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 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
We Opened 70 Cans to Find the Best Electric Can Openers
We Took Hundreds of Readings to Find the Best Infrared Thermometers
How to Calibrate an Instant-Read Thermometer
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 Small 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
We 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—And Now It's 20% Off
This Wireless Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done—and It's 30% off in Time for Labor Day Weekend
11 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 Very Best Meat Thermometers, According to Our Tests
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—And Now It’s 24% Off
Here Are 17 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 Is Nearly 50% Off for October Prime Day—and It’s Actually Stylish Looking
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 Favorite Budget-Friendly Sous Vide Machine from Instant Pot is 20% Off
The Best Instant-Read Thermometer is Lightning Fast and 25% Off with Our Exclusive Code
The Best Gear from Our Equipment Reviews, According to Serious Eats Staffers
We 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
The Best Personal Blenders for Smoothies, According to Our Tests
Kitchen Gear and Tools We Think You Should Have Two (Or More) Of
One of Our Favorite Vacuum Sealers Is Currently on Sale for 35% Off
I Tested 12 Pasta Makers to Find the Best Ones for Rolling and Cutting Dough
I Tested 11 Citrus Juicers to Find the Best Ones for Tackling Citrus Big and Small
Why an Offset Spatula Is the Tool I Can’t Bake Without
How a Food Dehydrator Can Help You Reduce Food Waste
We Tested 8 Mini Whisks and Came Away with Three Favorites
We Tested the Anova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer—is It Worth the Counter Space?
We Tested 14 Popular Vegetable Peelers to Find the Best Ones
We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers and Found Two Favorites for Storing and Pouring
We Tested 12 Garlic Presses—Two Crushed the Competition
To Find the Best Pizza Cutters, We Sliced Up More Than a Dozen Pies—3 Made the Cut
We Tested 9 Meat Pounders—Two Smashed It