You may already have a bottle stopper and you surely already have a bottle opener, but chances are neither of them look quite this awesome. Bottlejak is sleek, raygun-esque combo tool with a CNC machined solid aluminum body for opening bottles and a CNC-machined solid stainless steel plug for closing them. It’s not messing around.
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If you’re discrete enough, this iPad cutting board will convince your friends and dinner guests that you’re absolutely flush with cash. Because instead of slicing cheeses, vegetables, and fruits on a traditional cutting board, you can afford to use an iPad for the task.
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In a time when everything from coffee makers to refrigerators can boil water for your coffee or tea, a dedicated electric kettle almost seems like a waste of counter space. So how does a company like Panasonic convince you a kettle is still worth keeping around? Especially a kettle that costs $180? With convenient induction technology and an ultra-modern, angular, space-saving design that also happens to serve as perfect eye candy for your kitchen.
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When was the last time you had to salt your perishables, got dishpan hands, or beat your laundry against a washboard? Chances are, not recently. Your home appliances do so much for you, shouldn’t you return the love? Here’s how to keep your domestic machine in peak condition without putting on a tool belt.
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We buy safes to keep our valuables out of other people’s hands. But what if we want to keep something out of our hands? Unless you’re really strong, a safe would be overkill. David Krippendorf and Ryan Tseng have an alternative – the Kitchen Safe, a container with a lid that can be set to unlock only after a certain amount of time.
To set a time, just rotate the dial on the lid until you see your desired duration on the display below the dial. When you press the dial, the lid will lock and the display will begin counting down. You can lock the lid for up to 10 days if you want. If you can last that long without that thing that you love so much, you probably don’t need to buy a timed safe to keep you away from it. On the other hand, it can help you reduce your daily snacking habits.
Pledge at least $29 (USD) on Kickstarter to get a Kitchen Safe as a reward.
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What do you do if you want to drink a single glass of wine but not throw away the other 4/5 of the bottle? You turn to a wine preservation system.
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Having a good coffee grinder is essential to making a good cup of java. The great thing is that you can get lots of different beans and brew some great coffee to get you going each day. This coffee grinder is something else. It looks like a rocket ship, ready to lift off into space.
The hand-cranked HG one Grinder is supposed to be so sculpturally interesting that you’ll forget the amount of elbow grease you’ll have to put in to get your beans ground. The grinder uses conical burrs, constructed precisely so that you’ll get the best result in each of your grinds.
The HG one sounds pretty amazing for coffee connoisseurs, but you’ll have to fork over $900(USD) to get yours – and that’s a whole lot of beans.
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Equip your countertop with the very best gear, and learn the proper technique for java nirvana.
Around these parts, we all love bacon. That goes without saying. We can’t get enough of it. We also can’t get enough bacon related merchandise. Or things to help us cook it better. The bacon press is a must have if you want to keep your bacon straight rather than curly.
This bacon press will keep your bacon down, like the man keeps you down, so that it fries up straight and delicious. It has a handle and is in the shape of a pig. There’s no better way to force your bacon straight.
Any press would work, but you need the pig. The right tool for the right job people. You can get it from Amazon or for about $12(USD).
I don’t mind cooking so much when I have time, it’s rather enjoyable but I definitely need to follow a recipe. I can’t just walk into the kitchen and throw things in the pan and make it taste good, I have to have specific instructions. Of course you can access recipes and cooking books and videos if you’re brave enough to carry your tablet in the kitchen around heat, sharp objects, and liquids. Or you could get a tablet designed specifically for the kitchen.
Archos has unveiled a new Android 4.1 tablet called the ChefPad and it’s designed around the features you need in a digital cookbook. The tablet comes with a silicone case to help protect it from spills and splashes. However, the tablet itself isn’t ruggedized so you still need to be careful not to drop it. The tablet also has a stand that allows you to prop it up for easy viewing and has a Chef Apps Selection that shows you the apps on the Google Play store specifically having to do with cooking.
Hardware features include a 9.7″, 1024×768 display, a 1.6 GHz dual core A9 CPU, a quad-core Mali 400 GPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 8 GB of integrated storage. The tablet does have a memory card slot for storage expansion and has a two-megapixel camera on the front and back. The cameras will be perfect for sharing pictures of what you’re cooking on Instagram, of course.
The Archos ChefPad will be available this June for $209.99(USD).
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