Reached For

Evidence index · Kitchen Tools

Kitchen Tools: where chefs and restaurant professionals agree

Only the kitchen tools that chefs and restaurant professionals have independently backed. A product one group praises and the other has never mentioned does not appear here.

chefs is an occupation; restaurant professionals is a community we read.

12 people on record as chefs and restaurant professionals make 489 quoted claims about kitchen tools across 18 sources. Membership is recorded with its own evidence — for a person by the trait they are on record holding, for a community by the source it was said in — and authority is scoped to kitchen tools rather than to fame.

Which kitchen tools do both chefs and restaurant professionals recommend?

Endorsements and objections about kitchen tools from chefs and restaurant professionals, together, strongest evidence first.

Microplane grater

3 voices 6 claims no objections from chefs and restaurant professionals

1:30 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
now lots of people have a grater but the one that i would really recommend is a microplane which is really the best grater on the planet if you want those nice delicate threads

Two judgements rest on this sentence:

19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

22:37 supports Stephen La Rosa earns commission on this
Next, oh, one of the most useful tools inside of the kitchen, a good microplane zestester.

recommendation Uses it professionally What's In My Knife Roll! My Top Tools for Michelin Kitchens, Catering Events & Content Creation

Stephen La Rosa earns commission on this. Stated in the source: “All amazon links are affiliate links” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

Every chef needs one of these.

KitchenAid stand mixer

2 voices 11 claims 1 objection

3:30 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
alright so number one on this list is the coveted kitchenaid stand mixer one of my most favorite tools in my kitchen it does a million billion things other than just making dough it does everything i'm not even going to try and sell you on this it's too good

Two judgements rest on this sentence:

  • best in class Owns it
  • performance Owns it cites versatility

19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

14:04 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
you can use it for mixing anything Doe's cookies batters Etc right you're whipping egg whites you're making marshmallow fluff whatever the Whisk attachment will do it you have all the other hands for DS and batters but the biggest reason why it's so useful is this thing right here this little hole this machine has so…

use-case fit Every Cooking Gadget You'll Ever Need

Cites versatility

Vitamix blender

2 voices 10 claims 2 objections

4:01 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
next up is going to be a vitamix blender now i know these things are expensive but this is an industry standard for a reason you can blend and make anything so velvety smooth from nut butters to sauces to purees

Three judgements rest on this sentence:

19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

17:39 supports Dr. Doug Graham speaking on FoodnSport with Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I've bought a lot of the other very expensive blenders and have found for various reasons that I didn't like them as well as just the I think I think the Vitamix is the standard by which all other blenders are measured for me the Vitamix is great

best in class Owns it Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cuisinart food processor

2 voices 2 claims no objections from chefs and restaurant professionals

What do chefs and restaurant professionals say about kitchen tools in general?

Not a recommendation for a specific product: technique, materials and what to look for in kitchen tools. Citable on its own terms. There are 460 of them; the 40 with the strongest evidence are below.

0:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
I would say it has to be my chopping board and my knives. Once I've got a great chopping board, great knives, sharp knives, the rest is easy.

Two judgements rest on this sentence:

  • recommendation Uses it professionally cites edge retention
  • recommendation Uses it professionally

35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

4:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
That's the one I prefer. Just a really big guard on the front because I've lost lots and lots and lots of parts of my fingers going into the oyster. So, actually, a guard for me is good.

recommendation Uses it professionally 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites safety

2:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
I really believe that when you're carving meats and proteins and fish after they're cooked, it is that carve that really gives you that finish on the plate that is taking your food to another level.

use-case fit Uses it professionally 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

2:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
Always have a really nice uh non serrated carving knife. This is a Japanese knife that was made for me in Kyoto in Japan. So it's a bit special, but um ultimately it's not serrated, so you get that really clean finish.

performance Uses it professionally 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites shape and form

2:31 supports Chef Matt speaking on I Want To Cook Chef
I love cooking with gas because well it is just immediate there is so much Precision you can dial it down or turn it up as much as you need and you know exactly how much heat is being output because well it's highly visible you never need to worry about leg time or latency issues with gas stoves because well when you…

performance Owns it Why I Won't Buy An Induction Range: Should You?

Cites heat control, heating speed

17:35 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef
The power of the motor in this thing can literally cook the food that's in here.

performance Cooking Tools Everyone Needs

Cites power and output

Guys, this thing does everything a food processor can do, but if you injected it with human growth hormone and steroids back-to-back every day for 5 years and it was on like an Arnold [music] Schwarzenegger training program.
16:35 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef
This is probably, if you were to get anything on the expensive [music] nice-to-have list, this is the number one item to get, hands down.

recommendation Cooking Tools Everyone Needs

11:03 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef
This is the one item, no matter how much you cook, you need [music] to have one of these. And that is a baking sheet. And ideally, one wire rack that fits your baking sheet perfectly.

Two judgements rest on this sentence:

  • recommendation
  • recommendation

Cooking Tools Everyone Needs

2:00 objects Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef
using a glass cutting board is almost like next level you're you're to piss me off. No glass cutting boards, no bamboo cutting boards.

recommendation Cooking Tools Everyone Needs

2:30 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
baking trays and wire racks are the multi-purpose king of any kitchen you can roast tons of things on them you use them for baking cookies the wire racks can be used to drizzle chocolate over stuff or to ice doughnuts or whatever so that it falls beneath and it's easy to clean up you know there's just there's just so…

Five judgements rest on this sentence:

19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

1:00 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
first thing is super obvious i'm sorry but a knife and a cutting board are king if you're not starting with this then you are in trouble this combo alone solves way more kitchen tests than you would think other than just cutting stuff and it's super economical if you don't want to buy a bunch of mechanical things like…

Four judgements rest on this sentence:

19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

i would just recommend having different kinds of services have some that are non-stick have some that are cast iron