The best kitchen gadgets and other stuff ...
#76
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Never was good at using a conventional corkscrew to open wine. This product is great.
Secura Stainless Steel Electric Wine Bottle Opener with Foil Cutter (Stainless Steel)
Secura Stainless Steel Electric Wine Bottle Opener with Foil Cutter (Stainless Steel)
#77
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: ORD
Programs: AA
Posts: 1,754
Not quite kitchen, but love my little pizza oven...
http://uuni.net/.
http://uuni.net/.
#79
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#80
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Thermometer is not necessary.
#81
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Body in the CLE, soul still in New England
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I'm old school and have a kitchen under construction, but here goes:
1. Original Mauviel 7ply stainless cookware (not m'cook. Incredibly heavy but distributes heat wonderfully. 3 qt saute is awesome.
2. All Clad 6 qt saute pan and Vollrath nonstick frypans.
3. My red Chantal Honer Whistle teakettle. I need a loud one as I read to forget it's on the stove and have fried a few previous teak kettles.
4. Single hob induction plate. with 110 voltage, I can bring my teakettle to a boil in under 5 mins. Hoping to add a 220 to my new kitchen, understand they throw out the same btu s as a 20k gas burner :-)
5. My kitchen aid professional portable induction oven. Can easily hold 1/4 sheet pans or broil a whole chicken.
6. My French press and Braun grinder
7. My vintage oster blender (from the 50s) and vintage toastmaster art deco toaster. Beautiful and built like iron.....they are as good as new.
8. Charcoal chimney
9. Vacu vin and Reidel stemware
10. MicroPlane cheese grater
11. Taylor meat thermometer..what the pros use.
12. Old school cookbooks (e.g. CIA, la varenne practique)
13. Credit card. I travel 4 to 5 days a week almost every week. Between that and kitchen under renovation, I eat out a lot.
1. Original Mauviel 7ply stainless cookware (not m'cook. Incredibly heavy but distributes heat wonderfully. 3 qt saute is awesome.
2. All Clad 6 qt saute pan and Vollrath nonstick frypans.
3. My red Chantal Honer Whistle teakettle. I need a loud one as I read to forget it's on the stove and have fried a few previous teak kettles.
4. Single hob induction plate. with 110 voltage, I can bring my teakettle to a boil in under 5 mins. Hoping to add a 220 to my new kitchen, understand they throw out the same btu s as a 20k gas burner :-)
5. My kitchen aid professional portable induction oven. Can easily hold 1/4 sheet pans or broil a whole chicken.
6. My French press and Braun grinder
7. My vintage oster blender (from the 50s) and vintage toastmaster art deco toaster. Beautiful and built like iron.....they are as good as new.
8. Charcoal chimney
9. Vacu vin and Reidel stemware
10. MicroPlane cheese grater
11. Taylor meat thermometer..what the pros use.
12. Old school cookbooks (e.g. CIA, la varenne practique)
13. Credit card. I travel 4 to 5 days a week almost every week. Between that and kitchen under renovation, I eat out a lot.
#82
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Another vote for kitchen scales. Once I got used to using it I found that it was actually easier than trying to measure everything. I just get a bowl, zero out the scale and start adding ingredients. Done. Love it.
#83
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While we inherited a Braun hand blender from my late mother-in-law, we also found one at the free store section of a municipal dump.
For those interested in what quality kitchen items and wine consuming items one can find at a thrift store...
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#84
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 1,140
Roomba 980
I'm going to say the Roomba 980. It picks up all the food we drop all over the place. We have a huge kitchen island and entertain all the time, so there's constantly food and dirt getting dropped on the floor.
After that, our kegerator followed by the new Costco, Kirkland Signature, stemware. They're reidel, and very similar to reidel Syrah glasses, and at $2.25 a stem we bought 8 boxes. Will buy more as we break too many of them....
We have a huge, gigantic, wood-fired, pizza oven out back. It's the best way to cook hands down, except for the fact that it takes 3 hours to heat up. We cook steak, pork chops, pizza, whole fish, veggies, etc... out there. If you're ever thinking of getting one, feel free to ask me questions. I did a ton of research and we ended up doing something custom/with stone masonry, but if I wanted something less expensive and already finished I think something like the Vesuvio 110 would be a good way to go from forno bravo.
After that, our kegerator followed by the new Costco, Kirkland Signature, stemware. They're reidel, and very similar to reidel Syrah glasses, and at $2.25 a stem we bought 8 boxes. Will buy more as we break too many of them....
We have a huge, gigantic, wood-fired, pizza oven out back. It's the best way to cook hands down, except for the fact that it takes 3 hours to heat up. We cook steak, pork chops, pizza, whole fish, veggies, etc... out there. If you're ever thinking of getting one, feel free to ask me questions. I did a ton of research and we ended up doing something custom/with stone masonry, but if I wanted something less expensive and already finished I think something like the Vesuvio 110 would be a good way to go from forno bravo.
Last edited by DSI; Feb 22, 2017 at 6:11 pm
#85
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#86
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3
Agree with the roomba keeping the kitchen floor clean!! I like how it's able to adjust to many adjustments. It shows here that aside from pets, it can adjust to how big the area to be cleaned, etc. I just love it. I have toddlers and our setup is not always "very neat" every meal time. Glad that Roomba can keep up with the dirt and our chow's shedding. The only problem is its battery life -.-
and my waffle maker. can't live without it!!
and my waffle maker. can't live without it!!
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#88
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Poland
Posts: 869
We're in the same boat, but our neighbor gave us a great idea... Convert the office/form dining space into a casual dining area and then twist the island the opposite way so that the current kitchen/dining space can be converted into one massive kitchen. He laid some type of pet friendly, water proof hardwood as well and it came out looking amazing. So much more cabinet space and it made the entire floor seem so much larger.
#89
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We're in the same boat, but our neighbor gave us a great idea... Convert the office/form dining space into a casual dining area and then twist the island the opposite way so that the current kitchen/dining space can be converted into one massive kitchen. He laid some type of pet friendly, water proof hardwood as well and it came out looking amazing. So much more cabinet space and it made the entire floor seem so much larger.
But lucky you! That sounds really nice.
#90
Join Date: Oct 2002
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