Join The Speak N’ Brew Coffee Maker
Everyone has their way that they prefer to deal with electronics. Some people adore pushing buttons, while others would love to just speak to the device and have it obey their every demand. Actually, both options are appealing, just depending on what device you’re using. Well if you’ve ever wanted a talking coffee pot that you can converse with you could always buy the Speak n’ Brew.
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Castoven: Watch a YouTube Video while you microwave
I don’t know about you, but when I put in something in the microwave to “nuke”, I don’t stand around it, waiting for my food to cook. Generally, I find some time to do a few other things, and I generally get so distracted by those things that don’t get back to my food until five minutes after the timer has gone off.
However, what if there was a way to keep yourself entertained for the time your microwave is cooking? This is exactly what two researchers from Keio University were trying to do when they invented the Castoven.
The Castoven is an ordinary microwave oven, with a little bit of a twist. It has a 10.4 inch LCD screen on its front. Not only that, this screen displays YouTube videos. So the next time you set the time for cooking, you have the option of watching a video of equal length while you are waiting.
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Cubic Timer is multiple choice instead of fill in the blank
If you’re tired of the usual kitchen timer, now you can pick yourself up a slightly different type. Sure, it still keeps the time like usual. It just does it with a certain amount of finesse. With a cool timer like this you could even find different uses for the timer. Such as setting a timer to make sure your shower doesn’t run a bit too long. That or you could just stick with the old fashioned route and put it in the kitchen to help you keep track of anything cook up.
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Gift Ideas for the Chef and Kitchen
Whether you’re looking to buy for a budding chef or simply because they have a kitchen in the house, here’s a selection of gadget gift ideas for focal point of the house, the kitchen.
Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook – $9.93
“Consider, young Jedi: Why bake a plain old cookie when you can bake a super-Chewie Wookiee Cookie?” So begins the delightful Star Wars Cookbook. Aimed at young cooks, but fun for all ages, the cookbook provides recipes for treats such as Princess Leia Danish Dos, Twin Sun Toast, Tusken Raider Taters, Sandtrooper Sandies, and the Amazon.com house favorite, Boba Fett-uccine. (What better way to get young Jedi knights to eat their broccoli?) Author Robin Davis’s directions are extremely thorough and safety oriented (as she notes, “the calm and perceptive mind of a Jedi warrior will enable you to prevent most mishaps in the kitchen”), and perfect for kids who are new to cooking.
The Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook is available from Amazon for $9.93.
Digital Hourglass Kitchen Timer – $14.65
This Polder Digital Hourglass Kitchen Timer has a wonderful shape and design so that any cook can put it on the kitchen counter when not in use. The timer can be flipped over to change between clock and timer functions. It has a 100 minute timer and stopwatch. A great gift idea!
The Digital Hourglass Kitchen Timer is available from Amazon for $14.65.
Rubik’s Cube Salt & Pepper Mills – $14.99
Back when the Rubik’s Cube was in its hey day, the kitchen was probably mostly foreign territory for you. Sure, you could toast a mean Pop Tart or pour yourself a giant bowl of Cap’n Crunch, but anything beyond that was likely outside the realm of your culinary ability. Boy, how things have changed – now you’re a microwave ninja and can follow perfectly the 4 steps on the back of any box. Your mac-and-cheese is legendary. A hot dog from your kitchen is even better than the ones you can get from the gas station stop shop. What better way to pay some homage to the days of your culinary roots then with these puzzling retro style grinders.
The Rubik’s Cube Salt & Pepper Mills is available from Think Geek for $14.99.
Automatic Pepper Mills/Salt Grinders – $19.99
You are getting 2 sets of the iTouchless Automatic Stainless Steel Electric Pepper Mill/Salt Grinder. Each of the Pepper Mill/Salt Grinder is ideal for dinner parties featuring salads and steaks that taste better with fresh-ground pepper and sea salt. Just press the button on top and let the mill go to work. The stainless steel grinding mechanism can be adjusted from fine to coarse, and a light will turn on automatically at the bottom when you activate the mill to help with accurate portion control at night. The nut underneath the mill controls the texture: turn clockwise for a finer grind, counterclockwise for coarser.
The Automatic Pepper Mills/Salt Grinders is available from Amazon for $19.99.
With baking, precision is absolutely vital. Measuring your wet ingredients and your dry ingredients with our new ultra-precise spoon scale. With two spoons included, you can scoop out just the right amount of sugar, or even 10-1 grams of salt! To get this level of precision, you’d normally need a separate scale, but we’ve combined two immensely useful kitchen gadgets into one, and we love dual-use devices in the kitchen!
The Spoon Scale is available from Think Geek for $24.99.
Digital Scale Measuring Cup – $39.95
This is the only measuring cup with an integrated digital scale. Unlike typical measuring cups that only determine volume, this model also measures wet or dry ingredients by weight, a more precise technique favored by pastry chefs and artisanal bakers. A 1 1/4″ LCD on the handle displays digital measurements in ounces, pounds, or grams. The scale automatically converts weight (ounces, fluid ounces, grams, or milliliters) into volume (cups) for water, milk, oil, sugar, and flour, providing superior accuracy when making recipes.
The Digital Scale Measuring Cup is available from Hammacher for $39.95.
Homo Sapiens Caveman Kitchen Tool – $39.99
It wasn’t until many thousands of years later that we took that ancient knowledge and created the ultimate kitchen tool. It can grind herbs into a lovely paste for flavoring meats, it can grate ginger and garlic for your stir fry, and you can even use a flattened stone edge to hone your blades to razor sharpness.
The Homo Sapiens Caveman Kitchen Tool is available from Think Geek for $39.99.
Chef’s Remote Thermometer Monitor – $49.95
This is the meat thermometer and timer that allows cooks to monitor food’s progress from up to 100′ away using a wireless transmitter probe which sends temperature updates to a handheld receiver. Audible voice alerts tell you when your food has reached the pre-set level (from rare to well-done), and the transmitter is suitable for both kitchen and outdoor grill use, leaving cooks free to attend to other tasks and not having to constantly wait at the ready for cooking to finish. The unit’s database has pre-set temperature settings for six types of poultry and meat, and additional custom settings can be programmed and stored. The backlit display is easy to read, and the transmitter’s weather-resistant case protects it during outdoor use.
The Chef’s Remote Thermometer Monitor is available from Hammacher for $49.95.
Nutritional Facts Scale – $59.95
This is the scale that displays the nutritional facts about food items in the same, simple format found on all food product packaging as mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Ten key elements of weighed foods are displayed, including calories, calories from fat, carbohydrates, protein, cholesterol, sodium, and more. An internal database stores the nutritional value of 999 foods and has the capacity to memorize an additional 99 foods you can program with the key pad on the scale. Foods can be stored to determine nutritional value of an entire meal or an entire day’s consumption.
The Nutritional Facts Scale is available from Hammacher for $59.95.
Space Invaders Cutting Boards – $129.99
WHUMP-WHUMP-whump-whump, they marched, downwards – ever downwards, towards your mobile artillery cannon. You fired and fired, and blasted them from the sky, but the more you shot down, the faster they came! This was the golden age of videogames. Back then, a meal was a cola slushy and a hotpocket. Now, you’re all grown up. You’ve traded in your pocketfull of quarters for a console, but you never forgot your roots. Pay homage to those days of yore when Italian plumbers battled giant apes and pie-chart-graphs ate ghosts. It’s time to decorate in video-game style.
The Space Invaders Cutting Boards is available from Think Geek for $129.99.
Knuckle Duster Corkscrew
Love holding parties for family and friends? If you’re ever the perpetual entertainer for your family and inner circle, chances are you’re always thinking of new ways to keep them entertained whenever they drop by. Well, nothing does it better to enhance banter with a few good drinks and some choice wines, so why not make the Knuckle Duster Corkscrew another conversation starter in your home?
The Knuckle Duster Corkscrew is a tribute to the idea that great things sometimes can only be accomplished with a struggle.The Knuckle Duster Corkscrew looks great in your bar or office – no one should be brave enough to argue with you when they see it. And if they do become violent, just crack open a bottle of wine, and you will be instant friends. Knuckle Duster Corkscrew – peace through libation.
ThinkGeek is carrying this non-violent yet unique device for $12.99.
Rihanna Kitchen Scale features built-in iPod dock
It almost seems like manufacturers are getting desperate to sell their kitchen scales. Lately there have been many kitchen scales that try to have a twist to make them more appealing to the general public. Well if you use yours a lot, this one will let you listen to you music. At least with this you can combine your iPod dock with a kitchen scale instead of having two different gadgets cluttering up your countertop.
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Beaba Babycook will help new parents save money
Beaba Babycook is a baby sized food processor for making your own babyfood.
I remember when our boy was first born, I reeled over the cost of baby food. But what can you do, they have you over a barrel as a concerned parent isn’t about to strike out on their own to make pureed food for their child’s sensitive stomachs. Or are they? I have to admit, I would’ve tried the Beaba BabyCook.
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Fridge Locker will start and finish roommate fights
Some of you might be confused my headline, but if you have roommates, you know what I mean. I’m sure you’ve opened the refrigerator door to find that “your” supply of milk has significantly gone down, or that special meal that you had been saving has mysteriously vanished.
I suppose this is why the Fridge Locker was invented, to keep that pesky roommate away from your cold hard stash. Yes, that might settle a dispute between you and your live-in friend, but you might hear this bit of whining afterward: “A Fridge Locker? Aw man, it’s like you don’t even trust me”.
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