Top 10 Best Kitchen Tools & Gadgets We Love 

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I am madly in love with you two! I ‘m an old lady trying to get healthy and you are my favorite people to watch! You make me giggle at your silliness and my heart smiles at your bond and affection. When I’m trying to fall asleep at night I think...I wonder if those sweet, funny Krock kids would adopt me? Then I think... I hope those Krock kids put some new videos up for me to watch. 😍 Seriously, I love you both. Can I adopt you? ❤️

I have a silicon brush. I use it to brush marinade on foods before I air fry them. You can wash it in the dishwasher and I think they are more sanitary than traditional brushes.

I use the apple slicer on boiled potatoes. Then I put the potatoes in the Air fryer.

I just went to Amazon and ordered three of those items.! :) Just found your channel and I love you guys! Especially PEEF! I've been doing this "life change" for a year now and I've lost 45 pounds! I feel great! Love Brian's creative spice combos! Keep up the great work!

"Please go out and find your own Brian. Bryans are also acceptable, but not as reliable." I laughed at that...for obvious reasons.

My favorite kitchen tool by a mile is my instant pot. I use it absolutely every single day since I bought it and don’t know how I ever lived a minute without it. I no longer buy canned beans anymore - I just put dry in the instant pot for delicious meals and save a ton of money. I cook everything that I can in it because it saves me so much time. An added bonus, is that the other members of my family can simply help themselves to dinner. The instant pot has a place of honor on the main kitchen counter and that ease-of-use has taken quite a burden off of Mom here (me!). Thanks for this terrific product review. The stand outs that I will probably get are the silicone mat and the double bladed salad chopper. I mentioned in another comment to one of your videos that the salad challenge (“The salad is the main dish!“ - Dr. Joel Fuhrman) ended up being too much for me day after day, but that device might really help me. Thanks again!

Recently bought a chopper for onions. First time I've chopped onions fast enough that my eyes don't burn! Hubby loves onions - raw, cooked, all of them. I can tolerate them cooked, and I do it for him. New subscriber, love your channel! We just started a 21-day WFPB challenge (via UC Davis, on FB) and so far he (the picky eater) loves all the meals. Looking forward to trying some of your recipes in the future!

I have found the Kitchenaid can opener to be smooth acting but it does leave a burr that I am compelled to bend flat so no one else can get hurt when it goes to recycling. I have a mandolin that came with my chopper that I got on QVC several years ago. Seeing you all use both, I am inspired to get them out for regular use. My husband and I went whole food plant based vegan about 4 months ago. We have chopped so many veggies by hand! I sure appreciate your channel. I watch at least one of your videos every day since I found you. Thanks for sharing!

My favorite kitchen helpers are my Beeswax wraps which I use instead of plastic bags. They can be washed and dried by hand and placed over containers of leftover food . Also my nut bag and my net bags for my fresh produce at the market so I don’t need plastic bags. Thanks guys good video. Barbara.

I love my large Sistema microwave steamer for potatoes and veggies. It is vented and has a lift out steamer tray so items aren’t sitting in moisture. I steam whole potatoes in 5-8 minutes (depending on size). No oil or water required. It can also be used for storing food in the fridge if I’m too lazy to remove. It is also bomb for broccoli and cauliflower. You do need to tinkerer with timing because every microwave is different (as I found out after a recent move). Got mine from the Amazon (of course) for under 20 bucks but I have also seen them at Ross and Home Goods.

I just started a whole food plant based diet and came across your vlog. Thank you! I admire your determination and am excited to continue learning from you!! Just ordered the chopper and bowl!!

Happy New Year! Off to grocery shop and find my Brian! Thanks for all your inspiration!

I really appreciate this video! After watching it, I purchased the salad chopper and bowl, mandolin slicer and pan baking liners. They are all awesome! It makes our WFPB journey easier and more successful. So thank you so much for sharing your experience!!!

Really enjoyed this video. Plan to get the chopper and bowl based on your recommendation. Looking forward to the appliance video. 💖🌹

Great video. I like using a crinkle cut potato chipper. Use it everyday.

Totally agree about the mini whisk, and love the mandolin for very thinly sliced apples, yum. Great to see what you like.

Thanks for all the love and research you put into your videos! I'm always excited when I get the notification that you put out another video! 💕 Keep rocking it! 🤘

Really great detailed reviews! I really need that vegetable chopper.

My favorite kitchen gadget is my toaster bag. They're little baggies that you can put straight into the toaster with your sandwich inside and toast all together. So simple but amazing!

I found your channel recently and I have been watching your content, in part for recipes, in part for your personalities and in part for the way Brian looks at Jessica #relationshipgoals. I just love you guys! I have recently acquired the Spatty, a teeny, tiny spatula, on Amazon and I am using it to scrape out jars of store bought and homemade things, like dressings, nut butters etc...

I love my Pampered Chef can opener!

Love you guys!!

Thanks so much for your videos. So much good content. I have gone back and forth with a WFPB diet for years and was wondering if you guys have ever "fallen off the wagon" since starting your WFPB journey. Do you think it's easier since you are both doing this together? Thanks again, love your videos!

I REALLY LOVE YOU GUYS !!!

I just got my GIR spatula in the mail yesterday. The black one was sold out, so I got a red one. Thanks for the info!

Thank you!

This was so descriptive and helpful. Thanks guys 🤗

"Step #1 is get a Brian" LOL awesome!

Great video. Thanks! My favorite kitchen item is the Vitamix.

You guys are adorable! Your story is inspiring. Please keep the videos coming!

I loved this video. I have a big kitchen gadget girl! I have several of the ones you mentioned but think I need to try out the silicone Matt, and the salad chopper!

Ryan here. Not sure I'm up to spec of a Brian or Bryan but I am available.

I have a Brian too! Had to screenshot that part of your video bc he will love the "Bryans are not as reliable " part lol!

I love my garlic press and my instant pot.

Yes I think an appliance video would be great with demos please. I use my stick blender a lot, and a really good set of knives, large steel stock pot, (spatulas, strainers, scale and silpat like yours). I have an old can opener and cant find one that even works to replace it. Love my sharp Hinkle vegetable peeler and shears as well. Large bowls to eat from like salads. Good steel measuring spoons and cups.

Thank you 👍. Subway was the first place I had a chopped salad. I didn’t know there was a tool we could buy. Agree, chopped salad are GREAT! Buying this now. EDIT: just bought 2 sets thru your link to Amazon. Q: Any issues with blades going dull over time?

Instead of a silicon mat I’ve been using my “Copper” grill in the oven. As Seen On TV said good to 500 degrees. It is like a non stick cookie sheet and a good griddled for on the stove. Used it to make McDougall’s Beet Burgers. Yum.

I love my egg slicer...not just for eggs. I use it to slice strawberries and avocado into even thin slices

I love you two! You make me laugh! I love all the good info too! Keep the videos coming, please!!!

I use kitchen scissors in replace of the salad/lettuce double edged pizza looking slicer.

You guys are so great!!

I love watching Freakin' Reviews especially when he does his best and worst for the year. Did you watch his vegetable peeler review that was a good one.

You two are incredible human beings. You look amazing. So strong and persistent and seeing the life changing results. Thank you so much for promoting a plant based lifestyle to feel healthier, living longer and not spending money on future healthcare! I love You!

Have you guys done a video about the economics of the diet?

I need to check out the larger kitchen appliances one because I sometimes go on cooking binges and they may be quite useful. Feeling this ya'll are legit. 🤙🏼🖖🏼😉🌻💪😎👍🤘🎉

Check out kitchen aid can openers, spatulas, whisk etc. Expensive but very much worth it 👍. I have had a set for years and they never wear out 😊

I have a few faves I can’t be without in my vegan kitchen...My very old but fabulous paring knife, 8 inch Zyliss chefs knife, oxo cutting boards, mesh strainer, for rinsing quinoa, large white strainer, large mouth funnel, spice funnel (I buy in bulk and refill the jars-gotta have that smoked paprika!) , huge glass pickle jar I use to store nutritional yeast (so I can keep an eye and make sure I never run out-horrors!), vintage Corning Ware, instant pot pressure cooker, breville oven, cuisinart food processor. Loving your channel!!!!

Brian's eyes lit up talking about the mandoline slicer lol I use mine almost every day during the summer dehydrating stuff.

My favorite kitchen items are my Breville Smart Oven Air, Vidalia chopper, Silpat liners, Pampered Chef skinny spatula, Pampered Chef micro steamer, Instant Pot, Holland wooden chopping bowl in the 15 inch size, Kitchen aid Mezzeluna with sheath, OXO 8 cup glass storage containers with lids, Cuisinart food processor, Zojirushi 5 liter electric water boiler. For kitchen travel my fave items are my 3 quart iPot and my AO 36 pac vinyl cooler.

I have a mezzaluna knife and wooden chopping bowl set from Holland Bowl Mill.

Yep. The mandolin....Definitely use with the tool that holds the vegetables. I learned the hard way and almost lost half my thumb. It was horrible. They are dangerous if not used very carefully and properly. I wish there was a different appliance that would do the same thing.

I had a cheap model apple slicer break on me while I was slicing an apple, and it sliced the heck out of my hand. Now I use a stainless steel one.

Good job guys!

Thank you for the great little video. I purchased a mandolin about 25 years ago and I seem to remember paying around $100 for it. I use it at least once a week; it's still going strong. Best investment ever, though the vitamix is a close second. Thank you again. I've really been enjoying your videos.

I love my OXO salad bowl and chopper, little whisk, Silpad mats, and Vitamix under blade scraper as well! A few others that I use all the time: i) OXO Good Grips® Garlic Peeler with Case ii) quarter (and half) baking sheets with racks (excellent for roasting veggies), iii) Cook's Essentials Multi Use Strainer w/ Two Bowls & Lids from QVC, iv) Chinese cleaver knife (Global), chef's knife, and paring knife (Henckles), v) LARGE butcher block cutting board (mine is custom) vi) Magnetic Measuring Spoons (dual sided - one round and other oval scoops), and vii) Dreamfarm silicon essential tool set (spatula/spoon combos). Check them out!

The Head and the Heart ❤️

Good tips! If anyone is poor, a minimalist or just cheap; I get by with a $8 chef knife (Komachi) and a smooth edge can opener. But these are some cool tools.

Great video

The Kuhn Rikon can opener on QVC is absolutely wonderful. Easy to use and no sharp edges on lids. Much cleaner, healthier, and safer.

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I had a mandolin for several years and I never used the guard and never had a problem. Then I got a new one for Christmas, and I cut off a piece of my pinky. I returned it. Different design.

Yup, those mandolines (guillotines) WILL get you! (ask me how I know). ALWAYS wear the glove and use the food guard. ALWAYS.

the mandolin slicer was always the kid thing to use when i was growing up. no gloves, no this other thing.

Swing-A-Way is the best can opener ever!

Thanks for another great video - I love kitchen gadgets too! I'm probably looking right at them, but going to your blog post above in the description - I don't see where the links to the gadgets are.... Thanks for your help with this! Debbie in WA Ü

I do not recommend the splatter guard for the microwave. It stains and you have to rinse it off every time. The clear one particularly just ends up looking like sauce if you use sauce.

Silicone jar grips are good for opening slippery or stubborn jars and Bed Bath and Beyond has a big silicone round one for the microwave. I like it. I also have a lot of magnetic clips for when I buy something which doesn't reseal. Also they have magnetic timers which you can put on the fridge. I like those for when I am cooking a dish with a lot of different times involved. My cell phone works for that, too, but I find that sometimes I have something that I want to add to a dish at a certain time. Alexa or Siri and RU-vid are excellent kitchen gadgets. For having a system for food storage, the Ball jar system of bulked goods works nicely. Where I live, some of the stores let you bring in your Ball jars and they will trade you one of yours for one of theirs which has been sanitized. A lot of bulk goods places only let you use Ball jars, but it is okay because their glass is one, which tested for less toxicity. (Some made in China ones didn't test well.) I made the mistake of buying something else, but you live and learn. Best to come into alignment with what everybody else is doing.

I think my only gadget is a can opener lol my current kitchen is tiny! I might have to get one of those choppers though, do cool! I also really want a tortilla press eventually, we love tacos and I want to be able to make my own tortillas

Oh, and may I suggest the Zyliss Lock and Lift can opener. Great price on Amazon. Brilliant Swedish engineering!!!

Fair warning. Make sure when dicing an onion with the smaller hole blade, that you cut the onion in thin slices. Last week, I attempted to dice half of an onion and had my full weight on the lid. When it finally gave, I ended up punching myself in the rib and fractured it. I am still hurting 9 days later :(

How do you clean your silpat?

Kuhn richon has a 6 in 1 can opener you might find a lot easier to use.

Definitly wear the gloves when using the mandoline. I almost cut the end of my thumb off without one.

Forgot to say mine is Bryon. 💕

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Re: #3, I'm glad Peef didn't strain himself demonstrating them.

Although I can appreciate your understandable affinity for Brians, I'm personally quite partial to my Marc. He would totally chop lettuce for me any time I'd want. Of course, he basically never lets me deal with anything heavy so he's done it to himself. So, I would advocate for Marcs, but probably not Marks. I've had bad experiences with those. ;)

i like the combination of your voices~~ so relaxing! so where's my Brian :(

Live your channel! Please be careful: gloves are not enough… You have to use The finger guard (that little round piece - vegetable holder - ) which is the protector.

Check out Brandless.com they have decent inexpensive kitchen items and other products. Keep up the great work!

I have a Domingo- basically a Mexican Brian 😄

if you turn the zucchini lengthwise you get nicer thinner julienne

I've found the more basic the can opener the better it works

I love kitchen tools/accessories. It’s like a weird fetish. And I agree, I love my tiny wisk!

Jessica, Can you straighten your pinky?

Oh my gosh, how times have changed. Been using my mandolin for 25 years and I've never worn gloves. I cut myself once shortly after purchasing it and, trust me, that will never happen again. Ouch !

You've sucked me into your insanity! Every video I'm looking for Peef lol

Hey, looking back at an oldie-that I’ve seen before. And you know what I noticed right away? You guys keep getting thinner. You are both heavier here. My can opener? I have a ratchet style one. Searched far and wide until I found it.

my wife has a Brian of her own.... :)

Pampered chef has a much safer mandolin.

I loooove kitchen gadgets! If you guys eat a lot of tofu, I love my Tofu Xpress tofu press! tofuxpress.com/

I just saw your 2 weeks of potatoes video and it was But you mention following Joel Furman's book. Idk if you're aware, but it's come out that he's been pretty dishonest about his study results and outcomes. His statement the 100 people lost weight and kept it off is actually just FOUR people had kept the weight off after one year. The other Drs who took part, have withdrawn their names from the study. You can find the details about this on the Veg source channel. If you're already up on this, I apologize. Dr Kahn and Dr Garth Davis are vegan Drs who do yt videos, and Dr Essylstyn, his wife, and daughter have great recipe videos. Of course I had to subscribe to you guys too, lol. Btw my favorite gadget atm is my nutribullet for super quick and easy personal size smoothies. 💚🌱💚

please, loose the beard.