What kitchen items do you use the most?

[tcufrog]

I'd love to know what everyone prefers to use.

The pots and pans I use the most are a pot that has a lid with a built-in strainer, a nonstick wok that has a large fat bottom, a 8 qt cast iron enameled Dutch oven (DS15 has a bottomless pit for a stomach), cookie sheets, and a 9x13" casserole dish. My favorite tools are a chef's knife, paring knife, clip-on pot strainer, peeler, Microplane, and garlic crusher.

 

[holden]

I love my large cast iron enameled Dutch oven. It’s my preferred pot to cook in. I use it several times a week - soups, pasta sauce, stir fry, etc. You can pretty much cook anything in it. It’s probably my favorite thing in the kitchen.

I also love my Cutco knives. I made fun of DH for buying them, but they are wonderful.

 

[fla4fun]

Living solo, I have this one little saucepan, one quart or maybe one and a half, that I use so often. I only get enough dishes together to run the dishwasher once a week, but that little pot I end up hand washing almost daily so it can be used again. I have been considering buying a couple more that size, just because most of my pots are much larger than I need. I also use the small, maybe eight inch, frypans a lot. I have five of those though, so I don’t have to keep washing them.

 

[kyton]

Electric - Thermomix (x2). Non electric - stainless steel cookware from Royal Doulton, still going strong after 15yrs.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I'd love to know what everyone prefers to use.

The pots and pans I use the most are a pot that has a lid with a built-in strainer, a nonstick wok that has a large fat bottom, a 8 qt cast iron enameled Dutch oven (DS15 has a bottomless pit for a stomach), cookie sheets, and a 9x13" casserole dish. My favorite tools are a chef's knife, paring knife, clip-on pot strainer, peeler, Microplane, and garlic crusher.

My chef's knife.

Citrus squeezer.

Handheld mesh strainer. I use it almost daily.

Salad spinner. Yes, I know, but I have to throughly 'wash' all our produce, and it makes it easier to get the lettuce/spinach/cabbage 'dry'. I even use the strainer inset to just hold other rinsed veggies that don't need to be 'dried', while I'm 'washing' them.

2-1/2 qt stockpan (great for making rice and couscous in). 4 qt pan with liftout strainer. 10.25" skillet. (All my pots and pans are ovenproof up to 500F)

The little pans that came with my countertop oven; I use them all the time to cook in that oven. Also, I have a set of muffin tins (6 muffins each) that fit in that oven; and 3 mini loaf pans.


Mini prep bowls. Makes it easier to cook if everything is ready to go.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Depends on who’s cooking
My DD is a chef - she uses every dang thing in the kitchen !!! No matter what she is cooking every time - seems to think she has a crew to clean up after her - she has her own set of knives - she always uses them
I have a favorite knives I always use and a bamboo spoon - my medium size spatula and my favorite red rubber scraper - I have copper measuring spoons I always use - and pots that belonged to my mother I always use - I clean as I go so no crew needed
DH - well I could say a lot - prefers cast iron for main cooking and always picks the smallest pot we have ( holds 2 eggs) for anything else - then realizes after it’s dirty it’s too small
He also cooks like there is a crew ready to sweep in and clean up
Those two you would think they just made Thanksgiving for 100 people for a simple dinner which took DD less than 20 mins and DH 1 1/2 hours to cook !! Clean Up -2 hours - 1 spent scrubbing counters
Everyone in my house has kitchen items that are OFF limits to everyone else - for the most part no one pays any attention to this and proceeds to use said items and ruin them - end result not pretty - hence why the rule of don’t touch - I try and just stay out of kitchen - so far it’s working well !!

 

[MIGrandma]

Keurig latte machine
Regular coffee maker

 

[DLgal]

Tongs. Use them every day.

Breville Smart Oven.

Greenpan saute pan.

Silicone spatula.

 

[Moliphino]

My huge tea kettle
My 3 liter teapot
Small cutting boards

 

[nw6675]

Cast iron skillet

Anything Ninja brand

 

[Minnesota!]

Lately? Air fryer. I use my immersion blender and my bullet a lot - smoothies for breakfast. One kid never home, other kid content to eat whatever I cook - I batch cook one day a week and then roll it over to other things that can be, for the most part, reheated. Air fryer for the win..

 

[MillauFr]

A spoon.

 

[Mandy Poppins]

keurig for coffee and probably knife and cutting board. We do a few Hello Fresh meals per week and I always need to chop something.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Chef's knife and wooden cutting board
Coffee pot
Ceramic frying pan and sauce pan
Baking Sheet
Dutch Oven
Stock Pot
Grater
Cooking Utensils (spatulas / wooden spoons / tongs)

 

[Kitty 34]

Coffee pot
my favorite spatula
My meat/veggie strainer I've had since me 1st apartment days
my favorite fry pan

 

[luv2cheer92]

My Ninja 9 in 1 (air fryer, toaster, grill, oven, etc). Use it almost every day.

 

[BrianL]

I by far use my Sunbeam hot water maker the most. I love that thing! Probably secondary is the rice cooker.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Probably the Keurig

 

[easyas123]

Salad spinner. Yes, I know, but I have to throughly 'wash' all our produce, and it makes it easier to get the lettuce/spinach/cabbage 'dry'. I even use the strainer inset to just hold other rinsed veggies that don't need to be 'dried', while I'm 'washing' them.

I love, my simple salad spinner! I use it a lot.
Also our coffee pot gets used daily.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I have one very old non-stick frying pan that I use for just about everything. I must have ten frying pans, but this one is my go-to. It works just like the ads where a fried egg swirls around and then slides onto the plate. Everybody knows not to use metal utensils in it.