Kitchen Utensils, Tools, and Equipment

Measuring Utensils

Dry Measuring Cups Used to measure dry ingredients such as flour and sugar. The usually come in a set of ¼ cup, 1/3 cup, ½ cup, and 1 cup.

Liquid Measuring Cups Often clear plastic or glass. They have a spout for pouring and measurements marked on the side in cups, ounces, and milliliters. Common sizes are 1 cup, 2 cups, and 4 cups

Measuring Spoons Used for measuring smaller amounts of liquid and dry ingredients. The most common sizes are ¼ teaspoon, ½ teaspoon, 1 teaspoon, and 1 tablespoon

Mixing Utensils and Equipment

Mixing Bowls Hold the ingredients that you mix an come in graduated sizes; made of glass, plastic, or metal

Mixing Spoons Have long handles and are used to combine ingredients; made of metal, wood, plastic, or silicone

Plastic Scraper Used to mix ingredients and scrape batter off the side of the bowl; made of metal, wood, plastic, or silicone

Pastry Blender Used to cut shortening into flour for pie crusts and biscuits

Wire Whisks Used for beating and blending; efficient in combining liquid ingredients and beating eggs

Blender Used to mix ingredient together until smooth; used for smoothies and milkshakes

Hand Mixer Electric with beaters; used to combine ingredients for batters

Other Kitchen Utensils

Cutting Boards Serve as a base for your cutting work, keeping knife blades sharp and counters in good shape.

Graters Used to shred and grate vegetables and cheeses

Kitchen Shears Sturdy scissors kept in the kitchen and used for cutting vegetables, pastry, poultry, and meat. Always wash shears with soap and warm water after use

Vegetable Peeler Used to pare vegetables and fruits; some have blades that swivel for ease in paring

Colander Bowls with holes for draining foods, such as cooked pasta

Slotted Spoon Helpful for lifting solid food from liquid; like separating vegetables from their cooking juices

Metal Spatula Have dull, narrow blades; useful in leveling dry ingredients such as flour in a measuring cup

Turner Used to lift and turn foods such as pancakes or burgers

Tongs Grasp or hold foods such as a chicken drumstick or corncob

Ladle Help spoon out hot soups or stews

Cooling Rack Made of wire and allow air to circulate around hot baked products so that they cool evenly.

Rolling Pin Used to roll out and flatten dough (for cookies, pies, pizza, etc)

Can Opener Can be handheld or electric; used to open cans

Cookie Scooper A small scoop that enables you to create cookies of uniform shape/size

Apple Corer Used to take the core out of apples and cut apples into slices

Cookware and Bakeware

Cake Pan Come in many shapes and sizes and used for baking many foods; can be made of glass, metal, or silicone

Baking Sheet Rectangular, low sided pans most often used for baking cookies and making sweets

Custard Cup Made from heatproof glass; used to bake custard or microwave eggs; can be used to aid in food prep

Pot Holders/Oven Gloves Used to take hot items out of microwave, oven, or off stove top

Hot Pad Used on tables or counter tops to put hot items on so it does not burn the surface of table/counter

Griddle A flat surface that can be heated to certain temperatures; used to cook pancakes, French toast, eggs, etc

Pizza Pan Metal pan used to bake pizzas or other items