Chefs Say These 20 Kitchen Gadgets Are a Waste of Money. Here's What to Buy Instead
Professional kitchens run lean. There's no room for a device that does one thing adequately when a knife, a pan or a spoon does it better and handles a dozen other tasks besides. Home kitchens tend to run the opposite way: stuffed with unitaskers, specialty slicers and gadgets that seemed indispensable in the store and have since migrated to the back of a drawer. I asked career chefs to name the tools they'd never bother with and what they'd use in place of each one. The answers were consistent enough to suggest that the home kitchen could stand to learn from the professional one.
So which tools and gadgets are truly worth having around, and which should you skip? I asked pro chefs, and they were refreshingly honest. In most cases, sticking to the basics will help you level up your skills and master the most important kitchen tasks. The...
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