8 Tested Favorites on Sale for Your 2025 Upgrades, Including Breville and KitchenAid

Start the new year with an upgraded espresso machine or stand mixer.

Published December 29, 2024 06:00AM EST

KitchenAid Artisan Series on kitchen island — Serious Eats

While another season of holiday celebrations has come and gone, it’s time to look ahead to next year and all the potential it brings. If your New Year’s resolutions include learning how to use an espresso machine or finding the best cocktail shaker, you can grab these tested favorites on sale to make your culinary ambitions come true. To help you along, we found Amazon sales on the best Breville espresso machine, Yosukata carbon steel wok, and more.

The Best End-of-Year Kitchen Deals, at a Glance

The Most Beginner-Friendly Espresso Machine: Breville Barista Express Impress
The Best Affordable Coffee Grinder: OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
Our Favorite Programmable Coffee Maker: OXO Brew 9-Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Maker
The Best Stand Mixer for Most Bakers: KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer
The Best Carbon Steel Wok: Yosukata Carbon Steel Wok
A Great Indoor Pizza Oven: Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo
An Excellent Budget Chef's Knife: Mercer Culinary Genesis 8-Inch Chef’s Knife
The Best Customizable Rice Cooker: Cuckoo 6-Cup Rice Cooker

Breville Barista Express Impress
Amazon
$900 $800 at Amazon
This espresso machine comes with an integrated grinder, steam wand, and tamping arm. It’s easy to operate with its clearly marked buttons and user-friendly features, like a smart dosing system that automatically dispenses precise coffee doses. Aside from the beans, you’ll have everything you need to start making flavorful espresso drinks at home.
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OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
Amazon
$100 $75 at Amazon
This simple and intuitive burr grinder from OXO impressed us with excellent grind consistency and accuracy. It was already affordable compared to other options, and now it’s even cheaper at $75.
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OXO Brew 9-Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Maker
Amazon
$230 $190 at Amazon
The OXO brewer won all of our taste tests out of 13 programmable coffee makers. It has a quick brew time, holds consistent temperatures, and has a big control dial that’s easy to navigate. The thermal carafe also keeps coffee fresh for up to an hour.
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KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer
Amazon
$450 $382 at Amazon
For the everyday baker, the KitchenAid Artisan 5-quart stand mixer is more than adequate. It does an excellent job creaming butter, whipping heavy cream, and mixing cake batter. While not as powerful as its 7-quart sibling, it still manages to handle thicker doughs for breads. Only select colors are on sale.
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Yosukata Carbon Steel Wok
Amazon
$65 $60 at Amazon
If you have a New Year’s resolution to do more stir-frying, we recommend grabbing our favorite carbon steel wok that comes preseasoned. Fried rice and stir-fried vegetables slide effortlessly around this wok that can reach high cooking temperatures very quickly.
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Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo
Amazon
$1,000 $800 at Amazon
Next year could be your year of homemade pizzas, especially if you have the best indoor pizza oven we’ve tested. During our tests, this Breville oven reached an impressive 797°F and produced pillowy pies with flavorful char spots.
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Mercer Culinary Genesis 8-Inch Chef’s Knife
Amazon
$63 $43 at Amazon
This German-style kitchen knife is our favorite Western chef’s knife under $50 thanks to its grippy handle and balanced blade. This knife excels at slicing vegetables and dicing onions and makes for a great blade in your collection, whether you’re a seasoned cook or a burgeoning chef. Now it’s even more affordable at just $43.
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Cuckoo 6-Cup Rice Cooker
Amazon
$100 $65 at Amazon
In our review, we called this the “best rice cooker perfect for control freaks.” You can choose how long the rice soaks before cooking, how long to heat the rice, and what temperature the rice cooks at. It’s a consistent machine that made the best jasmine rice among the 19 models we tested. It also has a preset for cooking germinated brown rice.
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FAQs

Now that the holidays are over, what are the best after-Christmas deals?

We gathered great deals on our favorite kitchen gear in this after-Christmas kitchen sale guide.

What other kitchen upgrades should I consider?

We have this guide to the best inexpensive kitchen upgrades, and they’re all under $40.

Why We’re the Experts

An Uong is a writer for Serious Eats.
An has been testing kitchen equipment for Serious Eats for two years.
She loves finding kitchen gear deals, especially after the holidays when the shopping rush has quieted down.