What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
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Ive got an old cuisinart from the 90s that is pretty much exactly a 1/2 scale model of a robocoupe with a 2 cup bain. Love that and my stick blender.
Fave commercial appliances? The heated robocoupe, (that could be a chilled in the freezer or maintain a hot temp electronically) that could whip and aerate sauces at temp, like holandaises and chocolate sauces, even make singlenservings of sorbet ala minute.
Tha and a bakers oven i had when I was working on the size of a mountain. It had humidity and pressure controls, allowing me to simulate baking at anywhere between -2 mile below to 5 miles above sea level. Raising the altitude all the way up and running high humidity for like 20 mins made a perfect creme brule.
Setting it to 4 miles high meant a water boiling point of ~160°f, so mixed with a high humidity, I could 'boil the water out, without drying it out and barely cooking the egg.
Awesome, these are some serious gadgets, love the concept of that bakers oven.
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
Highly underrated, but a good thermometer can help a lot with cooking meats. Getting the right temp is much more accurate than cooking by sight or feel, and having one that reads in under a second is super convenient.Typhur makes some quality ones that I like to use
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
Ninja Foodi combination pressure cooker and convection oven. It also incubates yogurt. Fucking love that thing
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
Kenwood Kitchenaid-type thing. Pretty heavy duty, because it’s mostly used for bread dough.
I learned to make breads without it and still occasionally do (well… Mostly when I’m somewhere else, I guess), and there is nothing wrong with kneading by hand.
It’s just so much more convenient and so much less cleanup to let the machine do it. Especially the cleanup part is huge.
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
Big cast iron pan & small cast iron pan. They get the most use.
Actual gadgets - 3-stage knife sharpener.
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Not a gadget exactly, but I love my chef knife! It’s a Kan core chef knife. I have had it for several years now and enjoy using it every time. It is very sharp and is easy to keep sharp. It was not cheap, but not terribly expensive when compared to other professional quality knives. I use it almost every day and it has never disappointed me.
For actual devices in the kitchen, I would say my Kitchenaid stand mixer is my favorite.
I’ve got a couple of really good chef’s knives, but I’ve been a terrible failure at keeping them sharp over the decade. I was trying to finely dice an onion yesterday and felt like I was back in a student flat with a blunt handmedown. I think they’ve gone past the stage of just using a regular sharpener, but I don’t know where I can get them re-edged.
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
Immersion blender is great functionality for a small size / cost. But for a more gadgety choice, I’d go for my sous-vide / immersion heater. Got gifted it a few years back, but didn’t get round to using it for ages, partly cause I suspected that it was too much of a hassle and wouldn’t make a huge difference to quality.
In reality, it’s really not a lot of trouble, especially if you vacuum pack meat and stuff for storage anyway. And I’ve made all sorts of different meats and marinade and they’ve been reliably great. For something like a pork chop, that can risk be a little dry, but you don’t want undercooked, being able to precisely control the temperature has given me the best, most tender and flavourful pork chop/monkfish/venison I’ve ever eaten.
Similarly, stuff for the bbq, deepfried chicken or even chunky côte du bœuf, where I really want a crispy sear but still need the middle to hit the right temp have all been made so much easier. Really surprised how much use I’ve got out it!
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
My favorite in terms of just being neat and cheap is my “safety” can opener. https://www.amazon.com/Safe-Cut-Can-Opener-Restaurant/dp/B0761PZC5F
It’s not about it being “safer” to me. It’s just plain better. It completely unseals the tops of cans without puncturing them, meaning the lid comes completely off at the rim. Never failed me. Opening something like some cat foods or refried beans is much better because it leaves no lip for the contents to catch on. I use it for pull tab cans too!
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Bread guillotine gets the most use by far, but the toaster oven and bread machine would be next. Instant pot after that.
I just can’t get with bread machines. The loaves are shaped weird and too wide. And honestly just using a pan hasn’t been bad for me. Though I do have a beefy stand mixer that does the kneading for me.
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
My Benriner mandoline slice. Given how much I use it, and sometimes isn’t careful enough, it’s a surprise I still have all of my fingertips
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
I got this knife sharpener recently. Cost €8 / about $9 USD. Absolutely incredible find. Every knife I own is now razor sharp which I love.
If you’re buying it yourself watch the video that they link in the instructions and have patience on first sharpen from dull.
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I’ve got a couple of really good chef’s knives, but I’ve been a terrible failure at keeping them sharp over the decade. I was trying to finely dice an onion yesterday and felt like I was back in a student flat with a blunt handmedown. I think they’ve gone past the stage of just using a regular sharpener, but I don’t know where I can get them re-edged.
I just posted a link to this sharpener which I love in another comment.
Some of the dull but high quality knives I had took a bit to get sharp first time (under ten minutes though).
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
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My Benriner mandoline slice. Given how much I use it, and sometimes isn’t careful enough, it’s a surprise I still have all of my fingertips
I don’t own a mandoline for this reason. The finger tips are he arguably the worst cut to have.
Finger webbing is the worst IMO
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Highly underrated, but a good thermometer can help a lot with cooking meats. Getting the right temp is much more accurate than cooking by sight or feel, and having one that reads in under a second is super convenient.Typhur makes some quality ones that I like to use
My mother in-law insists on cooking for a time vs to temp. Dried pork and chicken don’t taste great
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Immersion blender is great functionality for a small size / cost. But for a more gadgety choice, I’d go for my sous-vide / immersion heater. Got gifted it a few years back, but didn’t get round to using it for ages, partly cause I suspected that it was too much of a hassle and wouldn’t make a huge difference to quality.
In reality, it’s really not a lot of trouble, especially if you vacuum pack meat and stuff for storage anyway. And I’ve made all sorts of different meats and marinade and they’ve been reliably great. For something like a pork chop, that can risk be a little dry, but you don’t want undercooked, being able to precisely control the temperature has given me the best, most tender and flavourful pork chop/monkfish/venison I’ve ever eaten.
Similarly, stuff for the bbq, deepfried chicken or even chunky côte du bœuf, where I really want a crispy sear but still need the middle to hit the right temp have all been made so much easier. Really surprised how much use I’ve got out it!
I have a sous vide. Its a great kitchen gadget to have. Favorite use is vacuum sealing sausages like brats, and steaks. Cooking the protein perfectly and then finishing it when needed is reduces food waste and perfectly cooks it.
Bonus, sanitizing eggs so the kiddos can eat the batter or drink the egg nog
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Ninja Foodi combination pressure cooker and convection oven. It also incubates yogurt. Fucking love that thing
Wait, they have a combo device doing both convection and pressure cooker? What black magic is this??
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My favorite is an immersion blender. I have a cord free model. I like to use it making sauces and eggs.
Sauces to hide veggies from my toddler who doesn’t realize the veggies are there for fortification and health.
Eggs I like to blend/whip air into the scramble. Cheese is an easy add too. They are super fluffy and delicious.
As far as cleaning it, I wipe any missed chunks off, put warm water plus soap in a cup, and blend til stiff peaks, JK.
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
My vacuum sealer, for sure. It’s not only great for prepping to sous vide, it gives me extra room in my tiny freezer if I seal stuff instead of putting it in a container or even a plastic bag. And bonus, I haven’t had a single case of freezer burned meat since I started using it.
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Wait, they have a combo device doing both convection and pressure cooker? What black magic is this??
not at the same time (that would fucking rule though)! basically it has 2 lids, a pressure cooking one, and one with a heating element and fan in the top for convection. between those two lids it also has fermentation incubation, broiling, dehydrating, slow cooking, steaming, air frying (convection baking but it runs the fan fastest), and sear/sautéing (no lid) functions
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I just can’t get with bread machines. The loaves are shaped weird and too wide. And honestly just using a pan hasn’t been bad for me. Though I do have a beefy stand mixer that does the kneading for me.
I found a really nice horizontal loaf style machine at my local thrift store and the loaves come out just like regular store bought loaves. We also use it to knead and proof dough if we’re doing something that needs a different shape. It’s been a game changer for sure.
