Equipment

Our favorite kitchen equipment and how best to use it all, based on exhaustive reviews and years upon years of professional cooking experience. We do the work so you don't have to.
A person making pour-over coffee with the Hario Suiren V60.
This Hario Pour-Over Dripper Looks Like a Flower—and Makes Great Coffee
A countertop dishwasher filled with dishes and silverware.
I Tested 7 Countertop Dishwashers to Find Ones That Got Dishes Sparkling Clean
A collection of oven thermometers on a marble surface.
Your Oven Lies—These 5 Oven Thermometers Will Keep It Honest
A collection of baked pie crusts and pies filled with ceramic pie weights on a white surface.
I Tested 9 Popular Pie Weights to Find the 2 Sets Actually Worth Buying
Olivieri 1882 VALENTINE'S CAKE - RISE IN LOVE, Big Night Wine Glasses, and Chocolate Lover: A Baking Book with red shadows on a red grid background
31 Valentine’s Day Gifts You’ll Want to Keep All for Yourself
Paper towel holders on a gray and black backdrop
I Tested Paper Towel Holders by Going Through Dozens of Rolls and Cleaning Up Lots of Messes
The Fellow Aiden coffee maker on a kitchen countertop.
I Tested Fellow’s New Coffee Maker, and I’m Probably Done With Pour-Overs
A bag of FryAway with three packets of FryAway beside it.
FryAway Promises to Make Getting Rid of Cooking Oil Easy, But Does It Actually Work?
Dreo BaristaMaker Milk Frother
This New Countertop Milk Frother Is From a Space Heater Company, but Can It Make Smooth Foamed Milk?
A group of nonalcoholic drinks on a kitchen countertop.
I Tried 18 Nonalcoholic Drinks to Find Spirits and Cocktails I’d Unwind With Any Day
Numerous matcha powders on a marble countertop.
I Tried 14 Matcha Powders—Most Were Good, But a Few Were Outstanding
Holiday Meal Kitchen Gadgets
All of the Kitchen Gear You Need to Make a Memorable Holiday Meal
baked choux pastry puffs on a sheet
Parchment Paper vs. Silicone Mats: What Every Home Baker Needs to Know
Everything You Need to Set the Perfect Holiday Table
The Expert-Recommended Items You Need for a Flawless Holiday Table
a piece of gingerbread cake cut with a fork.
The Ultimate Pan for Perfectly Baked Sheet Cakes and Brownies Every Time
A person about to place a portafilter with espresso grounds in it into the Breville Puck Sucker.
Breville Sells a Knock Box That's Like a Vacuum for Espresso Pucks, but Does It Work?
The Instant Pot air fryer on a kitchen countertop.
I’ve Used This Instant Pot Air Fryer for Years and It Rarely Leaves My Kitchen Countertop
A person using an Anova vacuum sealer
We’ve Tested Loads of Vacuum Sealers—The Anova Pro Is the Best
Barbecue Products on a pale yellow background
27 Grilling Gifts that Bring the Heat
The Fellow Tally Pro scale with coffee beans on it.
This Fellow Coffee Scale Is Worth Its Weight in Gold (or Beans)
A selection of Keurig coffee machines that we tested.
Keurig Coffee Makers Aren't for Everyone, But These 2 Won Our Tests
A hand holding an espresso pod in front of the Nespresso Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Machine by Breville
To Find the Best Nespresso Pods, I Drank 14 Coffees (I’m Fine, I Swear)
someone removing a pizza from the ooni koda 2 max
Ooni’s New Pizza Oven Is Absolutely Massive—and It Makes Incredible Pizza
a person using a butane torch to light wood chips in a wooden drink topper
Smoked Cocktails! Wok Hei! Crème Brûlée! Why I Love My Butane Torch
a person holding the lavatools javelin thermometer to measure the temperature of hot water in a tea kettle
I Love This Digital Thermometer So Much That I Travel With It
Various cookie presses arranged on a tray
I Tested 7 Cookie Presses and Found 3 Worthy of Your Grandma’s Recipes
the thermoworks square dot on a wooden cutting board next to a dutch oven
This Tiny Thermometer Can Track Two Temperatures at Once, Making It Great for Multitaskers
A glass bowl with flour on it set on a kitchen scale that has a pull-out screen.
Make Show-Stopping Cookies This Holiday Season With These 13 Baking Tools
Close up of the Breville Barista Express Impress brewing an espresso into a glass cup
Amazon's Fall Sale Has Discounts on Our Favorite Gear From Breville, Vitamix, and Le Creuset
Fellow Atmos Electric Indicator Light
The Only Coffee Canister We've Ever Recommended Got an Electric Upgrade
A person using a clip-on strainer to water from pasta noodles into a sink.
This Pasta Strainer Attaches to a Pot and Has Basically Replaced My Colander
Three espresso tampers on a marble kitchen countertop.
I Tested 10 Espresso Tampers to See Which Ones Made It Easy to Make Level, Perfectly Compacted Pucks
Water being poured into a pour-over coffee device.
The Origami Dripper Is by Far the Prettiest Pour-Over I Own—and It Makes Great Coffee
A glass food storage container on a marble surface
Get It Together: The 14 Best Meal Prep Tools for More Organized Weeks
the yeti cast iron skillet on a stovetop
Is Yeti's Cast Iron Skillet Just as Good as Its Coolers?
One-Off Thermapen tried-and-true angle tout
The Lightning-Fast Thermapen One Is the Only Instant-Read Thermometer You Need, and It’s 30% Off
One-Off Dethroned product Wine opener tout
We Love This Wine Opener So Much That It Dethroned Our Previous Favorite
Roundup Amazon kitchen outlet deals
Vitamix, Staub, and More Brands We’ve Recommended for Years Are on Sale at Amazon’s Secret Outlet
A to-go drink cup with a silicone reusable straw in it
To Find the 5 Best Reusable Straws, I Drank Gallons of Water, Iced Tea, and Smoothies
Coffee being poured from the Yeti french press into a mug.
Is the Yeti French Press Worth the Buzz? I Brewed a Lot of Coffee in It to Find Out
Ceramic skillets displayed next to each other
To Find the Best Ceramic Nonstick Skillets, I Scrambled and Fried 44 Eggs
A collection of maple syrup bottles on a crate
What's the Best Maple Syrup? We Tested a Bunch—and Asked a Vermont Sugarmaker for Help
A hand opening the door to chicken cooking in the Breville the Smart Oven Air Fryer
Serious Eats Staffers Test Kitchen Gear All Year—Here Are the October Prime Day Deals They Think Are Worth Grabbing
A pink Yeti insulated tumbler with straw
Yeti Tumblers, Stackable Mugs, and More Are on Rare Sale Up to 30% Off for Amazon's October Prime Day
The Vitamix 5200 blending a smoothie.
We’ve Recommended This Vitamix Blender for a Decade—and You Can Grab It for $250 Off for Prime Big Deal Days
two hands with oven mitts on removing a Dutch oven from an oven
Le Creuset Is Seriously Discounted for October Prime Day, Including Our Favorite Dutch Oven and Braiser for Up to 31% Off
Four cloth napkins on dining plates
I Tested 11 Cloth Napkins to Find Ones That Are Fancy, Functional, and Dinner Party-Worthy
Best Halloween candy to buy online
The Best Halloween Candy You Can Buy Online, According to Serious Eats Staffers
Roundup SE-approved tools on GBBO
The Great British Baking Show Is Back, and We Spotted Some of Our Favorite Kitchen Gear in the Tent
The Breville Barista Express Impress on a kitchen countertop.
Breville Toaster Ovens, Espresso Machines, and More Are Up to $300 Off for Prime Big Deal Days
a variety of electric knives on a melamine countertop with ham and a piece of bread
To Find the Best Electric Knives for Carving Turkey and Other Roasts, I (Very Carefully) Tested 8 of Them
A hand pouring coffee grounds into a sifter. A coffee grinder is beside the sifter.
I’ve Used This Baratza Coffee Grinder Nearly Every Day for 3 Years—Here’s Why It’s the Best
A metal jar opener on a wooden table
Even the Stickiest Lids Are No Match for This Jar Opener
A person using a food processor to make mirepoix.
We've Highly Recommended This Cuisinart Food Processor for 7 Years—Here's Why
A metal tart pan on a wooden cutting board with pie dough and a rolling pin next to it
A Tart Pan With a Removable Bottom Is My Secret to Picture-Perfect Desserts
Roundup editor-loved fall picks Tout with pumpkins
Serious Eats Staffers Go All-Out for Fall With Brain Jelly Molds, Pumpkin Dutch Ovens, and More
a water dispenser next to a few bottles of wine in the fridge
Fridge Organization Tips, According to Serious Eats Staffers (Who Cook for a Living)
Deep dish pizza being served out of a deep dish pizza pan
The Best Deep Dish Pizza Pans, According to My Very Cheesy, Seriously Saucy Testing