What do I need for dorm kitchen?

Buy a hotplate if its allowed and a small pot. Or be like everyone else and buy a microwave so you can eat hot pockets all year.

>>18722191
Wait and see. You may get there and their culture may be such that no one cooks in the dorms and there you are looking stupid with a hot plate and pot next to your bed...

>>18722191
Depends. I owned a house with a full kitchen that I never used because I ate out all the time. Now I've downsized and just have a kitchenette with just a convection microwave oven, induction hot plate, and a full fridge. Ever since I got my new gf we cook all the time in the kitchenette.

So like I said it depends. If you eat out all the time and just live off takeout and fast food, just get a regular microwave so you can warm up left overs and the occasional hot pocket/frozen pizza.

If you're really into cooking or serious about giving it a try I would recommend getting a electric hot plate(not induction, fuck that shit, worse then the cast iron meme) a large and small pot, a skillet pan and like a 12 piece plastic cookware set and since you have a full oven maybe like a Pyrex casserole dish.