Types of Kitchen Equipment | Hunker
12.08.2019· Pots and pans serve as the foundation for all of your cooking activities. You can get by on a few basics for most cooking activities. Four basic pans can handle most of your cooking needs: a medium-size frying pan and small, medium and large saucepans. If you like to cook multiple dishes for each meal, have multiple frying pans on hand to cook the dishes at the same time.