Awesome Cooking

This handy folding utensil from Swiss Army knife maker Victorinox is ideal for cutting and prepping food while camping, hiking, or picnicking. The Classic Picnic Knife features a serrated blade with a curved tip that makes quick work of slicing fruits and veggies on the go. It’s dishwasher safe and features a colorful and long-lasting polypropylene handle.

Enjoy hot meals and beverages while camping with Arnaud’s lightweight rocket stove. The FireTower breaks down to the size of a small book, and is engineered for optimal airflow and efficiency. It’s fueled by adding sticks, twigs, or other biofuels to its side feeder. Made from durable stainless steel and weights just 1.1 pounds.

Years in the making, Smithey’s gorgeous cast iron griddle is so perfect that it’s destined for a permanent place at home on the range. Its satin smooth, polished finish is pre-seasoned, naturally non-stick, and free of chemical coatings. From the riveted, golden stainless steel handles to the drip channels, this practical workhorse is a beaut.

There are few edible delights better than those found in the nooks and crannies of Tokyo. Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat catalog more than 100 recipes and make them accessible to home cooks. Along the way, you’ll learn to work with Japanese ingredients and techniques to create tasty comfort foods like ramen, tempura, wafu pasta, and chahan fried rice.

“With pasta, everything is possible.” Mateo Zielonka goes by the nickname “The Pasta Man” for good reason. In this short clip, the chef shows off his precision and attention to detail by making ravioli in the shape of Le Creuset’s signature dutch ovens. Beneath each tiny pot lid is a filling of delicious potato and cheese. Mateo’s LEGO ravioli look awesome too.

Think your job is stressful? Or just hungry for more episodes of The Bear? Get a taste of the real world inside Michelin star rankings as fastidious chefs sweat it out in the hope of snagging the ultimate culinary honor, while stealthy Michelin judges operate under strict secrecy like CIA operatives. The docuseries Knife Edge premieres on Apple TV+ 10.10.25.

The Dialed Camp Kitchen packs an entire cooking setup into a rugged, hardshell suitcase. Features include a slide-out stove shelf, MOLLE storage panels, a wood-fiber cutting board, a sink with a USB-powered faucet, and dimmable LED lights. It also includes pouches and tool rolls, and space for carrying pots, pans, dishes, and utensils for four.

This tabletop outdoor grill from Onlyfire features a 14″ round cooking surface, perfect for cooking hibachi-style meats and veggies. It has a ceramic body, a 14″ stainless steel grate, and a grid lifter feature for adding charcoal while cooking. Integrated vents help control smoke and keep the fire burning. They also make a rectangular version.

ProudGrill’s metal BBQ Skewers have a fishbone design that offer several advantages over traditional skewers. They let you slide food on and off easily, cook more food in one go, and make it easy to cook both sides evenly with a quick flip. Sold in sets of two or four.

French company Opinel has been making its simple yet elegant folding knives since the 1890s. Their Nomad Cooking Kit is perfect for outdoor meal prep. It includes their No. 12 serrated knife, their No. 10 corkscrew combo, and their No. 06 folding peeler, along with a small wood cutting board and a cleaning/carrying cloth to wrap it all up.

Go big or go home. Grilla Grills’ Mammoth Vertical Pellet Smoker lives up to its name with 1,660 sq. in. of cooking space (expandable to 3,300+), a 40 lb. hopper for 50+ hours of smoking, and double-wall insulation for year-round efficiency. Features include Wi-Fi control, stainless steel racks, a water pan, and a lipped deflector for extra smoke.

Onlyfire’s portable outdoor stove can burn wood, twigs, charcoal, or solid biomass fuel. It’s made from long-lasting cast iron, and its kitchen-style burner quickly heats pots, pans, and kettles. It’s designed to minimize smoke, ashes, and sparks, helping to keep your campsite safe.

Carnivores, you need this cookbook in your kitchen. Created by Cook’s Illustrated, the book Meat Illustrated provides a detailed yet understandable guide to working with every kind of cut of meat. The 440-page hardcover book is organized into 72 different cuts and includes more than 300 kitchen-tested recipes for beef, pork, lamb, and veal.

This smokeless outdoor propane cooker not only bakes perfectly crisp pizza crust but also gets the toppings right. Its top oven and pizza stone heats from the bottom, while its bottom oven heats from above. It can also be used for cooking steaks, baking casseroles, and more with a top temperature of 500º F.

Like many of you, we love the crispy edge pieces of brownies, and we even bake them in a special pan that creates more edges. But if you only like the chewy middle parts, Shane from Stuff Made Here has got the invention for you. It took a surprising amount of engineering to make this unique pan, which eliminates crispy edges and ensures every piece is uniform.

BioLite’s clean-burning compact stove is perfect for camping and survival needs. Its cast-iron top is built for long life and its insulated body helps concentrate heat where you need it. It can burn wood, charcoal, or solid biofuel and accommodates pots and pans from about 7″ to 12″ in diameter.