Ten great kitchen gadgets

Our chefs have lots of gadgets in their kitchens to make their professional lives easier. Most of theirs are gadgets for professional kitchens, but these cool toys will make your kitchen a more enjoyable place to be!

Here’s a fun video about it, but we think we can come up with even better ideas:

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1. Instant-read Thermometer – No more losing the heat in your oven or BBQ, poke this little guy into your meat and get an instant reading. Great for our Best-selling Chicken Ana Luisa.
   
2. Picnic Time Metro Collapsible Insulated Basket – Great for taking out a picnic of MagicKitchen.com favorites
3. Citrus Squeezers – These are ideal for squeezing a lime into a cool refreshing drink, or for squeezing a lot of lime juice at a time.
4. Grill Surface Thermometer – Lay it right on your grill and know for sure what the temperature is!
5. Julienne Peeler – These handy little gadgets take vegetables like carrots, cucumber, zucchini, potatoes and also fruits and julienne them into long strips!
6. Salad Dressing Emulsifier – If you’re like me, in the middle of making supper you never have time to drizzle oil into vinegar while you whisk, whisk whisk to make a perfect emulsion. These handy gadgets do it in seconds!

 

7. Microplane – When I was a carpenter’s assistant, we used these to smooth wood, but chefs have discovered that they’re the best graters around. Good for hard cheeses, nutmeg, lemon zest, chocolate, ginger and garlic.
8. Corn Stripper – these handy little gadgets strip the corn cleanly from the husk. Or you could buy MagicKitchen.com’s tasty fresh cut corn medley.



9. Silicone Cupcake molds – These cute little things mean no more paper cupcake cups, and no more sticking cupcakes! They come in different shapes, too.
10. Coverflex Reusable food covers- Kick the plastic habit with these silicone covers – they stretch to fit over all kinds of dishes and bowls and can go from oven to fridge to freezer to table. Might be kind of perfect for those MagicKitchen.com leftovers.

Melody, MagicKitchen.com blogger