13 Everyday Kitchen Tools To Look For At Best Buy

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When it comes to kitchen items, Best Buy might not be the first (or second) place you think to shop. You might be surprised about how many products the store carries to help you complete everyday cooking tasks, though. Alongside the various Best Buy kitchen appliance deals to look for, it's worth it to peruse the store's website for a wide range of gadgets and tools. In fact, thousands of items are available.

You may have noticed a variety of appliances as you've walked around your local Best Buy store. What you aren't likely to see is a full-scale inventory of everyday kitchen tools, but the retailer's website is a different story. From kitchen scales, salt and pepper mills, and can openers to kitchen shears, knife sharpeners, and measuring spoons, you can find just about any kitchen tool online from Best Buy.

In the interest of transparency, many of the kitchen tools on the retailer's website are sold and shipped by marketplace vendors, so you'll see similar products from multiple brands. Because of that, we have curated a list of some of the most highly rated products, sticking to one of each type for the sake of variety. We also provide prices for each, but keep in mind that those can change and may vary depending on location.

Whether you're slicing apples to eat au naturel or to use in a five-ingredient apple crisp, removing the core with a knife can be tricky and time-consuming. This Zulay Kitchen corer tool features a stainless steel barrel with teeth on the bottom, making it easy to press and twist it into apples from the non-slip handle on the top. After removing the core, pressing the lever at the base of the handle makes clean-up quick.

The Zulay Kitchen Premium Apple Corer is at Best Buy for $13.99.

Cooking meat to a certain internal temperature is important to kill off any dangerous germs that may be present, and the best way to check that is to use a meat thermometer. With a 5.3-inch stainless steel probe, this digital option from ThermoPro provides a reading in just four to six seconds on a large, backlit display. Plus, you can use a meat thermometer for more than checking meat doneness, such as the internal temperature of baked goods and frying oil.

The ThermoPro Digital Instant-Read Meat Thermometer is $10.99 via Best Buy.

As soon as peppercorns are ground, they start to lose their aroma and flavor. That's why fresh is always better, and the absolute best way to get fresh pepper is with a mill. Featuring a light on the bottom, the two USB-rechargeable grinders in this ZWILLING Enfinigy electric, push-button mill set allow you to adjust your seasoning size to as fine or as coarse as you like.

The ZWILLING Enfinigy Electric Salt and Pepper Mill Set is at Best Buy for $99.99.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with kitchen knives is not keeping them sharp. That's because dull blades require more force to cut through food, which increases the risk of slips and makes them a safety hazard. With a sturdy handle and non-slip bottom, this Zulay Kitchen knife sharpener features one slot with coarse tungsten for sharpening and a second slot with fine ceramic for honing and smoothing. This is the best of both worlds for keeping your knives in tip-top shape.

The Zulay Kitchen Premium Knife Sharpener is about $16.99 at Best Buy.

Kitchen shears are among the most useful kitchen tools you can buy because they're so versatile. You can use them for cutting tomatoes for sauce like Giada De Laurentiis, peeling shrimp, spatchcocking whole chickens, trimming pie dough, and so much more. With this pack of two stainless steel kitchen shears from VEVOR, you can designate one for cutting herbs, fruits, and vegetables, and the other for raw proteins. Sheaths are also included to protect the blades and fingers during storage.

A two-pack of VEVOR Stainless Steel Kitchen Shears (with Sheaths) is at Best Buy for about $11.90.

Using a metal burger press and sharp metal spatula are just a couple of tips for making smash burgers like a pro. Alongside both of these kitchen tools, this Blackstone three-piece kit includes a basting dome for cooking dense foods, melting cheese on your burgers, and steaming vegetables. Everything is made with stainless steel and heat-resistant handles, featuring a sleek design that will make you look like a serious professional. On top of that, clean-up is as simple as putting your tools into the dishwasher.

The Blackstone 3-Piece Smash Burger Kit is about $64.98 at Best Buy.

The modern whisk has come a long way from the bundles of branches used to make fluffy whipped cream before a mechanized version was patented in the mid-19th century. Whether you're making your own whipped cream, beating eggs, or mixing pancake batter or sauces, having a manual rotary whisk like this one from Zulay Kitchen could save a little preparation time. Simply press the whisk into your mixture, and the spring mechanism turns the stainless steel wires for you.

The Zulay Kitchen Stainless Steel Rotary Whisk is at Best Buy for about $12.99.

If you've noticed signs that indicate it's time to replace your cutting board, such as grooves and wear that are difficult to clean, this set of three from VEVOR could be a great option. Each one is a different size to accommodate various uses, from slicing fruit and chopping vegetables with the smaller boards to cutting meat on the largest board. Made of bamboo, grooves near the edges prevent liquids from running off, and the surfaces of the boards feature an oil coating for easy cleanup.

The VEVOR 3-Piece Cutting Board Set is $19.90 at Best Buy.

Have you ever felt like pasta tastes better at a restaurant? One reason is because it's often made fresh, and you can get that same taste and texture at home with your own pasta maker. Constructed with food-grade stainless steel, this YASHE pasta maker features adjustable rollers and cutters so that you can make everything from dumplings and lasagna to fettuccine and spaghetti. The included cleaning brush makes removing dough from the grooves easier so that you can keep it spotless.

The YASHE Pasta Maker (with Cleaning Kit) is at Best Buy for about $49.99.

Whether you need essential utensils for your first kitchen or are replacing worn tools, a can opener should be in your cart. Electric versions are ideal if you open dozens of cans every week or experience hand pain, but a manual can opener like this one from Zulay Kitchen gets the job done nicely for the average home cook. With soft-grip handles and a heavy-duty construction, it's suitable for opening cans of all sizes — and it includes a bottle opener.

The Zulay Kitchen Heavy Duty Manual Can Opener is $20.99 at Best Buy.

When it comes to measuring baking ingredients with the utmost of accuracy, a scale is one of the kitchen essentials that Gordon Ramsay won't bake without. This Escali Rondo kitchen scale features a simple two-button design and a backlit digital display that provides gram, milliliter, ounce, and pound measurements accurate to 0.1 ounce. It can also be put in the dishwasher for convenient cleanup.

The Escali Rondo Kitchen Scale is at Best Buy for $54.99.

If you enjoy cooking with wine like Alton Brown, having a glass with meals, or serving several bottles when you host gatherings, an electric wine bottle opener might be the everyday kitchen tool you need. This one from Ivation can open up to 30 bottles with a single charge. Additionally, it comes with an aerator and pourer, a foil cutter, wine stoppers, and a vacuum bottom preserver — all neatly contained on a storage display that doubles as a charger.

The Ivation 7-Piece Electric Wine Bottle Opener Set is $49.99 at Best Buy.

Although it's possible to measure a tablespoon with everyday utensils, using a set of dedicated measuring spoons removes the guesswork when you need precise ingredient amounts for baking. This Zulay Kitchen set includes seven spoon sizes — each with oval and round ends — constructed with stainless steel and equipped with a powerful magnet for convenient and space-saving storage. Since leveling dry ingredients is important for baking with accuracy, it comes with a magnetized leveler as well.

The Zulay Kitchen Magnetic Measuring Spoon Set is at Best Buy for about $20.99.