Tell me the kitchen gadget you can't live without

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Toaster oven #1
    Also Foreman tabletop grill & spiralizer
  • chris89topher
    chris89topher Posts: 389 Member
    1. Food scale
    2. Air fryer
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    Swing A Way was purchased by some junk manufacturer and despite an explosion of new models, none of them work right. Cheap, but junk. The patent has apparently run out and a US company is making them as the original can opener was made. Twice as expensive, but it actually works.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075X45LCC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I finally sprung for an electric Cuisinart can opener after breaking my collarbone. (I love that thing.. Should've bought one sooner.)
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    I'd have to go with the food scale and electric pressure cooker (I batch cook a lot of soups, stews, hard boiled eggs).
  • astidog99
    astidog99 Posts: 20 Member
    My favorite gadget is my pastry blender- I hate rubbing in. Great for making low(er) calorie crumbles.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    edited January 2020
    If you don't mind eating the same thing a bunch of times, the electric pressure cooker makes it quick to make bulk batches of soups and stews, which you can tailor to be pretty filling for the calories (and can also tailor the protein /serving pretty well). It makes quick work of cooking dried beans without any extra steps (add right in with the rest of the soup, chili ingredients). I've also done boiled, mashed potatoes or tougher cuts of meat in it. And pulled chicken, pork. (all in bulk and then stored in large bowls in the fridge, of course, because time).
  • fourtotwentychars
    fourtotwentychars Posts: 36 Member
    edited January 2020
    • Fridge
    • food scales
    • kettle
    • I've set up my indoor bicycle trainer in the kitchen too

    Also home beer brewing kit, but that is part of what got me into this mess in the first place. Coffee machine, dishwasher. Everything else I can do without.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Induction cooktop and my HexClad pans.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Food Scale
    Food thermometer
    Quality chef's knife
    Honing stones to keep said knife in top shape
  • geraldaltman
    geraldaltman Posts: 1,739 Member
    Not having quite the grip strength as I did a younger man, this simple device has kept me sane in the kitchen 😊rgafqsdd2zc5.jpg
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Appliance that I can't live w/o?

    Just my frig/freezer.

    Appliances that I use most and makes cooking easier:

    Stove/oven
    Microwave
    Vacuum sealer
    Rice cooker
    Immersion blender
    Coffee/spice grinder

    Appliances that I only use occasionally but make the job easier:

    Cuisinart
    Popcorn air popper
    Electric grill

    Appliances that I have but never use:

    Pressure cooker
    Slow cooker
    Toaster oven
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Instant Pot for sure.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    I love my Bosch mixer/blender combo! By far the most used tool. Number two would be my instant pot, and number three my espresso machine. But of course number three is not necessarily loved or useful to everyone.
  • jan18037
    jan18037 Posts: 5 Member
    My convection oven works great. Food comes out crispy without the oil
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,959 Member
    Air fryer.

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