The Best After-Christmas Sales for 2025

It may be December, but these deals are hot.

The holidays may be wrapping up, but there's still a reason to celebrate: There are some truly excellent after-Christmas sales happening right now. These major markdowns are worth checking out if you didn't get everything you wanted for the holidays, need to get a gift for an upcoming birthday or wedding, or are just getting a head start on your cooking resolutions.

We rounded up our favorite kitchen-related sales happening right now—all of which have won our equipment reviews. These include the 30% on our favorite Anova vacuum sealer, a nontoxic skillet that food slides right out of, an unbeatable carbon steel wok, a ridiculously good deal on the best Instant Pot, $150 off an outstanding Vitamix blender, and a KitchenAid stand mixer everyone can use.

• Every Cook Needs This Instant-Read Thermometer: ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE
• Pantry Containers That Are Fun to Use: OXO Good Grips 5-Piece Pop Container Set
• A Super Useful Can Opener: KitchenMama Electric Can Opener
• A Top-Notch Rice Cooker: KitchenAid Grain and Rice Cooker

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  The Best Vacuum Sealer: Anova Precision Vacuum Sealer Pro

  $155 $109 at Amazon

  We’ve recommended this vacuum sealer for years. It has a built-in bag cutter and bag storage, and its seals hold up for long sous vide sessions and months in the freezer.

  

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  The Best Wok: Yosukata Carbon Steel Wok Pan

  $65 $57 at Amazon

  This wok is our pre-seasoned pick. We found it to be heat-responsive with a slick surface, and we liked its helper handle and wooden handle that stayed cool to the touch.

  

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  The Best Instant-Read Thermometer: ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE

  $115 $75 at Thermoworks

  Our favorite instant-read thermometer is lightning-fast, incredibly accurate, and packed with helpful usability features like an auto-rotating screen and auto-backlight.

  

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  The Best Ceramic Skillet: Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Frying Pan

  $125 $105 at Amazon

  This nontoxic ceramic skillet aced our tests: Food practically slid off its slick surface. We liked its deep, rounded shape, too, and found it helpful for keeping food in the pan and off of the stovetop.

  

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  One of the Best Can Openers: Kitchen Mama Electric Can Opener

  $40 $30 at Amazon

  It’s kind of fun to watch this electric can opener whirl around on its own, opening a can with speed and ease. It also creates a safety edge—no jagged can lids!

  

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  The Best Soda Maker: SodaStream Art Sparkling Water Maker

  $120 $104 at Amazon

  Believe it or not, there’s an art (see what we did there?) to sparkling water. You want the bubbles to be just right—not too big or small—and able to keep their carbonation. Our favorite soda maker delivers…and looks good doing it.

  

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  The Best Instant Pot: Instant Pot Pro

  $170 $100 at Amazon

  We’ll forever be Team Instant Pot. After all, it’s just a great electric pressure cooker—capable of tenderizing the toughest beans or cuts of meat. Right now, our top pick is more than 40% off. We particularly like its pressure release switch (no jabbing at a valve with a spoon).

  

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  Excellent Pantry Containers: OXO Good Grips 5-Piece Pop Container Set

  $55 $44 at Amazon

  This pantry container set comes with three sizes, which, between them, can accommodate most any food. We like the lids, which are rather fun to pop on and off.

  

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  A Great Electric Kettle: Zwilling Enfinigy Electric Kettle

  $200 $120 at Amazon

  The majority of our team lives in New England, which means you can find us curling up with a cup of tea on any given day during the winter. An electric kettle is the fastest, easiest way to boil water quickly. This option from Zwilling has a handful of variable temperature presets, all of which we found accurate during our tests.

  

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  The Best Citrus Juicer: Chef'n FreshForce Citrus Juicer

  $25 $17 at Amazon

  This citrus juicer squeezes the heck out of lemons and limes—getting the most out of every citrus half we threw at it. Its star-shaped perforations direct juice downward and into a container (keeping juice out of your eyes).

  

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  The Best Deep Fryer: All-Clad Electric Deep Fryer

  $250 $150 at Amazon

  Deep-fried food is undeniably delicious, but also irrefutably messy to make. That’s where an electric deep fryer comes in: capable of giving you all of the crunch and containing a vat of oil. Our top pick has a built-in oil-draining and storage system and is 40% off right now.

  

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  A Small, Worthwhile Pizza Oven: Ooni Koda 12 Gas-Powered Outdoor Pizza Oven

  $399 $299 at REI

  Every year, pizza ovens seem to get bigger, badder, and pricier. This Ooni is one of the cheapest we recommend. The compact oven churns out petite pies in mere minutes.

  

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  Take More Than $100 a Top-Notch Rice Cooker: KitchenAid Grain and Rice Cooker

  $400 $260 at Amazon

  To own a rice cooker is to love a rice cooker—and if you don’t have one, we feel sorry for you! That said, it is time to change your ways. One of our favorite rice cookers is $140 off and even weighs the rice and dispenses the correct amount of water. (Foolproof!)

  

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  One of the Best Stand Mixers: KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

  $500 $350 at Amazon

  Was this the holiday baking season where you realized you need a stand mixer to achieve your cookie dreams? Your cake aspirations? Good news! One of our top picks is $150 off and has a tilt-head, making it easy to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and add ingredients.

  

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  An Outstanding Blender: Vitamix Propel 510

  $500 $350 at Amazon

  This blender is simple, but it works (more than we can say for a lot of blenders!). It has a handful of presets, variable speeds, and a tapered jar that pulls ingredients downward for the smoothest blends.

  

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  The Best Nespresso Machine: Nespresso Vertuo Deluxe Coffee and Espresso Maker

  $249 $162 at Amazon

  We love a fancy espresso machine, but not everyone’s like us! If you don’t, you may appreciate a Nespresso, which is inarguably convenient. Our top pick requires just two steps: add a pod and press a button. Right now, the bundle with the milk frother is on sale.

  

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  A Lightweight Cast Iron Skillet: Field Company No. 8 Cast Iron Skillet

  $165 $150 at Fieldcompany.com

  Cast iron isn’t exactly synonymous with light weight, but this skillet manages to be a little over four pounds and hearty enough to deliver a heck of a sear to any steak or chop. For the holidays, most of its sizes are on sale.

  

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  A Great, Cheap Set of Pasta Bowls: Y YHY Pasta Bowls

  $50 $29 at Amazon

  These pasta bowls have the perfect wide, shallow shape for twirling strands of bucatini and spearing a forkful of rigatoni. Right now, they’re less than $5 a bowl.

  

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  The Best Dish Rack: KitchenAid Full-Size Dish Rack

  $98 $80 at Amazon

  Our favorite dish rack is solidly constructed and fits a lot of dishes with nary a plate wobbling. Its side walls are tall and supportive, and its mat can be removed for easy cleanup. A truly great dish rack is one of those little luxuries you didn’t know you were missing until you have it.

  

FAQs

Are there usually deals after Christmas and New Year's? 

Yes! There are plenty of deals happening between Christmas and New Year's. Many retailers (including Amazon) offer year-end sales that will carry into 2026. 

What’s on sale for New Year's? 

Right now, our favorite wok, pizza oven, vacuum sealer, storage containers, and more are discounted.

Why We're the Experts

• Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm is the associate editorial director for Serious Eats.
• She’s worked for the site since 2021, but has been testing gear professionally for more than seven years.
• She likes to shop sales and stockpile gifts for upcoming birthdays and holidays.

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