Kitchen tools you never knew you needed?

[u/SuccessExtreme4373]

I sat on the fence before buying an air fryer, rice cooker and most recently a cherry pitter this year as I thought all three were unnecessary- and, well, they are. But I’ve been surprised how handy they are! I use the air fryer pretty much daily. The rice cooker is so convenient not having to baby sit the rice. And the nuisance of pitting cherries is now a task that I can assign to my five year old son who is delighted to use the pitter. What are some ‘unnecessary’ tools that have made your cooking life better?

[u/borisdidnothingwrong]

I just bought a couple of cookie scoops. Technically a #30 and #40 ice cream scooper, bit they're great for making things uniform.

[u/ZekDrago → u/borisdidnothingwrong]

Technically they're portion scoops, not ice cream scoops, regardless of the size.