Somewhere, right now, there is a designer tasked with coming up with a new idea for a kitchen gadget. They might be sitting around bored on a Friday afternoon, thinking about it, and suddenly be hit with inspiration…for something like this…
Pop Up Hot Dog Cooker
If you’re a fan of hot dogs, you’ll be excited to know that someone thought you could do with a Pop-Up Hot Dog Cooker. It does what you would expect such a gadget to do; gently warms your hot dog bun at the same time as heating your frankfurter, but also takes up a lot of space where you could be placing something classier and way more useful. Unlikely to appear on any professional kitchen designer’s wish list…
The Egg Cuber
Really? Despite eggs being available perfectly shaped and naturally packaged already, someone, somewhere decided that they needed a new image. Hence the Egg Cuber, which is perfect for changing a standard oval-shaped egg into a square one, if indeed you feel the need to do something so pointless.
The Banana Slicer
You know how laborious chopping a banana is, right? That’s a few minutes of your life that you could spend doing something else. That’s the only possible reason you could need the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer, unless it’s to take all the pressure away from using sharp objects in the kitchen.
Automatic Cream Whipping Can
Far be it from us to point out that all you need to save your wrists when whipping cream is a simple electric hand mixer. The advantage of using one of those is that it does other things too, like mix up cakes and meringues and all sorts. Which you can’t do with a cream whipping can. Unless anyone can tell us any different.
One Step Sweetcorn Kernel Remover
The only possible reason for using a contraption to strip the kernels from your corn on the cob has to be that you’re not allowed near sharp objects. Most people we know would just go for the ‘among friends’ option and strip that cob with their teeth, but if you’re too genteel to go for the low-tech option, this gadget could be right up your alley…
Yes, all of these gadgets really do exist and as far as we’re concerned, they are all likely to end up in the kitchen cupboard you never go in. But if you have limitless kitchen storage space and a liking for daft gadgets that serve very little purpose, they could well be the perfect kitchen accessory for you…
For advice on what SHOULD go in your kitchen, speak to our kitchen designers at Paul James Studios!
