When it comes to gadgets in the home, it seems that the place where gadgets rule is not the living room or even the kid’s bedrooms, but the kitchen! Yes, there are more gadgets in the kitchen than any other place in the home. Just think what the kitchen would be as if all of the modern equipment was taken away, we would definitely be spending more time at the take out! To show just how important gadgets are in this room I have compiled my Top Five kitchen or food related gadgets, these will not make you a better cook, but they will make life easier.
Getting pasta portions right
It seems that getting the right amount of spaghetti on the plate person is more than just grabbing a handful and hoping for the best, there is in fact a science to it. This tool uses the research to make sure that the cook gets the portions right. The user selects the amount of people and puts the pasta into the tool, which is it for perfect portions.
These are some details for the very useful and handy spaghetti measuring tool;
There’s much to love in this handy little tool from the UK’s critically acclaimed Joseph Joseph. However, when you get right down to it, for us, it is not just the waste not-want not means to measuring out pasta for 1 to 4 servings.
Priced at $8.95
Source [A Plus Store]
The iTouchless paper towel dispenser
This is a handy device that dispenses paper towels one by one and the user hardly has to touch the device either, as this is a fully automatic machine that means it is more hygienic than just having the paper towels free standing so that anyone can get their hands all over it.
These are the details for the iTouchless Towel-Matic Automatic Paper Towel Holder;
With an automatic sensor, perforated paper towels can be dispensed without touching the rest of the roll. Automatic operation prevents unravelling of towels, and since you do not have to touch the rest of the roll, it’s more hygienic. Sensor identifies the perforations on the towels and stops at the exact spot of the perforation for perfect tearing with just one hand.
Priced at $59.99
Source [Bed Bath and Beyond]
Pineapple rings the easy way
Fresh pineapple brings all of the sun of the tropics into the home, but getting to the golden fruit is not always as easy as it may sound. However, this tool makes easy work of any pineapple and turns into the rings in the process. This handy tool cuts through the fruit with ease and once remove the user will find perfect pineapple rings, lovely!
Here are features and details for the easy pineapple cutter;
Fresh-cut pineapple is like a little taste of paradise–and if hacking up the whole spiky shebang weren’t such a royal pain, we’d probably all eat a lot more of it. Vacu Vin’s award-winning slicer takes the work and mess out of this tropical treat, peeling, coring, and slicing an entire pineapple in just 30 seconds. Equipped with a medium blade to fit most sizes of fruit, it works just like a corkscrew. Simply cut off the pineapple’s top and twist the cutter into its interior to create perfectly shaped rings; turn once to create just a single slice, or several times to cut up the whole fruit at once.
Priced at $9.95
Source [Slash Food]
The Nintendo America’s Test Kitchen
If you are a Nintendo DS owner and love America’s Test Kitchen, then this is something that you are going to really love, there are three hundred recipes to choose from, all with full details and step by step guides to make sure that your family get the most exiting foods without breaking the bank.
These are the details for the famous America’s Test Kitchen in a game by Nintendo;
What’s for dinner? Just tap the touch screen to reveal dozens of possibilities, then gather a team of friends or family members to help prepare it. 300 recipes have been tested and perfected by the three dozen test cooks at America’s Test Kitchen, a 2,500-square foot kitchen that is home to Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines as well as the popular America’s Test Kitchen public television show. Now their culinary expertise promises to give everyone the tools and knowhow to prepare spectacular meals – together.
Priced between $5 and $10
Source [Nintendo]
The pop up Hot Dog cooker
The hot dog is one of the things that you either love or hate, but cooking the perfect hot dog has never been easier as this cooker demonstrates. Simply pop the hot dogs and rolls into this toaster style cooker and within minutes you are ready to eat the perfect hot dog, do not for the sauce and sorry there is no place to cook onions.
These are the features and specs for the brilliant indoor hot dog cooker;
Operating much like a pop-up toaster, this unique kitchen appliance lets you easily prepare two hot dogs (complete with heated buns) in minutes. Its 660-watt electronic heating coil has time settings for heating hot dogs and buns to your taste preference. Crumb basket removes for cleaning. Plugs into AC. 8 1/2″ H x 10 1/2″ W x 5 1/4″ D. (6 lbs.)
Priced at $49.95
Source [Hammacher and Schlemmer]
