Electrical Kitchen Gadgets that you use or dont use.
 

Just thought I'd start a thread on something left of center. Electrical Kitchen Gadgets that you buy and either end up being used a lot or just shelved. Not including the obvious ones like Toasters or Microwaves.

Our most useful one sofar has been a Rice Cooker, we use that at least 2-3 times a week. Followed by our Turbo Oven and Sandwich maker press. Every other gadget has been shelved. I wish we would use our Bread Maker, we've used that it is good, but seems to stay in the cupboard for some reason, Time is the problem there I think. Another one we use regularly is the hand blender. I'm getting worried about our recent purchase of our Big Juicer now... only got used the first week dammit.

On the bad side are things like fairy floss makers, popcorn makers, coffee grinders, waffle makers.

So which gadget are you glad you bought and which was the one which is totally a waste of space.

Top marks in our opinion to the Rice Cooker and Turbo Oven, most useless would have been the Coffee Grinder.

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Espresso maker.

Bread maker.

We do use the popcorn maker.

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Dish washer, microwave, oven, kettle, toaster, coffee maker..................I use the fridge though, to keep beer cold

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The iron gets used alot in our house.The strange thing is that it seems that I am the only one that knows how to use it.

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ha! That sounds like our house irish!

When on special, I bought a pancake maker and a pie maker. No idea why at the time and my husband rolled his eyes (probably cos he thought they'd be in the same place as the breadmaker etc which is the back of the cupboard) but they are actually used most weeks. We tend to have pancakes at the weekend and I use the pie machine with leftover bolognaise or stew.

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I had a moment of weakness one day when my catchoftheday email arrived and bought this George Foreman electric salad maker chopper upper. It arrived in a stupidly large box where it has remained ever since - with winter looming I think it'll be staying there too! :D

Another vote for using a popcorn maker though.

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slowcooker - use it all the time

brilliant!

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Not used..

pie magic, donut wizard, bread maker, fairy floss machine, popcorn maker, magic bullet and IRON

most used

slow cooker, toasted sandwhich maker, boiling water machine that you just press the button ontop and it dispenses instant boiling water... I'm too impatient to wait for the rapid boil kettle to boil

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Blender - Couldn't live without it!

Juicers? Pain in the arse to clean. Will never use one again!

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forgot to mention the electric ice shaver... never used that neither... nor the "chocolate factory chocolate melter"

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Rice cooker and steamer, I use both gadgets all the time.

Worst buy? Probably the pop corn maker for my daughter... its a retro 50s one but she doesnt ever really use it... and if we want pop corn then we go to Emundi market loads and they sell it there and its really nice.

Em x

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Most used

Rice cooker
Espresso machine
Egg Cooker

Least used steam leaner with attachments (takes too long to put together then too long to steam up).

Ice cream maker

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OMG I SOOOOOOOO want an icecream maker with built in freezer unit.... not one with a bowl you stick in the freezer, i'm too spontaneous for one of those

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I use the coffee maker (drip), toaster, kitchenaid mixer, rice cooker and slow cooker all the time. Bread machine, sandwich press, blender occasionally. Espresso machine very rarely.

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we bought a new toaster with a crumpet setting- its the nuts! use my juicer and Panini a fair bit too but the best thingy I have is my double boiler saucepan- I couldnt do without it

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Toaster oven, which has just stopped working, I'll buy a new one immediately, can't live without it as I can't be bothered heating up an entire main oven to cook a few sausages.

Bread Maker and Rice Cooker are both constantly used as well.

JTL

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I have these strange things now called an iron and an ironing board. Glad they are only with me in storage as I have no idea how they work :lol:

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The Popcorn Maker gets lots of use, as does the sandwich maker ( anold style sealing the edges one). The Slow Cooker get used quite alot in the cooler months, but the hand held mixer and blender rarely see the light of day :o

Best recent purchase: A cappochino coffee machine :thumbup:......but over use leads to :eek::eek:

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Quick hint: You don't use them in the kitchen.

Or it could be a novel way of cooking bacon

JTL

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My sister does but her kitchen is bigger than mine. However, I don't intend to use them ANYWHERE! Why change the habits of a lifetime....!

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Bread Maker and Slow cooker are used regularly, home made Naan bread is delicious.

Tucked away is the rotisserie and juicer. Think a popcorn maker would be worth its weight, we buy a lot of microwave popcorn.

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Breadmaker, hand mixer, hand blender, George Forman - all brilliant :D

Liquidiser/blender thing - rubbish :thumbdown:

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What ironing bacon!:eek: How does it taste? And don't all the family clothes smell a bit ... well ... porky?

JTL

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Couldn't live without our breadmaker & is used almost daily! Steamer gets used most days. George foreman is used once every couple of weeks & the hand held electric mixer gets used about once a month but couldn't manage without either.

Sat in the back of the cupboard is a juicer. Really good but a performance to clean. Popcorn maker (hopeless & use to fire hot unpopped kernels around the kitchen) & frothy maker both got binned as I never used them.

Alison x

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You can cook more than bacon with an iron...

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So thats how Chris Moyles cooks his food.:p

JTL

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That Youtube clip with the iron is quite amusing.

I'm going to check out these Egg cookers. :)

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Haven't used our George Forman or Sandwich Toaster in over a year.

Hand held blender and liquidiser blender thing gets used all the time to mix meals up for our toddler but if we didn't have him they would never get used either!

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George Foreman and blender used a lot. Don't have any others. Wouldn't mind a bread machine but we'd all be the size of several houses because of the amount we'd eat so I won't get one. Honestly do not see the point of a rice cooker, they don't cook it any quicker than a pan so why bother?

One gadget I'd love is a Zip Hydro tap but they're serious money when we already have a kettle and an ice and water dispenser in the fridge.

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Rice Cookers also keep the rice warm for ages, so you can cook well in advance.

IE: you go shopping not sure how long you will be out, put the rice on b4 you go, come back with something that goes with the rice and voila 5-8 bucks worth of takeaway rice saved.

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But it only takes 15 minutes to cook anyway. :confused:

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It takes me 15 minutes to cook sticky slop....it takes the rice cooker 15 mins to cook perfect fluffy rice every time! I think it uses less water too. :D

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Rice Cooker - number one gadget in our house. It has a 9 hour timer and a tray on top so you can steam vegies at the same time. Brilliant to use in concert with the slow cooker.

Also in high demand are the slow cooker, bread-maker, mini-blender, George Foreman Grill and Kettle.

A recent new contender is the dishwasher. We moved house on the weekend and there was one installed in the new place. God, we hate washing the dishes! It must be all the cooking we do with our appliances.

Trailing at the end of the demand spectrum is the Tassimo Coffee maker that we got for a wedding gift. Does anyone know where we can get the little pods that go in them? On the other hand, if you put the plastic cleaning disc in you do get instant boiling water, so it may just come in handy if the kettle decides to retire.

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Myers in perth

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what a shame i'm in the gold coast :p

seriously, thanks, will try the myers across the road from me.

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Oh can our Le Crueset dishes get a special mention? One cracked and they replaced it free of charge due to the lifetime warranty. Yay!