A kitchen utensil is a small hand held tool used for food preparation. Common kitchen tasks include cutting food items to size, heating food on an open fire or on a stove, baking, grinding, mixing, blending, and measuring; different utensils are made for each task.
Baster - is used to moisten the surface of meat with pan drippings, sauces or butter.
Bottle and can opener - used to open a food tin, preferably with a smooth operation, and comfortably grip and turning knob.
Cutting or chopping board - is a durable board on which food may chopped or cut.
Dredger/shaker - is a container with holes that is used to hold flour, salt, pepper and other same ingredients that are sprinkled to foods being prepared.
Emery board and sharpening steel - used to sharpen knives.
Flipper - is used to flip or turn and lift pancakes, fillets, patties, and other kinds of food while frying and grilling.
Funnels - is used to pour without spillage liquid or small-grained ingredients into containers with small openings.
Garlic press - is used to crush garlic cloves efficiently by forcing through a grid of small holes.
Grater - is used to grate, shred and slice food such as carrots, cabbage and cheese.
Hand poultry and roasting tools - to make it easier to lift a hot roasted poultry from the roaster to the serving platter, without it falling apart.
Kitchen shears - are used for cutting, snipping, and cracking nuts.
Pasta spoon or server - used to transfer a little or much cooked pasta to a plate or container without a mess.
Potato masher - is used for mashing cooked potatoes, turnips and carrots or other soft cooked vegetables.
Scraper - used to blend or scrape food from the bowl or pan.
Spatula - is a broad, flat, flexible scraper with unsharpened edges used for spreading and smoothing icings on cakes, mixing ingredients, lifting and flipping and scraping bowls.
Tongs - are used to lift, turn and transfer food.
Two tine fork - used to hold meats while slicing, and to turn solid pieces of while browning.
Whisk or Wire Whip - consists of loops of stainless steel wire fastened to a handle. It used to beat, fold, blend, and whip ingredients.