chopsticks Are Cheap, Durable, and Wildly Versatile

Why Every Kitchen Needs a Salt Pig (or Two)

The Best Plastic Cutting Boards

This Tiny Tool Makes Knife Sharpening Way Easier

The Best Spatulas (Turners) for Nonstick Pans

The Best Olive Oil Pourer

The Best Measuring Spoons

The Best Fish Spatulas (a.k.a. Slotted Offset Spatulas)

The Best Poultry Shears

The Best Kitchen Tongs

The Best Kitchen Shears

Take It All Off: Are Corn Strippers Worth It?

The Mandoline Isn't a Fancy Chef's Tool—It's a Kitchen Staple

The Best Skewers for Grilling

The Best Cooking and Baking Tools Under $50

The Best Can Openers

The Right Way to Use a Meat Thermometer

The Best Ice Cream Scoops

Equipment: What's the Best Pizza Peel For My Home?

The Best Liquid Measuring Cups

How to Season and Maintain a Wooden Cutting Board

Why a Y-Peeler Is the Best Vegetable Peeler

Gadgets: Spaetzle Maker

7 Great Uses for a Fine-Mesh Strainer (Besides Straining)

The Best Wooden Spoon

How to Calibrate a Meat Thermometer

The Best Whisks of 2021

Why You Should Own a Pair of Good Kitchen Shears

The Best Manual Citrus Juicers and Reamers

The Best Way to Clean Your Filthy Microplane, Zester, or Grater

Yes, You Need a Pair of Kitchen Tweezers. Here's Why.

The Best Inexpensive Digital Thermometers

Equipment: Cake Testers Aren't Just For Cakes!

How to Use and Care for a Meat Grinder

The Ramen Rater Tests the Rapid Ramen Cooker

The Best Kitchen Timers

The Best Knife Sharpeners of 2021

The Best Wine Openers

The Best Salad Spinner

Equipment: Kitchen Shears

Why Every Cook Should Own an Instant-Read Thermometer

Gadgets: Hot Logic Mini

Equipment: How to Choose a Meat Cleaver

The Unitaskers That Belong in Your Kitchen

Gadgets: Japanese Grater (Oroshigane)

The Best Rolling Pin Is the One You Actually Like Using

Can Cinder, the World's Most Precise Griddle, Replace Sous Vide?

Equipment: I Love My Squeeze Bottles

Equipment: The Due Buoi Wide Spatula (My New Favorite Tool)

Gadgets: OXO Mini Adjustable Measuring Cup

Gadgets: Magefesa Star Pressure Cooker

Essential Kitchen Tools for $10 or Less

Guide to Essential Kitchen Hand Tools, Part 1

How to Choose the Best Balloon Whisk

Q&A: Frankie Flood, Pizza Cutter Artist