I actually would have these sort of things at home and they're durable. They'll last forever.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
God I love these things these do everything
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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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it's a tool that I probably use in just about every single thing that I make and that's a sheet tray this is a half size sheet tray you may have heard it called a cookie sheet tray I put things on there for prep I put things on there when I'm done cooking I make cookies on them I put meat on them and put them in the…
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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.
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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.
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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.
you can use it to organize the measured out ingredients of a recipe on a half sheet tray or a quarter sheet tray or whatever plastic wrap it and leave it in the fridge and then the next day you just pull it out and use your stuff take it a step further if you have cooked proteins or something you're frying you can…
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this is really useful for proteins you could also just leave it on your counter and hold a bunch of ingredients like different oils and vinegar they also make them in eigh sheet trays this is good for holding something like sliced proteins
So, a quarter sheet pan is great, it's just as functional as the half sheet pan, but it's smaller.
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And so what this means is if you have a large toaster oven, this can go in there. It means you don't have to heat up your large oven.
It also means you can put two of these side by side in your oven. So, you could have some roasted broccoli on this one while you're cooking some salmon on this one. And it's very easy to pull one out, let the other one continue to cook. So, I really love them.
If you have a small freezer or a packed freezer like I do, it also means that you can put your cookie dough balls on here, pop it in your freezer, let them freeze, take 'em off and put 'em into a storage bag. Whereas I could never fit a half sheet pan in my tiny apartment freezer.
This is actually considered a half sheet pan in restaurant kitchens they're double this size, but this is a kitchen workhorse. We use it every day in the test kitchen, and I use it a ton at home.
You can't use this enough in your kitchen, and I have a lot of these.
get a half size cookie sheet tray or half size sheet tray and it will last you a long time
It's great for cooking very small amounts of food. You know, if you're cooking for one or even two, this is wonderful.
This fits in most standard toaster ovens. So, it's really, really functional that way.
But one of my favorite uses, (pan clangs) is when I'm organizing ingredients ahead of time, I'll put, you know, a couple ingredients on here and a couple on another one. I can grab 'em at different stages of cooking.
I also love grating cheese directly onto this. So, instead of doing it onto a cutting board and then picking it up or trying to do it in a bowl, which can get awkward, you can rest your microplane right on here and grate, and then you've got this beautiful plate of cheese there.
But another wonderful use is as a spoon rest. So, you're cooking, you can just drop it down, like you just drop it on the counter, but it contains all of the mess.
But I might love even more the eighth sheet pan. I mean, look, this is so cute, right? We just love the way this looks here.
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We love it for cookies, even though it's not technically a cookie sheet. It does a great job with these higher sides of making every cookie brown really evenly.
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It's obviously wonderful for roasting things.
They're great for putting a wire rack in, and roasting meat on top of it.
get a half size cookie sheet tray or half size sheet tray and it will last you a long time
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if it gets a little dark in color that's that beautiful patina doesn't make the pan any different it works the exact same
ultimately, you want a stainless steel thick sheet tray. One is nice, two is perfect.
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there's a reason why people who work in restaurants use the out of these
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you can even use these as a cooking service if you wanted to I don't recommend them because they do get Warped when you do that but it does work
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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…
I actually would use these at home. They're good for like sort of like resting things on or chucking things in the oven, go through the dishwasher.
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This is why I prefer this one cuz they all match up.
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Then at the end of cooking, you're serving up your food, you do all that. Place this in the sink, run your water on it. By the time you're done eating, it's so easy to clean up.
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It's also easier to clean if you don't have a massive sink. Very easy to get in there and scrub.
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The key point here though isn't just to have a baking sheet, it's having the right size.