• Learn More About Cooking Utensils & Gadgets

    A well-stocked kitchen includes a wide range of cooking utensils and gadgets. Whether you’re a professional chef or home cook, you’ll find an array of useful utensils and devices on Etsy to add to your cooking area. Personalized hand-carved wooden mixing spoons add decorative touches to a home kitchen when hung from a wall rack while not in use. Mixers and whisks incorporate air into batter for fluffier pancakes and soufflés. Kitchen tongs are perfect for flipping, sauteing, and easily removing items from dishes without burning your fingers.


    An embellished ladle can add a touch of whimsy to a pot of soup. Vintage and custom cookie cutters can make for a fun family night. Smooth rolling pins help with a dough’s uniformity and texture, while you can use embossed rolling pins to press decorative impressions into cookie dough, eliminating the need for cookie cutters.

    A few well-made cooking tools can be the difference between tasty dishes and recipe fails, so be sure your kitchen is stocked with these basics:


    • Measuring cups and spoons can be simple or sensational, featuring slim lines or eye-catching designs.
    • Scoops can help you portion out the right amount of rice, oats, and other grains.
    • For expertly tenderized filets or silky smooth mashed potatoes, pounders and mashers create the texture you’re aiming for.
    • Shred fresh parmesan or other block cheese for homemade pasta with a handheld grater.

    Keep a collection of strainers and funnels close at-hand while working with pasta or other recipes that might require separating solids from liquids. Depending on your kitchen prowess, a few cooking gadgets might suffice, or you may need to add a few specialty utensils to your cabinets for those delectable dessert recipes.


    Sifters, funnels, strainers, and cheesecloth can help you accomplish your cooking goals more easily by creating a finer grain to enhance consistency, transferring liquids and dry goods to cut down on waste, and removing water from thawed vegetables such as spinach.


    Strainers come in many sizes for rinsing fresh fruit or working on a creamy custard. If you want to remove as much moisture as possible from tofu or raw shredded potatoes, cheesecloth is the cooking tool for you. It also has many other uses in the kitchen, including clarifying, curing, and storing fresh produce.


    Sifters help refine the consistency of your dry goods by breaking up larger chunks before mixing. Funnels are vital accessories for storing, pouring, and controlling the flow of liquids such as broths, creams, and wet batters.

    On Etsy, you’ll find attachments and accessories to help you get the most out of your existing appliances. Rather than taking up valuable shelf space with a rarely used piece of equipment, consider which mixer attachments might help you get the job done just as easily.


    Pizza stones or paddles make excellent gifts for the ambitious at-home chef.