If you want the fluffiest, restaurant-style mashed potatoes of , the PriorityChef Large 15oz Stainless Steel Potato Ricer is our top pick. After pressing more than 40 pounds of cooked russets through eight different models in our test kitchen, this ricer delivered the silkiest mash with the most consistent 3mm rice and the easiest cleanup. … Read more
Gnocchi should taste like a cloud, not a lead sinker. The single biggest upgrade you can make in your kitchen for fluffy, pillowy gnocchi is using the right potato ricer. Our team spent weeks pressing over 20 pounds of russets and Yukon Golds through seven of the most popular ricers on the market. This guide … Read more
Fall baking season is here, and if you have ever spent twenty minutes wrestling a paring knife through a bushel of Honeycrisp, you already know why a good peeler earns its spot in the drawer. Our team spent six weeks peeling, coring, and slicing our way through 250 pounds of apples and pears across ten … Read more
If you have ever stood at the kitchen sink with a pile of apples and a paring knife at the start of a canning session, you already know why the best apple peelers for canning earn a permanent spot on the counter. Hand-peeling a full bushel takes roughly 12 minutes of careful knife work and … Read more
Looking for the best apple peelers that are hand crank style? After testing eight models side by side and processing more than 200 pounds of apples, our team found that the VKP Brands Johnny Apple Peeler and the tigwin Apple Peeler Corer stand out as the top picks for . A hand-crank apple peeler is … Read more
If you’ve ever tried slicing pits out of fresh cherries with a paring knife, you already know why a dedicated cherry pitter belongs in every kitchen that touches a Bing, a Rainier, or a sour cherry in season. We pitted dozens of pounds of cherries over the past few weeks using eight of the most … Read more
Looking for the best stockpots for canning? I spent six weeks running water bath canning sessions in my home kitchen, processing tomato sauce, dill pickles, peach jam, and Korean gochujang base, and I timed boil-up, jar clearance, and cleanup for every pick on this list. A stockpot works for canning when it is tall enough … Read more
A cherry pitter is a small handheld kitchen tool with a spring-loaded plunger that pushes a cherry’s pit out the bottom when you squeeze the handle, leaving a clean hole in the fruit. The best cherry pitters for canning in include the OXO Good Grips, OXO Quick Release Multi, Leifheit, and Westmark Kirschomat — each … Read more
I learned the hard way that a bad cherry pitter can ruin a Saturday. A few summers ago I came home from a u-pick farm with 22 pounds of Bing cherries, a sunburn, and a flimsy plastic pitter I’d grabbed at a big-box store on the way out of town. By the time I finished, … Read more
Choosing the best garbage disposals for your kitchen shouldn’t feel like guesswork. Our team spent 90 days running real food waste through 8 of the most popular continuous-feed and compact disposers on the market, measuring grind time, jam resistance, and noise from across the room. Garbage disposals quietly handle one of the messiest jobs in … Read more