Behind the Line: Chrissy Camba

Topic: Help for Home Cooks/Bartenders

Batterie de Cuisine

Let's face it. Some "innovational" kitchen tools are just plain useless. What do you think are the most overrated and unnecessary kitchen tools?

Chrissycake
ugh! sometimes i'll have a big day and if i have enough time i'll try and make it to bed bath and beyond - walk through the kitchen section of a store to see what ridiculous kitchen tools have come out... here are my top 5 favourite, in no particular order: 1. that avocado thing that slices and takes it out of the skin at the same time 2. that corn zipper thing that makes take the kernals off the cob easier - my advice: use a knife, lol 3. a quesadilla maker - similar to a george foreman grill in that you plug it in and it has a nonstick surface, however, it is literally shaped like a tortilla that is portioned out to triangles 4. all those funny shaped whisks...or regular whisks with funny things inside - like a small stone ball inside a small whisk ball inside the actual whisk 5. ONION GOGGLES - wtf, right? lol
 
 

Answers from other users

Pic of sandra
I once saw and add for an egg cracker. Nobody needs a gadget to help crack eggs. Other useless tools are things like a cupcake corer, avocado slicer, garlic peeler . . . .

Last updated: Oct 7 2012

 
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Nutmeg grinders, garlic peelers, strawberry pitters.

Last updated: Dec 8 2011

 
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just flip through a sur la table catalog and blindly point.

Last updated: May 7 2011

 
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  • Matt Haase
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Garlic Press. Bread Machine.

Last updated: Mar 1 2011

 
Fehribach_paul
Bagel slicers, for sure. Get a good knife for chrissake and learn how to use it! Do you really eat that many bagels anyway? Also, those pump-action choppers are a horror.

Last updated: Dec 15 2010

 

Last updated: Oct 7 2012