Kitchen Tool Sets

Setting up a household means investing in beautiful dinner sets and quality kitchen tools that you’ll be able to enjoy for a lifetime. If you’re setting up your home or helping to set up someone else’s kitchen, you’ll be happy to hear that we at Williams Sonoma have kitchen tool sets containing our top-quality pieces that make perfect starter sets, registry gifts and housewarming presents. Let us give you a tour of what’s in our kitchen tool kits and why our stainless-steel and silicone items are crafted for long-lasting performance.

What’s in a Tool Set?

Larger tool sets have around 10 to 21 pieces or more, including all the essentials like cooking spoons, spatulas and turners, plus a can opener, kitchen shears, measuring cups and spoons, a peeler and pizza wheel. Smaller tool sets include anywhere from three, five and eight essential pieces to comfortably get you started in your kitchen. A five-piece tool set might include a spatula, spoon, slotted turner, ladle and counter container to hold them. A slightly larger set might include a pair of tongs and another slotted item, for example. You’ll want to have some silicone coated tools in your repertoire because they’re ideal for scraping out ingredients without scratching your plates, pots, pans or the interior of your invaluable food choppers.

What’s in a Barbeque Tool Set?

Barbeques call for professional quality grilling tools that generally have extra long handles and wider heads than regu

Kitchen Thermometers & Timers

How do you decide when your food is done cooking? Maybe you go by the colour of your meat, or just wing it in hopes that it’s fully cooked. By using a kitchen thermometer and timer, you’ll be a more responsible cook with consistently healthier and more impressive results. Let our cooking experts at Williams Sonoma give you important tips on types of thermometers and timers and how they can help you become an even better cook.

Types of Thermometers

Thermometers have become easier to use and read over the years. You have your choice of styles to help you get the job done, too. It’s easier than ever to find a thermometer that meets your needs with these types available:

Smart thermometers: Smart thermometers help you clearly find out the temperature of your food from within range of your home’s Wi-Fi connection. Pair the thermometer with your tablet or smartphone for on-screen monitoring of the temperature, cooking progress and time remaining until things are finished. Smart thermometers are well-known for their pin-point accurate temperature readings. Program the thermometer and its special app to create pop-up alerts and multiple timers for other dishes. Store recipes and your cooking history for future reference.

Digital thermometers: Digital thermometers come in two styles. There are instant-read digital models, also known as thermocouple thermometers. These have fast and accurate response times. Leave-in digital thermometers, also known as probe thermometers, remain in meat while it cooks to monitor temperature without opening the oven. A long cord with a probe at the end is attached at the other end to a base unit with a screen that gives you a temperature readout. If you think you’ll use a thermometer on a daily basis, consider one that’s waterproof and dishwasher-safe, just like what professional chefs rely on.

Dial thermometers: Good old-fashioned manual thermometers give you an instant read when you stick them into your meat or poultry. They also work well when your meal is still in the oven. For more accurate dial thermometers, consider button thermometers with 2"-long stems that you can use specifically for cuts of beef or poultry. Poultry buttons indicate breast and thigh meat temperatures.

Grill thermometers: Use a thermometer fork for thick cuts of meat, poultry and fish you’re grilling for instant digital readouts. Find out if your grill is hot enough to start cooking with a surface thermometer you place directly on the grill’s grates. A grill thermometer can gauge the surface temperature from 100 degrees to 700 degrees Fahrenheit.

Infrared thermometers: Much like a scanner, just point the thermometer at the surface of a pan or grill to instantly find the temperature of the surface.

You’ll also find specialty candy thermometers. Often, you can use your regular meat or poultry thermometer to gauge temperatures for melting chocolate and other sweet ingredients.

Types of Timers

Beautiful kitchen clocks keep your kitchen humming. Efficient timers keep your cooking on target, especially during the holidays:

Multi-timer: A multitasking timer is an ideal tool to have during holiday dinners. It’s great for keeping tabs on cooking times for all of your various dishes – especially complex dinners or multiple courses. Hard-working timers keep track of four dishes at once, alerting you with sounds and lights that get your attention even in the hubbub of your kitchen.

Egg timer: To time eggs, use a timer that goes directly into the pot of boiling water to specifically show you when an egg is boiled soft, medium or hard. Ingenious little egg timers change colour to show the level of an egg’s doneness.

Novelty timer: Bring a little nostalgic levity to your kitchen with a food-shaped timer. It may even inspire your kids to give you a helping hand in the kitchen when they get to twist on the timer.

With a thermometer and timer, you’re covered in your kitchen. Say hello to perfectly prepared meals that are done right on time.

lar kitchen tools to keep the grill master safely away from the heat and to make it easier to flip foods on the grill. A kit might include scalloped-edge tongs for gripping, slotted spatulas to drain the grease when turning, a fork with long tines for piercing and turning and a basting brush all packed in a heavy-duty storage case to last for seasons to come. Basting brushes come in two styles. Some have silicone bristles that are easy to clean, while others have durable natural boar bristles that hold sauce and marinades well and won’t shed while you’re grilling.

What’s in a Pastry Tool Set?

It pays to have a specialty pastry tool set when baking because the tools create specific effects. A pastry tool set might include icing spatulas, a pastry brush, a fluted pastry cutter and a bench scraper. Here’s what each one can do:

Icing spatulas: Icing spatulas have long and slender blades that easily flex to give you better control when icing cakes, smoothing batter or spreading fillings.

Pastry brush: Pastry brushes, much like basting brushes, come with easy-to-clean silicone or natural bristles that hold egg washes, glazes and melted butter well during application. Buy a top quality pastry brush so the bristles don’t shed while baking or cooking.

Fluted pastry cutter: A cutter with a rotary blade cuts sweet and savoury doughs to have a decorative fluted edge, perfect for pies.

Bench scraper: It’s a tool named for how it cleans work surfaces full of dough, but this multitasking tool also cuts and lifts doughs.

What’s in a Junior Tool Set?

Start them young with a utensil set for budding young chefs. Junior kitchen tool kits include a variety of items, from spoons to peelers and cookbooks to aprons, depending on the package or licensed character set. Help younger chefs learn how to make pancakes with a pancake package that includes mix, silicone tuner and a pancake press.

In addition to full tool sets, smaller sets of specialty tools can complete your fully stocked kitchen. Enlarge a gourmet kitchen with sets that include a trio of serving spoons or twin ladles, icing spatula sets, deep spoon sets, wood spoon sets, wok tool sets and silicone spatula sets to mix and match with your existing essentials.