Boxing Day 2026 in Canada: The Tested Kitchen Picks Worth Waiting For

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Reading from Canada? Every button opens the same product on Amazon.ca, in Canadian dollars. We checked all of them there on October 27. Two things to watch: the Le Creuset was listed by an outside seller at far above its usual price, so wait for the sale or compare first. The Stanley listing’s title says 20 oz, but the size picker shows 1.1 qt, the size Outdoor Life tested; make sure 1.1 qt is selected. Shopping Black Friday instead? Here’s our Black Friday watch list.

Gerzsi the beaver lifts the lid of a red Dutch oven full of steaming stew in a snowy log cabin kitchen while his Canadian cousin Maple pours cocoa from a green thermos

The short answer

One pot for the whole winter: the Lodge 6-quart enameled Dutch oven. Reviewed’s testers said it cooks as well as pots that cost four times as much.

Splurge: the KitchenAid Artisan 5-quart stand mixer, the most versatile mixer Reviewed tested for its Canadian guide.

Under the tree, or for the rink: a Stanley or Thermos steel bottle. Both still poured warm water after 24 hours in Outdoor Life’s test.

See today’s price on the Lodge Dutch oven

See today’s price on the KitchenAid Artisan

Gerzsi in Canada: My cousin Maple lives on a lake in Ontario. Up there the day after Christmas has its own name. Boxing Day. Everyone sleeps in, eats leftovers, then shops. I asked Maple what she wanted. She said a pot that can keep stew warm through a whole hockey game. I said that’s a thermos. She said fine, both. So here we are, one stew, one thermos, and a cousin who now owes me a rematch on the ice.

Gerzsi and Maple are made up. The gear and the test results are real.

When the Boxing Day sale starts

Boxing Day is December 26, but Amazon.ca no longer waits for it. In recent years its Boxing Day sale opened the week before Christmas and ran through the 26th, and in 2025 it lasted until December 31. So the plan is simple: pick what you want now, check the price when the sale opens, and buy if it drops. Nothing here is a deal today. These are the items worth watching.

Quick picks

Air fryer, best value: COSORI 5.8-quart

Stand mixer: KitchenAid Artisan 5-quart

Dutch oven, best value: Lodge 6-quart enameled

Thermos: Stanley Classic 1.1-quart

Air fryers

Air fryer	Best for	What the testers found
COSORI 5.8-quart · See today’s price	Most kitchens	Reviewed’s Best Value. Two pounds of frozen fries came out browned and crispy. Dishwasher-safe basket.
Cuisinart TOA-60 AirFryer Toaster Oven · See today’s price	Small kitchens that want one appliance	Reviewed’s Best Multipurpose. Browned as well as basket fryers and toasted evenly. Parts are hand-wash only.

Source: Reviewed Canada, The Best Air Fryers available in Canada. Tap the link for today’s price in your store.

COSORI: Reviewed tested the Max XL 5.8-quart and found it nearly matched their top pick at about a third of the price. One complaint: the inner basket is fiddly to release. Amazon now sells the newer Pro Gen 2 in the same 5.8-quart size, which is what the button opens. Cuisinart TOA-60: pick it if you want to replace a toaster oven too. It fits two pounds of fries or six slices of bread, and Cuisinart says a four-pound chicken. It has dials, not a digital panel.

Stand mixers

Stand mixer	Bowl	What the testers found
KitchenAid Artisan 5-quart (KSM150PS) · See today’s price	5 qt (4.7 L)	Reviewed’s Most Versatile. Passed every test: meringue, cookie dough, a double batch of bread dough. The speed lever is stiff.
Hamilton Beach 7-speed, 4-quart · See today’s price	4 qt	Reviewed’s Excellent Mixing pick for its price. Compact enough for a cupboard. The head bobbed with a full load of bread dough.

Source: Reviewed Canada, 8 great stand mixers to consider for your kitchen. Tap the link for today’s price in your store.

Chef Tamás’s rule for mixers: buy for the heaviest thing you make. If you bake bread most weekends, the KitchenAid’s motor and bowl are worth the money, and it takes the pasta and grinder attachments later. If it’s cookies and the odd birthday cake, the Hamilton Beach does the job and lives in a cupboard.

Dutch ovens

Dutch oven	Size	What the testers found
Lodge Essential Enamel 6-quart · See today’s price	6 qt	Reviewed’s Best Value. At or near the top in almost every cooking test. Narrow base, no self-basting dots on the lid.
Le Creuset Signature 5.5-quart · See today’s price	5.5 qt	Reviewed’s Best Upgrade. Aced every test, big handles, lifetime warranty. The most expensive pot they tested.

Source: Reviewed, The Best Dutch Ovens (updated August 15, 2024). Tap the link for today’s price in your store.

This is the one Chef Tamás would buy first. Braises, soups, bread, a goulash that sits on low heat for two hours: one heavy pot does all of it. The Lodge’s narrow base means short ribs crowd a bit, so brown meat in two batches. That’s the right way anyway. Crowded meat steams instead of browning.

Thermoses for the rink and the trail

Thermos	Size tested	Hot water test (filled at 150°F)
Stanley Classic Legendary · See today’s price	1.1 qt	121°F after 12 hours, 104°F after 24. Outdoor Life’s Best Overall: leak-proof stopper, lid doubles as a cup.
Thermos Stainless King · See today’s price	40 oz	123°F after 12 hours, 106°F after 24, the warmest in the test. Outdoor Life’s Best Affordable. Plastic handle and stopper.

Source: Outdoor Life, The Best Thermoses, by Alex Robinson (updated February 5, 2024). Tap the link for today’s price in your store.

Bigger bottles hold heat longer, so the two aren’t a perfect match: the Thermos tested at 40 ounces, the Stanley at 1.1 quarts. The Thermos ran a little warmer and costs less. The Stanley has the better stopper and cup. For a game on an outdoor rink, either one keeps cocoa hot until the third period.

Boxing Day FAQ

Do the links work for Canadians?

Yes. Readers in Canada are sent to the same item on Amazon.ca, in Canadian dollars. If an exact model isn’t listed there, Amazon shows the nearest match, so check the model name before you buy.

Black Friday or Boxing Day?

Kitchen appliances often drop on both. If you need it for holiday cooking, buy on Black Friday. If it’s for the new year, Boxing Day gives you a second chance after the gift rush.

Why aren’t the prices on this page?

They change daily during the sale, and they differ between Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. The buttons always show today’s price in your own store.

The bottom line

Start with the Lodge Dutch oven. Add the COSORI if you want crispy food without a pot of oil, and the KitchenAid if you bake bread. Put a Stanley or a Thermos in someone’s stocking. Then watch the prices from the week before Christmas.

Tested by the pros. Approved by two beavers. Warm until the third period.

Sources

Some of these tests are a few years old; the models listed are still sold today. The COSORI tested by Reviewed was the earlier Max XL; the button opens its current 5.8-quart successor.