Dec 10
Did you know your salt and pepper grinders could, and should, be doing more than just dispensing seasonings? Just take a look at this pair of grinders featuring a set of posable wooden artist’s hands on top. The possibilities are endless.
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Dec 10
The micro-roasting movement has brought coffee roasting back into the home. We test six methods — from expensive/fancy to cheap/simple.
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Dec 10
The lowly, hand-cranked, stovetop Whirley Pop popcorn maker can be hacked into a bare-bones coffee roaster. Here’s how.
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Nov 22
It’s hard to keep tabs on the sear on a steak when it’s buried in your oven under the broiler. So Dave Arnold, a man known for his innovations in the field of culinary technology, has created a handheld broiler called the Searzall that lets chefs guarantee an absolutely perfect sear on a piece of meat.
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Nov 20
If you’re getting delivery, your pizza already comes pre-sliced. But if you’re making it at home, when cutting up that pie you’d better make sure everyone gets the same-sized slice lest you start a family feud that could go on for generations. And since nobody wants that, ThinkGeek created this brilliant laser-guided pizza cutter that keeps your slices on target.
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Nov 19
Formerly the realm of the deep-pocketed kitchen nerd, sous vide cooking — where food is sealed in an airtight bag, then heated at a low and steady temperature — has become more accessible with the arrival of some lower-priced cookers.
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Nov 19
Usually if you’re lucky enough to have a fridge in your garage, it means that there’s a shiny new refrigerator in your kitchen, and you couldn’t bring yourself to trashing the old one. But Whirlpool feels every garage, workshop, or industrial space deserves a special place to keep cold beverages. So as part of the company’s Gladiator line, it’s created a Tonka-tough fridge called the Chillerator that looks right at home next to a wall of rolling toolboxes.
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Nov 18
The next time someone scoffs at your suggestion of going to brunch, you can whip out this pair of unbelievably awesome butterfly knife utensils, perform a few flashy tricks, and remind them it’s a meal to be taken as seriously as breakfast and lunch.
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Nov 14
When you’re racing to get dinner on the table, the last thing you need is to get stuck at the stove stirring the gravy. And while few of us can afford our own dedicated sous chef, the $80 Stirio makes for a far more affordable kitchen assistant.
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Nov 14
We’re elbow-deep in the internet of things, and our home appliances, gawd love ’em, are just going to keep getting smarter. In an effort to streamline the cramped kitchens of bachelor/ette pads everywhere, Frog Design, in collaboration with GE, came up with a concept for the most intelligent damn hotplate you’ve ever seen.
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