The toaster has to be one of the worlds greatest inventions, you pop in bread and out pops toast. Well, that’s how it’s supposed to work but you invariably need to jam your hand into the opening to remove the blackened toast. Thankfully the days of needing asbestos fingers could be over, at least if Crostino has anything to do with it. Their latest smart toaster has a similar opening to a normal toaster and even looks pretty standard from a distance. The clever bit comes when you need to deposit your tasty toast because this beauty...
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Over the past few months we’ve received several requests to review the Bibo water heater/cooler/filter/dispenser. They call it a multi-stage water filtration system which boils and chills water, which is much more descriptive ;-). We’ve now got a Bibo water appliance of our very own and after several weeks have prepared the below review. The review includes installation, usage, comparison with the T6 water Dispenser and any other questions at the end. Installation process Bibo will come and do an installation anywhere in the UK for...
Have you ever wondered how great it would be to have your own donut maker at home? It would be wild because, let’s admit it, we all love donuts. The problem is, we have to drive to the nearest Krispy Kreme to get a bite. Now, thanks to the new Automatic Mini Donut Factory, we won’t have any reason to go out for a donut. Nostalgia Products Group is now introducing the Automatic Mini Donut Factory, an easy-to-use donut maker that magically transforms donut batter into freshly made donuts. Making a donut using the device is simple:...
If your cooking’s gone off the boil lately, then it could be time to get your culinary mojo back. And what better way to get your creative juices flowing than with a brand new kitchen gadget? From top-of-the-range coffee makers to stainless steel pineapple corers, there’s something out there for all tastes and budgets. Our love affair with kitchen gadgets goes way back – probably to the moment Stone Age man started using fire to cook his meat and realised he could really do with a set of ergonomic toasting forks. But...
Advanced cooking systems seem to attract everyones attention, and a stylish, TRON Legacy-inspired cooking system has recently come to the surface in a quite literal sense. The Omnia Cooking System is an all-in-one portable cooking system that can perform tasks, such as grilling, boiling, steaming and frying, with the help of wireless electricity. The Omnia Cooking System, designed by Curve Creative, is made up of the cooking surface, a pod that protects and houses the surface, and the docks. The docks come in two kinds: the lighter Portable...
For years we have been hunting for a wi-fi enabled fridge, and thanks to Samsung our quest has finally come to an end – well sort of. The Samsung Wi-Fi fridge can’t order your shopping for you or keep tabs on how much milk you have remaining but it does have a few other gadgets and features that would be otherwise left out of the kitchen. It comes with an 8 inch screen, bigger than most modern tablets and with similar features to boot. It includes the modern day equivalent of a post it note in electronic form – users can...
This years Electrolux Design lab contest turned out some pretty impressive gadgets, of all the kitchen gadgets entered the Bio Robot Fridge took top honours and has to be the coolest – literally. The designer, Yuriy Dmitriev, wanted to create a new way to refrigerate items and he has easily achieved this. The Bio Fridge has no door and no noisy motor making it ideal for a small home and eco-friendly at the same time. The gel like substance inside the fridge holds food items in place and keeps them cool at the same time, we’re unsure...
If you can’t get enough ‘appicfaction’ and believe there is an app for absolutely everything in your life then you might want to take a look at these app magnets which even comes in packaging shaped like an Apple iPhone! They are available from a number of online retailers and are creating quite a buzz amongst technology lovers. There are 18 magnets in total, each of which has its own familiar icon on the front. These includeemail, weather, calculator and even a stocks symbol. They would brighten up the dullest of fridges and provide...
We’re still failing in our unending quest to find a kettle that connects to the Internet, try though we do to track one down. However, the next best thing might just be here in the shape of the T6 Water Dispenser; so called because the manufacturers believe it is the 6th most indispensable kitchen appliance. We’ve looked but we don’t know what they considered to be numbers 1 through 5. The T6 offers filtered boiling hot, hot, ambient, and chilled water so that you can apparently get the temperature of your favoured...
When it comes to creating the perfect cup of coffee, your average instant doesn’t come anywhere close. For cappuccinos, lattes, and proper coffee you need to look at decent coffee machines and Jura coffee machines have long been considered the yardstick to measure other coffee machines by. Two new additions to the J line of Jura coffee machines, as well as the new Z7, have been announced offering even greater tasting coffee and a host of nifty little gadgets to get the high-tech gadget loving coffee drinker really steamed up. The J7...