Amy

I still remember my first attempt at fresh pasta. I rolled dough with a wine bottle, prayed for the best, and ended up with something that looked like broken lasagna. After testing more than 30 pasta machines over the past four months, our team has narrowed the list to the eight best pasta makers worth … Read more

Getting restaurant-quality pizza at home comes down to one thing: heat transfer. Your standard oven tops out around 500 to 550 degrees Fahrenheit, which is nowhere near the 800-plus degrees a commercial pizza oven hits. That is where the best pizza steels for home ovens make all the difference. I have spent the last several … Read more

There is nothing quite like pulling a golden, self-basted rotisserie chicken out of your own kitchen. The skin crackles, the meat stays juicy, and you did it without standing over a grill for two hours. That is the promise of a good home rotisserie oven, and after testing models across every style and budget, we … Read more

I spent the past three months testing electric griddles in my home kitchen, running pancake breakfasts for my family of four and grilling smash burgers on weekends to find the real standouts. The best electric griddles cook evenly across the entire surface, hit 400°F without hot spots, and slide into a cabinet when dinner is … Read more

Finding the best Belgian waffle makers for your kitchen shouldn’t feel like guesswork. I spent 6 weeks testing 8 models side by side, making more than 200 waffles across brunches, family breakfasts, and late-night recipe runs. I measured browning consistency, batter spread, cleanup time, and storage footprint so you don’t have to learn the hard … Read more

Looking for the best waffle makers that turn out golden, crispy waffles without the mess or guesswork? I spent six weeks testing 12 popular waffle irons in my kitchen, from flipping Belgian models to compact minis, side-by-side with a stopwatch, kitchen scale, and a panel of picky eaters. Below, I share exactly which waffle maker … Read more

I started making homemade yogurt three years ago after my doctor suggested I needed more probiotics in my diet. After burning through store-bought cartons at $5 each and watching my grocery bills climb, I bought my first yogurt maker. That single purchase saved me an estimated $600 in my first year alone. Since then, our … Read more

I still remember the first time I cracked open a bag of wheat berries and ran them through a mill at home. The smell that filled my kitchen was nothing like the flour I had been buying for years – warm, nutty, alive. That moment convinced me that finding the best grain mills for home … Read more

I grew up watching my dad process whitetail deer in our garage every November, and I learned fast that a cheap grinder turns a two-hour job into an all-day battle. After our team tested 8 meat grinders across three months of real venison, elk, and wild boar runs, I can tell you the right machine … Read more

I have spent more weekends than I would like to admit elbow-deep in ground chuck, venison, and pork shoulder. When my team decided to find the best electric meat grinders, we ground over 240 pounds of meat across 10 different machines to see which ones earned a permanent spot on our counter. Freshly ground meat … Read more