Equipment Category

A fire extinguisher should be readily available in the kitchen. It should be rated for grease fires. It can be dangerous to try to put out a grease fire with water.

These propane fueled grills are very popular.

These brushes are useful for cleaning the grill after barbecuing.

This appliance functions principally as a pressure cooker but can also be used as, slow cooker, rice cooker and more.

When inverted, cakes made with this pan have a large depression in the middle that can hold fillings.

Rinsed-out glass food containers can serve as measuring cups. Here are some conversions: 8 ounces = 1 cup 16 tablespoons = 1 cup

Meat smokers cook meat for longer at a lower temperature and surrounded with smoke. Some models are wood pellet fired like the one in the picture. Others are heated with wood or charcoal in an attached firebox.

Most nut crackers can also be used to crack open crab legs.

Canners sometimes use this wax to seal jars, but it's hard to get a tight seal. It's safer and easier to use two-piece canning lids. Many grocers apply wax to fruits and vegetables to hold in moisture and make them shiny. Candy-makers sometimes use wax in their chocolates so that they hold up better in warm weather.

This is a heavy, silicone-coated paper that's used to line pans so that candies and baked goods won't stick. It's an expensive alternative to waxed paper, but it's less sticky, so it's a good choice if you're making gooey items. Parchment paper is also wrapped around foods to be cooked en papillote, or formed into cones for cake decorating. Specialty cooking stores and larger supermarkets often carry rolls or sheets of it. Paper grocery bags are sometimes recommended as a substitute for parchment paper, but it's not advisable to use them. Grocery bags will ignite at 450 degrees, and that they may have been treated with unsafe chemicals.

Cake decorators use these along with decorating tips to make decorating bags.