Kitchen Gadgets
Kitchen gadgets seem to be one of the most abundant kinds of cool gadgets. There are just so many things you can do in the kitchen that a gadget will help you with.
If you want a kitchen gadget set to aid you in your daily kitchen chores, check out our reports on new and unique kitchen contraptions.
Looking to give somebody a kitchen gadget for Christmas, check out our Kitchen Gadgets Gift Guide.
Kitchen Gadgets
Jenn-Air oven has touchscreen LCD display
It isn’t very often that I cover ovens on Coolest Gadgets, but it isn’t every oven that has a 7-inch full-color touchscreen LCD.
This 30 inch Double Wall Oven with V2 Vertical Dual-Fan Convection System by Jenn-Air has an incorporated cooking guide to help those cooking.
This Culinary Center allows the user to select options for adjusting the cooking cycle, and delivers a desired end-result. For example, it has a picture of what medium rare looks like, for the culinary deficient. It can also tell cooks where to stick the a meat thermometer.
When the oven is not cooking, the user can adjust the screens so they are showing something like a floral pattern, or an analog or digital clock.
The touchscreen makes it easy for the iGeneration to cook as the user can adjust temperature by just sliding their finger across the screen. No more of those old school dials or switches. In fact, I can see all ovens of the future adopting Jenn-Air’s model, making switches and buttons a thing of the past.
Conceptual Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Cornucopia from MIT could be the next form of artificial food
You know what you are looking at? Is it a dozen eggs that were laid by chickens of the future? No, but it is the food of the future.
Allow me to elaborate. This is the Cornucopia, a food preparation machine that is developed by Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran, two designers at MIT.
Think of the Cornucopia as an early stage of the food synthesizer from Star Trek. Remember that machine that would give you any food that you wanted? Well, this is a 3D food printer.
Essentially, what you see in those strangely-shaped capsules are flavors. By mixing them together, you get “the creation of flavors and textures that would be completely unimaginable through other cooking techniques”.
Conceptual Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Conceptual fridge has a door that goes transparent, has compartments
I believe there is some sort of made-up word for when you go to get a snack from the refrigerator, and you can’t find anything. However, you still go back to it, as if something will materialize.
Of course, you realize that it costs precious energy and money to stand in front of an open refrigerator door. So why not make it transparent?
This conceptional refrigerator by designer Yoon jung Kim and Jong rok Lee has some special glass in it that is normally opaque. However, if you run a current through it, it will turn transparent.
Home Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets, Medical Gadgets
Mandometer scolds you to eat slower
I tend to catch a whole lot of teasing for the snail-like pace at which I tend to eat. I don’t exactly do it to eat healthier either, I just have always eaten slowly. However, I’m liking that there is a gadget that is meant to help people slow down their eating habits. Mostly so I have a decent comeback. In part though because I know eating habits can seem close to impossible to change. With this gadget to yell at you to slow down, hopefully you can get yourself to a controlled pace.
Kitchen Gadgets
Intellisteam from Morphy Richards
I have one of those steam cookers, and I use it a lot. Unfortunately, I only have one of them, so I have to cook my courses one at a time.
With the Morphy Richards Intellisteam, there are three individually controlled heaters which allow for setting different times on these containers. So if you can have fish in one, vegetables in another, and potatoes in the last one for a complete meal for up to four people.
The Moprhy Richards Intellisteam comes with a blue backlit LCD screen as well as a visible water gauge so you can see how much steam you’re giving your cooking. Hopefully, it isn’t too much, or your food will be chewier than it normally is.
Home Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Perfect Pasta Timer
Cooking pasta might seem easy, but it does take a fair bit of experience to get the texture just right, keeping everyone at the dinner table more than happy. If you haven’t yet earned your stripes at the kitchen, there is no shame in enlisting the help of additional gizmos to help you take that step closer to perfection. The Perfect Pasta Timer seems to be a decent candidate if you want to whip up a mean plate of carbonara.
This pasta timer accounts for the shape of the noodle and the amount being cooked, signaling when the pasta is cooked to your preferred taste. Its LCD control panel allows you to select from the ten most common pasta shapes, input the amount (1/5, 1/2, or 1 lb.), and choose al dente or regular. The device sets its timer based on these variables and beeps when the pasta is cooked to your preferred taste. The timer clips to the side of a pot and its 8 1/2″ probe monitors the temperature of the water and signals when the water reaches the optimal temperature for cooking pasta. The LCD is removable, allowing the probe to be washed in a dishwasher. Includes a replaceable battery.
$39.95 is all Hammacher is asking for, and the payback of compliments from your family members and guests who are well fed would be worth every single penny.
Home Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Magic Click Floor Mop stands on its own
Some of you might remember seeing those ads on television for the Miracle Mop. I don’t know how miraculous the Miracle Mop was, but this Magic Click Floop Mop could clearly take its miracle title.
Yes, what you are seeing is true, this mop knows how to stand by itself, without falling over. Apparently, it uses a magnetic floor mop carrier blade with a two-step foot switch in order to stand on its own one foot.
In addition to this ability, the Magic Click Floor Mop can be pivoted in all directions. Hard-to-reach corners are made easier to clean, and they are suitable for all standard mop pads. It also has a telescope pole that can be extended from 80 cm to 150 cm (2 1/2 to 4 3/4 feet).
Eco Gadgets, Garden Gadgets, Home Gadgets, Kitchen Gadgets
Barbecue Hand Crank Fire Air Blower BBQ Accessory
Going green is fine and dandy, but don’t you think that the Barbecue Hand Crank Fire Air Blower BBQ Accessory is taking things a bit too far? After all, you would already be sweating while making sure everyone has their fair share of steak and BBQ meat, so to provide more hand cranked power to this BBQ Air Blower just, well, blows. On the other hand, at least you continue to do your part in keeping the earth green while being an example to the rest of your household. Capable of controlling dust and sparks, you will be able to emit a stream of constant air as long as you are well fed and your arm isn’t tired from all the cranking. The 4th of July is still a long way off, but you can’t be faulted for preparing early, especially when it retails for a mere $4.69.
