Meal time is easier when you can quickly spritz your pan and ingredients with cooking oil—no greasy lids or spouts in sight. Available in tons of colors, it’s even cute enough to keep on the counter.
I love this small ice cream maker that whips up rich soft serve in about 20 minutes. It comes with a booklet filled with recipes, but the fun part is getting creative with the mix-ins—my go-to is chocolate chip cookies and frozen berries. You can also use it for smoothie bowls, sorbets, frozen yogurt, or slushies.
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These mini mitts from KitchenAid were a top performer in our oven mitt testing. These small puppet-style mitts are easy to grab when quickly pulling items out of the oven, but be cautious when moving larger pots and pans, as they don’t provide arm protection.
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Our readers can’t stop buying this rolling grill baskets (especially this time of year). They make it easy to roast veggies and smaller meats, like cubed chicken or shrimp, without dropping anything through the grates. Everything is dishwasher safe for an easy cleanup.
Not only did this electric spice grinder earn a 2026 Kitchen Award, it’s one of my personal faves. It’s so fast and easy, plus the charge seemingly lasts forever (I haven’t charged mine in months). It comes in a set with two containers, so you can swap out what you’re grinding without emptying your ingredients.
While putting a pizza box directly into the refrigerator might be tempting, there are better ways to store the triangular slices. Unlike most food storage containers, this collapsible model is designed specifically for pizza slices and comes with five dividers to keep toppings secure when stacking and storing.
GH readers are obsessed with this wireless meat thermometer (it makes a great gift for your favorite grill master). It connects to an app, making it easy to track ambient and internal temperatures while you cook.
While an egg separator isn’t a necessity, this cute basketball hoop makes separating yolks from the whites a little bit easier and, honestly, a little more fun as well.
Retro appliances are trending, and this versatile machine makes it easy (and fun) to whip up breakfast for the family. It has a two-slot toaster design for slices of bread, bagels, or waffles, plus a multifunctional system that allows users to boil eggs or cook them on a griddle with breakfast meats.
Our Kitchen Lab has tested dozens of food storage solutions over the years, but Souper Cubes stand out. The silicone trays are perfect for meal prep and food storage—think soups, stocks, baby food, fruit juice, butter infusions, and so much more. Each tray includes pre-measured sections, from cups to tablespoons.
Whip up delicious smoothies from your desk, protein shakes at the gym, and frozen margs at the beach—no electricity requited. The Ninja Blast Max has a rechargeable battery, and its 22-ounce blending jar features a convenient flip-top lid, so you can drink directly from it. “It’s perfect for blending my protein shakes when I’m trying to hurry out the door in the morning,” says Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab Director Nicole Papantoniou.
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Herb scissors like these Amazon best sellers make prepping ingredients for meals easier. The scissors have five blades, making cutting herbs, lettuce, or veggies simple, especially if you’re intimidated by larger kitchen knives.
Funnels come in handy more than you realize. Pouring liquids, sugars, grains, and beyond into narrow containers or openings can be messy. To prevent a mess, our experts recommend a collapsible funnel set like this, available in various sizes for easy pouring.
Kitchen Appliances Lab Director Nicole Papantoniou reaches for these easy-to-store magnetic measuring spoons at home when cooking. The dual-sided spoons come in a set of seven and include a lever for even measuring.
Both GH consumer testers and Lab experts loved this 2026 Kitchen Award winner. The silicone stretch lids from Stasher fit over bowls and containers for a tight seal, helping keep food fresh. The lids received top scores during our leak evaluation.
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When we tested egg cookers in the GH Kitchen Appliances Lab, Dash models stood out for their ease of use, letting you cook eggs to your preferred doneness with just one button.
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We’re huge fans of splatter covers in the Kitchen Lab and at home; they keep messes to a minimum when reheating dishes. The vented lid helps steam escape while keeping food splatters from getting all over the microwave interior.
We love these scissors here in the Kitchen Appliances Lab when testing pizza ovens. The pizza scissors from Dreamfarm make getting even and neat slices easier. The blade cuts right through both the toppings and the crust, and the scissors double as a serving utensil.
In the GH Kitchen Appliances Lab, we’re always loading and unloading our dishwashers, but with multiple experts in the lab, a magnet like this one ensures we are all on the same page about whether the dishes are clean or dirty.
A good colander makes straining easier. This Amazon best seller clips onto bowls and pots of various sizes—plus it has a small footprint compared to a full-sized colander, making storing simple.
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Alyssa Gautieri (she/her) leads Good Housekeeping’s gift guide strategy. She writes and edits commerce content, where she analyzes lifestyle trends, shopping data, and works closely with the Good Housekeeping Institute to recommend top-tested products. Previously, she was the associate lifestyle editor for GH and wrote for publications including ELLE Decor, BobVila.com, and Unique Homes Magazine. When she’s not tracking down buzzy products, you can find her walking her dog, Skye, around Jersey City.
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