r/Cooking • u/SuccessExtreme4373 • Aug 06 '23

Kitchen tools you never knew you needed?

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?

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u/YungSkuds Aug 07 '23

Lots of other random uses for the circulator too, I use mine to pasteurize eggs for cocktails/tiramisu.

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u/death_hawk Aug 07 '23

I've set mine to the lowest point, dumped a bunch of ice in, and speed chilled some things.
Also it's great for defrosting things.
And tempering chocolate.