First, I took a sip of some soup that Kirin provided without the spoon. It wasn't too salty. Next, I was handed the Electric Salt Spoon, which is actually made up of two separate pieces.

Over the course of a few weeks, our team tried and ranked more than 100 spoons — including soup spoons, dinner spoons and teaspoons — to find our personal favorites. Why? Because a simple ...

and don’t require you to stand over a stove—but there’s only so many times you can make soup. Don’t get the broth blues; ditch the soup spoon and try one of these 20 other slow cooker recipes.