Equipment
Essential cooking equipment, what to look for when buying, and how to use it properly.
🍞 Bakeware
Baking Sheet
A flat, rectangular metal tray used for roasting vegetables, baking cookies, toa...
3 recipesRoasting Pan
A large, heavy pan with low sides designed for oven roasting whole chickens, lar...
3 recipesWire Cooling Rack
A raised wire grid that fits inside a sheet pan. Elevates food for air circulati...
3 recipes🍳 Pans
Grill Pan
A heavy ridged pan that simulates outdoor grilling indoors, creating grill marks...
16 recipes
Cast Iron Skillet
A heavy, versatile pan ideal for searing, frying, baking, and oven-to-stovetop c...
16 recipesNon-Stick Pan
A coated pan designed for delicate foods that stick easily — eggs, fish, crêpes,...
16 recipesStainless Steel Pan
A non-reactive, durable pan excellent for building fond, making pan sauces, and ...
16 recipesWok
A round-bottomed or flat-bottomed pan with high sloped sides designed for high-h...
16 recipes🔪 Knives
🌡️ Tools
Colander
A perforated bowl for draining pasta, rinsing vegetables, and straining blanched...
0 recipesFine-Mesh Strainer
A bowl-shaped strainer with very fine wire mesh for straining stocks, sifting fl...
0 recipesInstant-Read Thermometer
The only reliable way to know if protein is cooked to a safe temperature. Elimin...
0 recipesKitchen Scale
The most important measuring tool for consistent cooking and baking. Weight is m...
0 recipesPepper Mill
Grinds whole peppercorns on demand, releasing fresh volatile oils that pre-groun...
0 recipes🥣 Prep
🫕 Pots
Dutch Oven
A heavy, lidded pot designed for slow braising, stewing, and baking bread. The t...
15 recipesSaucepan
A small to medium pot with tall sides and a long handle, perfect for making sauc...
15 recipesStock Pot
A tall, large-capacity pot designed for boiling pasta, making stocks, cooking so...
15 recipes⚡ Appliances
🥄 Utensils
Spatula (Silicone)
A flexible, heat-resistant tool for scraping bowls clean, folding batters, stirr...
0 recipesKitchen Tongs
An extension of your hands for flipping, turning, and grabbing food in hot pans,...
0 recipesWhisk
A multi-wire tool for incorporating air, blending mixtures, making emulsions, an...
0 recipesWooden Spoon
A gentle, heat-resistant stirring tool that won't scratch non-stick coatings or ...
0 recipes