One of the hardest things for a novice chef to do is judge the progress of meat as it cooks. Despite the effectiveness of judging by touch, sometimes this is not possible or advisable. Following proper food handling procedures means you don't mix cooked items with raw (unless you want to ...

The largest of Fire Magic's infrared burner grills, the Elite Magnum provides an incredible 1,056 square inches of grilling space and a total heat output of 150,000 BTU's. That's enough to run a fair-sized restaurant kitchen, or keep up with the appetites of neighborhood gatherings.

To heat the main cooking ...

This solidly built 76000 BTU cabinet-style infrared burner grill from Fire Magic, the Aurora 530, features two individually adjustable heating zones, a 16000 BTU back burner should you want a rotissierie added on, and a 15000 BTU side burner built into the end table. If you want a machine ...

Fire Magic's two burner propane gas grill, the Aurora A430 Built-In, beats most of the competition in terms of efficiency and quality, but is still several steps below one of its competitors, TEC. With less efficient infrared burners and fewer options, this built-in unit is still solidly built and ...

The Weber Q 320, a standalone version of the popular picnic and tail-gating portable, brings the convenience of gas cooking to the outdoors. A good size for backyards and patios, the Weber Q grills restaurant style without the smoke and mess that chefs either love or hate.

Accessories you'll need to ...

The most exciting feature of the 360 Grill is the plate system. Five removable plates are included: two ribbed grill plates, two quesadilla plates, and a deep dish pizza pan that doubles as a griddle or bake plate. That's right -- you can bake right in the machine. The grill ...

When you hear what the Waring Pro Wine Chiller brings to the table, you can't imagine how the extensive use of technology could
possibly go wrong. Yet it does.

First, the description: The chiller uses a thermoelectric Peltier module with a CPU control for constant temperature precision. The microprocessor has an internal database ...

The reasons to buy this set extend beyond the quality pan and into the extras included along with it: a stainless rack, two roasting lifters, and a thermometer. The rack is nicely shaped to support meat, allowing fat to drip into the bottom of the pan and air to circulate as ...

The dual sensor probe of this thermometer and timer from Component Design Northwest, named Best in Category at the 2009 Houseware Design Awards, is specially designed for accurate measurements of both food and oven temperature with one dual function probe. At Thanksgiving you can take the guesswork out of cooking ...

VillaWare has over a hundred years in the field of kitchen accessories. The VillaWare Pizza Grill lets you make brick oven style pizza on your gas grill. The pizza stone is rectangular, set in a stainless steel frame which acts as a backsplash to keep your pizza from sliding off the ...

This is a great gadget for food geeks who like appliances with some cool factor. You don't really need this thermometer. You can use a traditional meat thermometer just fine. The process is simple enough. But this gizmo really does make the process easier.

It allows me to multitask in the kitchen ...

Sometimes I forget that not everyone has a well stocked kitchen. And I'm not talking about food here, but rather cooking equipment. I was shocked at Thanksgiving that my friend didn't own a cooking thermometer. How would we know when the turkey was done?

In the end, we over-cooked it. ...

This Hamilton Beach model is a six quart programmable cooker with a flat LED digital control panel. It allows you to set three cooking options (Program, Manual, Probe). The set comes with a thermometer probe for meat, a clip on spoon, and a clip tight lid with gasket seal. It ...