Help me find a new kitchen gadget

[BonnesVacances]

We have a big gadget cupboard. We love them. In recent years we've had a cheque from a relative for £100 which we've spent on a new gadget. Last year was a Velvetiser.

We have an Instantpot, Magimix, air fryer, panini maker, ice cream maker. We tried a George Foreman grill but didn't like it so it went back.

Any suggestions what we can get? It doesn't have to be for the kitchen, I guess. We have Alexas and home plugs. We can top up the £100, if needed.

I'd put it towards a Ninja. Love ours and use it multiple times a day.

I am coveting a dehydrator. Haven't quite jumped into buying one yet as still researching but love the idea of drying my own fruit, making jerky, fruit ribbons etc.

Coffee grinder and reusable pods.

Dehydrator is brilliant, cheap as chips & makes fantastic dried fruit, apple/banana slices, plums/apricots for snacks and muesli etc
We dry sausages, to make saucisse seches.
Dry wild mushrooms (cepes/bolets)
Tomatoes for confit in olive oil.
The nice thing being we have most of these fruit & veg growing in the garden

dd got a crepe maker for Christmas. Fun to use and also good for things like quesadillas (which she loves)
I got a soup maker - agree it is easier than using instantpot / stick blender combination.

@BonnesVacances

We have a big gadget cupboard. We love them. In recent years we've had a cheque from a relative for £100 which we've spent on a new gadget. Last year was a Velvetiser.

We have an Instantpot, Magimix, air fryer, panini maker, ice cream maker. We tried a George Foreman grill but didn't like it so it went back.

Any suggestions what we can get? It doesn't have to be for the kitchen, I guess. We have Alexas and home plugs. We can top up the £100, if needed.

Waffle maker - surprisingly good .

Agree. We have some fancy Japanese knives that are a PITA as they don't go in the dishwasher, but are amazing to use
I spent the £100 I was gifted last Christmas on a single knife.
It is treated like Royalty.

From Lakeland A Remouska. Small 'dutch oven' type of gadget. It can finish off a roast dinner with veggies in the time it takes my oven to heat up. Cooks at 180c and runs off a 13amp plug. Best gadget I've ever bought

Candy floss maker.

Not a gadget as such, but Souper Cubes are awesome for freezing sauces into little "bricks" that can then be stacked in a freezer. Takes up less room than jars/bags

Thermomix is the ultimate kitchen gadget:

www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-the-aga-classes-have-fallen-for-the-thermomix

@JakeyRolling

Not a gadget as such, but Souper Cubes are awesome for freezing sauces into little "bricks" that can then be stacked in a freezer. Takes up less room than jars/bags

Similarly, my favourite recent kitchen purchase is Oxo Good Grips Large Ice Cube Tray. We love the giant cubes and it has a lid.

I love my thermomix

@cooldarkroom

Dehydrator is brilliant, cheap as chips & makes fantastic dried fruit, apple/banana slices, plums/apricots for snacks and muesli etc We dry sausages, to make saucisse seches. Dry wild mushrooms (cepes/bolets) Tomatoes for confit in olive oil. The nice thing being we have most of these fruit & veg growing in the garden

Can it dry herbs?

I’ve purchased a Ninja Foodi with a built in dehydrator and would love to dry herbs 🌿

Cheeseboardandcrackers it can, easy. However I tend to freeze mine, I hash them up in my mini robot (bob) & freeze in "tupperwares" (small rectangular boxes, so they all fit in the same door shelf.) they are like fresh herbs then, I cut 2 big handfulls wizz the whole lot straight from the garden, as fresh as possible

Ice cube maker machine!

Dd has just added a bagel guillotine to our gadget stash. I never knew such a thing existed

An Ooni! I will never go out for overpriced pizza again.

It’s more of an outside gadget rather than a kitchen gadget but it’s worth getting cold for.

Have you got a table top ice cream maker? Whenever I watch Masterchef the only thing I lust over is one of those. I had a freezer one but it was a pain because you have to clear a space in the freezer every time, but a table top one, sounds like my sort of ice cream maker........

Electric egg boiler? I've had mine for 30yrs now! 🤗

Totally agree regarding the Thermomix, I love mine, but far more costly.

I've just seen that Lakeland sell a bagel cutter. I bought their bagel moulds last year which I've used twice. Do I really need a bagel cutter?

Cross post with @guessmyusername

Get an Ooni

You already have a stick blender, but if/when it breaks I would heartily recommend a Bamix.