10 Essential Kitchen Tools For Beginner Cooks

Meghan got one of these carbon steel roasting pans a few years ago and quickly declared it “the $99 pan that everyone needs.” Yes, even those who have no plans to host a Thanksgiving ever. She likes it for roasting veggies, braising, baking, making deep casseroles, and more. “It’s lightweight, heats well, and is nonstick.” Plus, it’s smaller than those too-big roasting pans out there. Faith has half-joked that this wok is the one thing she'd grab from her house in a fire (once her family was safely outside, of course!). It's made of carbon steel, which is durable and inexpensive; heats quickly and evenly; and can become virtually nonstick. Readers ask us all the time if All-Clad really is worth the money and we say it is — especially when it comes to a fry pan.

The dishes prepared in clay pots come to be particularly juicy and soft – this is due to the clay’s porous surface. Due to this porous nature of the surface the clay utensils inhale aroma and grease. The coffee made in clay coffee boilers is very aromatic, but such pots need special care.

We can all be doing a little bit more to cut back on single-use plastic, and if you’re still using zip-top baggies, these are a great green alternative. Cleaning them is way easier than you’d think, New Gadgets 2022 too (they can just go in the dishwasher!) and these can actually be flipped inside out to make things even easier. This all-silicone basting brush is great for basting roasts and turkeys while they stay right in the oven.

Bake up a hearty casserole or sweet sheet cake with this versatile dish. These come in pretty colors, so find one that matches your dishes; you’ll want to serve right out of it. Easy to clean, lightweight nonstick pans are ideal for scrambling eggs or wilting greens.

Plus, it’s dishwasher safe so you don’t have to worry about the handle melting or warping in the heat. A whisk is often one of the most used items in your kitchen, so it’s important to have one that’s ergonomically made. This 9-inch whisk from OXO Good Grips fits great in the hand and is perfect for whisking together salad dressings, sauces, eggs, desserts, and much more. Instead of all this increased choice making our lives easier, it’s made it that much more difficult to separate the quality from the junk. So we decided to test all the kitchen equipment we could get our hands on to solve this problem and make stocking a minimalist, high-quality kitchen as easy as possible.

It’s perfect because it doesn’t take up a ton of space, and it’s easier to clean and cheaper than a KitchenAid. It’ll enable you to do so much more than you could before, and it’ll last forever. And you actually don’t even need this tool to “spiralize” vegetables.