Kitchen Gadgets Blog – Page 196 – Beyond The Kitchen Sink

Better baking biscuit butter by Butter Butler

Novelty food items are a lot of fun, but they usually prove to be ultimately worthless. Sometimes, the fun is just in trying to come up with an actual use for them. In the case of the Butter Butler, there may be no end to the possibilities.

Operating like a Play-Doh Fun Factory the Butter Butler squeezes out fun shapes of butter. Simply place the butter in the gadget, choose a shape and extrude. You probably never thought you would need long strands of butter, but sometimes unnecessity is the mother of invention.

Consider biscuit making. The idea is to cut the butter in without entirely melting it. Also, a minimum of mixing is preferable in any biscuit-making endeavor. So, what if this device actually could help? It’s possible after all. As far as I’m concerned, when biscuits are involved, the more research the better. And hey, if that doesn’t work, I’m sure I could come up with some sort of butter spaghetti application.

Lift & Serve Pan makes bite-sized baking a breeze

Anybody with a penchant for hors d’oeuvres is going to appreciate this nifty pan. From bite-sized quiche to tasty little cakes, creating petite snacks has never been easier.

The Chicago Metallic Lift & Serve Single Squares Pan bakes a dozen appetizing treats at a time. It features twelve individual cups each measuring 1-inch square by ¾ of an inch deep. When done, the delicate dishes pop right out of the nonstick pan simply by pushing up from underneath. Unlike other stubborn pans, the removable inserts help to lift the food out, leaving you with easy to handle delicious appetizers that are just a bite away.

Pack up the cool with the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop

Infinite Circulon Portable Induction Burner

Instead of a traditional gas flame or electric burner, the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop works via induction, which transfers heat directly into the cooking vessel. Why waste all that energy heating up the air around your cooking pot? Other cooking methods may only use some of the generated energy, but induction cookers are capable of higher efficiency.

With preset power levels and cooking temperatures, the cooker is not only efficient, but also precise. Capable of a temperature range of 100 to 460 degrees, the cooker also includes a timer that can be set for up to ten hours. From slow cooking to entertaining to just having an extra cooktop available, induction cooking with a portable cooker makes it easy to cook precisely what you want.

When done simply wipe the non-stick glass surface to clean. As a nice feature, it is compact inside for easy storage. All good things, because with ease of use and portability, you’ll be taking this cooker everywhere.

***Update 10/16/24: The original post had an outdated product and a broken link, so I updated it with the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop! Cook on!

Make Your Own Hot Sauce Kit

If there is one thing that there can never be too much of it’s types of hot sauce. Each and every one has its own perfect use. From Sirracha on noodles and rice dishes to Tapatio on all foods Mexican, hot sauce is the essential condiment that completes the meal. From vinegar based recipes to those that rely heavily on the peppers, now you have a chance to find the perfect blend with the Make Your Own Hot Sauce Kit.

Including instructions and recipes along with six starter spices (allspice, black cumin, curry powder, achiote, Jamaican jerk, ginger), the kit is attractively priced at $19.95. Perfect for anybody who likes to linger a little extra longer in the hot sauce aisle. Recipes include: Cajun Garlic Lover’s Sauce, Easy Going Achiote, Tropical Storm and Flaming Fruit Sauce.

***Update 10/16/24 Item above no longer available, but luckily the idea kept burning on! Check out this Premium Hot Sauce Making Kit with 5 Varieties of Peppers that looks even better!

Triple Timer times in any era

Housed in a cast-aluminum frame, this Triple Timer features classic styling and elegant grace. Looking like a set of controls that might have come from some sort of steampunk airship, the countdown starts from either 20, 60 or 120 minutes. With easy to read numbers and retro-molded knobs, the three separate timers are complete and ready to go. No need to attach any gears, levers or steam pipes.

Perhaps in a nod to its old-timey styling the timer also includes a “voluminous audible signal”, which is something I’m betting no wimpy battery-operated digital timer can match.

UPDATE: Sold out at the link above, but apparently available at Williams-Sonoma.

***Update 10/16/24: Neither link works to purchase, so it appears this Triple Timer is now marked lost in the Bermuda Triangle!

Don’t mesh with these Gear Coasters

Designed by Scott Sullivan, Gear Coasters are the perfect drink accessory for any discerning gearhead. Handmade, the coasters will vary from set to set, but all are between 3.5 to 4.25 inches in diameter. Felt-lined bottoms complete each coaster keeping your tabletop dry and free from any (well, some) inadvertent metal-induced scarring that may happen while drinking.

***Update 10/16/24: Looks like these Gear Coasters took a spill and are no longer available.