Kitchen gadgets love/hate them

We have a blue rubber thingy for removing lids. It’s perfect, except when it doesn’t work. What’s the one you saw advertised on Facebook ViceVersa?

I agree viceversa. We have one too.

keepingquiet

Removing lids is easy with a wet cloth or failing that run the rim inder a hot tap for a few minutes... no need for a gadget.

Also I always have a separate pan for boiling eggs, but these days I just break them into a frying pan and scramble them around- much quicker and less messy, but you don't get to dip the yolk!

Those tips don't always work, believe me - we've had jars that we've tried everything with and still won't open. If my OH can't get the lid off, you best believe it's well and truly stuck!

Removing lids is easy with a wet cloth or failing that run the rim inder a hot tap for a few minutes... no need for a gadget.

Also I always have a separate pan for boiling eggs, but these days I just break them into a frying pan and scramble them around- much quicker and less messy, but you don't get to dip the yolk!

Ooh, I forgot the jar lid removing thingy I bought on a whim after seeing it advertised on Facebook, but which has actually come in really handy on a number of occasions, especially when even my OH couldn't get the lid of particularly stubborn jars.

Gadgets I got rid of when we had the kitchen redone; a lollipop cake maker-unused since the DGC stopped wanting to bake when they come round.
A microwave “burger grill” thing that was too much faff.
Electric knife, and bread stick maker both went.
My DD has been borrowing our slow cooker for so long, and I don’t miss it.
I kept my food mixer-old but still working, and my soup maker. Soup is one of the few things I batch cook and freeze.
I love my air fryer- more sensible to call it an air-oven since I don’t fry things in it. I wonder why they called them fryers? We upgraded to a Ninja double stack because it takes up less room.
Toaster, kettle and microwave all have their place.
My spiralizer, donated unused by my sister-in-law is still cluttering up the shelves in the charity shop where I took it.

You see a lot of spiralisers in charity shops.

I am completely cack-handed, so generally avoid having as few devices gadgets between my hands and what I want to do as possible.

However I have had a Kenwood mixer for the last 50 years and over the years added, microwave, slow cooker and air oven, plus, of course, toaster and electric kettle. I am still not convinced about the toaster, and for years had a hob kettle.

I usually start with a second hand or very cheap version of an appliance and upgrade. Items not upgraded include a soup maker - far too fiddly -. Thankfully it ceased to function after 6 weeks, so I returned it and got my money back, juicer, uncleanable second hand and lasted 3 weeks before I donated it to a charity shop, icecream maker, again too fiddly.

Forgot to mention that I do have a slow cooker.

Used a lot, wouldn’t be without it.

kittylester

*My favourite non electrical gadget is my microplane

Even after you wash it, Allira?

Well, no, but I don't use it for anything else.

Years ago I remember the advice was not to use an egg pan for cooking anything else.

*My favourite non electrical gadget is my microplane

Even after you wash it, Allira?

kittylester

I had to throw away my 53 year old egg pan as it didn't work on my induction hob so now I don't have a dedicated one. It bugs me but why do we need a designated pan?

My favourite none electric gadget is my microphone.

It seems to leave lime scale around the pan for some reason.

I had to throw away my 53 year old egg pan as it didn't work on my induction hob so now I don't have a dedicated one. It bugs me but why do we need a designated pan?

My favourite none electric gadget is my microphone.

Sago

I have a recently purchased Thermomix and I am thrilled, it was worth every penny.

Other than that I love good pans, knives and Scoville ovenware, it was recommended on here, whoever the poster was a big thank you from me.

I bought two small Scoville pans recently but was horrified to find DH had boiled eggs in one! Noooooo!! We have an old pan for boiling eggs!

I've always hankered after an icecream maker.

I’ve been “seduced” by the false promises of few gadgets over the years. Notably, when I was cooking daily for 7 of us, a potato peeling attachment for a Kenwood Chef… never did get it to work properly. As for spiralizers. the only thing I ever successfully managed to spiralize was my own fingers! 🤦‍♀️

We have a microwave, don't use it very often, slow cooker, use it a lot. Kenwood chef, Magimix and pressure cooker, these all get used regularly. I had a soupmaker, wasn't impressed, the pressure cooker does soup! At one point, we had an espresso machine, it's in the cupboard, cafetiere and milk frother are better. Also have a breadmker, used two or three times a week

The mention of the Ideal Home Show made me laugh. Many, many years ago my mother bought a waffle iron there. It was just a metal square full of holes, with a wire handle. You made up the batter, dipped the iron in it, and fried it in hot oil. We had wonderful waffles for breakfast, served with golden syrup I think. Then it was put in a cupboard and never touched again.

Hmm, I think of gadgets as smaller items, not electric.

I have to say my little citrus zester is a great little item, much better than using a grater. I also love the egg slicer, which I missed when I visited my daughter's house.

I also love the apple peeler; the grandkids love a peeled and sliced apple with a bit of cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top.

As for small electric appliances, I use my Ninja 2 drawer air fryer almost daily now. For the two of us it is just perfect. I have limited cupboard space, so don't jump into new items without justification. When my stand blender bit the biscuit, I replaced it with a hand held immersion blender, and I love it.

My husband loves gadgets. We have an amazing bean to cup coffee machine but when he's not here I just use instant coffee. That machine is such a faff, he's forever having to clean it
We have a ninja and an air fryer, which i love, rarely use the oven now.
Also a combination microwave, which I should make more use of

Boiling water tap, great invention

Soup maker, used lots in the cooler months and freezer always has many yummy soups to keep us going .

I like my omelette maker but don't use it often

Gadgets gathering dust: very expensive food processor (think i made a victoria sponge 3 years ago), soda stream, electric knife, egg boiler, herb chopper (easier to use a knife), nutri bullet. There's probably more I've forgotten about lol

No gadgets here either. I don’t have the space or enough plug sockets. Family and friends all try to persuade me I need an air fryer, microwave, coffee machine etc but I mange just fine with my cooker and pans.
The only thing I do have is a kenwood mixer it’s 48 year old bought as a wedding present and still works perfectly.

I don't have a microwave, air-fryer or any small gadgets apart from a hand blender- I'm presuming you mean gadgets you plug in?

I do have and use regularly; two slow cookers, one small, one large, a rice-maker and one small George Foreman grill.

I am considering a bread-maker though... sick of cheap rubbish bread full of additives or fancy bread that's over-priced.

I have a small kitchen with not much storage... a good way of making sure I don't waste money on gadgets I'll never use!

I have had 3 bread machines over my long cooking life - 3 of my children were grateful recipients of those.

Also had 2 air fryers - 1 child and my hairdresser were very grateful for those.

I love our hot tap and my stand mixer but I am, now, not keen on gadgets.

I have a small air frier which I use much more than I initially thought. My latest gadget is a rice cooker, which is done in the microwave. Means I don’t have to stand over the rice to make sure it does not stick. Again, have used it several times since purchase. But my favourite is still my green aga, the small one, with two small ovens. Had it for ages now and decorated the kitchen around the colour!

Not really a huge fan of 'gadgets', but I do love my Ninja. I have the Foodi 9-in-1 and use it all the time - I especially love the pressure cook function, which means I can make soups, stews, risottos and so on in a fraction of the time they would take to cook conventionally.

I have a recently purchased Thermomix and I am thrilled, it was worth every penny.

Other than that I love good pans, knives and Scoville ovenware, it was recommended on here, whoever the poster was a big thank you from me.