The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals: Day One

Including our favorite Vitamix blender, instant-read thermometer, and ice cream maker.

By Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
Updated Jul. 11, 2023 02:00AM EDT

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一个mazon Prime Day Serious Eats Kitchen

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It's official: Prime Day is here! For the uninitiated, during these two days (today and tomorrow, July 11 and 12) Amazon slashes prices on thousands of items, including all things kitchen-related.

To find the best sales, we scoured Amazon's deals: featuring almost exclusively products we've tested and recommended or extensively used at home.

Editor's Picks

Here's a quick look at some of our favorite deals:

  • The Absolute Best Blender: Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender

    Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender

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    Meet our favorite blender: the Vitamix 5200. It's beenour favoritesince Kenji first reviewed it in 2014. Now, this one rarely goes on sale, so if you're looking for the smoothest smoothies, creamiest soups, and lots of cocktails with crushed ice, this is your time. And at $250 off, it's hard to pass up.

    Which Vitamix Blender Should You Buy? We Compared (Almost) All of Them
    a smoothie being blended in the Vitamix 5200 blender

    Serious Eats / Tamara Staples

  • The Best Ice Cream Maker: Cuisinart 1.5-Quart Frozen Yogurt, Ice Cream, & Sorbet Maker

    Cuisinart 1.5-Quart Ice Cream Maker

    一个mazon

    For creamy ice creams and sorbets, you really can't beat the price (or speed) ofour favorite ice cream maker. Plus, it has simple controls: just one off/on button.

    We Tested 12 Ice Cream Makers—Here Are Our Favorite Models
    Pulling an ice cream making-paddle from the machine.

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

  • The Best Instant-Read Thermometer: ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE

    ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE

    King Arthur Baking

    We're all about ensuring you never overcook or undercook (gasp!) anything ever again. Which is why we highly, highly recommend investing inan instant-read thermometer. Our favorite, after testing 18 models, is the ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE. It offers lightning-fast response times, is super accurate, and comes with a range of handy features like auto-on/-off, a rotating display, and an auto-backlight. For Prime Day, it's $30 off.

    We Tested 18 Instant-Read Thermometers–Here Are Our Favorite Models
    一个Thermapen one taking the temperature of a sous vide water bath set to 134 degrees

    Serious Eats / Irvin Lin

  • 我们最喜欢的锅:Yosukata碳圣eel Wok Pan

    Yokusata The Wok Shop Carbon Steel Wok with Wood Side Handles

    一个mazon

    Ourfavorite pre-seasoned wokis currently 13% off. It has solid heat responsiveness, a helper handle, and a slick surface that's easy to clean and maintain.

    The Best Flat-Bottomed Woks
    Yosukata wok.

    Serious Eats / Tim Chin
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  • The Very Best Sous Vide Machine: Breville Joule Sous Vide CS20001

    Breville Joule Sous Vide CS20001

    一个mazon

    One ofour favorite sous vide machinesis on sale right now: The Breville Joule is down $50 (that's 20%!). The Joule is sleek, app-controlled, fast, and incredibly accurate. Basically, it's everything we want in an immersion circulator.

    We Tested 18 Sous Vide Machines (Immersion Circulators)—Here Are Our Favorites
    Joule in operation with app

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

  • The Best Vacuum Sealer: Anova Precision Vacuum Sealer Pro

    一个nova Culinary Precision Vacuum Sealer Pro

    一个mazon

    For sous vide or food storage enthusiasts, a vacuum sealer is averyworthwhile investment. One ofour absolute favorites, from Anova, sports strong, double-seal technology, built-in bag and cord storage, and no refractory period (that's the time between sealings). During our tests, the model's seal held up well during long sous vide and freezer applications.

    We Tested 19 Vacuum Sealers—Here Are the Best Ones
    一个nova Pro vacuum sealer on a marble countertop

    Serious Eats / Taylor Murray

  • 一个n Exceptionally Easy to Use Espresso Machine: Breville Barista Express Impress

    a breville espresso machine against a white background

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    One of our favoriteespresso machinesis this Breville model. As we said inour review, it makes espresso "approachable." This is because it simplifies the difficult parts of the espresso process: with a built-in grinder, automatic dosing, and a tamping arm that perfectly applies pressure on the espresso puck.

    The Breville Barista Express Impress Makes Home Espresso Approachable
    a hand inserts a portafilter into an espresso machine

    Serious Eats / Jesse Raub

  • The Absolute Best Air Fryer: Instant Vortex Plus 6-Quart Air Fryer

    an instant pot air fryer

    一个mazon

    When we say this isthe best air fryer, we really mean it: it crisped food better than the competition and was the easiest to use, thanks to its touchscreen and control dial. It also allows you to set the temperature in 5-degree increments, whereas other models only offer temperatures in 20- or 25-degree increments. That's a lot more control!

    We Tested Air Fryers (and Cooked 30-Plus Pounds of Potatoes) to Find the Best Ones
    cooked fries in an air fryer basket with a hand pulling the basket out midway

    Serious Eats / Riddley Gemperelin-Schirm
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  • The Best Programmable Coffee Maker: OXO BREW 9-Cup Coffee Maker

    Oxo Brew 9-Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Maker

    一个mazon

    We only have three favoriteautomatic drip brewers, which is really saying something. And one of our top picks, the OXO Brew 9-cup, is a whopping 30% off at the moment. It did well in our taste tests and has a programmable start setting, for those that consider it essential.

    We Tested Drip Coffee Makers and Landed On 3 Favorite Brewers
    The OXO 9-Cup Coffee Maker

    Serious Eats / Ashley Rodriguez

  • Our Favorite Inexpensive Swedish Dishcloths: SuperScandi Reusable Compostable Swedish Dishcloths

    Swedish Dish Cloths

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    Swedish dishcloths are the reusable sponge-paper towel hybrid you need (need!) in your kitchen. Why? They're incredibly absorbent, dry rapidly, and are perfect for cleaning dishes, wiping down counters and stovetops, and more. You can read all about why welove Swedish dishcloths here.

    We Tested 8 Swedish Dishcloths—These Are Our Favorites
    a stack of grey swedish dishcloths on a marble surface

    Serious Eats / Eric King

  • The Best Splurge-Worthy Sous Vide Machine: Anova Culinary Precision Cooker Pro

    一个nova Culinary Precision Cooker Pro

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    This was the most powerful sous vide machinewe tested. It brought water up to temperature faster than our top picks and was incredibly accurate, too. It's also app compatibleandhas an on-board display, for those that worry about WiFi cutting out and ruining dinner. Of course, it's expensive—but, then again, it's currently discounted.

    一个hand using placing a sous vide machine into a cambro container filled with water

    Serious Etas / Russell Kilgore

  • One of the Best Air Fryer Toaster Ovens: Breville The Smart Oven Air

    a breville air fryer toaster oven

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    When we tested eightair fryer toaster ovens, this one from Breville was a standout. Breville has long been our toaster oven recommendation, so we weren't surprised the Smart Oven Air toasted excellently. However, it also crisped food to perfection and was easy to use (thanks to its multiple control dials and digital screen).

    We Tested 8 Air Fryer Toaster Ovens to Find Out Which Ones Were Worth It
    一个person using a pot holder to pull out the Breville's air fryer basket that's loaded with fries

    Serious Eats / Will Dickey
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  • 一个Duo of All-Clad Pans: All-Clad D3 Stainless Steel Frying Pan Cookware Set

    all clad frying pan set

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    Whileour top picks for a stainless steel skilletsare offerings from Made In and Tramontina, asKenji has written, you'll probably still be pretty darn happy with All-Clad. And this deal, which includes two skillets (one 12-inch and one 10-inch) at 30% off, is great.

    一个ll-Clad vs. Tramontina: Which is the Better Skillet?
    Food tossed in skillet

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

  • The Most Powerful Immersion Blender: Vitamix Immersion Blender

    a vitamix immersion blender set

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    This Vitamix model is so silly powerful we named it one of our topimmersion blendersimmediately after testing it. It has a grippy upper handle, a head that easily twists off, and variable speeds. For Prime Day, the set (which includes a whisk and a super-helpful storage case) is $60 off.

    We Reviewed The Vitamix Immersion Blender (And It Was Almost Silly Powerful)
    a Vitamix immersion blender broken down into two parts

    Serious Eats / Jesse Raub

  • The Best Soda Maker: SodaStream Art Sparkling Water Maker Bundle

    a sodastream and canisters against a white background

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    If you find yourself having to replenish your canned seltzer stock more often than you'd like, maybe it's time to invest ina soda maker. Our favorite model, the Sodastream Art, produced the bubbliest results in our tests, looked nice, and was super easy to use. It's on sale for nearly $80 off and the bundle even includes two CO2 canisters.

    We Tested 9 Soda Makers—Here Are the Ones that Make the Best Bubbles
    一个黑色SodaStream on a kitchen countertop with two glasses and a SodaStream bottle beside it
    Serious Eats / Jesse Raub.

  • The Best Cast Iron Skillet: Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron

    Lodge Cast Iron Skillet with Red Silicone Hot Handle

    一个mazon

    There's so much you can do with a cast iron pan. We use ours all the time for both sweet and savory recipes including pan-roasted chicken and skillet chocolate cake. And, right now, the Lodge 10.25-inch pan is just 39% off (It even comes with a silicone handle guard). It happens to be ourfavorite cast-iron skillet, besting ones that cost hundreds of dollars.

    We Tested 22 Cast Iron Skillets—Here Are the Best Ones
    Cast iron pan pizza

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
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  • The Best Air Fryer with a Higher Temp Range: Cosori Pro LE 5-Quart Air Fryer

    Cosori Pro LE 5-Quart Air Fryer

    一个mazon

    Inour tests, we liked this air fryer's responsive touch screen, roomy basket, and notably higher temperature range. Most air fryers max out at 400℉, but this Cosori model goes up to 450℉. It crisped! It crunched!

    a person washing the basket of an air fryer in the sink

    Serious Eats / Russell Kilgore

  • 一个n Ice Machine That Makes "The Good Ice": GE Profile Opal Countertop Nugget Ice Maker

    an ice maker against a white background

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    Ice aficionados call pellet ice "the good ice," because of its near-chewy, soft texture—try it in a Tiki drink and you'll never go back to ice chunks again. And our winning pellet ice maker from GE churns out some of the best ice we've had (truly!) and made the whole process easy. It freezes around a pound of ice an hour, and the detachable reservoir made it a cinch to refill and clean.

    We Tested 8 Countertop Ice Makers—Three Stood Out
    GE ice machine on a wooden counter top.

    Serious Eats / Madeline Muzzi

  • 一个Staff-Recommended Toaster Oven: Breville BOV845BSS Smart Oven

    Breville BOV845BSS Smart Oven

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    Multiple Serious Eats staffers own this toaster oven and use it daily. It's very similar to our winning Brevilletoaster oven, the Smart Oven, but features a slow cook mode and an internal light. It's a solid appliance, at a nicely discounted price.

    The Best Toaster Ovens Under $250, According to Our Tests
    taking toast out of the breville smart oven

    Serious Eats / Will Dickey

  • Our Favorite Splurge-Worthy Saucepan: All-Clad Stainless Steel Tri-Ply 3-Quart Sauce Pan with Lid

    Stainless Steel Tri-Ply 3-Quart Sauce Pan with Lid

    All-Clad

    While we're generallyTeam Saucierover saucepan, you can't go wrong, really, with any piece of stainless steel cookware from All-Clad...especially at 33% off. A 3-quart saucepan is the move if you're looking for all-around useful size and this one is, after testing,our splurge-worthy pick.

    We Tested 9 Saucepans and Came Away with Three Favorites
    一个person pouring browned butter from a saucepan into a jar

    Serious Eats / Russell Kilgore
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  • 一个Staff Favorite for Better Mornings: Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug

    a copper Ember mug

    一个mazon

    一个temperature control mug that keeps your coffee at the perfect drinking temperature for hours isexactlythe kind of thing you didn't know you wanted. Ember came out on top ofour testingand we were incredibly happy with the brand's general performance and intuitive, user-friendly app. And if you're thinking, "Do I really need a temperature control mug?" Of course not...but you could say that about a lot things. As our writer put it in their review: "I’d classify this as a really lovely luxury, an item that made drinking coffee better in a way that I hadn’t expected." A couple of Serious Eats staffers own this mug and love it, using it daily.

    We Tested 7 Temperature Control Mugs to Find the Best Ones (And to Figure Out If They’re Worth It)
    a look at the Ember mug's app

    Serious Eats / Ashley Rodriguez

  • The Best Stand Mixer for Casual Bakers: KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

    一个mazon KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

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    We named the Artisan ourfavorite stand mixerfor those that bake casually. We found it to be powerful enough for most baking tasks (it did struggle a little more with stiffer doughs, but still got the job done!). While the price varies on Amazon depending on color,Williams Sonomahas the discount on all of its colorways.

    We Tested 10 Stand Mixers—Four Stood Out Above the Rest
    一个红色的搅拌器在大理石的表面上

    Serious Eats / Irvin Lin

  • 一个Thermometer for Grillers: ThermoWorks Smoke Remote BBQ Alarm Thermometer

    ThermoWorks Smoke Remote BBQ Alarm Thermometer

    ThermoWorks

    If you're into smoking meat, then the aptly namedSmoke thermometerprobe from Thermoworks should be your loyal pit sidekick. It allows you to track both ambient temperatures and internal meat temps and, since it features a wireless radio receiver, you don't have to sit next to the smoker all day and become smoked yourself (unless that's your thing, of course).

    The Very Best Meat Thermometers, According to Our Tests
    ThermoWorks Smoke against a white background

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

  • The Best Citrus Juicer: Chef'n FreshForce Citrus Juicer

    Chef'n FreshForce Citrus Juicer, 10.25 long, Yellow

    一个mazon

    When life gives you lemons, you need this juicer, which isour favorite manual-stylemodel. It can juice a citrus half in one swift movement—no grinding back and forth, no juice on your hands—plus, it extracts more citrus oil from the peels, for more fragrant juice. And at less than $20, there's really no excuse not to get it.

    We Juiced Hundreds of Lemons and Limes to Find the Best Manual Citrus Juicers
    从一个柠檬汁被挤到一个小元l measuring cup.

    Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
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  • 一个Small, Yet Powerful KitchenAid Stand Mixer: Kitchenaid Artisan Mini Plus 3.5-Qt. Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

    a silver kitchenaid stand mixer

    一个mazon

    一个ssociate commerce editor, Grace Kelly, loves her full-sizedKitchenaid 6-Quart Pro Stand Mixer, but if you're looking for a more budget-friendly pick (which also happens to be 29% off!) this is still a great option. Plus, its small size makes it a great pick for apartment dwellers.

    Which KitchenAid Stand Mixer Should You Buy? We Compared (Almost) All of Them
    一只手及ng a red stand mixer's tilt-head upright

    Serious Eats / Russell Kilgore

  • 一个n Indoor, Countertop Composter: Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50

    Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50

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    The Vitamix FoodCycler turns food scraps into fertilizer in about eight hours. For those looking to compost, but lack the outdoor space for a composter,the FoodCyclercould be a great option. It's fairly quiet when on, it contains smells (thanks to a carbon filter), and it's easy to clean, with a dishwasher-safe insert. Plus, it's 20% off right now.

    Is the Vitamix Countertop Composter Worth Its $400 Price Tag?

  • The Best Kitchen Towels: Zeppoli Classic Kitchen Towels

    Zeppoli Classic Kitchen Towels

    一个mazon

    Meetthe best kitchen towels(we should know, we tested 17 of them). They're ultra-absorbent and thick—ideal for using as pot holders. They're also cheap, at a little over $1 per towel (they come in a pack of 15).

    We Tested 17 Kitchen Towels to Find the Best All-Purpose Ones
    一个blue and white dish towel on a marble surface
    Serious Eats / Grace Kelly.

  • 一个Stunning, Smaller Enameled Cast Iron Pan: Le Creuset Classic Enameled Cast Iron Skillet

    Le Creuset Classic Skillet

    一个mazon

    Le Creuset's enameled products (be it a skillet or a Dutch oven) have long been loved by us at Serious Eats. Not only do they look dashingly French, but they also sport a tough-as-nails enamel coating that can last a lifetime (with proper care). This 9-inchenameled skilletis the smaller sibling of one of our favorite enameled cast iron pans (minus the helper handle), and it's currently about $75 off.

    We Tested 8 Enameled Cast Iron Skillets and Found Three Great Options
    Le creuset enameled cast iron skillet

    Serious Eats / Taylor Murray
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  • 一个Staff Favorite Non-Alcoholic Aperitif: Ghia

    Ghia Non-Alcoholic Apéritif

    Foxtrot

    Ghia, the trendy maker of non-alcoholic aperitifs, is offering 20% off of its popular original Aperitif as well aspre-mixed spritzes. Senior Commerce Editor Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm says, "I love adding Ghia to seltzer or tonic water (with a splash of lime juice!). It's pleasantly bitter and lightly sweet. Their canned Lime & Salt spritz is also very, very good."

FAQs

When is Prime Day 2023?

一个mazon Prime Day 2023 will be happening July 11 and 12 (that's today and tomorrow!), according toa press releasefrom the company.

What is Amazon Prime Day?

一个mazon Prime Day is one of the biggest sales events of the year and offers discounts on a huge range of products (including kitchen, home, clothing, and more). Prime Day includes deals that are offered for the entirety of the two-day event, as well as Lightening Deals that are available for a limited amount of time and often sell out very quickly.

Do I need to be an Amazon Prime member to shop Prime Day deals?

Yes, to shop Prime Day deals you must be an Amazon Prime member. If you're not already a Prime member, you cansign up for a free 30-day trial. (Prime costs $14.99/month or $139/year.)

什么是'天减价出售吗?

Oh, so much! This includes our favorite Vitamix blender and Breville espresso machine. We suggest checking out all of the above sales, as well as theToday’s Deals page.

Do other brands have sales on Prime Day?

一个lot of other major retailers (includingTarget,Nordstrom, andWalmart) also offer deals during Prime Day. Smaller retailers—likeThermoWorksandMade In—have offered deals in the past during this time period, too. You can expect retailers to do much of the same this year.

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一个riel Kanter
一个riel Kanter is the director of commerce at Serious Eats, where she manages everything from equipment reviews to gift guides. She's been with the site since 2016. Her writing has also appeared in New York magazine, Time Out New York, amNewYork, Afar, Today and Refinery29.
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