Tools and Gadgets
From digital scales (yes, you should own one) to thermometers and measuring cups, here are our favorite gadgets to fill up those kitchen drawers.
This Pasta Strainer Attaches to a Pot and Has Basically Replaced My Colander
To Find the 5 Best Reusable Straws, I Drank Gallons of Water, Iced Tea, and Smoothies
Even the Stickiest Lids Are No Match for This Jar Opener
No, You Don’t Need a Food Chopper—Get This Gear Instead
Why Every Kitchen Should Have a $10 Bowl Scraper
This Is the Most Efficient Salad Spinner We’ve Ever Tested, and Now It's on Sale
We Made Pounds and Pounds of Ice to Find the 5 Best Ice Cube Trays
This Is the Cadillac of Pasta Makers, According to Our Rigorous Tests
The Best Kitchen Gadgets, According to Our Many Years of Reviewing Equipment
I Tested Breville’s New Soda Maker By Carbonating Lemonade and Cocktails (Yup, It’s Great)
This Breville Toaster Oven Has Been Our Tested-Favorite for 7 Years, and It’s on Sale
I Made 18 Pounds of Mashed Potatoes to Find the Best Potato Ricers
I Used the Anova Handheld Vacuum Sealer for Over a Month—It Was Fast, Reliable, and Portable
The Tools You Need to Make, Maintain, and Bake Sourdough
This Hybrid Colander-Spoon Is My Non-Negotiable Tool for Pasta Nights
I Love Portion Scoops So Much, I Have 6 of Them
We Tested 14 Pasta Drying Racks—These Five Are the Best for Spaghetti, Fettuccine, and Sheets of Dough
The Breville Joule Turbo Is the Most Powerful Sous Vide We’ve Ever Tried
Skip the Guesswork With Chicken and Grab Our Editors’ Favorite Chicken Cooking Tools
We Opened 70 Cans to Find the Best Electric Can Openers
Meet the AirHood: The Portable Kitchen Hood That Actually Removes Smoke and Odors
We Took Hundreds of Readings to Find the Best Infrared Thermometers
This Clear Ice Maker Gives My Cocktail Game a Glow-Up
How to Calibrate an Instant-Read Thermometer
My Mother Used This Rice Cooker Every Day— and It's Still My Favorite
We Tested 7 Nut Milk Makers and Found Two for All of Your Non-Dairy Needs
To Find the 3 Best Food Mills, We Went Through 30 Pounds of Potatoes and Tomatoes
The OXO Scale Has Been Our Top Pick for More Than 5 Years (It's Truly the Best)
I Tested 11 Mini Food Processors to Find the Best Ones for Sauces and Other Tiny Tasks
The Best KitchenAid Attachments (for Burgers, Pasta, and Shaved Iced)
This Pretty Sourdough Starter “Sourhouse” Looks Like Decor, But Performs Admirably
A Handy Guide to the Very Best Thermometers, Based On Our Tests
Our Favorite Cutting Boards Actually Get More Beautiful With Time—and You Can Snag Discounted Holiday Bundles Today
I Made Dozens of Fresh Tortillas to Find The Best Tortilla Presses
You Will Use This $27 Kitchen Timer Way More Than You Think
I Tested 11 Utensil Crocks to Find the Best Ones for Stashing Spoons and Spatulas of All Sorts
Baste, Serve, Spread, Sauce, Scoop—What Can’t a Sauce Spoon Do?
I Tested 11 Grill Presses and Found Five That Smashed the Competition
We Tested 8 Shaved Ice Machines and Two Delivered the Most Pillowy, Plush Results
Our Favorite Smoking Gun from Breville Will Amp Up Your Cocktail Game
This Wireless ThermoWorks Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done
12 Pasta Tools That’ll Help You Go Beyond Homemade Fettucine or Lasagne
We Put 20 Wireless Grill Thermometers to the Test—These Five Were the Best
The Best Meat Thermometers, So You'll Never Undercook (or Overcook!) Meat Again
The Best OXO Kitchen Equipment, According to Our Exhaustive Testing
Masienda's Molcajete Is the Best We've Found
Our Favorite Space-Saving Kitchen Tools
Pressure Canning Gear 101: All of the Can-Do Gear You Need
Our Favorite Deep Fryer from All-Clad Made the Crispiest Chicken Wings
Here Are 19 of Our Favorite Kitchen Gear Upgrades (And They're All Under $40)
Behold the $24 Whisk We Deemed “The Best-Designed Handheld Frother”
Handheld vs. Countertop Vacuum Sealers
Our Favorite Seltzer Maker Actually Looks Stylish
We Tested Portable Induction Cooktops to Find the 6 Best for Everyday Cooking
How Do Induction Cooktops Work, Anyways?
As a Coffee Professional, I Can't Recommend the AeroPress Enough
We Tested 10 Mini Mortar and Pestles—Three Crushed the Competition
Our Longtime Favorite Budget-Friendly Sous Vide Machine Is from...Instant Pot
The Best Instant-Read Thermometer is Lightning-Fast and Incredibly Accurate
The Best Gear from Our Equipment Reviews, According to Serious Eats Staffers
I Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed By the Competition
I've Worked In the Coffee Industry for 16 Years—Here's Why You Need a Coffee Scale
We Reviewed the Ninja Creami to See if It Lived Up to the Hype
We Tested 8 Mandolines to Find Ones That Could Slice with Ease