Best Way to Make Bread is in a Stand Mixer Homemade bread is the best, and it’s cheap – about 30 cents a loaf with the big bag of flour I picked up. Even better, with a stand mixer to do most of the work, it’s easy. Your biggest investment (after the stand mixer) is time. I usually figure about 5 hours from zero to eating the first slice. If you’re like me, that time is … [Read more...]
Best Egg Cooker – 2020 Test Kitchen & Review
Last Christmas, a cousin who knows I like to cook gave me an electric egg cooker. I wasn’t especially enthused. Is it really so hard to make boiled eggs in a pot that I need a special appliance taking up space on the counter? I put it away and forgot about it until I hit a week where I had come into work early, then had an idea. I brought in a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, and … [Read more...]
Top 10 Best Pizza Stone Reviews for 2020
Life without a pizza stone is no life at all. How do you get through the day to day without the comforting knowledge that a perfectly crispy pizza is awaiting you at home? What is worth coming home to, if not your beloved pizza stone? Our point...if you don’t have a pizza stone, you need one. In essence, all you need to know is, you can't have delicious pizza at home … [Read more...]
Best WiFi Thermometers for Meat, Grilling or Cooking [Top 5 Complete Review 2020]
At Cookware Junkies, we love cooking – no matter what form that takes. And if your idea of cooking is low-and-slow on your backyard grill or smoker, a WiFi Thermometer is the ultimate wireless cooking thermometer. While your everyday instant read meat thermometer will suffice in the kitchen, when you’ve got a brisket or pile of ribs on the back smoker for anywhere from 8-16 … [Read more...]
Best Electric Skillet for 2020 – Buying Guide, Testing, & Reviews
Electric skillets are making a comeback from their heyday in the 60s. An article published in 1955 by Good Housekeeping said, Today, the popularity of these skillets has picked up enough that manufacturers like Faberware are releasing vintage-style models. Why Own an Electric Skillet? When it comes to cooking for a crowd or within the confines of a limited space, or if … [Read more...]
Top 7 Best Bread Loaf Pans 2020 – Buyer’s Guide & Reviews
Making bread at home is a process, so it makes sense to have a quality bread pan to ensure the final presentation is prefect. A loaf pan is really the only way to yield that iconic tall rectangular shape. We're going to take you through the best pans so you can bake those delicious homemade recipes — like banana, zucchini. or raisin bread — and with a bit of practice you'll put … [Read more...]
Top 10 Best Omelette Pan Reviews For 2020
There really is nothing quite like cooking the perfect omelette to start the day. Golden brown on the outside, slightly creamy inside, some melted cheese within…a masterfully done omelette truly is a pleasure to behold. And eat. When you take your omelettes seriously, you know that the right omelette pan is vitally important to their creation. Just any old frying pan won’t … [Read more...]
10 Best Meat Tenderizer 2020 – Buyer’s Guide & Reviews
There are three styles of meat tenderizers and each one has it's own strengths and weaknesses. We'll break down everything you need to understand about the art of tenderizing meat and provide you with our favorite meat tenderizers on the market. One of the things that define a great steak is its juicy, tender texture. Tenderizing your steak is a very important step in the … [Read more...]