Useless Kitchen Gadgets (Big or Small)

Electrical cake pop maker, raw on the inside burnt on the outside.

I own a lot of things that are useless.
So much so that they are all unopened on a high shelf in a hall cupboard. Even if i wanted to I couldn't get something down from up there.

Food processor.
Blender
Nutri bullet
Pie maker
Sandwich maker
George Foreman Grill.
Whole fruit juicer
Bread maker
Two mandolins
A metal mincer
Smoothie maker.
Steel corkscrew in the shape of a penguin.

To my shame every one of them was my own purchase. None a gift.
To make it worse the bread maker, food processor, whole fruit juicer, George Foremen grill and sandwich toaster are duplicates of past gadgets that I deemed unecessary and got rid of.
I bought them again because I sort of "missed" them.

Kitchen items as gifts? Is that a present people welcome?

I don't want a gift that is for the house and will be used by every and anyone else in the kitchen.
I'd not give a kitchen gift because:

A. I'm implying that the person cannot afford to stock their own kitchen.

B. They aren't a person who is worth a present specifically for them alone. They are deemed "kitchen staff".

C. Kitchen equipment is a very personal choice and I've assumed I know what the person needs. (Hence people have lots of still boxed unwanted gifts).

If someone close to me hinted for a kitchen item for Christmas/Birthday I would do my best to buy it for them as an extra surprise and get a gift personal to them as their actual present.

A melon ball thingy, we dont eat melon!
Tea strainer, not used one for years, oh and a redundant carrier bag holder, since a charge was put on carrier bags I don't buy them, and what is a whistle doing in my kitchen drawer?

gmelon I'm finding it hard to understand why you bought all those things and have never even opened them. Or am I misunderstanding you somehow?

I recently had a bit of a clear out. I use most of the gadgets that take up space, and have a few in the cellar (raclette grill, hot stone grill) that come out on special occasions. Unfortunately, the slow cooker is in the cellar because it takes up so much room. I would use it more often if it was in the kitchen.

We have two or three coffee gadgets - French presses and the like - which only get used when the AC are here because we don't drink coffe ourselves (the coffee itself is kept in the freezer in between times)

I use my lemon zester but the modern mincer with a suction pad was a waste of money as it doesn't stick to the work top

Bathsheba
I'm a bit puzzled myself. It's a long list, I didn't realise how many I had.

My cooking days became over many years ago due to multiple sclerosis.

I think I live in a parallel world where I'm going to get back to normal and use them "one day".

Although from the posts on here I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't anyway!

Top of my list would be yogurt maker, long since consigned to Room 101, sandwich maker didn't get a lot of use although we often use the toasted sandwich basket thingy that we bought as an accessory for our Dualit toaster. I occasionally use the George Foreman Grill, but it was in constant use by own of our sons when he lived at home. I do use food mixer and blender maybe a couple of times a month. Someone upthread said they never use their milk frother, we use that daily along with our coffee pod machine. Also wouldn't be without simple hand balloon whisk, costing a few pounds has always been one of my most invaluable kitchen implements, excellent for ensuring roux based sauces are smooth, I'm eternally grateful to a domestic science teacher for introducing it to our class

gmelon actually, now you've reminded me about your MS. I totally get why you bought them ?

Terribull oh yes, the balloon whisk, what a wonderful invention! I have a plastic one too, which I used to use in my non-stick wok.

Thanks Bathsheba.
The things we (me) do, mad isn't it?

What on earth is a spiralizer?

My useless implement is a brand new, and not el cheapo, pastry brush which shed its bristles all over the dratted pastry first time out.
I do have a silicone brush but it's a bit too chunk for delicate work.

I darent set foot in our local Lakeland store - other stores are available - because it's full of things which over the years I've been convinced I can't live without. Once purchased I can see how I did live without them

BradfordLass, check this link (other kitchen equipment vendors are available):
tinyurl.com/yblqf798

Definitely something I realised I can live happily without!

I got rid of most gadgets and use the basics ,my knives and graters work just fine and I quite enjoy finely chopping veg and making straw chips by hand.One of those jobs you dont have to think about so you get a chance to think about other stuff ...I did get rid of my dishwasher to make space for a winefridge .I'm happy to do dishes by hand too for the same reason.

Thank you Scribble seems like a 21st century update on the old Spong my Mum used to attached to the edge of the kitchen table