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Let's say you lose all your kitchen equipment, how do you restock it?

TridenT

TridenT

Lifer
Basically, what did you buy and wish you had bought instead for your kitchen?

Just curious. I know there's some fancy storage saving shit out there that I had made me think, "Fuck, why didn't I buy that instead? Wish I saw that earlier!"
 
Fancy storage shit? I guess buying $2 ziplock plastic containers instead of $1 generic store brand would be fancy...
 
Ever heard of Target? Go there and mingle with the Ugg girls drinking Starbucks.
They will point you in the right direction.
 
TridenT said:
Let's say you lose all your kitchen equipment, how do you restock it?
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I keep a list of my kitchen inventory online, so assuming I had the cash, I'd just replace it all via Amazon. I'm a major kitchen gadget fanatic & have a ton of appliances & cookware that I've accumulated over the last ten years so it'd be a pain. I have a pretty specific workflow & have my favorites as far as tools go, so I'd just go right back to what I had before.
 
A good quality carving knife, enamel cookware, and a gas stove. I really hate our ceramic cook top because it's so hard to control the temperature. They take a while to cool down so sometimes it's just better to take the pan right off the burner. With gas you get instant control.
 
1 omelet pan
1 large skillet
2 sauce pans (small and large)
1 kitchen knife
1 paring knife
2 mixing bowls
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
1 baking sheet
1 baking pan
1 Spatula
1 Rubber scraper
1 large spoon
1 whisk
1 fine grater
1 colander
 
My pots/pans are mostly older Revere Ware. Not world class. My main skillet isn't even especially flat on the bottom. But I'm very familiar with it and have learned to work with it.
If I were to start over, I'd go with commercial tools; basic working tools, quality but not necessarily high end brands. As nice as they must be, I wouldn't buy a $500-$1000 John Boos butcher block table. I'd just get one big wooden board, and a few plastic ones that would fit in the dish washer, maybe $100 total.
No knife block. Magnet strip(s) on the wall.
Half dozen 1/4 sheet pans and two 1/2 sheet pans.
Pancake batter dispenser.
Is there a prosumer grill? Never liked consumer models with their coatings and uneven heat. But a full commercial grill is overkill.
 
All I know is I want a gas range, and I'll probably have to go with GE appliances because they have the slate finish. It's a matte finish that's darker than stainless and doesn't show fingerprints as easily. I like it, and frankly don't think any one brand makes better shit than the rest of them so I'll pick the one that looks good.
 
Refrigerator with a freezer on the top.
Sink with running hot and cold water.
A Very Bright light on the ceiling, a small light over the sink.
A stove, a can opener, a Mr Coffee.
A small table and one chair.
One cast iron skillet, one medium size pot with a lid, one Large pot with lid.
 
cavemanmoron said:
Refrigerator with a freezer on the top.
Sink with running hot and cold water.
A Very Bright light on the ceiling, a small light over the sink.
A stove, a can opener, a Mr Coffee.
A small table and one chair.
One cast iron skillet, one medium size pot with a lid, one Large pot with lid.
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Freezer on top... why?

I have that now and want a drawer freezer with french fridge doors.
 
I needed some stuff for a high school fundraiser once, and went to a restaurant supply store. Since then, it's rare that I go to a normal retail outlet for kitchen related equipment - I go to the restaurant supply place. Far better quality for a fraction of the price. Granted, the cookware doesn't have some celebrity's face on a box, but the stuff is a lot heavier duty, more durable.
 
I'd probably look at some T-Fal or something, then remind myself that the hole in my heart can't be filled with kitchenware, and having nice pans won't give me a sense of self worth.
 
I would buy the same cast iron skillet, bunnomatic coffee brewer, and the same grinder. Ohh, also I would have gotten the metal french press instead of glass so that when my woman knocks it off the shelf and it falls to the floor, it doesnt shatter into a million pieces.

I'd probably have gone with dishes that are not stonewear since they are not good to microwave, and the woman thinks they are too heavy.

Mostly the woman would decide since she is much more fussy about a lot of the kitchen stuff than I am.
 
1. ceramic knives are nowhere near as good as they make them out to be; instead, get a good knife and a sharpening stone.
2. a non-stick pan with glass lid cooks well 90% of foods
3. iron pan for steaks and the 10%
4. spend that money one a REAL japanese rice cooker.
5. for me, both food processor and stick blender.
6 more than 1 chopping board and many, many kitchen cloths.

the more i go on, the more i realize i can't make a list out of this.

i have stock pots, clamps, cleavers, mallets, various graters, cooling racks, etc .. all essential. not to mention the redonkolous number of spices and weird ingredients; katsuo-boshi, anyone?
 
Wait til the thrift shop gets it in. Good cast iron and knives don't show up there, so I guess I'd also have to go to the flea market and antique shop.
 
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