I'm hooked on The Bear — here are the affordable kitchen gadgets I'm eyeing up to help me channel my inner Syd
Useful kitchen gadgets to help me up my culinary game
by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/ruth-hamilton · TechRadarFeatures By Ruth Hamilton published 30 June 2026
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The final season of The Bear has finally dropped, and the return to the most stressful fictional kitchen in Chicago has inspired me to up my own culinary game. I have a relatively well-equipped kitchen, but once I started researching cheffy gadgets, I was surprised by the sheer breadth and volume of options available.
If there's a cooking task you want to achieve, there's almost certainly a bit of kit dedicated to it. I've even found a gadget specifically for removing the top of your boiled egg.
Below, I've rounded up my favorites, sticking (mostly) to genuinely useful-looking kit that I think will help me channel my inner Syd. There's a Microplane grater for mincing garlic and ginger, a handheld spice grinder for fresher flavors than you can achieve with pre-ground, and a mandoline slider for wafer-thin vegetable ribbons. I've also included the ultra-popular Meater digital temperature probe for perfectly cooked joints of meat. And just in case you're a massive fan of boiled eggs, I've also included that topper.
I'll start with my US picks, or you can hop down the page for UK links. And if you don't have particular culinary aspirations but know someone who does, any one of these would make a great gift for a keen cook.
US picks
UK picks
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