The Best and Worst Kitchen Tools For 2025 | Gear Heads

A breakdown of our favorite and least favorite kitchen gear for 2025, handpicked and thoroughly tested by our team of unbiased experts. Buy the Breville Sear & Press Panini Grill: https://cooks.io/4hlyf0t Buy the Vacu Vin Wine Saver: https://cooks.io/4hG9J9P Buy the OXO Good Grips Compost Bin: https://cooks.io/3ElvXQd Buy the R Murphy Oyster Knife: https://cooks.io/3WLeZ46 Buy the Baratza Encore: https://cooks.io/4gmTY6F Buy the Ooni Koda 16 Gas Pizza Oven: https://cooks.io/3WIB5Ek Buy the Themoworks Smoke 2-Channel Alarm: https://cooks.io/4gtU38S Get exclusive access to every recipe, review, and more: https://cooks.io/4hIDhUe Subscribe to our Well-Equipped Cook Newsletter for expert picks, hassle-free guies, and delicious recipes delivered straight to your inbox: https://cooks.io/4hL456G ABOUT US: The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/. If you like us, follow us: http://americastestkitchen.com http://facebook.com/americastestkitchen http://twitter.com/testkitchen http://instagram.com/testkitchen http://pinterest.com/testkitchennt, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/. If you like us, follow us: http://americastestkitchen.com http://facebook.com/americastestkitchen http://twitter.com/testkitchen 0:00 Best and Worst Kitchen Gear for 2025 0:33 Lisa’s Best: Panini Presses 1:40 Lisa’s Best: Outdoor Griddle 2:38 Lisa’s Best: Wine Savers 3:49 Lisa’s Worst: Electric Composters 4:54 Hannah’s Best: Oyster Knives 6:01 Hannah’s Best: Burr Coffee Grinders 7:09 Hannah’s Best: Outdoor Pizza Ovens 8:30 Hannah’s Worst: Wireless Remote Probe Thermometers