1. Chapter 23 Kitchen Utensils and Appliances
In this chapter, you will learn about
Kitchen utensils
Cookware and bakeware
Small appliances
Large appliances

2. Kitchen Utensils and Appliances
Objectives
Identify basic kitchen utensils and pieces of cookware and bakeware and explain their uses.
Describe the purposes of common kitchen appliances.

3. Words to Know utensil spatula serrated blade tongs ladle colander
cookware
bakeware
double boiler
skillet
appliance
portable appliance
major appliance

4. Kitchen Utensils
Utensil: a hand-held, hand-powered tool used to prepare food.
What is the most commonly used utensil in your kitchen?

5. Measuring Utensils
Spatula: a narrow utensil used to level dry ingredients in dry measuring cups and measuring spoons.

6. Measuring Utensils
Dry measuring cups: Used to measure dry ingredients such as flour or sugar.

7. Measuring Utensils
Liquid measuring cups

8. Measuring Utensils
measuring spoons: used to measure ingredients in smaller numbers

9. Cutting Utensils
Serrated blade: a blade with a sawtooth edge.

10. Cutting Utensils
Paring knife: Used for smaller foods

11. Cutting Utensils
Chef’s knife: All purpose knife, used for cutting or dicing

12. Cutting Utensils
cutting board: Surface to cut on

13. Cutting Utensils
peeler

14. Cutting Utensils
kitchen shears

15. Cutting Utensils
can opener

16. Cutting Utensils
grater

17. Mixing Utensils
mixing bowls: To combine ingredients

18. Mixing Utensils
large spoons: Used to stir

19. Mixing Utensils
rubber spatulas: To stir and mix

20. Mixing Utensils
pastry blenders

21. Mixing Utensils
Sifters: To take the lumps out of flour

22. Mixing Utensils
Rotary beaters: To mix ingredients

23. Cooking Utensils
Tongs: used to turn or lift foods.

24. Cooking Utensils
Ladles: large, deep spoon used to serve punches, soups, and stews.

25. Cooking Utensils
kitchen fork

26. Cooking Utensils
wide spatula or turner

27. Other Kitchen Utensils
Colander: a bowl with many holes used for draining liquid from foods.

28. Other Kitchen Utensils
strainer and slotted spoon

29. Other Kitchen Utensils
bottle opener

30. Other Kitchen Utensils
Rolling pin: used to flatten dough

31. Other Kitchen Utensils
timer

32. Other Kitchen Utensils
thermometer

33. Cookware and Bakeware
Cookware: pots and pans used on top of the range to cook foods.

34. Cookware and Bakeware
Bakeware: items that are used in an oven.

35. Cookware and Bakeware
Double boiler: a small pan that fits inside a larger pan.

36. Cookware and Bakeware
Skillets: pans that have wide bottoms and fairly low sides and are used mainly for frying and panbroiling foods.

37. Discuss
What is the most commonly used piece of cookware in your house?
From what material is this piece of cookware made?

38. Small Appliances
Appliance: a piece of kitchen equipment run by gas or electricity.
Portable appliances: small kitchen appliances that can be easily moved from one place to another.

39. Discuss List some small appliances you might find in a kitchen.
toasters
electric skillets
blenders
electric mixers

40. Large Appliances
Major appliances: the main cooking and food storage appliances in the kitchen, as well as dishwashers and trash compactors.
Name the large appliances in your home.
What appliances do you envision in the kitchen of the future?

41. Super Sleuth
Who invented the first usable dishwasher?

42. Super Sleuth
Answer:
Josephine Cochran invented the first usable dishwasher in 1886.