I’ve only recently become aware of instapots. Do they really do more than a standard crock pot does (besides the speed)? I became interested when I read an instapot recipe for pork ribs using tamarind, one of my favorite flavors.
Some of us cooks want variety in tools, just the right ones, same as a surgeon needs more than one choice of scalpel. Lol. Right tool, right job.
Btw, my kitchen is very small and what can be unloaded is a constant question. Put another way: having precisely what I want and may need. No time limits.
Waffle maker. I never eat waffles.
@FallGirl A cluttered kitchen is a VERY small price to pay for a husband who does most of the cooking!
Dear @LakeWashington: Please send me your Dutch ovens. I promise to love, use, and cherish them. 
I’m chuckling at all the comments about needing multiples of an item because one might be in the dishwasher. I grew up with the rule, “No knives or cooking/baking pans or utensils in the dishwasher” because someone might need that item before the next cycle. If you use a whisk or spatula or whatever, you clean it and put it back right away. I was not allowed to bake in our kitchen without washing and putting away each item before the cake or cookies came out of the oven. Old habits die hard.
ChoatieMom, have you been conspiring with Lake Jr.? He insists that I toss out one old pan for every new pan I want to buy. 
My kitchen got a big clean out when it was redone. Nothing got put in the new kitchen that wasn’t useable. Only the best mugs remain. I do have more than enough white baking bowls, but since they fit in one drawer, not a big problem. Also, toaster and electric can opener are in a bottom drawer, and I haven’t used them in a year. I keep the Tupperware with lids on now, since I got rid of the yucky stuff. No more hunting for lids.
My issue is that I don’t use the good set of dishes, but hope. Can pass them on.
I agree–people who cook usually like to have many kitchen gadgets. My husband (who is the main cook in our house) has lots of kitchen stuff. The good news is that we have minimalist kitchen counters. One lazy susan with oils, salt, pepper mill, and a ceramic holder for wooden spoons, tongs, spatula, and whisk. Coffee pot, Vitamix, and food processor are on the pantry counters and all the other equipment is stored in pantry cupboards. We have a open kitchen with no upper cabinets so it can look really cluttered if we don’t clear things away.
The last time we moved I ended up unpacking more than 30 random coffee mugs. So I set them all out on the table and announced that we were going to winnow it down to 10 (enough for each family member to have 2 hot beverages before running the dishwasher). I told everyone to move any mug that had deep sentimental value to them to the counter. Turns out we all had deep sentimental attachments to different mugs. I think in the end only 6 mugs headed to Goodwill. I look forward to the day coming soon when my kids are setting up apartments and the choice is you take it or it goes to Goodwill.
Also, why can’t silverware multiply the way coffee mugs do? I would really love to get more forks in the pattern we have used since our wedding nearly 30 years ago but can’t bear to pay the price I find now since it is long discontinued.
Oh yeah…the waffle maker. Reminder to self that it has not been used since the kids were in middle school…and now they adults and not even here for weekend breakfasts.
I have a thing about mugs. I have them stored in a glass fronted cabinet. I have maybe a dozen or so? Two were given to me recently from cool food places by my SIL so I let them stay. The others I ALWAYS buy in two’s - ones that appear to me decoratively. I’m a sucker for pretty mugs but buying them in two’s helps to tame the temptation to buy only a random “one”.
“No need for butter, the grill toasts the bread while melting the cheese and warming any other ingredients.”
Now, what fun is that?
“LeCruset dutch oven (still in the original box after 7 years)”
Sell it. You’ll make good money. Or send it to me. 
Mugs are good souvenirs for our trips. Not a mug that says where we went, but a mug from a local artist purchased at a craft shop. So we have an assortment of unique mugs. Sometimes they break or chip and get thrown away, but it is convenient when we host Thanksgiving (which is a multi-day family reunion for us) to have everyone keep track of the mug they are using. We also have 3-4 dozen which could and should be donated today. But they won’t be, because DH is a packrat.
My rule is that everything in the kitchen has to earn its storage space. If a new purchase means we don’t have room for some other item, the item that gets evicted gets donated - no fair moving it to the garage or basement. And the counters are mostly clear.
I’m deep cleaning the kitchen and pantry (a pass through from the DR) right now. Some clutter (spices, honey, etc,) will go in cabinets. But don’t hold your breath for major toss outs. We’ll see.
We have a family cottage, which belongs to the in laws. MIL has about 50 used (washed!) flimsy foil pans (pie, small square, oblong) in the cupboard … along with way too many aluminum cookie sheets/pie tins/cake pans, the majority of which have flaking teflon or are otherwise not suitable for cooking. I don’t think she uses any of them, but there is no way I am going to throw them out. I open and close the cottage. Every year, I wash everything at the end of the year, pack it all away for the winter, and then put it back in the cupboards in the spring. I threw something out two years ago, and she demanded to know where it was. So I just keep putting it away & getting it out.
We have a large box filled with company program mugs that H’s dad received when he retired, as well as ones from the programs we’ve worked on. The one with the appearing/disappearing stealth bomber was always a hit with the kids. We keep joking they will fund our retirement. (Yes, there is a real market for these.)
When we bought our weekend/vacation home we were able to divide and reallocate many kitchen and home supplies. Tongs, ice cream scoops, spatulas, and whisks were all purchased new. Couldn’t give up a one!
Now H is doing some heavy-duty hinting for another kitchenaid stand mixer for his weekend adventures in bread baking. We don’t talk about duplicate nespresso machines.
I recently visited my parent’s place for the first time in many years. After cooking dinner one night I asked where their containers were so I could away the leftovers. When I opened the indicated cupboard I was greeted by the sight of about 30 plastic restaurant takeout containers!
I got on Amazon and ordered a nice set of Rubbermaid containers, telling my parents that I was going to toss all their take out containers. Well the Rubbermaid arrived a couple days later, but when I went to toss the takeout containers my mother jumped in with, “Leave it! I’ll do it later!”
Why do I have a sneaking suspicion all those takeout containers are still there and the new Rubbermaids are going unused?
@anomander - when I bought a new tea kettle for mom, I had to grab the 30 yr old electric tea kettle my mom was clinging to and junk it at my sister’s place (sis lives next door). It was such a fire hazard it was incredible mom did not burn the place down with it.
“The one with the appearing/disappearing stealth bomber” I had one, too, from the client. Since they were among the first, along with the guys in the Star Trek transporter, they were treasures. Mine must have broken, decades ago.
I have a nice mug collection with logos of local defunct biotechs.