Kitchen Appliances

A stand mixer changes what you can cook. Knead bread dough without exhausting your arms. Whip egg whites to stiff peaks while you measure the next ingredient. Mix cookie dough, shred chicken, and with the right attachments roll pasta, grind meat, spiralize vegetables. Without one, some recipes just aren’t worth the arm workout. In 2025, the stand mixer market runs from $80 budget models to $700 Italian design icons. KitchenAid, Bosch, Cuisinart, Smeg — each brings something different to the counter. We tested six popular stand mixers across the price range to find the ones that earn their spot. ...

A good toaster oven is the most versatile thing on your counter. It toasts bread, bakes cookies, roasts vegetables, broils salmon, and — in the best 2025 models — air fries crispy chicken wings without firing up your full-size oven. For small households, apartment dwellers, and anyone trying not to heat up the whole kitchen in summer, a toaster oven can replace your wall oven for most of what you cook day to day. ...