Kitchen gadgets

Daily - toaster, kettle, Thermomix
Fortnightly - Slowcooker, stick blender

That's it - we had a food processor which got rid of when got the Thermomix, but having a tiny kitchen and not that much interest in cooking never had much. The Toaster and Kettle are the only things purchased with real money, the slowcooker I won in a raffle, the stick blender and old food processor bought because we had points from work in some reward scheme to use up. The TMX was a gift.

Reading this thread I think we have done well (as in minimizing appliances) because we never got engaged and didn't have much of a wedding, and don't really do presents, so haven't been given any kitchen appliances apart from the TMX.

Used daily: kettle, hob, fridge, freezer.
Used often: microwave, oven, toaster, dishwasher, washing machine
Used frequently: George Foreman grill, herb chopper, slicing gadget, cheesie toastie maker, apple cutter, slow cooker
Used occasionally: mixer, blender, egg slicer
Used rarely: pestle and mortar, coffee maker (used to be 3-4 times a week, need to get back into that habit!), tumble dryer, biscuit maker

I would like a bread maker.

Daily: Coffee machine, milk frother, microwave, oven, thermomix.
Weekly or several times a week: toaster, kettle, rice cooker
Less frequently: slow cooker, sandwich press
Rarely: food processor, stick blender, ice cream maker, ken wood.

Everything in the rarely category I want to toss/sell.

I have coffee maker i seldom use this esp when coffee shops boomed lately. i just go to starbucks or any coffee shop if i want one :)

Seen as I'm lusting after a new appliance, I actually went through our cupboards again to see what we have. Last year I did a massive clean out and got rid of things we never used eg juicer, magic bullet (what I can remember)

Aldi coffee machine and milk frother - used multiple times a day
Toaster, deep fryer and sandwich press - used every second day
Kettle (stove top one not electric) a small handheld electic mixer - used a few times a week
Slow cooker, pie maker, used probably once every 6 months (I'm thinking of getting rid of the pie maker)
Electric wok and brenchtop grill thing currently never used (use to years ago in another house) so think I'll pass them on...

Oh I forgot, we also have a power wave thing, which was getting used fortnightly cause it makes a mean roast pork, but the last couple of times DH has been doing the pork in the oven and seems to have perfected it, so don't know if he will still use the power wave.


We use our microwave, oven, grill and stove top daily to second daily.

I'm thinking of getting a kenwood cooking chef...=)