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Only claims about kitchen tools made by people we have grounds to call professional kitchens. The unrestricted kitchen tools evidence is on the kitchen tools page.

10 people we have grounds to call professional kitchens make 200 quoted claims about kitchen tools across 12 sources. Membership of the professional kitchens group is recorded per person with its own evidence, and authority is scoped to kitchen tools rather than to fame.

Which kitchen tools do professional kitchens recommend?

Endorsements and objections about kitchen tools from professional kitchens, together, strongest evidence first.

Vitamix blender

17:39 supports 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 and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

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
17:09 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I bought my Vitamix I bought my Vitamix gosh 30 years ago it's still cranking and I've tested it now and then I've worked it pretty hard and it's still just going strong I own several Vitamix blenders now and I stand by them firmly

durability owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Owned 30 years

Cites durability

I bought my Vitamix I bought my Vitamix gosh 30 years ago it's still cranking and I've tested it now and then I've worked it pretty hard and it's still just going strong I own several Vitamix blenders now and I stand by them firmly
16:09 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer earns commission on this
I'm a fan of the Vitamix blender I highly recommend the Vitamix blender if you have to choose which blender you're going to buy next I recommend the Vitamix blender and if you ever want to say that I sent you to buy your Vitamix blender you get a special price that's cool too

recommendation owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Dr. Doug Graham earns commission on this. Stated in the source: “if you ever want to say that I sent you to buy your Vitamix blender you get a special price that's cool too” Kept and labelled rather than dropped — a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

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

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28:46 objects Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
it's well worth trying the immersion blender because it will do it will do quantities that are essentially too small for a powerful blender like of Vitamix to even bother with I mean you put in small quantities and it ends up below the blades you can't even do it in a Vitamix and yet in an immersion blender you…

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites size and capacity (against)

18:40 objects Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I take the Vitamix and sometimes the food piles up on itself it gets wedged it gets lodged and yes there's a pushing tool that you can use use to help but sometimes I have to just take the Vitamix off of its stand off its base and tap it tap the bottom of it onto the tabletop bang bang bang put it back on everything's…

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites aeration (against), nutrient retention (against)

although it's incredibly efficient at blending the Vitamix blender definitely pulls air into your food and and it aerates it which means that some of the oxygen sensitive nutrients are affected now if you eat the food right away we're really not talking about any issue at all because even chewing has that same effect…
if you take a glass of each Vitamix blend bananas and water immersion blend bananas and water same quantities of both pour them both into a cup and then or a clear glass and check them again in 30 minutes and check them again in an hour the immersion blender drink will be basically the same color as it was when you…
17:39 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I like to put things in the vitam mix in order to start with Frozen things and make something close to the texture of ice cream I mean it is very creamy if you start with bananas but if you start with mangoes or peaches you're going to come up with something that is more of a sorbet it's an icier texture

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites ease of cleaning, heat control, speed and efficiency, power and output

I enjoy putting vegetables in the blender and leaving the blender on high for a whole minute until it warms up close to body temperature at which point I can have a warm soup and enjoy that very much
although it's incredibly efficient at blending the Vitamix blender definitely pulls air into your food and and it aerates it which means that some of the oxygen sensitive nutrients are affected now if you eat the food right away we're really not talking about any issue at all because even chewing has that same effect…
for almost everything 801010 all you really ever need is just water now if water doesn't clean the Vitamix really well what I'll do is I'll fill the Vitamix half full with water and then put the top on put it on the base and turn it on with just water and mixing that water at high speed it just it just cleans it like…
if you put water in a Vitamix blender turn it on to high speed and walk away in a few minutes that water will be boiling hot and so you can actually boil clean the inside of your Vitamix
it just cleans it like crazy now you know if you put water in a blender or certainly in a Vitamix blender if you put water in a Vitamix blender turn it on to high speed and walk away in a few minutes that water will be boiling hot and so you can actually boil clean the inside of your Vitamix
it just cleans it like crazy now you know if you put water in a blender or certainly in a Vitamix blender if you put water in a Vitamix blender turn it on to high speed and walk away in a few minutes that water will be boiling hot and so you can actually boil clean the inside of your Vitamix
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

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Microplane grater

Masamoto chef's knife

Mac filleting knife

Apex chopping board

0:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
I use these chopping boards, which are Apex chopping boards, they have a softness to them. So, if you sort of take a chopping knife, there is a softness. There's a grip from these chopping boards that are really is really nice. They don't absorb.

performance uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites hygiene, knife friendliness

CCK Chinese cleaver

Excalibur dehydrator

31:48 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I've tried every kind of dehydrator on the market from solar dehydrator cylinders and and angled tubes to stackable dehydrators and circular ones they all have some good things about them but none of them can touch the Excalibur dehydrator Excalibur dehydrator just does the job it's really brilliant

best in class owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

32:18 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
you can control the temperature you can have a timer if you want things to go off or not if you don't and you can control the dehydration from just a few minutes of sweating a product to half an hour to an hour of wilting it a bit it's very nice to wilt lettuce if that's the texture you want to heightening the flavor…

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites adjustability, flavour impact

KitchenAid stand mixer

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

best in class owns and uses it daily 19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

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

performance owns and uses it daily 19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

Cites versatility

Control Induction induction hob

11:04 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts was given the product
But this is a great bit of kit. If you if you want portable cooking solution, that's the one.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Adam Byatt was given the product. Stated in the source: “This is a an induction hob that was given to me by Control Induction. They gifted this to me very kindly.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped — a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

Cites portability

11:04 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts was given the product
So, it's not your standard Buffalo one. This is a controlled induction one. So, it is a lot more powerful, a lot more durable.

performance uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Adam Byatt was given the product. Stated in the source: “This is a an induction hob that was given to me by Control Induction. They gifted this to me very kindly.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped — a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

Cites durability, power and output

Bragard apron

1:01 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
These are Braggard fulllength aprons that we use. They're from Braggard. They have a little pocket at the front. And I've always worn these aprons and love them very much.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Mac chopping knife

4:01 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
So if I want to chop chop through some duck carcasses or perhaps move through some the cartilage in chicken thighs and things like that, I'll use a knife like that that's got a bit of weight behind it.

use-case fit uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites weight

Joyce Chen kitchen shears

Capezzana olive oil

9:33 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
Olive oil wise, I use capazana. That's my favorite olive oil. Use that for finishing. I don't really cook with it, but it's an olive oil that I'll use for finishing. I love the finishing on it. Uh, it's a brilliant Italian olive oil.

best in class uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites flavour impact

Misono kitchen knives

1:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
So, I'm a big fan of this particular brand. I'm not paid, by the way. No affiliate link. I just love the brand. Um, and I've always used misono knives.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Nissano paring knife

Wolf Gourmet knife

0:00 supports Jon Glaser
so this looks like just it says wolf Gourmet looks like a Prett pretty Kick-Ass big knife made in Germany so I guess that would be wolf gouret

appearance tested it Jon Glaser Loves Kitchen Gear | Food & Wine

Cites appearance, build quality

let's check this out oh yeah that's a clean cut Precision German craftsmanship this is a sweet knife I would love to take this home with me

Cuisinart food processor

What do professional kitchens 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.

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.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily 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, daily 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, daily 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, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites shape and form

15:03 supports Ian Fujimoto
The first is your chef's knife. This is your all-around all-purpose knife. You're going [music] to use it every single time you cook. Whether you're slicing meat, vegetables, cheeses, it doesn't matter. It's going to be [music] your workhorse.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites versatility

11:33 supports Ian Fujimoto
But if you go to literally any kitchen supply store and buy standardized sheet trays, they're always going to fit. Half [music] sheets, quarter sheets, eighth sheets, perfectly nestled together.

reliability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites size and capacity

11:02 objects Ian Fujimoto
You see, the problem with these types of pans is that there's no standard size to them at [music] all whatsoever. Like this is supposed to be, I would assume, a half sheet tray, but it doesn't fit or match up with my other half sheet trays. See? And this one is supposed to be a fourth sheet tray, but does it fit with…

reliability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites size and capacity (against)

10:32 objects Ian Fujimoto
But when it comes to purchasing [music and singing] these things, it is so very very important that you do not go off and buy fancy coated ones that are from some brand that are really expensive. Don't do [music] it. It's not worth it. They are literally never worth it.

recommendation owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites price (against)

1:30 supports Lynne Home Cooks
This is my favorite way to chop up garlic, to make a guacamole, or to grind spices. This is a molcajete; it's Mexican. You can grind anything in here. You can mash garlic - a little bit of salt helps it along - and before you know it you have a paste. You can grind up herbs. I make pesto in it.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

Cites versatility

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…

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Cites versatility

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…

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Cites versatility

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…

recommendation 19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

Cites versatility

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…

recommendation 19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

Cites versatility

i would just recommend having different kinds of services have some that are non-stick have some that are cast iron
3:31 supports Fallow Chef
but they're [ __ ] great. We buy these from a plumbing website, but the canisters of gas are about 9 quid and then the tops are quite expensive cuz they come they're sold as two separate things.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily Inside a Real Restaurant Kitchen: What’s Actually Worth Buying (And What Isn’t)

I would actually really recommend them. They're really cool. Every fine dining chef's favorite piece of equipment.
6:02 supports Billy Parisi Chef
if you're getting to the point where you are reverse searing Stakes or even cooking or smoking large roasts like pork or beef you'll quickly learn that it's more about internal temperature and less about the time it takes to cook something a good instant read thermometer for those sube bead steaks or a thermometer…

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Cites heat control

5:31 supports Billy Parisi Chef
I was introduced to the fish spatula back in culinary school and it's designed in a way where it's thin enough to easily get under whatever it is you're cooking and has an angled lip so that you can do it with these in a pan it will 100% help you remove and flip over a piece of fish with without tearing it

performance uses it professionally Cook Like a Pro with These 15 Must-Have Kitchen Tools

Cites ergonomics

8:33 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
Every now and then we need to use a probe for bits and pieces. Make sure that chicken's completely cooked, etc. A probe is a really good idea.

recommendation uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

16:03 supports Ian Fujimoto
What you're looking for when you're buying one of these knives is that it's comfortable [music] in your hand. It's made of good quality steel, and it has a good quality handle, and it's something you're going to enjoy using.

handling owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites build quality, ergonomics, handle

15:03 supports Ian Fujimoto
Next up, a utility knife or a petty knife. This is going to be your smaller knife for smaller [music] details. When you're cutting something more delicate or you need a little more precision than you get with your chef's knife, cutting garlic, cutting herbs, or trimming off the skin of your fruit, it's essentially…

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

12:03 objects Ian Fujimoto
When you're buying tongs, avoid ones that have a locking system. Any sort of lever, any sort of gear, just like our spatulas, any crevice that you have here is somewhere where food [music] can get, where water can get, and it can rust or build bacteria over time.

recommendation owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites ease of cleaning (against), rust resistance (against)

11:02 objects Ian Fujimoto
When you buy sheet trays like this, you're spending money on something that you're going to have to throw away eventually because the coatings get all nasty and they don't fit.

durability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites coating durability (against)

9:32 supports Ian Fujimoto
As I said earlier, I don't bake, but I do own a lot of baking sheets and wire [music] racks because they are so much more than just a tool for baking. You can use them to roast meats and veggies [music] in your oven.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites speed and efficiency, versatility

Cook an entire pack of bacon without setting off your fire alarm
They're also incredible at helping you stay organized. Something that I used to do, which I I don't do anymore, but I I wish I still [music] did, was I would organize whatever I was cooking on a sheet tray.
And you can even get these smaller eighthsized sheet pans to plate food on.
8:32 objects Ian Fujimoto
And even though the volume is standardized, the lid [music] shapes aren't. So, occasionally, if you are one to collect these from takeout restaurants or you just buy them in bulk off the internet, you're going to run into an issue where a lid will fit one of them just fine, but then take it off and you try to put it…

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Cites lid (against)

4:01 supports Ian Fujimoto
It doesn't scratch up my bowls. It doesn't scratch up my pans. It doesn't scratch anything. They're delicate. They're gentle. And they're so [music] easy to use.

performance owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites scratch resistance

4:01 supports Ian Fujimoto
Silicone spatulas are simultaneously one of the toughest things I have in the kitchen, as well as the softest thing. They take an absolute [music] beating, but they're also really soft, right?

durability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites build quality, durability, ease of cleaning

But not all silicone spatulas are made the same. These are mine. And if you can't tell, they all share one [music] thing in common. They are a solid piece of silicone from top to bottom.
if you have a spatula that is entirely made of silicone from top to bottom, there's no seam for stuff to get wedged into.
2:00 supports Ian Fujimoto
If you're like me and when you cook, you cook a little bit on the dirty side, then having a towel is a great thing [music] because it makes it super easy to do little cleanups here and there, wipe something up, keep something cleaner.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites adjustability, ease of cleaning, versatility

But the true beauty of reusable towels is that they're more than just for wiping and [music] cleaning. They are incredibly versatile. Not only can you use them to clean up your prep or your counter [music] or your table, but they are my absolute go-to item when it comes to handling hot things.
And when you're using a towel, they are as thick or as thin as you want them to be. It makes it easy to grab onto whatever you have.
1:00 objects Ian Fujimoto
Don't do that. It's dangerous. You cut your hand. You're going to dull your blade all around. Like, not the safest thing to do.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites safety (against)

Because if you are ever cutting through red, trying to cut through it with a non- serrated blade sucks. [music] Total suckness. Plain and simple.
0:30 supports Lynne Home Cooks
This is the instrument that I love. It's called a mezzaluna, meaning a "half moon." It's the best knife for chopping because you just rock it.

recommendation owns and uses it daily Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

another one would be a sous-vide circulator these things are super useful there's a couple different ones on the market but there are two dominating brands that i really like and i'll have them linked below it turns literally anything into a sous-vide bath so how can you complain about that

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Cites versatility

5:01 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
And I just carry a little handy knife like this. I carry that around during the day and I can just sort of turn stuff with it, do little bits with it, cut string with it, things like that.

use-case fit uses it professionally, daily 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites versatility

36:20 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
if you want to create a recipe that you can reproduce later on you almost have to weigh the food just saying one banana I mean there's little bananas there's big bananas one apple one strawberry it's well I guess it depends on how precise you want to be but if you want to add say 25 G or 28 G of sunflower seeds into…

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

Cites heat control

35:20 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I think I have three or four different mandolins in my house and I actually use different ones for different jobs I love making noodles with my mandin but I also greatly enjoy making even thickness slices of say a zucchini that I can then put a sauce on top and serve it up as finger food

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites versatility

I think I have three or four different mandolins in my house and I actually use different ones for different jobs I love making noodles with my mandin but I also greatly enjoy making even thickness slices of say a zucchini that I can then put a sauce on top and serve it up as finger food
34:19 objects Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
if you've never used a mandolin please let me warn you that not not only are they a lot of fun but pretty much anybody who uses a mandalin more than once is likely to cut themselves be careful you're sliding food across a Razor's Edge there are different razor edges on the mandolin some of them curved and some of them…

handling owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites safety (against)

please let me warn you that not not only are they a lot of fun but pretty much anybody who uses a mandalin more than once is likely to cut themselves be careful you're sliding food across a Razor's Edge there are different razor edges on the mandolin some of them curved and some of them flat but you're sliding it past…
27:46 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I'm using the immersion blender for the texture that I can create and not really worrying so much about nutrition

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites size and capacity

it's well worth trying the immersion blender because it will do it will do quantities that are essentially too small for a powerful blender like of Vitamix to even bother with I mean you put in small quantities and it ends up below the blades you can't even do it in a Vitamix and yet in an immersion blender you…
26:14 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I'm particularly fond of an immersion blender because it doesn't create the cavitation that down flux of air into the food you're drinking so it doesn't oxidize the food and it doesn't leave it full of full of air if you don't want it full of air sometimes there's things that you want to make lighter and fluffier…

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites aeration, nutrient retention, size and capacity

if you take a glass of each Vitamix blend bananas and water immersion blend bananas and water same quantities of both pour them both into a cup and then or a clear glass and check them again in 30 minutes and check them again in an hour the immersion blender drink will be basically the same color as it was when you…
the nice thing about immersion blenders is they come in different sizes at our events we have an immersion blender large enough so that we can blend 10 gallons of soup all at one time and it does a great job 10 gallons that's a big pot there are even bigger ones than that and smaller ones in gradations all the way…
24:13 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
the citrus juicer is a tool that I use almost every day now I juice my Citrus a lot of the pulp falls into the juice I'm fine with that if there's excess pulp up on top I eat that or add it to a salad dressing or put it into some other recipe we end up eating the whole food the edible portion but I like to juice my…

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites adjustability, versatility

occasionally you can use the citrus juicer on other types of fruit if you wish for instance if you slice a tomato in half and then put it on top of the citrus juicer you can control how much of the middle of the Tomato you take out and how much you leave for instance if you wish to make stuffed Tomatoes it's an easy…
22:12 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
if you keep your knife sharp you can cut with great Precision

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites edge retention, maintenance

I sharpen it I sharpen it every day and at that point it only takes two or three Strokes either with a sharpening tool such as you're looking at here or with a sharpening tool that does both edges at the same time and two or three Strokes it's sharp and noticeably different than if I don't take those two or three…
20:12 supports Dr. Doug Graham Food Writer
I don't even know how many different kinds of food processors there are out on the market most of the good ones are really excellent

performance owns and uses it daily Dr. Graham's 5 Favorite Raw Food Kitchen Tools - Culinary Skills Retreat

Cites adjustability, speed and efficiency

I use the es blade to make sauces I use the es blade to make crushed vegetables take celery or carrot and put it on the es blade lettuce on the es blade cauliflower on the S blade and you end up with really small little bits you can control how big from grain of sand to grain of rice
the food processor is exactly the way it sounds right it allows you to process food at high speed with a lot less effort a lot less mess and certainly a lot less time and you could ever do it with a knife if you're good with a knife
16:03 objects Ian Fujimoto
This is the knife that you're going to use until it is dull in the face and then you're just going to throw it away and buy a new one because it really is simply not cost- effective to [music] spend a ton of money on a really nice bread knife and then have to sharpen it and spend the money again and again and again…

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Cites price (against)

15:33 supports Ian Fujimoto
But if you decide to get one, just know that this is the one that you can spend the absolute [music] least amount of money on.

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Cites price

So, if you're going to buy one, buy something that's cheap because you're rarely ever going to use it and then [music] when it eventually goes dull, you'll just replace it.
11:33 supports Ian Fujimoto
Think about tongs as an extension of your whole hand. A wide grip that can do a lot of heavy lifting, can give you a little more reach, but not as precise as it could be.

handling owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

10:02 supports Ian Fujimoto
or throw on a wire rack and now you have somewhere for your food to drain and rest [music] instead of getting soggy on a plate.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

8:32 objects Ian Fujimoto
But there is a caveat. While these are incredibly cheap and easy [music] to use, that also means that they are fragile and they will typically crack and break over time.

durability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites durability (against)

8:02 supports Ian Fujimoto
The beauty of these is that they are incredibly cheap and they're a [music] standard size, an 8 oz, a 16 oz, and a 32 oouncez.

value owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites price

5:01 supports Ian Fujimoto
Now, before I start going into this, I need to preface by saying you do not need an expensive thermometer. [music] Period.

value owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites price

Whether your thermometer is $100 or $10, it doesn't matter as long as it reads an accurate temperature.
5:01 supports Ian Fujimoto
So, when you're going to pick these out, don't worry about looking for the name brand. Don't worry about looking for the fancy one. Look for the one that is one single piece of silicone.

recommendation owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites build quality

4:01 objects Ian Fujimoto
If you have one that has a seam, I I don't even have one to show you cuz I don't own one. But if you have one that has a seam that meets at the [music] head, then what's likely going to happen is over time food is going to get stuck in that crevice and it's going to get nasty and gross.

durability owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites ease of cleaning (against)

2:30 supports Ian Fujimoto
The reason being is that they're easier to use than an oven mitt.

performance owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites ergonomics, maintenance

But a towel is [music] super easy and all you need to do is just wrap it around your hand. You go to pick something up and your hand's protected.
Not to mention that these are far cheaper and far easier to wash than an oven [music] mitt.
2:00 supports Ian Fujimoto
Let's start with the obvious here, which is that they save you money.

value owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites price

That way, when you go back to clean everything else later, it's not a hard dried-on mess, and you're not using a roll of paper towels [music] every 2 days. Because, trust me, I've been there and it sucks. It's wasteful and it's expensive.
Not to mention that these are far cheaper and far easier to wash than an oven [music] mitt.
And by no [music] means do you need to buy expensive ones. You can simply just buy a pack of 20, 30 pantry towels. [music] These work great.
0:30 notes Ian Fujimoto
But I can tell you that I use this thing almost every time that I cook for [music] two specific reasons.

ownership owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

1:30 supports Ian Fujimoto
But that's where you take a bench scraper and you push it on along the top and it scrapes everything up. It makes cleaning super easy and the whole process really thorough.

performance owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites ease of cleaning

1:00 supports Ian Fujimoto
It has a wider surface area and a much better handle, which [music] means you can get more leverage and you can scoop up more in one go versus having to scoop a little and then a little and then a little and then, oh my gosh, you cut your hand.

handling owns and uses it daily Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites handle, safety

I mean, it's not impossible to not to cut your hand with one of these, but it's it's is less likely than with a knife. So, use a bench scraper.
1:30 supports Lynne Home Cooks
When you try to clear out a sauce pan or a sauté pan, that's how much surface is touching the bottom of pan; it's not going to move anything. Use something like this and you can quickly save the sauce from burning.

use-case fit owns and uses it daily Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

1:00 supports Lynne Home Cooks
One of the things I like to do is to pile lots of ingredients on a chopping board, and then I can chop them all together. There's something rather special that happens to the flavors when you do it this way.

performance owns and uses it daily Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

Cites flavour impact

0:30 supports Lynne Home Cooks
If you have no other kind of knife, you just need two to work with. Number one: a four-inch paring knife. Number two: an eight-inch chef's knife.

recommendation Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

0:30 supports Lynne Home Cooks
If you have no other kind of knife, you just need two to work with. Number one: a four-inch paring knife. Number two: an eight-inch chef's knife.

recommendation Lynne's Favorite Tools for the Kitchen

next thing is a personal favorite of mine which is a pair of nice kitchen shears these come in handy way more than you would think small tasks like removing tough stalks from stuff without damaging your knife cutting through small bones and like chicken and fish use something that you can get down and dirty with

recommendation owns and uses it daily 19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier

Cites versatility

1:00 supports Billy Parisi Chef
wood cutting boards while heavy and requiring more effort for cleaning and upkeep are super gentle on your knives they can last a really long time and they're sanitary

performance Cook Like a Pro with These 15 Must-Have Kitchen Tools

Cites edge retention, safety

there are plenty of studies out there that show wood absorbs bacteria and kills it relatively quickly in under 10 minutes as I we say in my videos washing with hot water and soap is sufficient enough to remove any potential harmful bacteria

How do kitchen tools score among professional kitchens?

Computed only from claims about kitchen tools by people we have grounds to call professional kitchens, so the axes answer “according to professional kitchens” rather than “according to everyone”.

Domain authority

1 recommender, weighted by demonstrated expertise in kitchen tools. Weighted by expertise in this category, never by audience size.

0.19

Independent consensus

1 independent voice across 1 source. How many independent voices converge, unweighted.

0.17

Long-term ownership

no dated ownership reports yet. Volume and length of dated first-hand ownership reports.

Performance

25 performance claims. Claims about how well it does the job.

0.14

Value

7 claims about price relative to what it does. Claims about what it costs relative to what it does.

Repairability

2 repairability claims. Claims about whether it can be maintained or rebuilt.

Community breadth

2 distinct communities. How many distinct communities converge, rather than one echo chamber.

0.00

Recency of evidence

most recent evidence from 2026. How recent the evidence is. Old evidence is not wrong, just older.

0.04

Objections raised

no objections recorded. Weight of negative claims. High is not bad — it is well-documented.

0.00

These are separate measurements, not components of a score. They are never added together, and there is no overall rating — which of them matters depends on what you are buying the thing for. A dash means no evidence on that axis yet, not a low result.