These Are My Picks for “MUST-HAVES” in the Kitchen
I had to learn to cook at a very young age. So home cooking technique was crucial to my survival. I had to develop instinct and touch to guage the doneness of my food. But today, all the tools you need to cook perfectly are cheap and widely available!
Cooking at home is made so simple with the common tools we have today. You have no excuse to start cooking at home!
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Gedaye Laser Temperature with IR Pointer 13:1, Meat Temp Gun with Metal Probe
This handy kitchen tool serves as a meat thermometer and laser pan surface thermometer in one! Knowing the temperature is key to cooking excellence! Because when you cook meats to the perfect temperature, they are juicy and delicious!
Alpha Grillers Instant Read Meat Thermometer for Cooking Grilling and Griddle Accessories
If you just need a simple meat thermometer, here’s one that will last you a lifetime (as long as you don’t like run over it with your car or throw it real hard at a brick wall).
Home Hero 54 Pcs Stainless Steel Kitchen Utensils Set
C’mon now, who likes to keep replacing cheap utensils? I’ve said it 294 times and I’ll say it again, USE METAL UTENSILS on your cast iron! It makes them better (if you haven’t destroyed that sexy pebbly surface by assaulting it with a power tool of some kind!). You need that scraping and leveling that you get from metal spatulas.
This rugged stainless steel set will ensure you have every single hand tool at your disposal when you’re cooking with your beloved cast iron cookware! And they’ll last nearly as long!
These things clean up like a breeze!
BBQ Gloves, 1472°F Extreme Heat Resistant Grill Gloves, Non-Slip Food Grade Silicone
Oh I hate getting a nasty casty iron burn! But since I got some good thick and grippy oven gloves, burns are a thing of the past.
These oven gloves will protect you from the extremely high temperatures that come with grilling and cooking with cast iron.
These bad boys have triple layer construction and heat-resistant silicone bonded to the outside for an enhanced grip
Lodge Scrub Brush, 10 inch
When you got a dirty pan and cleanup may not be a cinch
Reach below the sink between your legs and whip out your big 10 inch!
The bristles are STIFF and ready to scrub all night long!
Silicone Lodge Handle Covers
Now these handy dandy handle holders are as colorful as they are useful!
I’ve got them laying everywhere around my kitchen counters and drawers. I never have to go far to find one.
Just don’t leave them on a hot handle for too long. They won’t melt, but they will get hot!
Lodge Silicone Assist Handle Holder
This is the best friend of the product above. Most Lodge cast iron pans have the assist handle. And let me tell you, it gets hot too!
Lodge Pan and Grill Scraper Combo
Another must-have for your cleaning utensil drawer. These are essential for scraping off those gnarly stains. Those burnt on clingy petulent stains. The stains that keep you up at night.
Oh I hate them! I hate them!
Cast Iron Scrubber 316 Stainless Steel Cast Iron Skillet Cleaner 8″x6″ Chainmail Scrubber Scraper
Once you have this essential cast iron cleaning tool in your arsenal, it’s game over for stuck-on bits of nasty burnt ickiness.
Just a few seconds of unleashing a whirlwind scrub assault on your pan you left dirty on the stove last week, and all is forgiven. She’ll never know you let it sit there and molt for a week.