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Microplane graters. Coarse, medium, fine & a spice grater make quick work of shredding making zest & grating tasks
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Feed chute accessory for the Microplane graters. Allows you to grate small pieces without grating your fingers
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The graters have a rail that the feed chute can slide along
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There is a pusher assembly that fits inside feed cute to keep food in contact with the grater surface
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A variety of good sharp knives helps speed prep and makes it less of a chore
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Keeping these knives sharp is easy with these Wusthoff sharpeners. One is for standard knives & one for the santoku
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Top to bottom: 5” santoku knife / 8” chefs knife / 8” serrated bread knife / 9” sharpening stone
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Top to bottom: 3” serrated paring knife / 3 1/2” paring knife / 4 1/2” utility knife / 5” boring knife
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Top to bottom: 9” carving knife / 8” panini knife / 5” serrated tomato knife
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The santoku is my go to knife. I prefer it to a chefs knife for most tasks. It has a thin blade that slices easily
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This specialty knife is a Panini Knife with a serrated blade & an offset handle to keep your knuckles from hitting the cutting board while slicing sandwiches
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Kitchen shears for cutting food, strings etc. This pair also has bottle opener on the blades & a nutcracker
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A good heavy cleaver helps from start to finish. From chopping up chicken wings to making pulled pork
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Vegetable peelers remove the skin from potatoes, carrots & even fresh ginger
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A mandoline slicer uses a sliding feed chute that is drawn across a fixed blade to create unitform thickness slices or julienne cuts.
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The mandiline makes quick work of normal slicing tasks.
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Various thickness inserys are used to produce various thickness slices or julienne cuts.
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The feed chute is hinged & has spikes on the bottom to accomodate larger size pieces like this large white onion.
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Vegetable chopper makes quick work of dicing and slicing. There are a total of 4 different cuts made possible by switching inserts with different blades
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The bottom of the chopper where the food collects is marked so you can stand the chopper up vertically & measure the amount you have chopped
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Orange, lemon & lime juicers great for making sauces & marinades
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A citrus zester, a one trick pony tool that is great for making long stringy peels of citrus zest
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An apple corer-you screw it into the top of the apple then hold the black plastic ring while you pull it out.
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A jalapeno corer. You cut the top off the jalapeno and then screw this in and it extracts the core and seeds
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Garlic press. This model has two blades for fine chopping & slices
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Mortar & pestle for grinding herbs & spices-I also use a coffee grinder as shown in the Appliances Section
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Good quality non-stick pans make cooking tasks easier, more predictable & clean up is fast
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The pans can be used on the stove, in an oven up to 400 degrees & on the side burner of the grill. Cleanup is amazingly quick & easy.
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Dutch oven made from heavy duty enameled cast iron is amazingly versatile. I never knew how much I needed one until I got it. Baked beans can go from stove, to oven. to grill in same pan.
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You develop a wonderful golden brown crust when you sear in and an overnight soak is all it takes to make it wipe clean in the morning.
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Here the Dutch oven is being used to sear a roast that is now headed out to the smoker. The pan drippings from the sear will be used to make a great gravy.
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These baked beans started in this pan on the stove & have been in the oven for 3 hours, next stop is the gas grill where they will be indirect cooked for one more hour with smoke.
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Butcher’s string for tying up roasts
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Most recipes call for fresh ground black pepper. This Peugeot peppermill has grades from coarse to fine
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A dredge (shaker) to help evenly distribute rubs or powders. The adjustable top gives you 3 sizes of openings
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Basting brush for brushing sauces or melted butter on food. The notch fits into the rim of your pan or bowl
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Non-aerosol mister for atomizing & spraying liquids such as olive oil onto your food. Pump it to pressurize it
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Stainless steel whisk for mixing wet & dry ingredients
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Strainer for taking fats & other solids out of sauces & gravy
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Fine Mesh Fat Skimmer for skimming fat off the surface of soups, stews and sauces.
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Fat separator for making gravies. Pour in the pan drippings & pour out the liquid while the fat stays behind
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Marinade injector for shooting marinades under the skin of meats & poultry
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Silicon over sink strainer. I love this strainer It is adjustable so you can suspend it over just about any sink.
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When it is time for cleanup it is dishwasher safe & when you are done it collapses for storage.
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This is a silicone strainer for use over a pan.
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Like my other silicon strainer it is easy to clean & collapses for storage.
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Rubber kitchen gloves. Good for handling hot meats. I use them sometimes to help out with pulling pork
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Rockin’ Pizza Cutter makes quick work of cutting pizzas. One stroke cuts the entire width of the pizza.
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