The Best Tools for Cooking Chicken, According to the Serious Eats Staff

The Best Tools for Cooking Chicken, According to the Serious Eats Staff

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesThe Best Tools for Cooking Chicken, According to the Serious Eats Staff

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We love our chicken recipes here at Serious Eats and we know you our readers do too. Whether it’s a golden-brown whole roast chicken or crispy braised chicken thighs our chicken guides cover just about everything you can do with poultry. Over the years of cooking chicken in the test kitchen and at home our editors have rounded up their favorite equipment for perfect results every time including super-accurate thermometers and the best cast-iron braisers. From spatchcocking chickens to carefully flipping chicken thighs these editor-approved tools will bring a whole new level of precision (and food safety!) to your cooking.

For roasts like whole chicken the Combustion Inc. thermometer is by far my favorite. The single leave-in wireless probe has eight sensors that take readings along the length of the probe giving you a much better idea of how cooked the bird is inside not just in one spot. It can also predict doneness so you can estimate when dinner will be ready. I love it: Just stick the probe deep into the bird set a target temperature and roast while you track the progress on the device’s paired screen or on your phone via the connected app. It’s expensive but it’s honestly a significant leap forward in kitchen thermometer technology. — Daniel Gritzer Editorial Director

An enameled cast iron skillet is perfect for roasting a whole chicken on potatoes. And it makes a pretty serving platter too. I have the 3.5-quart size and wouldn't change a thing about it! — Rochelle Bilow commerce editor