- Want to add a touch of weirdness to your kitchen? Look no further.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain hated single-purpose kitchen appliances. Occasionally, he directed his ire at such common tools as garlic presses.
But we have to admit, he sort of had a point. There are so many mind-bogglingly strange gadgets out there that you can’t help but wonder who the manufacturer’s target customer is.
And we don’t mean just ladles with a funny shape. We’re talking about appliances so niche that we can’t imagine anyone ever buying them.
Here’s a sample of completely ridiculous kitchen tools that someone has deemed necessary to make. But although they are mostly useless — some of them are pretty fun.
11. 3-in-1 Avocado Slicer
Let’s start with a tool that could potentially, maybe have a use case in your kitchen. Getting avocados is kind of a hassle, in the end.
If you really can’t be bothered to do it with a knife and a spoon, this avocado slicer is probably a godsend for you. It combined a cutter, pit remover, and slicer into one tool.
At least this thing is dishwasher-safe.
10. Square Egg Press
Do you like hardboiled eggs but hate how elliptical they are? Well, then you simply must get yourself a square egg press.
We can’t really comprehend why you would ever need a square egg. Maybe so it doesn’t roll off the table?
This thing probably has no other purpose than to be a weird little gadget. You could buy one as a present for a friend and laugh at them while they try to figure out what they have just received.
9. Vegetable Wedger
Some people are just very detail-oriented. It’s vital for them that everything in their lives is perfectly symmetrical — even their wedged vegetables.
At least that’s the kind of person we assume would buy a vegetable wedger. It’s a pretty simple device — put the vegetable in and the blades within cut it into six wedges.
But what’re you supposed to do if you need to cut something into more than six wedges?
8. Strawberry Stem Remover
A strawberry stem remover is something we really can’t see ever having a use. Maybe you’d need it if you work in an industrial kitchen specializing in strawberry-based cuisine.
Otherwise, you’ll probably never prepare enough strawberries to make this thing worth its cost. But at least the one-click mechanism seems easy to use.
7. One-Click Butter Cutter
Speaking of one-click mechanisms, check out this butter cutter. Just push the big button on the side and presto — a perfect slice of butter.
At least sometimes. Looking at the reviews of this thing, it doesn’t seem to work very well unless your butter is practically frozen solid.
The cutter mechanism also doesn’t appear to actually work very well and the cutter is big and clunky. So the butter cutter fails at the one possible job it could ever have.
6. Stuffed Burger Press
Here’s another product that joins the strawberry stem remover as one of those things that will probably never be worth its price. How often do you have to make stuffed burgers that you’d need a stuffed burger press?
Supposedly this 3-in-1 burger-making tool also works for shaping regular burgers. You’re entitled to your opinion if you prefer industrial-looking patties, but we at least like our burgers looking a bit inconsistent.
5. Microwave Bacon Rack
Oh boy. Here’s a thing every hardcore microwave bacon cook needs — a microwave bacon rack of your very own.
Now, we’re not saying this is a bad idea per se. Getting some of the grease off your bacon does make it marginally healthier after all.
But whatever happened to just patting the bacon with a piece of paper towel?
4. Smart Egg Case
Are you one of those people who love filling their homes with smart gadgets? Then you’re exactly the kind of person who’d want a smart egg case, we guess.
This gadget connects to your smartphone to monitor your egg situation in real time around the clock. It will send push notifications to your phone if you’re low on eggs or if some of them are pushing their expiration date.
According to reviews, this thing drains batteries very quickly, though. But we suppose it’ll then just function as an overprices regular egg case.
3. Banana (or Hot Dog or Cucumber) Slicer
Ah, the banana slicer — or hot dog slicer, or cucumber slicer, or… You get our point.
These things are staples of pointless kitchen appliance lists and for a good reason. Every kitchen already has a perfect banana slicer — it’s called a knife.
But hey, maybe that’s just too much effort for some.
2. Banana Filler
Maybe you don’t want to slice your banana. Perhaps you want to fill it.
Then, first of all, why? But second, here’s a handy (we guess) banana corer and filler for you.
What is the point of this thing? If you want something on your banana, just dip the thing in the condiment!
We promise you, it’ll be easier than trying to use and clean your banana filler.
1. Carrot Sharpener
Okay, okay — this gadget does julienne and peel carrots. We’ll give it that.
But the box markets it also as a “carrot sharpener.” Who are the people who need their carrots sharpened? And what do they do with the sharpened carrots?
Suppose you want to carry carrots for self-defense purposes, this is exactly what you need. Or you could commit the perfect murder — just chomp down on the vegetable weapon afterward.
NOTE: Oddee condemns in the strongest possible terms any and all carrot-based violence, sharpened or blunt.
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