Christmas gifts for the kitchen/bar?

Thermapen or Thermopop. Good knife. Roux spoon. Set of small to medium size bowls for recipe ingredients.

Elevated Craft Cocktail Shaker

Magnalite if you can find one, get a McWare if not.

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Any recommendations for gumbo pot?

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I've got a 4 gallon stainless steel pot I use for cooking large volumes of food.

It has a very heavy duty, thick bottom and that is key for me as it helps distribute the heat more evenly and keeps scorching at bay-----it still needs occasional stirring, but not as often as thinner bottom pots.

I got it as a gift from a friend who has asked me to cook many gallons of gumbo for events at his bar.

One of the best kitchen gifts I ever got was a stainless steel wok.

I don't know where you are, but Stine has a lot of their cast iron 50% off right now. I bought 6 different ones as gifts and for myself.

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Beats pouring the soup out the pot into a blender and having that appliance to clean up.

The immersion blender cleans up real easy.

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Agree on both. I also use it for blender hollandaise.