Kitchen gadgets that changed your life?

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Love my rotary cheese grater - always hated grating cheese but this is a game changer.

Meat thermometer.

What kitchen gadgets do you actually rate?

Changed your life may be slightly ott*

My potato ricer. Perfect smooth mashed potatoes every time.

Interested to read about the rotary cheese grater as I have one in my amazon basket at present.

Is temu a reliable site, their stuff looks amazingly cheap I thought there must be a catch?

Ninja 15 in 1- barely ever use the normal oven. Only pizza but even then have found one which fits in it

Don't have to wait for it to heat it up or anything.

TEMU use slave labour

Meat thermometer and hand blender. I use both frequently.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temu_(marketplace)

Or forced labour

Yum Asia rice cooker
Panasonic bread maker
Instant pot - air fryer/slow cooker/pressure cooker all in one
Bamix stick blender

Me too. I love ours.

Not sure if this strictly counts as a gadget but someone showed me that it’s much quicker and easier to cut pizza with kitchen scissors than a pizza slicer or a knife and I have never looked back.

As the butter is soft it moulds to the container so doesn't fall out in my experience

That is exactly my list!

Second the rotary cheese grater!

But also as a leftie, the electric tin opener is a life changer as I can't use normal ones

There are finger protectors/hand guards for grating food; they have a fork-like device to hold the item in place, and above that is a large grip (usually made of plastic). They are especially useful for mandoline slicers where it is very important not to come too close to the blades.
They cost a few pounds and might save having to buy a new machine.

Additionally they are useful for people who, due to illness or other reasons, can't easily bend their fingers.

I love my Thermomix.

I bought it a couple of months ago and use it daily. At the weekend I made dough and topping for 6 pizzas for about £5. I use it for chopping, cooking, steaming, grinding, making dough, cooking rice...... pretty much everything..

It cost loads but I wouldn't be without it. I love the fact I can search to Cookidoo website and it gives me lots of options for meals.

A chilli cutter. I use it almost every day. Can't live without it

This saute pan can use on the hob and oven so only using one pan. These lasagne dishes as well. Can portion leftovers up and pop in the freezer.

Oxo :)

I've had a look at the Yum Asia rice cooker and it looks fab! Just wondering how long it takes to cook the rice?

Oh dear! Just ‘impulse ordered’ the Quopener. I also only have one wing Duck and it looks like it might be just what I need!

Now looking at mini choppers as I’ve frightened myself silly with the price of a Thermomix and a Sage coffee machine!

@Viewfrommyhouse - I was going to post something in the Property section on MN about Qettles.

Im doing a kitchen refurb and was taking a look at those. They seem cheaper (all things being relative) to others, and being a tea drinker, they appear to produce water that’s 100° and not 98 like its rivals. Never had a cup of tea that tasted good from a Quooker.

So I take it you’re happy 😃?

I recently bought a Ninja AirFryer which I love, so quick and easy tto clean.

From reading this thread I have just bought the Sistema Rice Cooker and will try it out tonight.

I’ve got a Kenwood chef stand mixer that I bought the food processor and blender attachments for and absolutely love it. The food processor has half a dozen odd different blades so grates, slices etc as well as chopping and its grating is so much better than using a normal grater for carrots and cucumber, it comes out so much less mushy. It’s also much more powerful than my old standalone blender and food processor (the latter of which’s motor I killed with a rather heavy veggie burger mix 😬). It’s a real workhorse. Obviously the stand mixer itself is great for kneading bread, mixing crumble topping, cake mixture etc. There are loads of other attachments you can get as well and all the bits go in the dishwasher.

I also second an Instant Pot - I use mine all the time to cook dried beans quickly and without pre-soaking, plus as a rice cooker and slow cooker. The Instant Pot and Kenwood Chef take up half my kitchen counter between them but so worth it!

On a smaller scale, I love my OXO Y peeler - having a decent peeler makes such a difference (likewise knives).

My Kitchen Aid stand mixer - never had a baking disaster since I started using it!

Salad spinner.

@GruntledGoblin it takes approx 45 mins depending on what sort of rice - sounds like a long time but you can set it off ages beforehand and it keeps hot for hours until you need it.