Hats off to Hannah and the editor of this piece. Hannah is a really engaging and pro level presenter, like many of the other folks featured from ATK. The edits don’t draw attention to themselves, which is something that irritates me to no end as a fellow editor. Great job!
The mini slow cooker is the best thing for cooking steel cut oats. To have hot steel cut oats waiting for you on a cold winter morning is a little bit of heaven. 2cups of steel cut oats to 4 cups of water. I set mine before I go to bed, around 10:30 pm, on the low setting and it’s ready when I wake up around 6:30 am. It makes enough for 4 servings. If there are leftovers, I microwave it the next morning.
They didn't begin to touch on what you can do with those little guys. I make caramelized onions in mine. They come out sweet and black as if you'd spent an hour at the stove making them.
Living in a camper van, I absolutely love my 2qt crockpot. Never thought of steel oats but with colder weather approaching I’ll be waking up to apple & cinnamon oats. Awesome idea!
I'm legally blind and thought about this yesterday. I can't read the labels or even see the controls on various devices. Can I feel rhe buttons? So many questions.
"Tasters couldn't taste the difference between a blade grinder and a burr grinder" Somewhere in England James Hoffman is silently weeping and he doesn't know why
It turns out that, despite having a sophisticated burr grinder, you can still get your coffee to taste exactly the same as if you had ground it in an old-fashioned blade grinder. Bravo, master of the art of coffee!
There’s other factors to consider. What’s the coffee they used, brew methods, temperature of the water. For immersion brewing, cheap heavily roasted canephora, it’s almost a waste to use anything other than a blade grinder. With espresso though, grind size matters a whole lot more.
This is where they lost me. Blade grinder is barely better than pre-ground. If they had done some more research they'd realize there are affordable burr hand grinders. Coffee doesn't have to be expensive, but you'll get massive benefits jumping from $20 gear even up to $50. This recommendation leaves so much value and quality on the table.
Great thing about mini crock pots is that you can use a smart plug to have it start in the night for hot oatmeal in the morning, or start while away for hot food when you get home from work
An infrared thermometer is the best and most used kitchen gadget I've ever had. Funny enough I only bought it because I wanted a laser pointer for my cat and now I use it daily to check the temps of pans and liquids.
I have used a mini slow-cooker for years. I usually stay on a keto diet and my Wife does not, so I find the smaller slow cooker very handy for one-person meals. It can hold about 3 lbs of chuck roast for pot roast.
That Krups grinder is a perennial product. My mom got one over twenty years ago, and it served faithfully, until recently. Looking for a replacement, I was surprised to find the exact same unit still available, new! When a product lives for decades without any need for a change, I think it's a mark of quality.
When I have a rotisserie chicken, for a later meal I put the bones, skin and scraps in my small slow cookier to make broth for soup. It's just the right size and we get a good pot of soup with it.
@@WFCA I put the rotisserie carcass in the instant pot along with usual soup fixings such as a quartered onion, celery, carrots, parsley, a parsnip if I have one handy, a wedge of lemon, fresh thyme, a few cloves of garlic, sometimes I add dried mushrooms, a wedge of ginger, and/or a teaspoon of better than bouillon instead of salt. Add water to cover. Basically, it’s making a chicken soup without much chicken.
I have the mini waffle maker and the egg bite maker, which could also double as a panini press, as it has flat plates and is about the size of a piece of bread. Hmm... I should try that! I haven't made egg bites in a while, but they're actually really good. I'd recommend both of these appliances, and I have my eye on one or two more (though I did get a hard-boiled egg appliance from a different brand, just because it was on sale).
8 Dash mini appliances and counting, lol. Next up will be the Dash Pie Maker for Pot Pies and also pie crusts for refrigerator pies. Great little convenience items for my Motorcoach without using the kitchen oven or range top during hot 🔥 Florida temperatures 🌡.
When it comes to using any appliance in college dorms, you have to read what is allowed in your dorm. Most universities have strict rules as to what type of cooking elements are allowed in the bedrooms. Most can only be used in the kitchen areas of the residence halls.
I found the 8” Dash griddle at the thrift store and use the heck out of it. My favorite thing to make is Spanish potato tortilla. I take it with me in my tiny travel trailer when I hit the road. Love it.
Krups blade grinders and tiny rice cooker enthusiast here! I have owned 2 Krups grinders for years. Every once in a while I wonder if I should spend the money for a burr grinder. I always decide that I don't have enough counter space and don't drink enough coffee to bother. It's nice to know that the experts can't taste the difference. My 2 cup rice cooker got me through grad school and I give one to every young person I know when they move out on their own. I might try a mini slow cooker or the panini press.
I have a Hamilton Beach coffee grinder...very good product...10-15 bucks...That Panini press you featured...does the top side heat up?..do you flip it?.....Thanks...Hannah I really am glad ATK hired you years ago ...I know everyone else but somehow everything I have watched up till now on the channel were with the other folks.. I just discovered you today and you do an excellent job!...You are a great HIGH energy host..I wish you continued prosperity!
Your use of the panini press reminds me of the Express Redi-Set-Go infomercial from when I was a kid. A cross-over between that product and gear heads would honestly be life changing.
The "Ready Set Go" appliance... WOW, I loved that little thing! Wore out two of them. Although its inventor, Debbie, has passed the newer GT EXPRESS is still being made.
Enjoyed your presentation 👍 👏. You're correct, those Dash appliances are such fun to use and a breeze to clean. Great for use on hot 🔥 summer days when using a full-on oven or stove top range is just too overkill.
something i've learned after many attempts at different grinders, if you're going to plan on using the grinder for multiple different ingredients, cleaning the burr type grinders will drive you made, and make you order doordash, stick with the blade. if you're only going to use it to grind coffee only, then a burr will work.
@@ordinary_average_guy check out mr fancypants over here, lol, just kidding, that's for sure an option, yes, but again, if you use a burr grinder for more than one spice, the cleaning or should i say inability to ever truly get those burrs clean, means you're gonna be spending 18 bucks on each spice you normally grind, wereas, again, in my experience, one blade grinder is simple to clean, easy peasy
@@tarbhnathrac great tip, blade cleanups aren't all that bad at all, nothing a damp paper towel and a qtip can't tackle, but your suggesting is excellent nonetheless
Re: using a single burner to boil water. If there is an electrical outlet, just plug in an electric kettle, which is better than a stovetop kettle anyway
@@b3z3jm3nnyi boil water in a kettle and then just pour it over noodles, if i need them to cook more i throw it in a glass bowl in the microwave for 6 min. Or if you insist on using a pot on the stove, heat a little bit of water while the kettle boils 2 liters, then add your kettle water to the pot with the pasta. Either way, the kettle saves time
I did fine for years using the Krups grinder. It definitely didn't last me as long as others got out of theirs and the replacement I bought had enough annoyances that I started to look for a burr grinder. I haven't been lucky with any pour-over techniques, and my (previously recommended Best Buy) Bonavita drip machine made a great cup of coffee, but I gotta say that even out of that hands-off brewing method I noticed a HUGE difference compared to the blade grinder. That being said, I was very happy with the Krups. It's just that the burr grinder makes it so much easier when you need to grinder coarser or finer. But that's just me.
I use toasted sandwich makers to make the perfectly crispy bacon. Far easier than a standard pan. Recently I have started using it for scrambled eggs and found its thermostat to be better at producing eggs without burnt parts.
@@AlanMillerFencepost I, too, love my 3QT Instant Pot but locating smaller quantity recipes for it has been somewhat challenging. Most RUclips Creators make their recipes for the 6QT, especially true when using the Pressure Cooking settings. I'm constantly having to "Half" recipes and that gets old quick when several ingredients are called for in exacting measurements and cooking times. Have you found any successful workarounds for this? If so, please share.
@@pamelaklemp5615 I mostly use the small one for rice, quinoa, pasta, etc and things without real recipes (eg Italian sausage, brown then stack on rack with some water in the bottom). For recipes I'm more likely doing soups so the bigger pot gets pulled out.
@@AlanMillerFencepost I understand. I mainly use it for Baked Potatoes, Homemade Mini Pizzas, mini Cakes Mixes, mini sized Muffin Mixes and Cornbread Mixes when it's just too hot 🔥 in the Deep South to cook larger quantities.
Even if you have a burr coffee grinder, I think it is worth having a blade grinder to use as a spice grinder for cooking/baking spices that are best used freshly ground.
I have an old waffle cooker that can be used as a griddle/panini-press. The cooking surfaces have waffle ridges on one side and a flat griddles on the other. They are held in place by spring clips. it is a simple matter to remove and flip them over....well, at least when they are cool.😀
I have the krups grinder. I don't drink coffee, but others in the house do. I use it for spice grinding. To switch between coffee and spice, wipe it out and then give pieces of bread a spin. The bread picks up coffee or spice bits. My spice doesn't taste like coffee. Their coffee doesn't taste spicy.
Nice video. For grinding coffee, I use a blade grinder ... I use a very old Krups blade grinder. For grinding spices, I do it using a Japanese suribachi.
The mini egg cooker is great for dorms and solos. You can steam fish or veggies. Steam hot dogs. Reheat small portions of food and make perfect soft to hard boiled eggs. Omelette and poach as well.😊
For the portable burner: Splurge a bit and get an induction one. It's better than gas and far better than coils. I got one for $45 that's still going strong a few years later.
Another unexpected use for the mini crockpot is to keep clean, fresh, warm water for our outdoor cats when the temperatures dip below freezing. I picked up one at Walmart this past winter for ten dollars. It worked perfect and I didn’t need to worry about the cats water freezing up any more.
@@slugbiker ABSOLUTELY 💯 ❤ my Dash Egg Boiler. Makes perfect Poached Eggs without the need to add Vinegar like you'd do using a stove top method. No stirring needed either. Just great Eggs steamed to perfection. Husband and I use it regularly for all kinds of Egg choices.
I have multiple mini dash Appliances. The one you just showed is our favourite. I cook a steak in it with sautéed mushrooms, then while steak is resting I crack an egg and cook it in the steak ‘juice’ in the pan. Makes perfect ‘over easy’ eggs without having to flip the egg because of the lid! Love it! Serve the steak with egg on top surrounded my the mushrooms. And so easy to clean! We use it every day for various meals..
You see the thing I liked was your review of The Panini press I mean let's face it that the way you described it is exactly what you should be describing other things yeah I think it would be a worthy addition if I could get one with a international plug.
A corkscrew with a docking station? Do I keep it in the elevator that's in my bathroom? The Krups grinder works a treat though. The pulsing technique helps as does shaking the unit while it grinds. You'll develop a rhythm for your normal amount and an tell by the units vibrations when your ready.
If you need a spare burner purchase a induction burner. So much safer and more powerful. It’s more expensive but you can still get a good one for under $100
@@wild-radio7373I have used my Duxtop Induction cooktop for years. It can hold a heavy pot of stew. It's sold on Amazon with different model options. I have the $83 one.
I have an induction burner and love it, but it hardly fits in the “great kitchen gadgets under $25” category. And many folks on a tight budget may not already own induction compatible cookware.
I have a vintage cast iron coffee grinder I also use for grinding pepper. (After cleaning.) i adjust the grind with a screw on top of the handle. I love it for both. I use an old fashioned stove top percolator so I want a coarser grind. I can also adjust the grind on my pepper from coarse to fine. I paid less than $25 for mine too. Sometimes knew isn’t necessarily better.
Thanks fr the reviews, however I must note that I've had 2 Secura wine openers, where the battery fails after 4-5 months. The vendor was good in sending a repalcement, but when we had the same issue with the replacement, we went high end.
I did not know Krups was still an active brand. They always made excellent small appliances. I have had a Krups coffee maker and a grinder for 19 years and still going strong!
Krups Coffee grinder is a good recommendation. Looking for something to replace my Hamilton Beach grinder for all the reasons Hannah to look out for. Thanks.
I have blade grinder for spices that is pretty easy to clean, and burr grinder for coffee that I got at Aldi a few years ago for under $20. I works like a charm and is so easy to clean. About not having grill marks on your sandwich, to me that just means all the bread was toasted, not just the bread that had good contact with the raised surface that makes the lines. I have two mini waffle makers by Dash, and they are holding up just fine, and make a good waffle. I mostly use them for savory waffles, like with cheese and tuna.
Something to think about with portable gas stoves: You shouldn't use them in confined spaces and/or indoors. I have a two burner Coleman camping stove I'd never use indoors because of fumes and Carbon Monoxide. And just about all gas stoves are going to have this problem. With electric, the only fumes you really need to worry about are the ones when you burn your food.
I think this is true, America is one of the last countries to still use natural corks. Even synthetic corks are being used less because they just end up in landfills. The newer two piece twist off lids work just as well.
Re: blade grinders for coffee, I think it's also important to specify hat they are fine for auto drip machine. Some brewing methods require uniform ground size to produce good coffee. In addition, the roast level of the beans should also be specified, as the hardness of the beans depends on the roast
I grew up using a regular skillet (not cast iron) to make grilled cheese sandwiches, etc. - we just flipped the sandwich over to toast/grill the other side! Works like a charm! Nothing special here!
Did you guys consider induction burners as opposed to conventional electric burners? If there are none under $25 then would still be a nice thing to review.
My potable burner is better than that pos! It is a cast iron top portable burner that comes in single and double and is identical to a regular stove top version ! Used these for years! I love it!!!
My girlfriend bought a dash mini waffle maker, and I wasn’t fond of the idea of a mini waffle maker, but it has been an absolute workhorse for about 5 years and has no sign of wear
There’s an argument for electric bottle openers for those with arthritis or limited grip strength. For everyone else that drinks wine, learn how to use a waiter’s corkscrew and avoid buying a gadget that has a battery that can’t be replaced and will go to the landfill in a couple of years. ATK even has a video on using the corkscrew.
Should be said for coffee grinders, the Mahlkonig EK43, a $3000 grinder (if you can find it in stock), was the single equipment that arguably started the entire third wave coffee movement today. That grinder was originally designed as not a coffee grinder, but a spice grinder. I understand both sides of the argument. Coffee nerds will know that any blade grinder is inherently going to be trash by its very design, and simply doesn't make sense when we have Kingrinder units today that cost only around $50 for quite decent performance. But we have to realize that for the viewers of this video, people that couldn't be arsed to not even spend $25 for a grinder is absolutely not going to spend close to even $15 for a halfway decent 12oz bag of coffee. For someone that would actually benefit from a blade grinder, the competition/alternative is pretty much just Folgers instant. It seems inconceivable for us coffee nerds, but even a blade grinder with nitro-preserved bag of high volume whole beans will be a night and day difference for most people.
I read the description box of the portable electric burner on Amzon. It states: This item shouldn’t be used for more than 60 minutes in a 2-hour period as indicated in the manual. This wasn't mentioned in the above video.
You can get burr grinders for 100€ (I bought a Svart for that 4 years ago). Was a big improvement from my blade grinder and worth every penny. And for occasional cup while traveling I bought a manual commandante grinder which was more than twice the costs of the Svart…
Cleaning is important. "Wiping it clean" does not seem sanitary. I enjoy my George Foreman grill and I can remove the heated parts to wash in soap and water.
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Hats off to Hannah and the editor of this piece. Hannah is a really engaging and pro level presenter, like many of the other folks featured from ATK. The edits don’t draw attention to themselves, which is something that irritates me to no end as a fellow editor. Great job!
The mini slow cooker is the best thing for cooking steel cut oats. To have hot steel cut oats waiting for you on a cold winter morning is a little bit of heaven. 2cups of steel cut oats to 4 cups of water. I set mine before I go to bed, around 10:30 pm, on the low setting and it’s ready when I wake up around 6:30 am. It makes enough for 4 servings. If there are leftovers, I microwave it the next morning.
They didn't begin to touch on what you can do with those little guys. I make caramelized onions in mine. They come out sweet and black as if you'd spent an hour at the stove making them.
@@WastrelWay i couldn’t agree more. I’ve done onions too & like to add a little balsamic & thyme and it’s sooo easy. ❤️
@@WastrelWay Sounds like i need to get one. I've been wanting to do slow cooker caramelized onions for a while now.
Living in a camper van, I absolutely love my 2qt crockpot.
Never thought of steel oats but with colder weather approaching I’ll be waking up to apple & cinnamon oats. Awesome idea!
I have one. Perfect for cooking for one or two.
I'd love to see a gear heads video about gadgets and adaptations that make kitchens more accessible to folks with disabilities
I'm legally blind and thought about this yesterday. I can't read the labels or even see the controls on various devices. Can I feel rhe buttons? So many questions.
That is a fantastic idea.
I agree; it’s a great idea. I miss cooking and would love to discover new ways of working in the kitchen now that I’m physically challenged.
"Tasters couldn't taste the difference between a blade grinder and a burr grinder"
Somewhere in England James Hoffman is silently weeping and he doesn't know why
replace these testers they all failed.
It turns out that, despite having a sophisticated burr grinder, you can still get your coffee to taste exactly the same as if you had ground it in an old-fashioned blade grinder. Bravo, master of the art of coffee!
There’s other factors to consider. What’s the coffee they used, brew methods, temperature of the water. For immersion brewing, cheap heavily roasted canephora, it’s almost a waste to use anything other than a blade grinder. With espresso though, grind size matters a whole lot more.
This feels like a challenge aimed at James baiting him into drinking coffee made by a blade grinder 😂😂😂
This is where they lost me. Blade grinder is barely better than pre-ground. If they had done some more research they'd realize there are affordable burr hand grinders.
Coffee doesn't have to be expensive, but you'll get massive benefits jumping from $20 gear even up to $50. This recommendation leaves so much value and quality on the table.
The Test Kitchen| Gadget Corner is always worth a watch!
Great thing about mini crock pots is that you can use a smart plug to have it start in the night for hot oatmeal in the morning, or start while away for hot food when you get home from work
Hannah, you were missed! So glad to see you back.
I also use my mini slow cooker for keeping gravy hot during family dinners.
Small slow cookers with "warm" setting are great for keeping sides like mashed potatoes or stuffing warm when cooking big holiday dinners.
Thanks Hannah! I’m so glad you are back and did this testing!❤
I have that exact same Krups Grinder. It's almost 30 years old and has never let me down.
Same! I use it for spices, but bought it from a thrift shop over 15 years ago and it's still going strong!
Same!
Hannah is back...❤
She's my favorite.
Welcome back Hannah! You and Lisa are my absolute favorites! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁😁😁
100% agree about them being the favorites! Add in Lan Lam and Dan Souza and you have the only videos I watch on this channel.
An infrared thermometer is the best and most used kitchen gadget I've ever had. Funny enough I only bought it because I wanted a laser pointer for my cat and now I use it daily to check the temps of pans and liquids.
I have had my Krups coffee grinder for over 40 years and it still works perfectly.
I wish I could say that about myself.
@@SummitHill79 Your comment made me laugh so much! I thank you for that.
Me too! Excellent product.
Same. I actually have two one for spices and one for grinding coffee beans. I can get a very fine grind with the Krups.
My krups blade came off 😢
I have used a mini slow-cooker for years. I usually stay on a keto diet and my Wife does not, so I find the smaller slow cooker very handy for one-person meals. It can hold about 3 lbs of chuck roast for pot roast.
I have 2 of the Krups blade grinders. One is for coffee the other for spices.
I love my Krups grinder we bought in the early 90's, same design. Perfection!
That Krups grinder is a perennial product. My mom got one over twenty years ago, and it served faithfully, until recently. Looking for a replacement, I was surprised to find the exact same unit still available, new! When a product lives for decades without any need for a change, I think it's a mark of quality.
I have the same mini slow cooker and can confirm it's a great buy!
When I have a rotisserie chicken, for a later meal I put the bones, skin and scraps in my small slow cookier to make broth for soup. It's just the right size and we get a good pot of soup with it.
Same … but with an instant pot, which I use mostly for chicken soup and making yogurt. I’m not a big fan, but sometimes unattended cooking wins out.
Do you just water?
@@WFCA I put the rotisserie carcass in the instant pot along with usual soup fixings such as a quartered onion, celery, carrots, parsley, a parsnip if I have one handy, a wedge of lemon, fresh thyme, a few cloves of garlic, sometimes I add dried mushrooms, a wedge of ginger, and/or a teaspoon of better than bouillon instead of salt. Add water to cover. Basically, it’s making a chicken soup without much chicken.
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I have two Dash appliance’s, the mini-waffle maker and an egg cooker and I love them both!
Same
I just got the egg cooker, it works well. I don’t have room for a bulky instant pot
I have the mini waffle maker and the egg bite maker, which could also double as a panini press, as it has flat plates and is about the size of a piece of bread. Hmm... I should try that! I haven't made egg bites in a while, but they're actually really good. I'd recommend both of these appliances, and I have my eye on one or two more (though I did get a hard-boiled egg appliance from a different brand, just because it was on sale).
8 Dash mini appliances and counting, lol. Next up will be the Dash Pie Maker for Pot Pies and also pie crusts for refrigerator pies. Great little convenience items for my Motorcoach without using the kitchen oven or range top during hot 🔥 Florida temperatures 🌡.
I bought a box of 4 appliances at Walmart and love them. Waffle iron, sandwich maker, mini donut, omelet maker.
When it comes to using any appliance in college dorms, you have to read what is allowed in your dorm. Most universities have strict rules as to what type of cooking elements are allowed in the bedrooms. Most can only be used in the kitchen areas of the residence halls.
I found the 8” Dash griddle at the thrift store and use the heck out of it. My favorite thing to make is Spanish potato tortilla. I take it with me in my tiny travel trailer when I hit the road. Love it.
Krups blade grinders and tiny rice cooker enthusiast here! I have owned 2 Krups grinders for years. Every once in a while I wonder if I should spend the money for a burr grinder. I always decide that I don't have enough counter space and don't drink enough coffee to bother. It's nice to know that the experts can't taste the difference. My 2 cup rice cooker got me through grad school and I give one to every young person I know when they move out on their own. I might try a mini slow cooker or the panini press.
I have a Hamilton Beach coffee grinder...very good product...10-15 bucks...That Panini press you featured...does the top side heat up?..do you flip it?.....Thanks...Hannah I really am glad ATK hired you years ago ...I know everyone else but somehow everything I have watched up till now on the channel were with the other folks.. I just discovered you today and you do an excellent job!...You are a great HIGH energy host..I wish you continued prosperity!
Dash products are excellent- I have the grill and make Chaffels all the time. Highly recommend!
My 11 year old uses the Dash griddle to make grilled cheeses almost every day. I love using it to make single serve Dutch babies. It’s awesome.
Your use of the panini press reminds me of the Express Redi-Set-Go infomercial from when I was a kid. A cross-over between that product and gear heads would honestly be life changing.
The "Ready Set Go" appliance... WOW, I loved that little thing! Wore out two of them. Although its inventor, Debbie, has passed the newer GT EXPRESS is still being made.
Enjoyed your presentation 👍 👏. You're correct, those Dash appliances are such fun to use and a breeze to clean. Great for use on hot 🔥 summer days when using a full-on oven or stove top range is just too overkill.
Hannah is back 🥰
Welcome back Hannah!
I always enjoy the gadget reviews. I’m liking the coffee grinder.😊
something i've learned after many attempts at different grinders, if you're going to plan on using the grinder for multiple different ingredients, cleaning the burr type grinders will drive you made, and make you order doordash, stick with the blade. if you're only going to use it to grind coffee only, then a burr will work.
@ $18 you can dedicate one to coffee and have a second (different color) for spices
@@ordinary_average_guy check out mr fancypants over here, lol, just kidding, that's for sure an option, yes, but again, if you use a burr grinder for more than one spice, the cleaning or should i say inability to ever truly get those burrs clean, means you're gonna be spending 18 bucks on each spice you normally grind, wereas, again, in my experience, one blade grinder is simple to clean, easy peasy
Easy blade grinder Cleanup - fill with rice and grind to powder.
@@tarbhnathrac great tip, blade cleanups aren't all that bad at all, nothing a damp paper towel and a qtip can't tackle, but your suggesting is excellent nonetheless
Re: using a single burner to boil water. If there is an electrical outlet, just plug in an electric kettle, which is better than a stovetop kettle anyway
Boiling water for pasta not for tea…
1 more thing. I have zero use for an electric kettle.
we make our tea in harbors, not kitchens
@@b3z3jm3nnyi boil water in a kettle and then just pour it over noodles, if i need them to cook more i throw it in a glass bowl in the microwave for 6 min. Or if you insist on using a pot on the stove, heat a little bit of water while the kettle boils 2 liters, then add your kettle water to the pot with the pasta. Either way, the kettle saves time
this use case bordered on informercial grade ignorance. agreed.
I did fine for years using the Krups grinder. It definitely didn't last me as long as others got out of theirs and the replacement I bought had enough annoyances that I started to look for a burr grinder. I haven't been lucky with any pour-over techniques, and my (previously recommended Best Buy) Bonavita drip machine made a great cup of coffee, but I gotta say that even out of that hands-off brewing method I noticed a HUGE difference compared to the blade grinder. That being said, I was very happy with the Krups. It's just that the burr grinder makes it so much easier when you need to grinder coarser or finer. But that's just me.
I NEED MY WINE OPEN IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS. COME ON! GOT DRINKING TO DO! YOU’RE CRAMPING MY STYLE!
😂😂😂😂😂
Then get a needle wine opener. Using CO2, it will open a bottle of wine in about 1 second flat.
I use toasted sandwich makers to make the perfectly crispy bacon. Far easier than a standard pan.
Recently I have started using it for scrambled eggs and found its thermostat to be better at producing eggs without burnt parts.
Hannah is awesome! Really enjoy her videos. 😊
I truly love your equipment reviews; to the point that I've become an ATKholic shopper.
"We haven't had our coffee yet! That's way too hard!" lol 🤣
It's a long way from $25, but my 3qt Instant Pot was well worth it cooking for just 2 people. Much more compact than the normal 6qt size.
@@AlanMillerFencepost I, too, love my 3QT Instant Pot but locating smaller quantity recipes for it has been somewhat challenging. Most RUclips Creators make their recipes for the 6QT, especially true when using the Pressure Cooking settings. I'm constantly having to "Half" recipes and that gets old quick when several ingredients are called for in exacting measurements and cooking times. Have you found any successful workarounds for this? If so, please share.
@@pamelaklemp5615 I mostly use the small one for rice, quinoa, pasta, etc and things without real recipes (eg Italian sausage, brown then stack on rack with some water in the bottom). For recipes I'm more likely doing soups so the bigger pot gets pulled out.
@@AlanMillerFencepost I understand. I mainly use it for Baked Potatoes, Homemade Mini Pizzas, mini Cakes Mixes, mini sized Muffin Mixes and Cornbread Mixes when it's just too hot 🔥 in the Deep South to cook larger quantities.
Ted The Krups coffee grinder is the best. While I hold the button down I hold the grinder with both hands and shake. It's great.
Even if you have a burr coffee grinder, I think it is worth having a blade grinder to use as a spice grinder for cooking/baking spices that are best used freshly ground.
ATK is the BEST!
I have an old waffle cooker that can be used as a griddle/panini-press. The cooking surfaces have waffle ridges on one side and a flat griddles on the other. They are held in place by spring clips. it is a simple matter to remove and flip them over....well, at least when they are cool.😀
I have the same thing. I love it.
I have the krups grinder. I don't drink coffee, but others in the house do. I use it for spice grinding. To switch between coffee and spice, wipe it out and then give pieces of bread a spin. The bread picks up coffee or spice bits. My spice doesn't taste like coffee. Their coffee doesn't taste spicy.
I love these so much as everything is so expensive and not even high quality TYSM❤
Nice video.
For grinding coffee, I use a blade grinder ... I use a very old Krups blade grinder.
For grinding spices, I do it using a Japanese suribachi.
The mini egg cooker is great for dorms and solos. You can steam fish or veggies. Steam hot dogs. Reheat small portions of food and make perfect soft to hard boiled eggs. Omelette and poach as well.😊
Great review. Very to the point and educational! Thanks for another great ATK video
For the portable burner: Splurge a bit and get an induction one. It's better than gas and far better than coils. I got one for $45 that's still going strong a few years later.
Use one for coffee Ana second for spices.
Another unexpected use for the mini crockpot is to keep clean, fresh, warm water for our outdoor cats when the temperatures dip below freezing. I picked up one at Walmart this past winter for ten dollars. It worked perfect and I didn’t need to worry about the cats water freezing up any more.
Does it run out of water ever?
Great review 👏🏾 👌🏾 👍🏾
A long time ago I had a small crockpot but on low it was too hot to keep dips warm- they burned...hope new ones are better.thank you
I am going to manually de-cork my wine with ye aulde corkscrew.
Barbarian!
Dash also makes an excellent, inexpensive egg cooker. Doesn't need a stove, makes soft or hard cooked eggs, and has an auto shutoff.
I love my Dash egg cooker.
I use it nearly every day
@@slugbiker ABSOLUTELY 💯 ❤ my Dash Egg Boiler. Makes perfect Poached Eggs without the need to add Vinegar like you'd do using a stove top method. No stirring needed either. Just great Eggs steamed to perfection. Husband and I use it regularly for all kinds of Egg choices.
Hannah killin it solo! a true pro
I have multiple mini dash Appliances. The one you just showed is our favourite. I cook a steak in it with sautéed mushrooms, then while steak is resting I crack an egg and cook it in the steak ‘juice’ in the pan. Makes perfect ‘over easy’ eggs without having to flip the egg because of the lid! Love it! Serve the steak with egg on top surrounded my the mushrooms. And so easy to clean! We use it every day for various meals..
Sounds great 👍
You see the thing I liked was your review of The Panini press I mean let's face it that the way you described it is exactly what you should be describing other things yeah I think it would be a worthy addition if I could get one with a international plug.
I use my mini Dash griddle for most of my cooking. Pancakes to grilled veggies.
You guys are the best!
@1:24 Just spend the extra $$ for an induction burner which is better than both gas and electric
If going that route, be prepared to also purchase induction compatible pots/pans if what you already own isn’t.
A corkscrew with a docking station? Do I keep it in the elevator that's in my bathroom? The Krups grinder works a treat though. The pulsing technique helps as does shaking the unit while it grinds. You'll develop a rhythm for your normal amount and an tell by the units vibrations when your ready.
Hannah is back!
Instead of getting a bulky panini press, I bought a cast iron sandwich press with grill mark textures which takes up less space in my kitchen.
If you need a spare burner purchase a induction burner. So much safer and more powerful. It’s more expensive but you can still get a good one for under $100
I have been looking for an extra large one... any recommendations?
With an induction burner you can safely put on a pot of stock and go to work without fear of risking a fire. That's a game changer.
@@wild-radio7373I have used my Duxtop Induction cooktop for years. It can hold a heavy pot of stew. It's sold on Amazon with different model options. I have the $83 one.
I have an induction burner and love it, but it hardly fits in the “great kitchen gadgets under $25” category. And many folks on a tight budget may not already own induction compatible cookware.
Defeats the under $25 subject, now doesn't it?
Welcome back hannah
Love this! Please more of these videos
I love my Krupps coffee grinders. Never has a coffee bean been seen in one though. 😂 1 I use for spices and the 2nd one is used for cinnamon.
I have a vintage cast iron coffee grinder I also use for grinding pepper. (After cleaning.) i adjust the grind with a screw on top of the handle. I love it for both. I use an old fashioned stove top percolator so I want a coarser grind. I can also adjust the grind on my pepper from coarse to fine. I paid less than $25 for mine too. Sometimes knew isn’t necessarily better.
Hannah's back!
Thanks fr the reviews, however I must note that I've had 2 Secura wine openers, where the battery fails after 4-5 months. The vendor was good in sending a repalcement, but when we had the same issue with the replacement, we went high end.
I did not know Krups was still an active brand. They always made excellent small appliances. I have had a Krups coffee maker and a grinder for 19 years and still going strong!
Krups Coffee grinder is a good recommendation. Looking for something to replace my Hamilton Beach grinder for all the reasons Hannah to look out for. Thanks.
Great information 😺❤❤❤ thanks 👍
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!
I have blade grinder for spices that is pretty easy to clean, and burr grinder for coffee that I got at Aldi a few years ago for under $20. I works like a charm and is so easy to clean. About not having grill marks on your sandwich, to me that just means all the bread was toasted, not just the bread that had good contact with the raised surface that makes the lines. I have two mini waffle makers by Dash, and they are holding up just fine, and make a good waffle. I mostly use them for savory waffles, like with cheese and tuna.
Great video.
We want a food dehydrator episode!
Something to think about with portable gas stoves: You shouldn't use them in confined spaces and/or indoors. I have a two burner Coleman camping stove I'd never use indoors because of fumes and Carbon Monoxide. And just about all gas stoves are going to have this problem. With electric, the only fumes you really need to worry about are the ones when you burn your food.
If a gas stove puts off carbon monoxide, you have a bad stove. Gas stoves have been used indoors for decades without anything major happening.
I think this is true, America is one of the last countries to still use natural corks. Even synthetic corks are being used less because they just end up in landfills. The newer two piece twist off lids work just as well.
I use my George Forman counter grill for Paninis, they come out great.
Same and the one I have allows me to change the plates for doing other things. I love to use it as a press and cook my bacon.
That George was an innovator I tell ya!
If it is coated with toxic Teflon, don’t use it; throw it away!
If it is coated with toxic Teflon, don’t use it; throw it away!
Dash makes a model with removable plates so the same cheap griddle can do waffles in different shapes, stuffed waffles, pancakes, panini, etc.
George Foreman grill has a similar model.
I have 2 mini grinders. 1 for coffee and 1 for spices. Got them at dollar general or family dollar. $5-$10ea.
Re: blade grinders for coffee, I think it's also important to specify hat they are fine for auto drip machine. Some brewing methods require uniform ground size to produce good coffee. In addition, the roast level of the beans should also be specified, as the hardness of the beans depends on the roast
I grew up using a regular skillet (not cast iron) to make grilled cheese sandwiches, etc. - we just flipped the sandwich over to toast/grill the other side! Works like a charm! Nothing special here!
Did you guys consider induction burners as opposed to conventional electric burners? If there are none under $25 then would still be a nice thing to review.
I use induction and would not go back to electric coil no matter the cost difference.
I got a mini slow cooker just for lil smokies and bbq sauce during football season and I’m not overly precious about gadgets.
I have an egg cooker it works perfect from Amazon
Great video and presentation!
My potable burner is better than that pos!
It is a cast iron top portable burner that comes in single and double and is identical to a regular stove top version ! Used these for years!
I love it!!!
Portable single burners are great from a traditional steel gooseneck kettle in a coffee corner.
My girlfriend bought a dash mini waffle maker, and I wasn’t fond of the idea of a mini waffle maker, but it has been an absolute workhorse for about 5 years and has no sign of wear
i use my geriatric foreman grill as a 'panini press'. I don't eat pancakes. Sandwiches, burritos, and defrosted pizza slices are great with it.
George Foreman has a geriatric model now?
@@kenmore01ha ha
There’s an argument for electric bottle openers for those with arthritis or limited grip strength. For everyone else that drinks wine, learn how to use a waiter’s corkscrew and avoid buying a gadget that has a battery that can’t be replaced and will go to the landfill in a couple of years. ATK even has a video on using the corkscrew.
Should be said for coffee grinders, the Mahlkonig EK43, a $3000 grinder (if you can find it in stock), was the single equipment that arguably started the entire third wave coffee movement today. That grinder was originally designed as not a coffee grinder, but a spice grinder.
I understand both sides of the argument. Coffee nerds will know that any blade grinder is inherently going to be trash by its very design, and simply doesn't make sense when we have Kingrinder units today that cost only around $50 for quite decent performance.
But we have to realize that for the viewers of this video, people that couldn't be arsed to not even spend $25 for a grinder is absolutely not going to spend close to even $15 for a halfway decent 12oz bag of coffee. For someone that would actually benefit from a blade grinder, the competition/alternative is pretty much just Folgers instant. It seems inconceivable for us coffee nerds, but even a blade grinder with nitro-preserved bag of high volume whole beans will be a night and day difference for most people.
I read the description box of the portable electric burner on Amzon. It states:
This item shouldn’t be used for more than 60 minutes in a 2-hour period as indicated in the manual.
This wasn't mentioned in the above video.
You can get burr grinders for 100€ (I bought a Svart for that 4 years ago). Was a big improvement from my blade grinder and worth every penny.
And for occasional cup while traveling I bought a manual commandante grinder which was more than twice the costs of the Svart…
Cleaning is important. "Wiping it clean" does not seem sanitary. I enjoy my George Foreman grill and I can remove the heated parts to wash in soap and water.