What is this... thing... that was built into kitchen worktop?

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What's it for? We went to look a new kitchens and this hip smasher odd sticky-outy thing was built into one of the hardwood worktops and I can't work out what it's for

Well its obviously a stomach measurer. If your tum is rounder than this, stop baking until you fit again.... simples

I think it is to wedge a mixing bowl against. There is a bowl that can be used for a demo looking at the display.

Crap idea though.

I think it's for when you have a lot of people for breakfast so you boil an ostrich egg for everyone to share. Jolly good idea too, I mean have you got an ostrich egg sized eggcup ? Last time I boiled one I had to balance it in a mixing bowl, I thought at the time if only I had a sticking out ostrich egg thingy........

It can't be for resting a mixing bowl in, people with kitchens like that have kitchen aids for mixing surely?

If the problem is your mixing-bowl slipping,
I have easily thought of 100 solutions, that don't involve a hip-jabbing, ovary piercing, toddler head bumping problem. I'm sure most people could.

Our old kitchen had one of these on the island unit which had drawers underneath but also space for bar stools.
It had been put in by the previous owners who were very into their scandi design and used it to push the Tripp Trapp high chair up to

Do you think it is reversible so that when not using the groove for whatever-the-hell-it's-for, you slide out the massive wooden board, turn over and slide in so the jabby bit fits into a purpose-built recess?

I doubt I'd use that for mixing, I can't balance my Kenwood Chef on that and no way am I balancing a large Mason Cash bowl on it either!

Does it fold away?

This thread is making me wonder if MN is entirely populated by very tall people. This appendage is being described as a hip basher or a belly holder. My kitchen worktop comes up to just below my boobs.

That kind of makes more sense if it is a mixing bowl holder as I would tend to mix at about chest height anyway.

It's for slobby middle aged droopy people like myself to rest both the belly and the droopy tits without said wobbly bits getting in the way of the food being prepared to maintain the wobble.

Umbrella stand? A sort of minimalist one?

The artisan Lakeland ovary piercer wins the thread.

Chef friend says def to put round bowl and scrape chopped food / waste straight in. Daft.

It's a stop crutches falling over and braining the cat/knocking over cup thingy.

Marking place

I have extensively googled. Nada.

It looks painful. If you had little ones you would know you had it....banged heads everyday!

It's there to be top contender on things that I can get my belt loops or pockets caught on, it's battling my kitchen drawer handles.

Is it a baking accessory for supporting Paul Hollywood’s sagging balls?

@MitziK
DP is a fully paid up member of the Why Use the Seventy Quid Purpose Built Bin When the Corner Shop Gives You Carrier Bags To Hang Off The Handles school of catering)

I’d be of the ‘Nah mate, I’m keeping those to strangle the twat that can’t use the fucking kitchen bin’

I need to know too!

I hope you are going back tomorrow to check!

😂 @APatchyTomCat

It must be (as someone else said) a removable bread making board with the gadget to help you hold the bowl because I’ve never noticed it in the showroom and I’m sure I would have (having been there too many times, for far too long!).

People keep talking about hips & legs - on me that would be ribs or boobs (well I say ribs- more like the rolls covering the ribs 🤣).

I suppose, if it WAS the correct height it could help hold a bowl to stop your arm feeling like it’s going to fall off !

I’d like to have the space to store something like that in the kitchen.

I don't know, but I want one.