Pots and pans hold food, generally for cooking on a range. Sometimes pots and pans are used in an oven or microwave.
Dark gummy burned-on oil can be removed with acetone, widely available from hardware stores and in diluted form as nail polish remover.
Common materials
stainless steel
Stainless steel is good enough for most uses, although it […]
A zester is a tool for making zest. A common design would be a foot-shaped blade sticking out of a handle, sharp along the toe edge, and with little holes in the toe area. This a scraped over the peel (rind) of a citrus fruit to create the zest.
A whisk is a cooking utensil used in food preparation to smoothly blend ingredients or whip in air to a mixture. Most wisks consist of a long narow handle with a series of wire loops joined at the end. The wires are usually metal, but some are coated with silicone or have plastic wires for […]
A tube attached to a rubber bulb used to suck up and squirt cooking liquid from a pan onto roasting meat or poultry, thus moistening it. Often called a Turkey Baster.
Tongs are used to easily grasp and transfer food.
They consist of two jaws attached to a long handle that are forced apart by a spring. Their length serves to insulate the user from hot food and/or kitchen appliances. Tongs are usually made from pressed steel sheet, but they are sometimes made from steel wire too.
A sieve (also known as a strainer) is a kitchen utensil used to separate liquids or fine dry foods (like flour) from larger particles. It can also be used to break up lumps in dry ingredients (like cocoa powder) or to purée cooked foods by passing them through the sieve. Modern sieves are usually made […]
There are various kinds of knife sharpeners available for maintaining the sharpness of knives.
A sharpening stone or oil stone is also known simply as a stone, and is a tool for maintaining the sharpness of knives. It consists of a carborundum stone, a block of ceramic, or a metal plate with embedded diamond dust. Many […]
A large long-handled kitchen spoon with openings in the bowl of the spoon. The spoon is usually used to remove food such as vegetables from cooking liquid because it will hold the food while allowing the excess water to run through it.
A wooden spoon is a long handled kitchen spoon made from wood usually used for stirring.
Supposedly, sanitation of wooden spoon can be problematic, because bacteria get into the pores of the wood. However, in practice, this is not a major difficulty if the spoon is used only to stir boiling mixtures, and is washed and […]
A spatula is a hand-held tool that is used for lifting, flipping, or spreading. Spatulas have a handle that is long enough to keep the holder’s hand away from what is being lifted or spread; for example, the spatula may keep the holder’s hand away from any heat.
The blade of the spatula is wide and […]