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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We Tested 10 Potato Mashers—Here Are The Best Ones
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 Torches for Wok Hei
Breville Hand Mixer
We Tested 7 Hand Mixers—Here Are Our Favorites
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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, According to Our Tests
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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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We Tested 7 Plastic Cutting Boards—Here Are Our Favorites
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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 Is Also the Cheapest
the OXO measuring spoons
We Tested 14 Sets of Measuring Spoons to Find the Best Ones
piece of salmon being cooked in a carbon steel skillet
The Best Fish Spatulas (a.k.a. Slotted Offset Spatulas), According to Our Tests
Hand holding black-handled poultry shears
We Tested 12 Poultry Shears—Here Are Our Favorites
Pair of tongues picking up a piece of meat from cast iron skillet
We Tested 33 Sets of Kitchen Tongs—Here Are the 4 Best Models
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We Tested 12 Pairs of Kitchen Shears to Find the Best Ones
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 Whatever You Want to Skewer
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The Best Cooking and Baking Tools Under $50
Assorted can openers
We Tested 28 Can Openers—Here Are The Best Ones
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The Right Way to Use a Meat Thermometer
A Zeroll ice cream scoop
We Tested 17 Ice Cream Scoops—Here's The Best One
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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
7 Great Uses for a Fine-Mesh Strainer (Besides Straining)
A utensil crock full of wooden and nylon spoons and spatulas
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, According to Our Tests
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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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We Tested Kitchen Timers to Find the Best Ones
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The Best Knife Sharpeners of 2022
The four main styles of corkscrews we tested: lever, twist, winged, and waiter's friend
We Tested 19 Wine Openers to Find the Best Ones
A bunch of salad spinners on a wooden countertop
We Tested 10 Salad Spinners—Here Are Our Favorite Models
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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