We all know what a kitchen utensil is but even then let’s check out what its definition is. A kitchen utensil is a small tool that is handheld and is used to prepare food. Common tasks in the kitchen include heating food on a stove or on the open fire, cutting food items to be cooked, blending, mixing, grinding, measuring, and baking. These varied tasks require different utensils. Some are used for highly specific purposes while others are to be used for only certain foods such as an apple corer or an egg separator.
Let’s check out kitchen Utensils Names most commonly found in the kitchen. If you are a cooking enthusiast you must certainly know the names of all the utensils you would want to use for your delicious experiments. Get ready to memorize some useful and interesting information about your kitchen.
You could paste stickers on the kitchen utensils with their names to remember them more easily. Of course, it is not a feasible idea since the stickers could wash off when you clean your dishes but for the time being, it could be a solution till you are a pro at their English names. So here we go.
Kitchen Utensils Names
- Kettle: A kettle is used to boil water for tea.
- Toaster: Toaster, as the name suggests, toasts your bread automatically.
- Microwave oven: An electricity-driven oven that’ll bake, heat, unfreeze, and warm up your food.
- Refrigerator (also called “fridge”): The fridge or the refrigerator preserves your food for a day or two and all your cold or diary items.
- Dishwasher: Put all your dishes in that need not be scrubbed into a dishwasher and it’ll do the rest.
- Breadbox: A foot square box to keep your bread so that you can easily take it out for breakfast or a quick snack.
- Pitcher (also called a “jug”): The utensil which holds your water, brine, or juice is called a pitcher.
- Blender: Want a smoothie? Run to your blender with your favorite options, slice and put all the ingredients in, and switch on the electric device.
- Colander: It is used to drain water after washing the vegetables, seafood, or noodles. It has holes in it to let the water drain.
- Tureen (also known as “bowl”): A tureen or a bowl is to keep your food items in. A semicircle utensil that can even function as your serving utensil.
- Teapot: A teapot and a kettle pretty much look the same but a kettle is used to heat water for tea while a teapot is used to steep tea.
- Grater: A grater is used to grate vegetables, fruits, or cheese into tiny fragments. It can be identified with its spikes on one side and hold on the other side.
- Spatula: A utensil with a long handle that is used to mix any dish that you are making. It would look like a long and large spoon.
- Measuring cups: These are cups that have measurements in liter or ounces marked on them to help you take the required amounts to mix.
- Measuring spoons: Similar in function to measuring cups, these spoons come in tablespoon, teaspoon, and other sizes.
- Cutting board: The board that is used to cut veggies is called a cutting board.
- Ladle: A ladle is a large spoon with a long handle with a bowl-shaped cup. It is used for serving sauce or soup.
- Strainer: This utensil is used to strain liquids from ingredients and sift very fine ingredients.
- Slotted spoon: Any spoon with slots or holes is called a slotted spoon and is used to sift ingredients from liquids.
- Can opener: A can opener is a mechanical device used to open cans. It’s small, pocket-friendly, and fits in hand perfectly.
- Mixing bowl: A huge bowl used to mix salads, any mixture of ingredients, or even dough.
- Egg slicer: It is a preparation utensil that slices, peeled hard-boiled eggs.
- Potato peeler: A potato peeler is a device that is used to peel potatoes with a thin blade on one side and a holder on the other.
- Meat mallet: Also called a meat pounder or a meat tenderizer, meat mallets are powered by hand and are used to tenderize chunks of meat while cooking.
- Plate: A concave and broad but flat utensil used to serve food. They are also used for decorative purposes during ceremonies.
- Glass: A glass is a cylindrical vessel in which liquids are poured. They can come in different heights, sizes, and designs. It could be made of either glass, stainless steel, aluminum, silver, gold, or even wood.
- Cup (also called “mug”): A cup is a shorter version of a glass that comes with a handle to hold the cup. Again this comes in different sizes and materials with the most biodegradable of them being those made with wood.
- Regular spoon: It is a small utensil with a handle and a cup-shaped bowl at the end of the handle to scoop things up such as soups or powders.
- Fork: Fork is a utensil with prongs at one end and a long handle at the other. It is used to hold food while cutting or to lift food to eat.
- Knife (could be butter knife, paring knife, steak knife): A knife is a weapon or a tool with a sharp edge handled by a rubber hand or a hilt. Different foods need different kinds of knives to carve them.
- Bin: A receptacle to deposit your waste is called a bin. Simple!
All these names have been included in the infographic shown here. Apart from these items, there are other kitchen utensils names that you should know. Such as,
- Tableware: Tableware is dishware or a dish used for setting up the table, serving food, and dining. Dinnerware is the other name for tableware and could be made of ceramic, porcelain, bone china, or even wood or clay.
- Flatware: The term “flatware” was introduced at the end of the 19th century to refer to spoons, serving implements, and forks. However, it excludes knives.
Now let’s learn about the commonly used English verbs in the kitchen or related to the kitchen.
- Boil
- Carve
- Chop
- Cut
- Slice
- Grate
- Peel
- Cook
- Heat (on a stove or a microwave)
- Stew
- Warm-up
- Fry
- Unfreeze
- Pour
- Freeze
- Drain
- Wash
- Saute
- Mix
- Bake
You could self-assess by completing this assignment to make sure you have learned the English words of kitchen utensils correctly. You could try to make word combinations out of these verbs and the names mentioned above. This will help you to remember what is what and what goes where. For instance, stove – heat, saute, fry, boil.
The Bottom Line
For all the cooking aficionados, here we come at the end of this huge list of kitchen utensils names and their uses for you to easily identify them. Language should be no barrier when it comes to cooking as food is the language of all souls. Happy learning!
