Basic Kitchen Equipment
All the basic gear, cookware, knives, and tools you need to properly stock a kitchen, none of the junk you don't.
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This $8 Skinny Spatula Is the Only Tool You Can Trust to Scrape a Jar Clean
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I Made These 7 Kitchen Equipment Upgrades, and They’ve Been Paying Off for Years
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To Find the 3 Best Food Mills, We Went Through 30 Pounds of Potatoes and Tomatoes
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This Simple Strainer Drains, Scoops, and Skims With Ease—And It’s One of My Most-Used Kitchen Utensils
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I Tested 11 Reusable Grocery Bags—My Favorites Made Hauling Groceries Less of a Chore
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We've Recommended OXO's Plastic Cutting Boards for 5 Years—and They're Still Indispensable in Our Kitchens
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Leakproof and Lovely: We Tested 12 Water Bottles to Find the Best Ones for Staying Hydrated
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I Tested 11 Charcuterie Boards to Find the Best Ones for Meats, Cheeses, and Spreads of All Sorts
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17 Incredibly Great Kitchen Items I’ve Bought After Working at Serious Eats for Two-Plus Years
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HexClad Pans Are Everywhere—But Are They Worth the Steep Price Tag?
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We Steamed a Whole Bunch of Broccoli and Dumplings to Find the Best Bamboo Steamers
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Which Is Better: Parchment Paper or Silicone Mats?
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Our Favorite Kitchen Towels Boast a 141% Absorbency Rate—and Are About $1 a Towel Right Now
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I Soaked, Wrung, and Scrubbed for Days to Find the Best Mops for Cleaning up Kitchen Messes
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Our Favorite KitchenAid Stand Mixer is Available Refurbished...and Is $300 Off
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We Tested 4 Faucet Water Filters—Two Produced Fresh, Clean Water
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A Fine-Mesh Strainer Is Incredibly Useful—and Our Favorite Is a Whopping 44% Off
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I Own Dozens of Knives—And Love This $35 Cork-Lined Box for Storing Them
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19 Buy-It-For-Life Pieces of Kitchen Gear That'll Stand the Test of Time
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Why a Carbon Steel Pan Is One of the Most Versatile Pieces of Cookware
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Why Bamboo Cutting Boards Are Terrible for Your Knives
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Your Kitchen Needs a Dutch Oven—Here’s Why
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What Does Non-Toxic Cookware Even Mean?
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Scrape, Lift, Divide, Clean: Why You Need a Bench Scraper
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Cooking on a Glass Stovetop? We Rounded Up the Best Cookware for the Task
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The Best Cutting Boards, According to Our Very Detailed Testings
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We Tested 10 Loaf Pans by Baking Dozens of Loaves and Recommend Half Of Them
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Should You Buy a Cast Iron or an Enameled Cast Iron Skillet? Here’s a Comparison
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We Tested 8 Swedish Dishcloths—These Are Our Favorites
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We Tested 9 Sauté Pans, and 3 (Shallow) Fried The Competition
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I Tested 17 Kitchen Towels to Find the Best All-Purpose Ones
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We Tested 12 Stand Mixers—Four Stood Out Above the Rest
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The Best Gear from Our Equipment Reviews, According to Serious Eats Staffers
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Everything (Important) You Need to Know About Microwaves
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Our Longtime Favorite Bread Knife Is Only $25—and It Slices Like No Other
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We Tested 10 Mini Mortar and Pestles—Three Crushed the Competition
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The 4 Best Knife Sets, According to Our Sharpest Tests
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Le Creuset vs. Staub Dutch Ovens: The Battle of the Best
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Our Favorite Deals This Week Include an Air Fryer That’s $84 Off
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The Best Kitchen Cleaning Products, According to Serious Eats Staffers
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Do You Really Need an Expensive Wooden Cutting Board?
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Kitchen Gear and Tools We Think You Should Have Two (Or More) Of
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Hydro Flask vs. Yeti Water Bottles: Which One Should You Buy?
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Food Processor vs. Blender: What's the Difference?
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Why an Offset Spatula Is the Tool I Can’t Bake Without
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We Tested 7 Squeeze Bottles to Find the Three Best for Cooking, Sauces, and More
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We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers and Found Two Favorites for Storing and Pouring
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We Seared and Sauteed to Find the Three Best Carbon Steel Pans
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We Tested 8 Mini Whisks and Came Away with Three Favorites
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We Reviewed Anyday Cookware: Are the Microwavable Dishes Worthwhile?
We Tested 14 Popular Vegetable Peelers to Find the Best Ones
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We Tested 7 Anti-Fatigue Mats—Here Are the Best Ones for Your Kitchen
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Sheet Pans Aren't Cookie Sheets: A Baking Sheet Explainer
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We Tested 12 Garlic Presses—Two Crushed the Competition
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We Tested 10 Steamer Baskets—Here Are the Best Ones
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We Tested 11 Nonstick Sheet Pans to Find the Best Ones
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We Tested 8 Carving Boards—Here Are the Best Ones for Roasts, Turkeys, and More
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The Best Utensil Set Is No Utensil Set
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We Baked Dozens of Pie Crusts (and Whole Pies) to Find the Three Best Pie Pans
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