Kitchenware

{{Use American English|date=May 2024}} {{Short description|Items used for preparing, storing and serving food}} :'' For a record label, see Kitchenware Records'' [[File:Kitchen utensils-01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Various kitchen utensils on a kitchen hook strip. From left: – Pastry blender and potato masher – Spatula and (hidden) serving fork – Skimmer and chef's knife (small cleaver) – Whisk and slotted spoon – Spaghetti ladle – Sieve and measuring spoon set – Bottlebrush and ladle ]]

'''Kitchenware''' refers to the tools, utensils, appliances, dishes, and cookware used in food preparation and the serving of food.<ref name="Lantz 1970"/><ref name="Day 2013 p. 102"/> Kitchenware can also be used to hold or store food before or after preparation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kitchenware |title=Kitchenware - definition of kitchenware by The Free Dictionary |publisher=Thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2017-10-12 |archive-date=2004-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040601201144/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kitchenware |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/tools-products/cookware-bakeware/kitchen-tools-checklist |title=Essential Kitchen Tools Checklist |publisher=Real Simple |access-date=2017-03-01 |archive-date=2014-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924005749/http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/tools-products/cookware-bakeware/kitchen-tools-checklist |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Types== [[File:Peeler 01 Pengo.jpg|thumb|Peelers a fixed blade, Australian and Y peeler]] [[File:Casseroles cuivre Vaux.jpg|thumb|Copper saucepans, Vaux-le-Vicomte castle]] Kitchenware encompasses a wide range of tools. Some of the most common items of kitchenware are: {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * Baking dish * Baking tray * Cake pan * Can opener * Chopping board * Coffee press * Colander * Cooling rack * Corkscrew * Cutlery * Dinnerware * Eggbeater * Egg slicer * Electric mixer * Fork * Frying pan * Garlic press * Grater * Glassware * Grill pan * Kitchen scissors * Kitchen knives * Mandolin * Measuring cups and spoons * Measuring spoon * Meat slicer * Mixing bowls * Muffin tin * Pressure cooker * Pasta server * Peeler * Pepper mill * Pie dish * Pizza stone * Plates * Potato masher * Potato ricer * Rolling pin * Saucepan * Serving fork * Serving spoon * Sheet pan * Sieve * Skillet * Slotted spoon * Soup spoon * Spatula * Spiral vegetable slicer * Spoon * Stock pot * Steamers * Strainer * Timer * Tomato slicer * Tongs * Tray * Whisk * Wok * Wooden spoon * Zester }}

==See also== {{Portal|Food|Technology}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Batterie de cuisine * Cookware and bakeware * Gastronorm, a European size standard for kitchenware * Eurobox, a European size standard for storage and transport * List of cooking vessels * List of eating utensils * List of food preparation utensils * List of glassware * List of Japanese cooking utensils * List of serving utensils * List of types of spoons * NSF International, formerly "National Sanitation Foundation" * Timeline of culinary technologies * Tableware {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Lantz 1970">{{cite book | last=Lantz | first=L.K. | title=Old American kitchenware 1725-1925 | publisher=T. Nelson | year=1970 | url=https://archive.org/details/oldamericankitch00lant | url-access=registration | access-date=October 12, 2017 }}</ref> <ref name="Day 2013 p. 102">{{cite book | last=Day | first=J. | title=Line Color Form: The Language of Art and Design | publisher=Allworth Press | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-62153-280-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vls6mauMVjoC&pg=PT102 | access-date=October 12, 2017 | page=102 | archive-date=July 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720223842/https://books.google.com/books?id=vls6mauMVjoC&pg=PT102 | url-status=live }}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Kitchen utensils}} * {{wiktionary-inline}}

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