Powered Equipment
Straining Equipment
Measuring Equipment
Mix, Grate & Finish
Cook in it
100
Used for mixing, whipping and kneading ingredients, often in a bowl that sits on a stand.
What is a Stand Mixer or a Kitchen-Aid?
100
Attached to a long handle, this strainer looks like a flat wire-mesh basket. It is used to gently remove foods that are cooked in oil or in boiling water.
What is a Spider Strainer?
100
Typically coming in sets, small utensils used to accurately measure precise small volumes of dry or liquid ingredients.
What are measuring spoons?
100
Wire loops, attached to handle, used for beating or whipping to blend and to incorporate air into ingredients.
What is a whisk?
100
A wide, semi-deep pan with straight sides and handles for searing, sautéing, braising, and simmering. The handles allow for easily moving from stove to oven.
What is a rondeau?
200
Used in food preparation for liquifying, chopping or puréeing.
What is a blender or a Vitamix?
200
Any spoon that lets liquid pass through, allowing larger solids to remain on the spoon.
What is a slotted or perforated spoon"?
200
A round vessel with markings to represent liquid volume.
What is a liquid measuring cup?
200
A long tool, typically with a wooden handle and a stainless steel blade, bent at the handle. This tool is often used for spreading, lifting and flipping foods. It is often used in patisserie. Its design allows for greater precision.
What is an offset spatula?
200
A versatile, shallow, rectangular stainless steel container. It is used in commercial kitchens for cooking, holding, serving and storing food.
What is a hotel pan?
300
A high-performance, commercial grade food processor, designed for professional kitchens.
What is a Robot Coupe or food processor?
300
A perforated (pierced with holes) bowl, used to strain off liquid from food, most often, but not only after cooking.
What is a colander?
300
Typically coming in sets, specialized containers to accurately measure volumes of ingredients, like sugar flour, or grains.
What are dry measuring cups?
300
A versatile tool with multiple grating surfaces. It has once surface for slicing, too.
What is a box grater?
300
A bowl-shaped frying pan, typically made of steel, and often used to prepare Chinese cuisine.
What is a wok?
400
Commonly found in butcher shops, delicatessens and restaurants, and used to cut meat, hard cheese and other foods into uniform (equal or the same) slices.
What is a meat slicer?
400
An elongated, slotted spatula that helps to turn delicate foods and to help drain foods that are being poached. (Poached foods are cooked in a small amount of liquid).
What is a fish spatula?
400
A brand named food container, typically used in restaurants for storage and transport.
What is a Cambro?
400
Essential kitchen tool, typically deep and round and made of stainless steel. Available in various sizes.
What are mixing bowls?
400
Essential, flat kitchen tool, used for baking, roasting and broiling food in the oven.
What is a sheet tray or sheet pan?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Bonus (Not in lesson binder.) Long, slender handheld tool with a motor and blades, directly immersed into the cooking vessel to chop, blend or purée, eliminating the need to transfer ingredients to process.
What is an immersion blender?
500
Elevating foods, may be used for cooling or to allow excess liquids or grease to drain both during and after cooking.
What is a wire rack?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Typically used for accuracy in recipe production, especially in patisserie, this tool assures that recipes are not just accurate, but that your results will be reliably consistent.
What is a kitchen scale?
500
Typically made of silicone (or rubber), a tool with a flexible head, used for scraping, mixing and folding ingredients.
What is a rubber spatula?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
A large, deep cooking pot with straight sides used for cooking large quantities of liquids, like stocks, soups or stews.
What is a stock pot?