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.
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No, You Don’t Need a Food Chopper—Get This Gear Instead
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This $10 Tool Every Kitchen Should Have
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This Is the Most Efficient Salad Spinner We’ve Ever Tested, and Now It's on Sale
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We Made Pounds and Pounds of Ice to Find the 5 Best Ice Cube Trays
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This Is the Cadillac of Pasta Makers, According to Our Rigorous Tests
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The Best Kitchen Gadgets, According to Our Many Years of Reviewing Equipment
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I Tested Breville’s New Soda Maker By Carbonating Lemonade and Cocktails (Yup, It’s Great)
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This Breville Toaster Oven Has Been Our Tested-Favorite for 7 Years, and It’s on Sale
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I Made 18 Pounds of Mashed Potatoes to Find the Best Potato Ricers
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I Used the Anova Handheld Vacuum Sealer for Over a Month—It Was Fast, Reliable, and Portable
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The Tools You Need to Make, Maintain, and Bake Sourdough
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This Hybrid Colander-Spoon Is My Non-Negotiable Tool for Pasta Nights
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I Love Portion Scoops So Much, I Have 6 of Them
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The Breville Joule Turbo Is the Most Powerful Sous Vide We’ve Ever Tried
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Meet the AirHood: The Portable Kitchen Hood That Actually Removes Smoke and Odors
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We Took Hundreds of Readings to Find the Best Infrared Thermometers
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This Clear Ice Maker Gives My Cocktail Game a Glow-Up
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How to Calibrate an Instant-Read Thermometer
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We Tested 7 Nut Milk Makers and Found Two for All of Your Non-Dairy Needs
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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 Pretty Sourdough Starter “Sourhouse” Looks Like Decor, But Performs Admirably
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A Handy Guide to the Very Best Thermometers, Based On Our Tests
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I Tested 11 Utensil Crocks to Find the Best Ones for Stashing Spoons and Spatulas of All Sorts
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Baste, Serve, Spread, Sauce, Scoop—What Can’t a Sauce Spoon Do?
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I Tested 11 Grill Presses and Found Five That Smashed the Competition
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We Tested 8 Shaved Ice Machines and Two Delivered the Most Pillowy, Plush Results
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Our Favorite Smoking Gun from Breville Will Amp Up Your Cocktail Game
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This Wireless ThermoWorks Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done
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Masienda's Molcajete Is the Best We've Found
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