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Chills beer in just five minutes

Technology is constantly striving to indulge our inner sloth. Manually setting reminders on your phone was deemed too arduous, so now you can speak them. Pulling out keys, inserting them into the ignition, and twisting was just pointlessly strenuous, so now we just push a button. Going to rent a movie at Blockbuster defined drudgery, [...]

Draught Beer Made Easy

Draught beer is the ultimate party beverage. But let’s face it, unless you’ve got fraternity pledges to do the heavy lifting, kegs are an enormous pain. Mini kegs are the tiny answer to this problem, but dispensing these bad boys properly can seem as troublesome as dealing with a whole keg. That’s where EdgeStar ($160) [...]

The Next Best Thing to An Open Flame

While the word grill typical inspires visions like this in our head, there’s something to be said for having an electric version on standby just in case. They’re also a great appliance for those short on space who want an alternative to broiling or pan frying. The Breville Smart Grill ($310) is a good option [...]

Mobilizing Margaritas Everywhere

The last Hamilton Beach made blender we talked about was designed to easily dispense frozen cocktails or smoothies at home. Following in those foot steps, the Hamilton Beach Thermal Cooler 10 Speed Blender ($18) is design to provide similar cold drink sharing convenience anywhere you fancy. Its drab but purposeful 48 oz plastic blending jar [...]

An Appliance with Curves from a Bygone Era

Stainless steel may be all the rage for modern kitchen appliances, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only option available for those in search of panache and functionality. Mimicking classic 50′s styling, these colored throw backs would have seemed quite at home in the kitchens of Marilyn Monroe or Elvis. Don’t let their looks fool [...]

Improve Your Coffee with the Push of Button

Let’s face it, there is an entire industry dedicated to producing highly specialized (and some would argue pointless) kitchen gadgets. This industry exists because in the mid 90s the kitchen became The Place to deck out in the home, and Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, etc. needed shiny stainless steel things to line [...]

I drink juice like I breathe air. Orange juice, pineapple juice, strawberry juice, you name it. The latest addition to my kitchen is the Breville Compact Juice Extractor – an industrial like extractor with a top notch juicing system. It puts together my morning bev in seconds, not minutes. The 700 watt motor and 14,000 [...]