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Stainless-Steel Lazy Susan Looks Good

Everybody enjoys a good bit of laziness from time to time, but it’s not always the most attractive position to be in. Same could be said about the wonderfully named kitchen gadget called the lazy susan. All too often however, they just don’t seem to be made for everyday use. No so with the MIU Stainless-Steel Lazy Susan.

Featuring a silicone surface and stainless-steel construction, the ball-bearing driven tabletop accessory enhances the surroundings rather than detracts from them. Measuring a little over 11-inches across and 1-inch tall, the heavy (it weighs over a pound) gizmo offers a convenient place to store everyday tabletop essentials like salt and pepper. Or, for those feeling really lazy, their dinner plate would fit right on top.

Pop Goes The Campfire

Campfire Popcorn Popper Extension Handle

A stick goes a long way at a campfire. You can use it to roast a marshmallow or even cook a hot dog. As delicious as these campfire classics may be, their everlasting popularity has got to be due in part to the lowly stick. (After all, every campfire has one.)
However, while great for hot dogs and sâ€™mores, the stick isnâ€™t very useful for many other cooking tasksâ€”unless of course, it has a wire holder on the end of it.

Perfectly designed for Jiffy Pop, the Campfire Popcorn Popper Extension Handle offers an easy way to introduce a new campfire classic. Long enough to be safely held over the fire, the business end of the â€˜stickâ€™ is fashioned into a loop, providing a clever way to bring the movie-night treat into the great outdoorsâ€”with no need to root around the surrounding area for the perfect stick.

Ice In Wine, No; Wine In Ice, Yes

It may be a faux pas to put ice in wine, but there’s certainly nothing wrong with putting wine in ice. Especially when it looks this good. A big chunk of ice is always impressive, and sticking a bottle of wine through the center of it makes it even more so. That’s exactly what the Exaco Nice Ice Cooler can do for you. Part mold, part centerpiece, the contraption creates a tall cylindrical ice sculpture with room for a bottle of wine. Melting into the included base over a period of 6-hours (in a 70-degree environment), the novel wine cooler should (one would hope) last a lot longer than that bottle of wine it is meant to chill.

Watermelon Cooler Leaves Square Melons In The Dirt

Joybond Watermelon Cooler Marugoto Tamachan

Itâ€™s no secret that the Japanese have some sort of unearthly fascination with watermelons. After all, itâ€™s hard to imagine any other culture developing the square watermelon (cucumbers too). Perhaps the Joybond Watermelon Cooler (Marugoto Tamachan) is some sort of apology to watermelon-kind. Apparently designed as a luxury transport for (round) watermelons, the portable cooler could be yours for only about $230. Next up, a jet-pack attachment so they can be sent into space. Just kidding. (Maybe.)

(Via Slippery Brick)

The Cooler Has The Bottle Opener

HomeWetBar Port-o-Cooler Bottle Opener and Cap Catcher

Itâ€™s an age-old question uttered at every ‘que: Who has the bottle opener? First uttered moments after the first beer was bottled, the question has always resulted in a momentary pause in action as everybody looks around for the elusive tool. Eventually, somebody will fess up and exclaim, â€œOh, I have itâ€. Fortunately, many years of bottles being opened have resulted in numerous advances in bottle opener technology. The best openers, of course, are the ones that donâ€™t go anywhere.

The HomeWetBar Port-o-Cooler Bottle Opener and Cap Catcher isnâ€™t likely to wander off with any freshly opened bottles. Easily attaching directly to a cooler (or anything else, really) via double-sided tape or mounting screws, the bolted-down bottle opener isnâ€™t going anywhere the beer isnâ€™t. Every get-together has one, and now that guy will just have to find something else to wander offâ€”just keep him away from the grill.

Corner Cutting Board Doesn’t Cut Corners

Kitchen counter space is always at a premium. Filled with appliances, countertops quickly go from being a center for useful gadgets to being messy mazes in which to work around. Even the simple everyday task of prep work can become hazardous in such circumstances. For those resigned to having cluttered countertops, having a little more space to work with is always appreciated.