You know the flock : Alton detest exclusive - intention kitchen appliance . So I read him a tilt of unitaskers that I recollect might make the undercut . Here ’s what did — and what didn’t — take on the maestro ’s approval , along with his colour commentary :
Ice Cream Maker
• I do n’t have a lot of ground for a regular ice pick maker . Good uninterrupted - churn example are expensive , $ 800 to $ 1000 . Frozen core models are messy — you have to stack away them in the deep-freeze , and you ’re always losing parts . I do n’t have any great indigence for that .
If I did n’t haveaccess to liquid nitrogen , maybe I would . Maybe I could use one for something other than crank ointment that I have n’t thought up yet . Nay
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Garlic Press
• There is dead no reason for a garlic pressing to exist . It is utterly wholly famously useless . Nay
Electric Knife Sharpener
• If I had any knives I hated that bad , trusted . No . There ’s not a honorable one made . I wish my knives and use them too much to use a sharpener — maybe I ’d use it on garden tool . Nay
Melon Baller
• I use a melon vine baller . melon vine ballers have some beneficial United States besides the obvious melon vine balling , like dosing out small size of wampum or candies . I probably reach for one every calendar month , the two - ended framework . I prefer a “ disher , ” a outpouring - loaded version . [ Ed . government note : Alton used a disher to measure his famous buttermilk waffle batter . Mere mortals call them “ crank cream scoops”—is that wrong ? ] Yea
Rice Cooker
• Rice cookers are just . I like them and use them . If a peter is used almost ubiquitously by a culture — such as the rice cooker in Japan and parts of China — there ’s going to be a good reason for it . It ’s inordinately good at doing , yes , one matter but one thing you need to do right . I especially like the foggy - logical system mannikin which gauge when it ’s ready and flip to thaw . Rice is n’t easy .
But I would n’t call that a unitasker . you may use a Sir Tim Rice cooker to make riled pudding and custards , make oatmeal in them over night . You have to ask , “ What else fake like rice ? ” Odds are , you could cook that in a Sir Tim Rice cooker . Yea
Stick Blender
• Absolutely . Whoever invented that deserve a Nobel Prize . It ’s so capital for sauces , fast emulsions . I still make salad dressing in a cocktail mover and shaker , but I would definitely get to for a stick blender otherwise . Most of them are much too flowery , though . You do n’t necessitate multiple speeds . You need on and off . If you postulate that much ascendence , get a blender . Yea
Dehydrator
• Useless . Why should I get that when I can get a box fan , bungie cord and cellulose furnace filter from the ironware depot . I used it twice on Good Eats for herbs and all kinds of jerky . Nay
Margarita Machine
• What ’s that ? Oh , you intend blenders with stickers on them ? I believe in have a really proficient blender . I have a Vitamix blender , which I conceive to be the finest on the planet . I suspect mass who would buy a “ margarita machine ” have already been wassail heavy . Nay
Alton Brown is celebrating his tenth year of Good Eats , immortalise that with alert taping in Atlanta this weekand the launching of his cookery book all - around kitchen sourcebookGood Eats : The Early Years , hatch recipes and tips from the first 80 or so episodes . Those pics up top are in the ledger — along with about a million other crazy ones .
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