By Published Aug. 14, 2024.
The ATK Reviews team spends a lot of time testing various kitchen equipment—everything from air fryers to Dutch ovens. When it comes to everyday tasks, though, sometimes the smallest and most unassuming items can be the most useful for cooking and cleaning.
Here, we’ve rounded up all of our favorite inexpensive pieces of kitchen gear. To us, these items represent the biggest steals and deals on the market.
A lot of the tools we consider to be most essential are pretty darn affordable. Whisks, spatulas, oven mitts, and vegetable peelers are all must-haves for any cook, and you don’t have to pay a ton to get a good one.
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For baking, these inexpensive tools can often mean the difference between a finished product that’s just fine and one that’s worthy of a blue ribbon at the state fair. The right tools can really make your cake or pie or biscuits shine.
It’s rare to find a decent knife at a low price point, but our favorite paring knife is just such a unicorn. One of the best values in cutlery, this tiny-but-mighty blade is so reasonably priced that you might even want to invest in two!
It’s really important to measure properly when cooking and baking. A difference of a teaspoon or less can throw off your cake or roast pork significantly. Fortunately, many of our favorite measuring tools are entirely affordable, so you can get correct measurements without having to break the bank.
Nobody wants to fill their cabinets with unnecessary gadgets. But sometimes a specific tool really comes in handy. This is our list of tools that do only one or two things, but do them extraordinarily well. They’re for niche tasks: If you like to put up your own tomato sauce every summer, you should definitely check out our favorite tomato corer. Like to buy spices or oil and vinegar in bulk, then transfer them to smaller containers? You need a funnel! Here’s our list for the specialists.
A few of our favorite pieces of equipment will make your coffee, cocktails, and everyday drinks just a little more special. Elevate your Manhattan with the crispest-looking ice cubes, brew the perfect cup of Darjeeling, or froth your own milk to make lattes at home.
It doesn’t have to cost a lot to keep your house clean and your produce fresh for longer. These household basics outperformed many others to become our favorites—we hope they’ll soon be yours, too.
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