What $$$$ kitchen items would you definitely buy again?

[Purc]

Well my favorite kitchen item is not expensive. I have a set of stainless steel baking racks with cooling racks. A small, medium and large size. I use them every time I dry brine, grill or smoke meats. Easy cleanup in the dishwasher. They came from Amazon.

[Michael_in_TX]

I've been wary of doing mine in the dishwasher. I had some apparently cheap stainless ones that starts to develop tiny rust spots. But....I hate handwashing racks. Especially trying to get itty bitty bits of chicken fat off of them in those little corners!

[jtw]

I got a Pepper Cannon a couple years ago, and this thing is a beast. I wouldn't have bought it for myself but I absolutely love it.... it is so satisfying to make a tiny crank and see gorgeous flakes of pepper come out.

[JCBBQ]

I’ve always wondered about those. So let’s say yours was stolen (😀🙄) would you buy a new one?

[MBMorgan]

“What $$$$ kitchen items would you definitely buy again?”

In no particular order:

• Breville panini press
• Instant Vortex Plus air fryer
• Rancilio Silvia espresso machine and Rocky grinder
• It’s not $$$$ but sometimes the simplest way is best: Aeropress coffee maker
• Vitamix blender
• Wusthof knives
• All Clad pots and pans, both SS and non stick
• DeBuyer CS pans and wok
• Instant Pot
• Avid Armor chamber vacuum sealer
• A really good (Zojirushi) rice cooker
• Cosori dehydrator
• Joule SV

… and of course there’s all the outside stuff but that wasn’t the question.

[JCBBQ]

We’ve got a lot of the same stuff. I’ll have to look into the rest of your gear cuz obviously we’re on the same wavelength.

[58limited]

KitchenAid mixer
VitaMix blender
Bare Knives set
All of the vintage meat processing equipment that I've acquired in the last 7 years - way better than modern stuff.

[surfdog]

The most $$$$ item that I WOULD repurchase is my Breville Control Freak. It’s a beast of an induction cooker.

The majority of my pans are All-Clad that I’ve used for years. I have a Made In saucier because I couldn’t get the size I wanted from All-Clad at the time. My CS pans are kinda spendy, but like Le Creuset, worth it for the long term usability. Same with most of my knives.

And I gotta have my “boat motor!” (Immersion blender) and my chamber vac…and while I don’t drink a lot of coffee, when I do I like using my Espro P7. I don’t think that most of my stuff is really expensive…but that’s all relative isn’t it. I would even buy another smart oven if I had to…even though I don’t use it at much as I probably should.

[JCBBQ]

What chamber vac do you have? Is there a consensus “best one for home use” out there?

[surfdog]

JCBBQ An Avid Armor and an Anova. I find no real difference between the two.
I got the Anova first when it came out and they had a GREAT sale. And picked up the other one on a whim because the price was right.

Neither are great for really large items but, all in all, they beat the snot out of regular vacuum sealers.

[BBQandLove]

Avid Armor chamber vacuum (a model no longer sold by them)
ThermaPen
Simbeida Chef Knife

[Pobeque]

Staub/Le Creuset enameled cast iron
my japanese knives
vitamix
Kitchen Aid stand mixer - although if I bought again I'd comparison shop against come of the european style mixers
fireboard setup