7 small kitchen appliances you don't need

[sarahperdue]

Each user is unique

The best part of this thread is reading your opinions. I think many appliances are useful if they meet the needs of the user. There are others that might be almost universally considered junk.

Stand mixer (at least one) is a must have if you really cook. We use the Sunbeam MMA for cakes, frosting, whipping... And the KA for bread and dense cookie dough.

The blender and food processor do different things and are both essential.

I'm with you on the West Bend wok. I had hippie friends in college who kept theirs going 24/7 with some odious pot pourri concoction because they thought it would mask the smell of weed.

 

[sarahperdue]

Each user is unique

The best part of this thread is reading your opinions. I think many appliances are useful if they meet the needs of the user. There are others that might be almost universally considered junk.

Stand mixer (at least one) is a must have if you really cook. We use the Sunbeam MMA for cakes, frosting, whipping... And the KA for bread and dense cookie dough.

The blender and food processor do different things and are both essential.

I'm with you on the West Bend wok. I had hippie friends in college who kept theirs going 24/7 with some odious pot pourri concoction because they thought it would mask the smell of weed.

 

[washman]

I suppose you could throw in my Sunbeam

T23 automatic toaster too!

 

[yogitunes]

I suppose what ever makes you happy, and functional for your own daily lives is really what is best for any individual...theres no right or wrong...

come on, if theres one thing we have all learned, theres no clout in any article from CR, to any writer/columnist out there with a lick of sense to know or investigate anything they write about...we have yet to see any with a show of intelligence...outside of talking out their @ss!!!....

these people write articles, most likely their first, and proabably the last, definately the only time you will ever had heard of them....or would ever want to again....

this is social media...when have you not seen them blow things out of proportion!...and stretch the truth so far out in the universe!....then again, your only good as your last article...

 

[norgeway]

As I read this..

I think of all the little old ladies when I was growing up, most baked cakes every week, and just about all of them used portable mixers, I collect portables, but I dont have time or energy to use one all the time, Donalds Mother is a prime example, she is a great old fashioned cook, but will not use anything that would make her life easier, she does not have...and will not even consider,a pressure cooker,a stand mixer, a blender,a griddle,a toaster oven,a clothes dryer,a dishwasher,a electric frypan,and of course not a food processor..She could have any labor saving appliance , she does not want them, she does all her canning in a blue enamel water bath canner, even vegetables which authorities shudder at, but then, most older older folks wont use a pressure canner,im too lazy for all that work, and boiling beans three hours in a water bath in a non airconditioned house is not my idea of fun, but it doesent bother her one bit, and she is close to 80!,She makes slaw about every week, ...with a hand chopper,im talking about a circular blade with a handle on it, I asked her if she didnt want a box grater..NO! My Momma didnt like them, so I will just do it like I always have!!I wish I had half the energy she has,,im lazy, I love kitchen gadgets, but I will say, even though I have a food processor, I very seldom use it, but you will get my stand mixers only if you pry my cold dead fingers from around the handle..LOL!

 

[tolivac]

"bug" vacuum? I just use any of the ones I have that are handy to catch the bug-esp those you don't want to touch becuase they are yucky-or bite,sting.The NSS M1 does very well-the poor bug has to go thru that 7" vacuum fan!