My egg steamer which I bought from Lidls for under a tenner is my most useful and commonly used gadget, fast , hassle free with the bonus of an alarm and a warmer.
Best: Bamix (used nearly every day and got me into cake making and whipping up loads of different sauces), Actifry (used for a heck of a lot more than chips!), Halogen Oven (used for everything needing an oven except very large items)
Worst: Microwave (used for softening butter on the rare occasion and warming the dinner plate pads)
Best and most used is combi microwave. Why wait 15 minutes for my gas oven to get to temperature when the combi does it in about 4 ?
Next most used is my Chantry knife sharpener. Quick and easy to use and very effective.
Worst gadgets are a mandolin (works but difficult to clean) and a toasted sandwich maker (ditto as mandolin) and I don't care for the sandwiches. Both at back of pantry and will probably end up in bin.
Worst: Smoothie maker - a fiddle and faff to use, a brute to wash up and, quite literally, a waste of space (it now lives in the cupboard under the stairs, waiting to be re-homed).
Best: Bamix (used nearly every day and got me into cake making and whipping up loads of different sauces), Actifry (used for a heck of a lot more than chips!), Halogen Oven (used for everything needing an oven except very large items)
Worst: Microwave (used for softening butter on the rare occasion and warming the dinner plate pads)
i seen the Bamix on Ideal world a few times and think are they really as good as they look.
Looked at the actifry, but refuse to pay over a £100 for a fryer, went to B&M and got myself a small one litre fryer for £14 instead. for the amount of time I use it, that is enough.
Halogen oven is a god send, since i am the only one who lives here, it is a waste of time putting the large oven on,
I don't even have a Microwave any more, mine went belly up last year and I never replaced it
Cool I will have a look, I just didn't like the plastic jug (it looks to be plastic anyway) I prefer glass - although I have found glass ones tend to have problems of their own
Vitamix jug is made from the same kind of material as aircraft windows - if you wanted to you can stamp on it and it will not break.:D One of the reasons I bought mine - have dropped and smashed a glass one.
My best - - Vitamix - Actifry and another vote for the Remoska plus a s/s steamer for gas rings.
Worst - Bamix - the blades are too exposed - prefer my Braun. Ricer still in its box after quite a few years - used maybe twice, messy to wash up. Le Crueset pans - didn't like them and gave them to my son.
Vitamix jug is made from the same kind of material as aircraft windows - if you wanted to you can stamp on it and it will not break.:D One of the reasons I bought mine - have dropped and smashed a glass one.
My best - - Vitamix - Actifry and another vote for the Remoska plus a s/s steamer for gas rings.
Worst - Bamix - the blades are too exposed - prefer my Braun. Ricer still in its box after quite a few years - used maybe twice, messy to wash up. Le Crueset pans - didn't like them and gave them to my son.
We have two great gadgets in common!
I forgot to add my third favourite gadget, a portable induction hob.
worst: my breadmaker, i am just not very good at using it - it has way too many programs! Although this has given me the incentive to give it another bash.
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Also a coffee machine that uses coffee beans was a godsend
Worst: Microwave (used for softening butter on the rare occasion and warming the dinner plate pads)
Next most used is my Chantry knife sharpener. Quick and easy to use and very effective.
Worst gadgets are a mandolin (works but difficult to clean) and a toasted sandwich maker (ditto as mandolin) and I don't care for the sandwiches. Both at back of pantry and will probably end up in bin.
Worst: Smoothie maker - a fiddle and faff to use, a brute to wash up and, quite literally, a waste of space (it now lives in the cupboard under the stairs, waiting to be re-homed).
i seen the Bamix on Ideal world a few times and think are they really as good as they look.
Looked at the actifry, but refuse to pay over a £100 for a fryer, went to B&M and got myself a small one litre fryer for £14 instead. for the amount of time I use it, that is enough.
Halogen oven is a god send, since i am the only one who lives here, it is a waste of time putting the large oven on,
I don't even have a Microwave any more, mine went belly up last year and I never replaced it
Vitamix jug is made from the same kind of material as aircraft windows - if you wanted to you can stamp on it and it will not break.:D One of the reasons I bought mine - have dropped and smashed a glass one.
My best - - Vitamix - Actifry and another vote for the Remoska plus a s/s steamer for gas rings.
Worst - Bamix - the blades are too exposed - prefer my Braun. Ricer still in its box after quite a few years - used maybe twice, messy to wash up. Le Crueset pans - didn't like them and gave them to my son.
I forgot to add my third favourite gadget, a portable induction hob.
Also forgot (and I don't know why) my Tefal Jamie Oliver electric pressure cooker. It is brilliant.
ecco66 - you sound like me - if it has a plug on I have got one
worst: my breadmaker, i am just not very good at using it - it has way too many programs! Although this has given me the incentive to give it another bash.
Worst - Electric tin opener. A present which was too fiddly to bother with.
Question on gadgets - Does anyone out there have a meat mincer they could recommend ?