Chef Billy Parisi - 20 Must Have Tools

[ecowper]

This is a pretty good run down of must haves in the kitchen. And it might give you an idea for a gift for a friend, family member, or yourself :-)

[DavidNorcross]

All good ideas thanks for sharing.

[jayjordan]

Thanks for posting this. I have 17 out of 21. Adding things to my Amazon Christmas wish list! Also, now have another YouTube chef to follow.

[Ace]

+1 for Billy Parisi

[briano52]

18 for 21 here. I could live without some of them, but why would I want to?

[cruiseplanner1]

I have been following him for some time now. Really good recipes and cooking tips

[TripleB]

Just about the same as jayjordan. I have 17/20. Never thought of or heard of chef tweezers. I’ll have to put that on my Christmas list. That and a fish spatula. A Chinois I’ll have to pickup myself.

One that is not mentioned is a mini food chopper/processor. I use that one a lot.

Thanks for posting.

[shify]

19 out of 20. I'm good at these kinds of tests!

Only thing I don't have is a chinois and don't see that changing any time soon

[briano52]

I make a lot of dishes with sauces. The Chinois is very helpful. I cook a lot of grilled and smoked meat, but my formal training is in French cuisine. Love the sauces and the Chinois is a time saver and makes the sauces come out with less solids and look shiny and clear.

[Draznnl]

I’m surprised. I actually have 15 or 16 (haven’t seen those tweezers in a while) of the 21. Need to get back in the kitchen more.

[sclawrence2013]

I'm usually more concerned about hiding the burn marks, than fine tuning presentation with tweezers.

[Panhead John]

Dang Eric, this was timely! I’d never heard of a rondeau pot before, while I’d seen them, I didn’t know that was what they were called. For the longest time I’d always wished I had something other than my various pots and pans I use for browning, sautéing or shallow frying. I’d just grab my cast iron Dutch oven or a higher walled pot, not exactly user friendly sometimes. So, thanks to you and your damn video, 🥸 I spent an hour online looking for one! The Made In, that was linked in his video, was a little bigger than what I need. I also wanted one with a glass lid instead of aluminum. I found a 5 qt. stainless steel sauteuse pan [same thing as the rondeau] with a glass lid made by Chantal that will be perfect for me! I’d been wanting something like this but never gave it too much thought. It’ll be my Christmas present to myself and it’ll be here next week.

There’s a couple more things in his video I’m probably gonna buy but want to give it more thought. Thanks for the post, some great ideas in there.

[Panhead John]

What are YOU doing up so late? 😂 Woke up and had to potty. My iPad sleeps next to me….🤓

[Carolyn]

Insomnia catches up to me. I passed out at 6pm and woke up at bedtime. This happens often.

[WI Bubba]

Look at the All Clad 6qt when they have the factory sale. That's where I picked mine up at. Perfect size for a lot of things.

[LA Pork Butt]

If I counted right I had 15 from his list, but I don’t think I am as effective using them. Some of them like the tweezers are for making things look good and don’t contribute much speed or taste. I did enjoy the video.

[WI Bubba]

I had the same thought about the tweezers. If anyone I'm cooking for wants it to look pretty, they can cook for themselves.

[58limited]

The mandolin part of the video kinda scared me, I've had a slip on one and lost the end of a finger. I always always always use the guard now.

[Johnny Booth]

I use my mandolin often, am still afraid when using it.
Ya know what’s even scarier for me? Cleaning that blade on my deli slicer. Don’t drop that thing on your foot!

[J-Melt]

We had one when we were first married and got rid of it after we realized how dangerous such a guillotine was. Not sure I cold trust myself with one.

[surfdog]

Yeah, that part of he video seriously made me cringe. If I’m not using the guard, then it’s a chain mail glove.

[58limited]

What I'm missing is not really important for what I do, a saucier pan would be nice though. The chinois is a bit much when I have several fine mesh strainers and a big food mill that I strain my hot sauce with.

Tweezers? I have a few but I don't use them for food: I'm not into fine presentation. I plate the food and eat it.

[Panhead John]

I just use the same tweezers I pluck my nose hairs with.

[ecowper]

Yum?

[MBMorgan]

18/20 here. I use a pair of long “cooking” chopsticks instead of tweezers (but not for my nose) for fine manipulation (not fiddly presentation) and fine strainer(s) instead of a chinois.

[Panhead John]

Woo hoo! Just got my Christmas present to myself today…..a new Rondeau pot. Thanks to Eric the Enabler….. and his video. WI Bubba I almost got the 6 qt. All Clad you suggested but after seeing the measurements, it was just a little too big for me. I have limited cabinet space in my smallish kitchen and the 5 qt. will be plenty big enough for my needs. The only one I could find with a glass lid in a 5 qt. was the one I mentioned above by Chantal. Think I’m gonna really like it, looks and feels very well made, but the most important part is….its really shiny!

[ecowper]

Mmmmmmm, shiny!

[ecowper]

now I’m jonesing for a rondeau, damnit

[Panhead John]

Here ya go Eric! 😁

https://riverbendhome.com/products/chantal-slt29-280-3-clad-saute-pan-sc50402-997292

[DTro]

Forgot one- Ha

[smokenoob]

I think that one is in the “Must have top 20 Bar tools” 😁

[BKYDBBQ]

I have a bunch of these, does a Magic Bullet count as a food processor and or a blender. I have a bunch of the deli containers that are mostly from Chinese take-out and Brunswick Stew sales.

[Johnny Booth]

I thought that too! We have a lot of those take out containers.