Buying Guides & Articles:Kitchen

If you want to insert the meat thermometer before cooking, try the digital Polder THM-360, whose two probes can track the temperature of two different foods... Read more

Use Lock&Lock or Fresher Longer and you'll get less mold than in Stain Shield. With Lock&Lock, you'll also pay one-third the price... Read more

Their style might catch your eye, but it's the construction features you can't see that will keep your cabinets looking good year after year... Read more

A countertop has to withstand considerable punishment over a long period of time. Fortunately countertops are one product where beauty and practicality can coexist... Read more

With blenders, power, performance, and price don't always go hand-in-hand. In our tests, some modestly powered, inexpensive blenders turned out smooth-as-silk mixtures,... Read more

Hamilton Beach and Oster account for more than 40 percent of countertop-blender sales. Other brands include Black & Decker, Braun, Cuisinart, GE, KitchenAid, Krups,... Read more

You needn't spend a bundle to get a decent blender. Many of the models we tested, even the less-expensive ones, were competent at various tasks. Different types of... Read more

Some cooks prefer to see a visual confirmation of the heating element and choose gas. Electric wall ovens tend to be more popular but gas ovens are also available... Read more

Keep high-tech in perspective. Wall oven models with special baking modes don't necessarily outperform more basic models. Here are the cooktop and oven features to... Read more

Stand-alone ranges are best for kitchens where you're simply replacing a range or where the range is the centerpiece, as with professional-style ranges. There are two... Read more