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Guide ยท Kitchen

Small Kitchen Tools Worth the Drawer Space

Four things that each solve exactly one annoying problem, and keep solving it. No multi-tools that do six jobs badly, and nothing that needs its own shelf.

  1. 01

    Joseph Joseph DrawerStore Compact Utensil Organizer

    For the drawer everyone opens and sighs at

    Holds a full set of forks, spoons and knives in roughly half the footprint of a standard cutlery insert, because it steps them rather than laying them flat. The drawer goes from a jumble to something you can read at a glance. Unglamorous, and the kind of thing nobody buys for themselves.

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  2. 02

    Kitchen Gizmo Snap N' Strain Clip-On Strainer

    For draining without a second hand

    Silicone strainer that clips onto the rim of the pot, so you tip and pour instead of wrestling a colander into the sink. Pasta, rice, canned beans, grease off ground beef. It also means one less big thing to wash, which is most of the appeal.

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  3. 03

    Etekcity Digital Kitchen Scale

    For baking that comes out the same twice

    Cups are a bad way to measure flour. Pack it differently and you're off by a third. A scale with a tare button fixes that and saves washing measuring cups, since you weigh straight into the bowl. This one is flat, cheap and reads clearly from standing height.

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  4. 04

    Amazon Basics Silicone Baking Mats, 2-Pack

    For never buying parchment again

    Cookies, roasted vegetables, anything that would otherwise weld itself to the pan. They go in the dishwasher, they don't need greasing, and two of them cover most half-sheet pans. Reviewers are split on how long the non-stick holds up with heavy use, which is worth knowing going in.

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How this list gets made

Everything here is chosen the same way: it has to solve a problem someone actually has, it has to hold up past the first month, and it has to be something a person would be pleased to unwrap without pretending. Where a product's own reviews flag a weakness, you'll find it mentioned above rather than left out.

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