Universally Approved

[Tristan]

Was just thinking about how everyone has their own favourites with knives.

Yet some of the other gear we use are pretty much ‘universally’ accepted as being the best at a task. Some people will use other brands but generally you’d reach for this and they are not out of place in the home kitchen.

Wondering what else qualifies in this space I don’t know about. Any one has things to add to the list?

The list:
Thermapen
Microplane
Le Creuset
De Buyer
Silpat
Magnum Unicorn Pepper Mill (ok maybe this last one is just me

 

[daveb]

+1 on the Magnum
Boardsmith
Bamix
Cohiba

 

[parbaked]

Sharpie
Kuhn Rikon peelers
GIR silicon
MAC shears
Vitamix

 

[SilverSwarfer]

Robot Coup
Gray Kunz
Hoshizaki

 

[rickbern]

Demeyere
Matfer Bouregart

 

[rob]

Gude bread knife (or Mac if on a budget)
Carbon Steel wok
Naniwa or similar stone holder
Stone flattener
JKI imports sharpening videos!
Hasegawa chopping boards? or nice end grain chopping board
Lots of paper towel or good quality drying clothes (handy for drying and use when sharpening)
CCK Carbon Chinese Cleaver, everyone should own or at least try one of these out for fun (or maybe this is just me
Binchotan charcoal and a Japanese Konro grill.

 

[Chicagohawkie]

EVH Wolfgang custom shop
EVH LBX II Head
EVH 1x12 cab
Vintage Mullard EL84s and 12ax7s
Ha Ha

 

[rob]

EVH Wolfgang custom shop
EVH LBX II Head
EVH 1x12 cab
Vintage Mullard EL84s and 12ax7s
Ha Ha

Ha Ha, is see we have another tube roller on the site. Rabbit hole alert

 

[Chicagohawkie]

Ha Ha, is see we have another tube roller on the site. Rabbit hole alert

You have no idea. I found a another box of stash that put to use. Thought I sold all of them 10 years ago. Mullard, Amperex, Telfunken, Genelex gold lions, tung-sol, RCA......Etc......

 

[panda]

hobart
bernzomatic
benriner

 

[M1k3]

Robot Coupe
Volrath

 

[Alder26]

victoronox

 

[Keith Sinclair]

Pocket clip reading glasses. Space pen that writes inside walk-in refrig.

 

[Xenif]

Iwatani torch
Iwatani portable grill
Instapot
Kitchen Aid stand mixer

 

[HRC_64]

Pyrex (Measures)
Escali (Scales)
Atoma (Diamond Plates)
OLFA (Art and Utility blades)
Okatsune (Pruning Tools)

 

[Michi]

Corelle dinnerware.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

the cheap $11 restaurant supply aluminum sheet pan.
my CCK 130-something cleaver.
my unnamed stainless steel giant mixing bowl.
a wooden spoon.

 

[LostHighway]

Pyrex (Measures)
Escali (Scales)
Atoma (Diamond Plates)
OLFA (Art and Utility blades)
Okatsure (Pruning Tools)

As to pruning hand tools I would add Felco, Bahco, Silky, and ARS depending to the specific tool and application

 

[rickbern]

Corelle dinnerware.

Limoges!

 

[CoteRotie]

Hi-Soft cutting boards

 

[Paraffin]

Zojirushi (rice cooker)
Mauviel
Lodge

 

[DamageInc]

KitchenAid Stand mixer
Mauviel
Staub
Pillivuyt
Benriner
Thermapen
De Buyer
Bamix

 

[Michi]

Shun
Myabi
Wüsthof
Dalstrong
Forged in Fire
Burrfection
Global

 

[YumYumSauce]

Brickenstocks
Rational ovens
Diamond kosher salt
Roquefort bleu cheese

 

[panda]

I miss having a combi

 

[rob]

Shun
Myabi
Wüsthof
Dalstrong
Forged in Fire
Burrfection
Global

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Oi, nothing wrong with Wusthof.

 

[Michi]

Oi, nothing wrong with Wusthof.

Right. Nothing wrong with Shun or Miyabi either, in my opinion. But, given prevailing opinion around here, I felt it would be fun to lay some bait

 

[rob]

Right. Nothing wrong with Shun or Miyabi either, in my opinion. But, given prevailing opinion around here, I felt it would be fun to lay some bait

Fair call, don't tell anyone but i used a Wusthof Santoku exculsively prior to discovering real Japanese knives.

 

[M1k3]

Fair call, don't tell anyone but i used a Wusthof Santoku exculsively prior to discovering real Japanese knives.

It's ok. The owner of my work prefers those. I like whenever he asks me to sharpen it, it's not chipped.

 

[BillHanna]

Iwatani portable grill

A specific model?