In 2022, we wrote aboutsomany kitchen tools. After all, it's our job to test appliances and all manner of gear to get you the best version of every key piece of kitchen equipment. Of course, we also love to recommend the stuff we use in our own kitchens: This year, that included tinystainless-steel prep bowlsthat make cooking more organized,wine chilling sleeves, and even ahanging fruit basketthat we use to store snacks, not fruit. Some of those recommendations—and tested favorite products—resonated with you, Epicurious readers, more than others. After a year of us recommending products toyou,here are the tools and appliances your fellow readers bought based on the articles we wrote. If you won't take it from us, take it from your fellow readers: These kitchen tools and ingredients will transform your cooking.
Ingredients
This powdermakes instantly flavorful stock and pan sauces.
Read our review of thebest olive oils at every price pointand find out why we love this best-selling one for weeknight cooking.
Cleaning tools
Thesecolorful scrubbing padscan break through the toughest baked on stains.
Read why writer Emily Farris usesthese microfiber clothsto clean her drinking glasses—and her eye glasses.
Wereviewed a bunch of dishwashing glovesto find the very best ones, and these hot pink beauties came out on top.
This cleaning paste went viral on TikTok.We reviewed itand we think it's absolutely worth the hype.
Small kitchen tools
Use thismini measuring cupto make cocktails. Use it to measure small amounts of liquid ingredients, like olive oil. Once you have it, you'll find a million reasons to pull it out.
This peeleris really a mini shredder: Use it to make papaya salad, zucchini noodles, and more.
Owing a paring knife is essential for peeling apples, hulling strawberries, and more. Read why this budget pick performed well in our product test of thebest paring knives.
This year, we published aguide to sharpening your knives with a whetstone—and many, many readers bought whetstones. We feel comforted thinking that your knives are sharp.
Contributor Genevieve Yam uses these tiny cups to do mis en place when she's cooking.Read whyyou should, too.
Thisgrating setallows you to shred, zest, and mandoline vegetables—all in one compact, modular design.
Cookware
Read our full review ofthe best woks.
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Our favorite cast-iron skillet is a bestseller every year. Read our fullcast iron skillet review(and find out why we've started to prefer smooth-surfaced pans over rough-surfaced ones).
Another forever bestseller. This is ourfavorite sheet pan of all time.
Appliances
Read our review ofthe best rice cookers.
Aninduction cooktopoffers greater precision and efficiency than your gas or electric range. And this portable one will make you feel like you're on a cooking show—and give you more cooking space.
Gardening
Read why our gardening columnist Wilder Daviesloves this tool.
