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Kitchen Gadgets To Make Life Easier
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items Useful kitchen tools should make dinner easier and cleanup shorter. These picks handle jobs that come up regularly, with a couple of specialty tools for people who will actually use them. Drawer space is expensive when you have to fight a potato mash...
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Everyday Prep
Measure & Cook
Worth It If You Use It
Everyday Prep
Small tools for the peeling, grating, and prep cleanup that happens all week.
A peeler doesn't need twelve attachments. It needs a sharp blade and a handle you can control. This little Swiss peeler handles potatoes, carrots, and apples without taking up half the drawer. Hand-wash it and dry the carbon-steel blade right away—le...
Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss Peeler
Lemon zest, Parmesan, ginger, garlic—this skinny grater covers a surprising amount of dinner. Useful when you want fine shavings or a paste without dragging out a bigger tool. Keep the cover on in the drawer, and stop before your knuckles become an i...
Microplane Premium Classic Zester
This is basically a little shovel for your cutting board, and that's a compliment. Scoop chopped vegetables into the pan, portion dough, and scrape up the flour mess afterward. The wide stainless blade and comfortable handle make it useful well beyon...
OXO Good Grips Multi-Purpose Scraper & Chopper
Measure & Cook
Better measurements, fewer cooking guesses, and utensils that get used every day.
“Looks about done” is a lousy cooking instrument. The ThermoPop 2 gives you a quick temperature check, and the rotating, backlit screen saves the wrist gymnastics. The 4.5-inch version suits everyday cooking. Take your reading and pull it out; this i...
ThermoWorks ThermoPop 2 — 4.5-Inch Probe
Put the bowl on, zero it out, and weigh your ingredients as you add them. Less measuring-cup traffic, fewer dishes, and less guessing when you bake. The Primo keeps the controls simple. It reads in whole grams; tiny fractions need a finer scale. Wipe...
Escali Primo Digital Kitchen Scale
Turn food, toss vegetables, and serve dinner without chasing everything around with a fork. The silicone heads work with nonstick pans, and the locking handle keeps the tongs from springing open in the drawer like they own the place. A practical size...
OXO Good Grips 9-Inch Tongs with Silicone Heads
Worth It If You Use It
Useful when they match how you cook. Skip these if the job rarely comes up.
If whole pineapples make your grocery list every week, this can earn its drawer space. It cores and spiral-slices the fruit, and the ratcheting handle saves constant regripping. Cut the top level and guide it straight down so it doesn’t wander throug...
OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Ratcheting Pineapple Slicer
Measuring peanut butter shouldn't end with half of it still glued inside the cup. This adjustable cup pushes sticky ingredients out with a plunger that scrapes the sides. Worth considering if you bake with honey, shortening, or nut butter often. Othe...
OXO Good Grips 2-Cup Adjustable Measuring Cup