Good thing everyone in the world is using the same cookware and burners, same volume of water, and live at the same altitude and are making their pasta in environments with the same ambient temperature and humidity and barometric pressure, so the timing is actually accurate. (Yes I know this isn't baking, and cooking pasta doesn't really need all that. That's the point. Pasta is stupid simple: pull out a piece and taste it. There is literally zero other technique or tool you need to tell whether it's done.)
The avocado tool is made by OXO, and they primarily make tools for the disabled. My stepdad who is blind and has little feeling in his hands is able to use that with very few problems, even though it is not as easy to use as a knife. The center part is meant to be placed against the pit, and then turned which will pop the pit out. OXO is actually one of the few gadget makers who makes tools that can be used by people with disabilities (especially the blind); Kitchen Mama is another who makes a handsfree automatic can opener.
i laughed the first time i saw this tool and thought exactly what he said in the video. thought it was a gimmick tool to sell to normies. never occurred to me it was designed for people with disabilities. now ive changed my opinion completely.
Just to add an additional use case, I actually own that exact OXO Avocado tool and kept it in my bag for work for years because it allowed me to make easy and great salads at work just by picking up the ingredients at the shop on my way in or on my lunch break. Even the best kitchen at work for most people is going to be unlikely to have anything in between a butter knife and a bread knife so it came in SUPER handy (and, of course, is travel safe as opposed to carrying around an actual knife with you...)
I love their items! They make my favorite measuring cup! Shows the amounts when you look down into vs bending over and looking. Great for those with bad backs!
Several of these gadgets are things for disabled people to be able to make their own food, especially the things that're replacements for knives, so people who have shakey hands don't need to rely on other people for literally so little as a slice of toast, e.g. the avocado scooper thing (though I agree it could be designed better), and the slap-chop, which there are better-designed hand-powered food processors Also, the "all-in-one food-maker" tools like the breakfast sandwich thing are for people like me, whose house was last wired in the 70s and so the entire kitchen (and then some) are on one breaker, so having the toasting, meat-cooking and the egg-cooking run off of the same heating element makes it less likely that we're gonna have to go down into the basement to flip the breaker back on
Definitely have to emphasize the disability assist some of these items give. The slapchop has been very useful for those who have issues with trembling hands where finer cuts present an issue.
I didn’t even think about the practicality of some of these implements for people with disabilities. Visually impaired, slap chop or finger guards…. Fine dexterity same. College kids, sandwich maker… I’m buying that for my granddaughter for her little kid kitchen I’m setting up for her to start cooking early and hopefully that will develop her palette early and it will avoid that kid pickiness that I absolutely haaaattteeee. I’m purchasing a toaster oven with a hot plate on top, a mini vintage fridge-freezer combo… a sink with pumpable water and drain so she can wash up her things… chopping and knife skills are obviously something that will have to be addressed in stages a little at a time. So cutting implements are helpful answers to this issue.
@@potatoes089 sure. And, Like every time I see someone knock a feature that helps with accessibility, I will still raise it. Especially in a review that gets wishywashy. He gives some items a pass for working, and others a fail for working with little reason for why one item working is a pass vs another working is a still a fail. To his credit, he is honest about where he is coming from, but that doesn't mean I won't say something.
@@potatoes089but some of these aren’t made or advertised for that, their whole purpose was to solve issues for disabled people. ableism often slips by very subtly such as videos like this and not at least mentioning how they can be helpful for certain large groups of people
My friend lost a few of his fingers in high school and then went on to have a pretty horrible motorcycle accident. He uses something similar to a slapchop and it works really well for him. The plate in his wrist and the lack of fingers makes cutting way easier and doesn't cause the fatigue that a knife does.
That's why I get mad at people who say use a knife instead of those slice dice things. Like so many people just can't do to aging hands, stroke recovery. Look if you are strong healthy and dare I say it egotistic white male fine use your knife. But no one from that glasses coffee freak to this dude should ever shame people for using gadgets that they find make cooking chores easier.
I recognize that some of these are for sure 'just use a knife' for most people, but things like The Slap Chop specifically were actually designed with the elderly and disabled in mind! A *lot* of seemingly useless gadgets on infomercials are disability aids that capitalism had to find a way to sell to the average consumer! Once you realize that and start to look at (most) of these odd gadgets that are seemingly useless or for 'lazy' people who don't want to learn to do it the correct way, it really recontextualizes them! The Snuggie, Kettle Tippers, the Slap Chop, The Clapper, automatic jar openers, weighted blankets etc etc. The Rollie is still an affront to God, however.
@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 what disrespect! They were designed for autistic children! And it's good people like them, because it makes them more easily available to those with sensory issues!
I think at the end of the day, marketing this stuff to the average consumer is the problem. It's not advertised towards disabled and elderly people because these companies know they can make a lot more money selling it to a wider audience where this stuff will actually be a detriment. I'm personally unsure on how I feel about justifying use for a minority at the cost of borderline scamming the majority. Remember that the vast majority of these devices end up in landfills and not in peoples kitchens seeing anything near normal use.
@@prinxemu_also that kind of explains why I always have a blanket on me when on the couch, don't care about the temperature, just like being curled up into a blankie. Weighted blanket is something I've never used but damn, I want it.
I have chronic dry eye that makes them super sensitive to onion fumes, so the Slap Chop is the only practical way for me to cut onions (I've truly tried everything and the only solution is swim goggles).
glad to see lots of people pointing out the the fact that many of these items are far more accessible for people who have disabilities and specifically mobility issues. Josh is right that anyone who is able bodied can learn to do most if not all of this with a knife but if you have a disability that effects your motor skills, some of these are great and make living as an independent person much easier
10:08 I’ll admit, the slap-chop is gimmicky, but my Mom has one, and where it is useful is for chopping small stuff like dried fruit, nuts, and seeds. You can put a handful in it, put the cover on, and chop em as fine as you like. Kinda takes the place of a food processor in that regard, and is smaller to store and easier to clean.
i don’t like chunks of onions in my food but i like the taste and i don’t have the skill to turn onion into paste with a knife, just by simply slapping that hoe for 30 seconds i can have onion paste, and it’s easy af to clean if you just throw it in the washer
I instantly thought of a caravan or houseboat, somewhere you'd want to be able to prepare food for 1 or 2 people, but where cabinet space is at a premium.
As someone with joint hypermobility, permanent hand damage and dry eyes, the Slap Chop seems like an absolute godsend for speeding up the process of cutting onions.
The slap chopper's primary utility is in chopping nuts (where it can be hard to control where the nuts go if they are particularly hard or your knives aren't as sharp as they might be)
Thats a good point, it's not good for an onion because a knife is simply easier if you know how to dice an onion. But something smaller and harder to control it would work. It's also good for something like jalapeno peppers if you want a really fine chop to add very small bits to something.
as a former daycare teacher, the slap chop is really useful for feeding solid foods to babies. do you have a little one old enough to self feed, but still needs it to be chopped up super small so they don't choke and also have 1 or more other kiddos waiting to be fed? make one meal, and put the baby's portion in the chopper, bang bang bang, lunch is served.
Man people really baby kids these days way too much what happened to being self sufficient and learning I remember eating normal food since I was 3 no cutting or mashing necessary.
dollar tree plastic ketchup/mustard bottles work too, just snip a larger hole in the spout! and your not wasting $15 on a single use tool. so many other options. for camping a ziplock bag works great for pancakes. add dry mix , carry that around add liquid when your ready and kneed the bag to mix, snip a small hole in the corner and pour! Like for every gadget i could name a tool that can do the same thing cheaper and probably works better!
Things like the slap-chop are actually very useful for seriors and people with disabilities who might be able to make basic cuts but lack the precision to dice an onion safely. I used to work at an assisted-living facility and they were very popular for that reason
Every single comment is either about helping disabled people, children safe cooking, or saying how people used these and it helped a lot. They are all correct. Even most TH-camrs reviewing these gadgets talk about how good they are. We forget Joshua is an able bodied professional who doesn’t think about every angle when talking about stuff which is apparent by watching any of his videos.
yeah josh should be held to a standard, thats like how journalistic integrity works. its not that hard to include disabled people in the discussion and for a majority of the video it feels like he pretends we don't exist. his "just use a knife mantra" personally isn't possible for me somedays it would be extremely simple to add a qualifier like "hey i think this thing is shit its only real use i could see is if you can't use a knife, but if you can just use a knife." he got so wrapped up in his knife skills elitism he forgot that not everyone can use a knife, not because they don't want to learn but because they can't.
I actually love my (off-brand) slap chop because it's nice to be able to toss an onion, some peppers, and a little cilantro all together and it chops it up all together. A knife might be slightly better, but it is a nice time-saving tool when I'm trying to cook a bunch of various ingredients. I am also bad with knives. I am also lazy.
First time my mom showed me a hand chopper I was like "What the fuck is this useless shit",but now it turns out its pretty useful.Put some carrots,onions and celery in it,do a few pulls like starting a chainsaw and behold,a 10 second mirepoix if youre in a hurry.
These things might work for people with disabilities or people trying to get their children interested in cooking, but for the normal able bodies home chef most of these Def just take up space I agree
i do think some of these are kind of dumb like maybe the egg cooker😭 i’ve seen it before and still don’t understand it. but i completely agree !! i often forget how useful little gadgets like this can be for disabled ppl
@@justalpha9138 good for you 🤷♂️ My kids cook without all these gadgets too. But I have the ability to see from other people's perspectives, even if I don't agree with them
@@alycadabra7956 Cooking is a lot of fun and is a highly useful skill to acquire. It all comes down to how you can teach that to your kids. Many people unfortunately do the opposite
As someone who went to cooking school, I was definitely taught that single-use utensils are useless, space wasting, etc. And don’t get me wrong, a lot of them are. But there are people out there with disabilities who maybe can’t hold a knife properly. So while I won’t use most of them myself, I actually appreciate some of their existence.
Agreed but Josh's issues with a lot of those items seems to be a) they're usually not advertised as that and b) you seem to need a knife for them anyway
I get this but so many of them don’t work as advertised, so would make life just as difficult for the disabled/elderly people anyway! In fact, I think it’s even worse to make such shitty products with disabled/elderly people in mind…though as Josh said they often don’t even mention that in the advertising anyway.
Joshua: We’re testing out kitchen gadgets that do exactly what they are supposed to do! Also Joshua: Even though it does exactly what it’s intended for almost perfectly, i’m a professional so i’ll just use a knife.
@@codename495 that's what I've been using too! And if you have to buy new, the shaker bottle is 10 bucks and the pancake mixer 12. It's basically the same anyway 🤷
Guac-Lock is absolutely the bomb. To prevent seepage, you need to insert the sealing ring properly after cleaning. I also spread/smooth the guac in the bowl with a spoon for easier coverage and sealing. I’ve used it to keep guac for FOUR days. What’s more, the whole thing is top-rack dishwasher safe. You do need to exercise a level of care with the clips - if you get too rough, they’ll snap. Mine is 2 years old and still in use.
@@wolfgangkranek376 Well sometimes you need to prepare stuff in advance, like for a party or such. But yeah, a zip lock bag is perfectly fine and useful for way more things in general. Just buy a few packages of different sizes (of food safe ones), they're great to have in the kitchen.
I recently saw a video from Kenji or someone where you just cover a bowl of guac with an inch of water and it keeps it from oxidizing. Pour the water off, give it a quick stir and you’re good.
While a lot of people have mentioned the disability aspect, I have a 4 year old in my life and can tell you the hot dog cutter is for the independent "no, mommy. I can do it myself!" preschoolers in our lives.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking for a lot of people who can't or shouldn't use knives. Due to disability, being inpatient/24 hour watch (I don't know how much food prep is done in that situation but it seems like it would happen), kids...
@@Donteatacowman I had an ex who suffered with severe psychosis, so I got a set of plastic knives for cutting lettuce etc. They were pretty terrible as far as knives go but in terms of independence and being able to actually get the job done they were exactly what we needed
The best use of the slap chop are things that are hard to cut like small tomatoes, grapes, or nuts. We used it when I was a kid for nuts for baking. Nuts slide around a lot and are small. The slap chop can do like a cup at once too.
I agree chopping nuts is one of the few uses that makes sense for that device to me. But I'm curious why you're chopping so many grapes? I'm not sure I've ever chopped grapes in my life. Sliced them in half or quarters for decoration a few times, but in that case, the chopper isn't useful.
Oh, and the ice cream ball + a bunch of kids on a trampoline is GREAT. We also had 3 other ice cream makers going because this doesn't make a ton at a time, but it rocked our summer party.
Breakfast sandwich maker works in college dorm rooms etc places. Tear the cheese slice in 4 pieces, set on the center in pile, melts less. Shorter cook time will keep the yolk softer. College kids do not need to wash the egg well, just wipe down with moist paper towel. I see it useful to make kids eat better than just having a bag of Doritos for breakfast.
So fun fact, a lot of these devices are made for people with disabilities, or elderly people to help them with tasks they might suffer with in the kitchen. Like for the avocado, for an elderly person with muscle tremors it's safer to use the knife on the avocado tool rather than a real life because it won't cause injury when the knife inevitably slips! Also the part that slices the avocado let's the user of the tool use less energy slicing and also is less chance of injury. A lot of these tools are marketed to younger people because it 1. Makes the product cheaper 2. Makes the product more likely to reach the target audience and 3. It destigmatizes these machines as "old people tools" or something only disabled people use. Just take the slap chop for example! It was initially marketed to elderly people but because of good marketing its now an every person item! That being said this video is hilarious 😂. Just wanted to clarify why some of these inventions might have been made! (I'm a nurse who's been in geriatric care for a while 😊)
I have a mini food processor type thing that has a pull string. Pull on it 10-20 times and things are cut up relatively evenly. I LOVE that thing for cutting up onions and garlic for the bases of what I'm cooking. I have 3 young kids so i need things to move fast in the kitchen. I'm also not the most skilled knife handler, so something that makes it faster and easier is a win in my books.
I'm skilled in the kitchen but back in my college dorm and its kitchen I didn't have the space for cookibg much, so having a small manual food processor like that helped a lot.
That fingerguard for cutting things is excellent for people with motor difficulties or anything that gives them hand tremors, though, or anyone who might have visual depth issues or similar eyesight impairments.
Disabled people need to be able to have healthy diets and provide for themselves too, and tools like the finger guard and the slap-chop exist to make it possible for them. Full offense, but anyone with a hot take that involves disabled people losing out on more experiences and independence should go fuck themselves. @@stevenalexander4721
Good idea. Often seems that the most helpful kitchen tools are the simple ones. A piece of that soft, bobbly non slip matting used to line drawers or cupboards also works really well for opening jars.
Lots of people have pointed out the benefits to people with mobility issues but some of these are also excellent aids for people who have issues with strength. Leverage matters when trying to squeeze things or do chores requiring hand/arm strength.
As a reminder, most of these things are disability aids that are repackaged as "funny kitchen gadget," or sometimes a reformat of another thing. The egg roll thing can cook an egg, but it can also heat up any stick-shaped food. But if you just want eggs, you can use a Dash Egg Cooker, which is actually amazing since you don't have to boil an entire pot of water to boil eggs.
Yeah my dad got a slap chop after he had a stroke and lost use of his right side. That little machine helped in him getting some independence back. He only has around 30% control of his right side after 10 years and still uses the slap chop almost daily
Nah i dont think so, most of them are trying to create a problem then solve it. Ocassionally there will be good ones, especially for people with disabilities... but thats mostly by accident. If the goal was to help them, it would approach it in a different way. Most of these things are very impractical and hard to clean. So if youre struggling to cook an egg youll struggle to clean up afterwards
For the automatic salt and pepper mill, you could just remove the salt and put in more pepper, or even better, a different variety of pepper. To be able to grind whole black and white (or pink or Szechuan, to each their own different strokes for different folks) would be an absolute gamechanger.
I have 8 of battery operated mills. I have some ready mixes like dry garlic and herb, Italian spices etc. I have RA so it hurts my wrists to use any manual grinding method. I like to mix my own spice mixes also. Instead of grinding them each time I cook in mortar and pestel, I make own mix, put it on the battery operated spice bottle. If I make any sandwiches I like to add different flavors. For simple sandwich of ham and cheese, I go over the fillings with my grinder adding either Italian spice mix, or Mexican flavors etc. They right away change the flavor to more pleasing. For the ones who avoid salt intake, omit it, just use pepper, oregano, cumin, basil, anything and grind it to a fine powder. Immediate flavor enhancer.
@@Toxus8 Replacing the salt with another variety of peppercorn. Did you even read the original comment? I suppose it isn't a super revolutionary idea, but it is more cool than just putting regular ass salt in it.
josh is absolutely right about just using a knife for 99% of people, but he has no frame of referance for people who dont cook all day. I know a lot of people who simply dont cook enough to develop skills like how to cut corn safely. I think little gadgets for more technical things like that are fine if you really want it
@@doctorrussia exactly. would i ever use a corn peeler or avocado press in my commercial kitchen? obviously not. would i trust my grandma or 6 year old brother to finess corn with a knife? no way man. hell even if youre 23 and living alone, if an avocado press is what convinces you to eat at home, well at least it works you know?
I have full respect for the breakfast sandwich maker. I was given one when i went to college and it was the easiest way to have a healthy breakfast from a dorm
The slap chop is a really great tool. Yes, it needs prep work, but it's great if you have kids. You can get them excited in cooking at an early age because it's great fun and not as dangerous as a knife. I loved using it as a kid and that's why I love to cook. Not to forget, it's great for people who can't use a knife easily. Or you got a friend who you don't trust with a knife. Not all food need to be precut for it to be useful. Many gadgets are useful for normal people without the skill or who just get started, and many people don't have the ability to use normal kitchen tools for them, it's a great way to have more freedom in their own life.
I have one that has a silicone tray for the bottom of the chopper. Also great for nuts and herbs plus keeps them in place so it’s easy to add to the pan for cooking. Also for onions means your eyes don’t water. Whole thing goes into the dishwasher. One of my most used gadgets honestly.
The slap chop and other choppers like it are a life saver for me because I am so sensitive to onion tears. When I chop an onion regularly it blinds me for like 20 minutes lol
A damp hand towel/washcloth to wipe your eyes with is also very effective. You don’t even need to scrub or anything, just rub your face a lil bit with it.
I've done every trick. I have the goggles but they don't fit correctly, I'm gonna try swimming goggles! Freezing it for like ten minutes makes it less too.
Not all gadgets are made for healthy people, some of them actually are designed for those who cannot grasp properly or hold a knife in a safe way. Some of them can even work for those with arthritis or rheumatoid .. just wanted to raise awareness.. good day everyone..
You do realize most of these were made to make cooking accessible to more people. People with disabilities, people that have never been taught, people that are have fears or phobias, children, mother's that are by themselves taking care of a bunch of children so dont have the 15 seconds it takes to set a timer because the kids are trying to kill eachother or the baby is trying to get to drink the fabuloso because they somehow managed to break the childproof lock on the cabinet again. These are tool people can use to get comfortable in the kitchen so they are feeding themselves and their families nutritious food while learning skills and getting comfortable enough to use a knife. Like the slap chop the whole point of that is not everyone is physically capable or confident enough with a knife to finely chop things but they can handle quartering an onion, tomato, pepper or whatever.
We picked up one of those breakfast sandwich makers at a yard sale for $4. It cooked 2 at a time. Learned to butter the English muffins first, learned to salt and pepper eggs, and learned to not add cheese until you take it out. Kids loved using it when they were younger. To me it just took up unnecessary space on the counter, ended up giving it away after a couple years. We still have a slap chop, use it all the time. Yes, I can use knives well, but I dare you to finely dice an onion or garlic or cilantro or nuts faster with a knife, I'll smoke you every time! That knife sharpener is a Chinese knock off of the original Horl sharpener. The Horl works really well, and you can cut yourself just as easy with the whetstone.
Yeah, its kinda sad to see that the bought a cheap chinese knock-off roll sharpener instead of a real Horl and just call them overall bad. That is what you get for buying a cheap copy instead of the real thing.
Back in college we repped one of those sando makers for years. They require a lil technique to get really amazing sandwiches but they're pretty amazing in what they can pump out.
@@KaptajnKaffe a whetstone is obviously almost unbeatable. However, learning to properly use whetstones takes quite some time. My dad learned to sharpen knives with a Horl within minutes to the same sharpness and quality as I learned with a whetstone in months.
@@fabiengraf1072 i have a Spyderco Sharp maker. It's really compact, super easy to use even if you have no experience with sharpening. And the blade of the knife is always pointing away from you. I must have had it 15 years + now and it's still great
I bought the Chef IQ thermometer for my dad for christmas, and it's actually so useful! It's been a mild winter in Minnesota this year, so he's been doing more grilling on his wood pellet grill, and it's SO useful to not have to go out in the cold constantly to check the temp of the meat since all the info is on your phone. It's accurate too! I might have to buy myself one 😂
I highly recommend this style of product. So many uses as long as the app on your phone know the "science" on the perfect goal temps for each type of meat or other dish you are doing.
I got the Thermopro so I could use it in my pressure cooker. I often forget to defrost meat for dinner and sometimes need to pressure cook protein in a hurry or some I just prefer cooked that way and then finished on stove top. This is the only one safe for use under pressure and it great for not overcooking pork.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 Well the funny thing is that a bunch of disabled people disagree with you. Even in this comment section, and in the comment section of other videos on this site and other social media platforms.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 the avacado tool would be useful as its not as sharp and so if you have poor control you don't cut yourself. the fish scaler would be useful as its one fucking button and then fish is pealed. the slap chop is great, though you still have to use a knife it saves lots of repetitive fine hand motions that could flare up things like carpal tunnel. pancake bottle don't need to hold a whisk or a spoon great if you have arthritis, you'd still have to hold a spatula but still less time holding and using something. water melon cutter same as slap chop. the salt and pepper mill BOOM ONE BUTTON AND SHITS DONE LESS HOLDING THINGS so good for arthritis. mobility problems is a extremely vauge term and to say that none of these would be useful is a very general and incorrect statement. as someone with mobility issues, if you don't have a mobility issue maybe shut up about what would and would not be useful.
The fish “scaler” is actually a skinner not a scaler and is marketed to fisherman. You may be able to do 1-2 fish easily with a knife. But when you bring home a limit of crappie or a mess of bluegill, that thing is nice to have.
The only use for the egg sandwich maker is in an office "kitchen" or other stoveless situation. A few of the other things, like the auto pepper mill, can be accessibility tools - sometimes if you can't think of a reason why someone wouldn't do it the traditional way, the answer is that they can't. My mom has the auto-stirrer and uses it when making batch after batch of homemade pralines for Christmas that would otherwise have her standing in front of the stove for a solid 6 hours or so. She swears by it. It does work in a bigger pan.
Someone gave me an electronic pepper mill as a gift, and I thought it was the cheesiest thing I'd ever seen. Since that person eats at my house frequently, I filled it with pepper. After one use, my opinion was 100% changed. The ability to add pepper one-handed while the other hand is covered in food gunk, or while stirring is amazing. I'm a fan.
Slap chopper is actually really useful. If you don't want to get out the big food processor for small batch stuff, the chopper is way easier to just grab, use, then rinse or throw in the dishwasher. I use it for garlic and onions mostly. It's great for onions because it helps reduce the tears issue if you go quick enough.
Agreed. I think this thing gets shat on a lot unfairly because it gets compared to using a knife. But what it's really meant to be is a manual food processor for small jobs. Honestly, a food processor can straight-up _not work_ if you don't have enough stuff in the machine to clear the blades.
I just used mine to process some walnuts. If I didn't have the slap chop I would have put them in a bag and hit them with a rolling pin until crushed, wasting a bag, my mom's sleep, and potentially damaging the rolling pins centre rod.
The slap chop is good for people who can't hold a knife for a long time, or lack fine motor skills. It can be an accessibility aid and not just the "lazy way"
real, accessibility gets bundled in with laziness but i think alot of people need to look at the curb cut effect, when something designed for disabled people benifits everyone. curbcuts were designed for people with wheelchairs who couldn't make it up the curb but they also help biker, delivery people, and just the general walker from needing to make it up and down off the street. or closed captions, can't be the only one who hardly hears diolauge but the when it gets to the actions its too loud so i turn on captions, wouldn't be there if the deaf and hearing impared people didn't exist. this is why i hate when people shit on accesibility because they don't need it, just because you may not need it doesn't mean you probably won't benefit from it in the end.
While I get a lot of these TEND to exist for those who are disabled and may struggle with dexterity oriented tasks. . .I remember watching another channel review some of these and point out that some of these are actually HARDER to handle for those who struggle with fine motor skills either because of how poorly designed they are, or how cheaply they are made. How many of these could you operate safely with shaking hands that can't grip well? How easy are they to clean? I was cooking at an in-laws house that has the slap-chop and he tried to convince me to use it. . . and I was like "I already have a knife out? Why would I dirty something else?" Yes, he's older and its probably easier for him to use. . . but I'm certainly not going to use it. The Themperature probe looks great honestly, as long as its accurate and safe to use, well worth the price as long as it holds up. The Ice cream ball looks like something you fill up for a kids party and let them toss it around for a while and then open it up, help them make it basically.
That old bloke who puts olive oil on his non-dominant hand to test things for "accessibility" is great. I think he's the only one I've seen who tests gadgets like that and it's actually useful to see him faff about with things the way he does, aside from it being entertaining.
yeah the epicures kitchen gadgets series does a much better job at including the fact that these aren't aimed at professional chefs with studio kitchens with near endless time and money to learn skills like whetstone knife sharpening. they are targeted at the general consumer and average cook, who may be disabled or just tired after a long day of work and just want to get through cooking as easily as possible. my problem with josh and a lot of these other chef influences is that they seems so detached from the general home cook and don't know what is truly possible and reasonable to do in a home. this is why i've always enjoyed channels like adam regusea, he's not a professional chef he was a journalist that liked to make cooking videos and he loved that way more. he records all of his videos in his home kitchen where he lives with his wife and kids. he understands far more of what it means to be a home cook than to spout off hot takes on food and make clickbaity titles.
For the totilla press, we have something similar for indian chapathis, the points I can give is the pressing is a quick motion, less than a second, and then it mostly cooks top open, you dont really hold it closed. midway through if you flip and drop the top, it causes the inside to steam and the chapathi to poof up, making it softer than what you might have made.
Yeah, we used to use the slap chopper for nuts like walnuts and almonds, which tend slip under a knife..... was sort of useful. I can see using it for babies.....
As someone EXTREMELY sensitive to onion vapors, a tool like the slap chop is very useful to minimize my exposure. Using a knife unfortunately means I'm going to be bawling my eyes out for 5 minutes straight.
I'm glad and at he same time relived that there still are Americans that can use a common sense. I'm a big fan of you Joshua. I have been waching you since u had 500k subs and i'm soo happy that you came so far !!! Love from Slovenija !!!
fair point on a lot of these, but you also gotta think of those that may have dexterity issues and maybe cant grip things properly - but yes some of these were just late night ideas that happened to come to light LOL
I have that rolling knife sharpener. It works well enough for someone with weak joints that can't keep a consistent angle on a whetstone. Does it get things razor sharp in as little time as a good stone used by someone with no physical problems? No. Does it sharpen knives with one good hand? Yes. I have a different brand and the polishing side is very fine.I had a very old knife set that hadn't been sharpened in more than a decade and it brought them back to life.
We were gifted an ice cream ball, a different one. It came with a special wrench to open/ close but it couldn't be stored inside. We also realized during the first use just how much dog hair the vacuum missed.
One important thing that is neglected here is these kind of gadgets may be focused more for people with disabilities and impairments that inhibit their use of traditional methods such as with a knife. The Slap Chop is a great example of this where someone may lack the hand dexterity to properly or safely chop with a knife but can still push down with blunt force perfectly fine, even using a knife initially to cut food down to size to fit in if needed and then using the gadget to chop it up could still be greatly beneficial in such a case.
I was also thinking that sometimes gadgets (that actually work) are really good fun for getting kids into the kitchen. Especially when their knife skills are less trustworthy, but they still want to cook with mom and dad.
as someone with hEDS just because the task of using a knife isn't totally removed doesn't mean its automatiaclly useless. reduction is a great way to avoid flairups and other nasty shit, if i removed everything that caused me pain i'd lay in bed all day and do nothing (even that isn't painless after a while, id probably more accurately be dead).
3:49 i suffer from essential tremors, so the handguard is a great help, my condition means i get hand shakes when doing fine motor skill tasks with my hands, and have in the past cut myself badly while cooking, so sometimes people need things like this
I have a disability and have tremors, so holding the knife at the correct angle would be a huge plus for me. You pointed out two really good points. One: the blade is facing you. So, I’ll use it sitting down to minimize the chance of hurting myself. Good point. Two: Too many shavings, !😮 (i.e. don’t use the coarse stone on a fairly sharp knife. I think a fine stone would work.) Overall, a very good review. I will look into the pancake mixer/dispenser. I liked the thermometer and will do the same.
22:12 The good thing about refillable stuff, is you don't have to put salt in it. Black peppercorn in one side, white in the other or some other grindable spice.
I've seen people post cooking vids where they struggle to cut garlic and onions on tiny chopping boards using dull paring knives. I think these single-use gadgets that make you go "just use a knife" are meant for those kinds of people.
For over 10 years I used a single knife for everything. It was an old knfie from the communist era, so made before I was born. I don't know what steel it's made of, but I only needed to sharpen it a bit every few months and I was good. Point being, you can make do with just one decent knife.
@@ZealotOfSteal The missing ingredient is the ability to sharpen knives - or in fact just the knowledge that knives have to be sharpened every now and then.
It's the knowledge of knife sharpening. I got a cheap knife sharpener for Christmas (one of the little corundum blocks with 400/1000 grit that are about $10 on Amazon; it was a stocking stuffer) and sharpened my old santoku knife. It made things a bit easier, but it was a super cheap knife and didn't stand up to sharpening that well. I started sharpening everything else in the knife block - discovered that my old college chef's knife had a weird serrated edge so it could not really be sharpened. I threw it away - it was time to say goodbye. I decided it was time to stop being a cheapskate and finally invest in a proper grown up chef's knife. And now I've got a proper diamond block sharpener for it too!
around 17:00 1. The Tumbler Knife Sharpener is a cheap knock off of the HORL sharpener. The Tumbler is shitty compared to the HORL. The tumbler isn't famous it is infamous for it's cheap knockoff quality. 2. Yes you are doing it wrong. Really bad how you did hold the knife instead of the magnetic block. Later you hold it by the block but still are unable to even remotely use proper technique. It's like watching a car accident in progress. 3. Speaking from the HORL2. First sharpening of a knife takes a little longer for the proper 15/20° angle. After that like 1-2 minutes with the ceramic side only for resharpening. Also chef knifes you better do in two steps. One for the broadside and one the 5-7 cm tip. That way you can move the magnet to either point so the knife is safe and secure every time. Also you rarely need the rough side. Only for bad chipping removal or like after 2-3 years. The biggest problem from people who try to test and rate this product is that the majority is able to sharpen a knife with a stone. That took some effort to learn properly. And then a product comes around to make this step EASIER. I emphasize on easier here. Easier doesn't mean effortless. Because even with a HORL2 you have to learn how to use it properly. But people who already got knife sharpening skills don't put in ANY thought on how to use this product properly because they don't want to put in even the tiniest effort to learn to use that product because they already have a way. I saw a lot of regular people easily using the HORL2 with ease when other people with knife sharpening skills (like the shown youtuber) struggle with it. If you don't want to use it, don't test it. Sorry not sorry.
i have HORL2 i love it and all my knifes slice paper with ease , i can wet stone my knifes but horl is easer and less messy , also wet stones need calibrating once in a while ?
Avocado tool was made for people who don't have the dexterity to open one with a knife. Supposedly the term "avocado hand" is a thing in emergency rooms across the US. So from a safety perspective its actually pretty worth it.
A double folded kitchen towel to handle the avocado while pitting it works a lot better, is just as safe, and you probably have a a number of them in your kitchen already. "Avocado hand" is simply people who lack common sense.
@@sherrybirchall8677 Wow, that has to be one of the most insane leaps in logic I have heard in a while. At no point did I say ANYTHING close to that. First off, "Avocado hand" means their in ER with a large gash on the hand from trying to pit the fruit, not that the hand is missing. Next, I said that people who fail to realize that a sharp blade being swung at an unprotected hand with little to no training lacks the common sense to try to put something there to protect it. Is your life really that devoid of joy that you have to try to guilt trip people into apologizing for something they never wrote (a missing hand, really?) or is that just how you get your kicks?
The sushi bazooka is AMAZING! He didn’t do it right. He’s speaking from a place of a chef. I love that thing. He was supposed to tighten it better and not push it out so high.
@@mendonesiacthat size is pretty average for pre made sushi from the grocery store seafood section where I'm from, my wife and kids grab sushi there like once a week and they're about that size
The corn peeler is actually useful in my opinion, I worked in a upscale restaurant for multiple years and it's what we used to get our corn off the cob.
yeah alot of these seem useful in restaurants for removing risk. like even ignoring all the potential time saving. if i was a restraunt owner and we regularly de cobbed corn i'd take the single use tool that reduces risk. restrauns already generally run on tight margins and i'd rather remove the potential of a small mistake further complicating things. its like insurance if the company didn't want literally all the money ever
I can see a lot of these funky little tools helping out very young kids who are learning to cook at home with their parents which is dope. Overall the more skill you have the less you’ll need these so go nuts and have fun cooking everybody❤
@@davidlauu._literally a non issue. If i have the knife in one hand and the food item in front of me; I'm just fine..blindfolded or not. Learn skills. Stop making excuses for mediocrity
a lot of the tools where "you can just use a knife" would be incredibly helpful for disabled people. like, as in disabled people are the target audience. they're marketed as "kitchen hacks" for "lazy people" because it gets more people to buy them. i personally would love a lot of these since i have bad joints and worse fine motor skills despite the fact that i love to cook. i often have to ask people to cut ingredients for me, since repetitive movements mess up my joints, but a lot of these would allow me more independence in the kitchen. that said, i definitely wouldn't buy a lot of these if i COULD use a knife consistently, so for the average person your advice holds true. i just know that a lot of people don't realize these products AREN'T for the average person, they're for elderly and disabled folks who still want to be able to get things done in the kitchen.
Yeah. I know we used the slap chopper when my grandparents got older and they couldn't use knives anymore because of their age but we still wanted them to participate in what we were doing. My grandpa would still chop stuff even if there was nothing in there to chop. He loved it.
@@TheHitsubasa His response was disgusting. "Then they should advertise these products as that, unfortunately many of them don’t even mention that fact. Thanks for educating us :)" He doesn't care and outright blames the product manufacturers for not wanting to make less money.
@@gwanael34 I have a genuine question: How do disabled people know these product are for them or how to use & clean them with your disability, if the advertisement doesn't make it clear? They would need a secondary consultant to even know about these products _ If this is the true, isn't it still false advertisement. You could advertise these tools as both time saver & disability-aid & how to use them
I have psoriatic arthritis in my heads and also a neuro disorder that results in unpredictable jerking. I sometimes use a "Vidalia" chopper because it's much faster, less painful and safer. Items like this or the slap chopper are frequently useful for people with disabilities.
16:14 knowing what little I do know about knife sharpening saying there isn't a noticeable difference between 15 and 20 degrees on the knife sharpener is wild
hahah yeah i got this one from the original brand this is the fake one, mine has a clockwork inside where it turns 3 times per spin, i agree it's dangerous its facing you but i need 1 min with the hard site and 1 min with the soft side and its perfect sharp and i didnt had to soak my stone etc
@@lw9494It's a German product, if it actually was that dangerous, it would've been taken from the market and we would've had five new laws banning tumbling knife sharpeners.
I have a few sizes of the Snap n' Strain that I got as a stocking stuffer a few years ago. I kinda felt like they were going to be another kitchen gadget that would just get buried in the kitchen, but they end up getting utilized several times a week. It's especially handy when I'm cooking ground beef and need to drain the fat. The spout makes it easy to aim it into a small jar and not get bits of beef stuck in the holes like when I use my colander.
I make pasta for one in a saucepan and the Snap n' Strain was a good size. And yeah, just keep an eye out for when the pasta tries to avalanche out and tilt it up.
You just sold me on that. I have that problem all the time when draining fat. I've been trying to get better at aiming but it's impossible for me with my Dutch oven.
@@KarynHill With it being silicone, and the clamps having silicone as well, it molds to the shape of different pots and pans. It even works with a few of the pots I have that have protruding lips, like one of my Dutch ovens.
the stirring thing would help for ppl with wrist pain and/or arthritis for sure. i love the idea, wish it were more efficient bc id benefit from it so much! chronic pain is why im unable to cook as much as id like. i love gadgets that make it a little easier!
If you set it up right, it'll cover most of the pan, if not all. I have one I use to keep soups from burning. I have mobility issues, so not having to get up and down so much is a good benefit of it.
as someone with a hyper-mobility disorder i agree. lots of gadgets like this i think get a bad wrap because somedays its difficult enough to move around my house after work let alot stand over a pot and stir it and chop while my hands are flairing up. i feel alot of these gadgets get swept up in the elietism of cooking and "you could just use a knife" is such a useless phrase when some days i in fact cannot (atleast not at great risk to myself).
The Tortilla maker is not meant to cook the rltortilla all the way. You only bake them till they hold their shape, and you bake them in a pan. It’s great for making tortillas in bulk for freezing. ( but seperate them with a bag and freeze )
What you said about "if it gets you to cook more fish, it might be worth it" is similar to how I feel about apple slicers. Produce that I can easily & quickly snack on makes it easier for me to eat healthily and I strongly prefer eating apples sliced rather than whole. So if I can pick up a $1 OXO apple slicer at the thrift store and that'll make me choose an apple over a less healthy option, it feels worth it to me.
Things like slap chop is good only if you have a problem that stops you from using a knife. My mom has a torn tendon on her shoulder and using a knife makes it hurt over time, slap chop works well for that.
These were fun to watch, thanks! However I will say some of these could be good accessibility options. In fact, accessible methods and tools would be a neat series!
I have problems with my hands in that although I can do gross motor skills, fine motor skills cause problems. All these gadgets seem pointless and a waste of time, but it can make life easier And I have a small kitchen with limited space, so something like this could be useful for that too
3:30 Oh man, the amount of people I see struggling with yolks and the rocking in the broken eggshell... It hurts to watch when you know the tried and true "just use your hands". Life changing.
About the finger guard: I have a medical condition that can cause hand tremors sometimes so when I'm doing cutting I have to slow down anyway and using the finger guard ensures that I don't slice myself up. I still love cooking though so it's a great gadget for people who have hand/coordination issues on my bad days. Many of these gadgets are precisely for people who have mobility issues. (But also some of these are utter garbage.)
"A knife solves most of your problems" is such a great thing to say out of context if you want someone to look at you with concern and back away! LOL
It is also one of the truest things you can say :P
@@SAMarcus Right?? This feels like a good Motto for life...
Well, yeah...
I love that this was what I took from this video too
so heckin reddit. SOYO MUERTOS MY FRIEND
1:36 fun fact: Barilla actually has a Spotify playlist with songs you can play that is the perfect length for each kind of pasta to cook al dente.
Good thing everyone in the world is using the same cookware and burners, same volume of water, and live at the same altitude and are making their pasta in environments with the same ambient temperature and humidity and barometric pressure, so the timing is actually accurate.
(Yes I know this isn't baking, and cooking pasta doesn't really need all that. That's the point. Pasta is stupid simple: pull out a piece and taste it. There is literally zero other technique or tool you need to tell whether it's done.)
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@@its_clean wow, you must be fun at parties 🙄😂
That's actually cool! Thanks
You dear queen are a goddess!!! Thank you 🎉😂❤
The avocado tool is made by OXO, and they primarily make tools for the disabled. My stepdad who is blind and has little feeling in his hands is able to use that with very few problems, even though it is not as easy to use as a knife. The center part is meant to be placed against the pit, and then turned which will pop the pit out.
OXO is actually one of the few gadget makers who makes tools that can be used by people with disabilities (especially the blind); Kitchen Mama is another who makes a handsfree automatic can opener.
i laughed the first time i saw this tool and thought exactly what he said in the video. thought it was a gimmick tool to sell to normies. never occurred to me it was designed for people with disabilities. now ive changed my opinion completely.
That's lovely. I'm glad he has access to tools like these.
Just to add an additional use case, I actually own that exact OXO Avocado tool and kept it in my bag for work for years because it allowed me to make easy and great salads at work just by picking up the ingredients at the shop on my way in or on my lunch break. Even the best kitchen at work for most people is going to be unlikely to have anything in between a butter knife and a bread knife so it came in SUPER handy (and, of course, is travel safe as opposed to carrying around an actual knife with you...)
Yes! I love their products! Without their jar/bottle opener, I’d be lost.
I love their items! They make my favorite measuring cup! Shows the amounts when you look down into vs bending over and looking. Great for those with bad backs!
Several of these gadgets are things for disabled people to be able to make their own food, especially the things that're replacements for knives, so people who have shakey hands don't need to rely on other people for literally so little as a slice of toast, e.g. the avocado scooper thing (though I agree it could be designed better), and the slap-chop, which there are better-designed hand-powered food processors
Also, the "all-in-one food-maker" tools like the breakfast sandwich thing are for people like me, whose house was last wired in the 70s and so the entire kitchen (and then some) are on one breaker, so having the toasting, meat-cooking and the egg-cooking run off of the same heating element makes it less likely that we're gonna have to go down into the basement to flip the breaker back on
Honestly if you cant chop food, use scissors.
@@outrageous-alex I'm blind and that's still is a hazard and just as dangerous as a knife in my opinion
@@Odyssey_0000 hmmm I guess maybe. Just seems surprising as cleaning something like a slap chop seems way more dangerous then scissors.
@@outrageous-alexI think you just take them apart and put in dishwasher, something I can imagine a lot of sight impaired would use anyway
So, not just me who lives in a house built in 1973 and have to make trips to the basement if I accidentally run two appliances at the same time?
Definitely have to emphasize the disability assist some of these items give. The slapchop has been very useful for those who have issues with trembling hands where finer cuts present an issue.
I didn’t even think about the practicality of some of these implements for people with disabilities.
Visually impaired, slap chop or finger guards…. Fine dexterity same.
College kids, sandwich maker… I’m buying that for my granddaughter for her little kid kitchen I’m setting up for her to start cooking early and hopefully that will develop her palette early and it will avoid that kid pickiness that I absolutely haaaattteeee.
I’m purchasing a toaster oven with a hot plate on top, a mini vintage fridge-freezer combo… a sink with pumpable water and drain so she can wash up her things… chopping and knife skills are obviously something that will have to be addressed in stages a little at a time. So cutting implements are helpful answers to this issue.
He's probably judging it in a more normal productivity way rather than counting for people that has disabilities or for students
@@potatoes089 sure. And, Like every time I see someone knock a feature that helps with accessibility, I will still raise it. Especially in a review that gets wishywashy. He gives some items a pass for working, and others a fail for working with little reason for why one item working is a pass vs another working is a still a fail. To his credit, he is honest about where he is coming from, but that doesn't mean I won't say something.
@@potatoes089but some of these aren’t made or advertised for that, their whole purpose was to solve issues for disabled people. ableism often slips by very subtly such as videos like this and not at least mentioning how they can be helpful for certain large groups of people
My friend lost a few of his fingers in high school and then went on to have a pretty horrible motorcycle accident. He uses something similar to a slapchop and it works really well for him. The plate in his wrist and the lack of fingers makes cutting way easier and doesn't cause the fatigue that a knife does.
The slap chop helped me when I was having dexterity issues with my hands from carpal tunnel and it was hard to maintain knife control.
Slap chop is legit. Greatest tool for avoiding onion tears while being able to plow through lots of onions.
I used it when I had a tumor in my spine and my hands would like throw shit randomly and go numb. Better to throw that thing then a full blown knife
I don’t think Josh realized you can leave the skin on the onion.
True, if you see some of these items from the perspective of accessibility, many would be better evaluated.
That's why I get mad at people who say use a knife instead of those slice dice things. Like so many people just can't do to aging hands, stroke recovery. Look if you are strong healthy and dare I say it egotistic white male fine use your knife. But no one from that glasses coffee freak to this dude should ever shame people for using gadgets that they find make cooking chores easier.
I recognize that some of these are for sure 'just use a knife' for most people, but things like The Slap Chop specifically were actually designed with the elderly and disabled in mind! A *lot* of seemingly useless gadgets on infomercials are disability aids that capitalism had to find a way to sell to the average consumer!
Once you realize that and start to look at (most) of these odd gadgets that are seemingly useless or for 'lazy' people who don't want to learn to do it the correct way, it really recontextualizes them! The Snuggie, Kettle Tippers, the Slap Chop, The Clapper, automatic jar openers, weighted blankets etc etc.
The Rollie is still an affront to God, however.
Why you gotta disrespect weighted blankets like that? Who doesn’t love hugs from their own bed?
@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 what disrespect! They were designed for autistic children! And it's good people like them, because it makes them more easily available to those with sensory issues!
I think at the end of the day, marketing this stuff to the average consumer is the problem. It's not advertised towards disabled and elderly people because these companies know they can make a lot more money selling it to a wider audience where this stuff will actually be a detriment. I'm personally unsure on how I feel about justifying use for a minority at the cost of borderline scamming the majority. Remember that the vast majority of these devices end up in landfills and not in peoples kitchens seeing anything near normal use.
@@prinxemu_also that kind of explains why I always have a blanket on me when on the couch, don't care about the temperature, just like being curled up into a blankie. Weighted blanket is something I've never used but damn, I want it.
I have chronic dry eye that makes them super sensitive to onion fumes, so the Slap Chop is the only practical way for me to cut onions (I've truly tried everything and the only solution is swim goggles).
glad to see lots of people pointing out the the fact that many of these items are far more accessible for people who have disabilities and specifically mobility issues. Josh is right that anyone who is able bodied can learn to do most if not all of this with a knife but if you have a disability that effects your motor skills, some of these are great and make living as an independent person much easier
10:08 I’ll admit, the slap-chop is gimmicky, but my Mom has one, and where it is useful is for chopping small stuff like dried fruit, nuts, and seeds. You can put a handful in it, put the cover on, and chop em as fine as you like. Kinda takes the place of a food processor in that regard, and is smaller to store and easier to clean.
It's probably very useful for people with reduced motorskills or such as well where holding a knife might be difficult
Yea I find getting the food processor out to be a hassle for small tasks, and it's so many clunky pieces to clean.
It's great if you're chopping a lot of garlic as well. No sticky hands, toss it in the dishwasher, done.
i don’t like chunks of onions in my food but i like the taste and i don’t have the skill to turn onion into paste with a knife, just by simply slapping that hoe for 30 seconds i can have onion paste, and it’s easy af to clean if you just throw it in the washer
Also he picked one of the biggest onions i've ever seen to complain that its too small for his onion. Just use normal sized onion!
The green strainer is perfect for single people with little storage. Its probably not needed for someone with lots of room. I love it.
I instantly thought of a caravan or houseboat, somewhere you'd want to be able to prepare food for 1 or 2 people, but where cabinet space is at a premium.
Am i the only person that uses the lid of the pot ?
It's got camp cooking written all over it.
@@AR-xy4jy thought so as well
Rigatoni was probably a worst-case pasta to use - lots of volume compared to say, elbow macaroni , gemelli, spaghetti, etc.
That fish skinning machine was both incredible and horrifying. Nightmarishly effective.
Imagine a large one as a torture device!
It is very similar to what is used to remove skin from cadavers for tissue donation
You're not supposed to put your foreskin in it ^^
How easy to clean the machine?
@@dplj4428 Bert kreicher will never be clean again!
As someone with joint hypermobility, permanent hand damage and dry eyes, the Slap Chop seems like an absolute godsend for speeding up the process of cutting onions.
I have EDS too! ( among other disabilities.)
The slap chopper's primary utility is in chopping nuts (where it can be hard to control where the nuts go if they are particularly hard or your knives aren't as sharp as they might be)
Lmao slap nuts
You are going to love my nuts!
Thats a good point, it's not good for an onion because a knife is simply easier if you know how to dice an onion. But something smaller and harder to control it would work. It's also good for something like jalapeno peppers if you want a really fine chop to add very small bits to something.
“You’re gonna love my nuts” - Slap Chop Guy
"Watch this, you're gonna love my nuts!"
as a former daycare teacher, the slap chop is really useful for feeding solid foods to babies. do you have a little one old enough to self feed, but still needs it to be chopped up super small so they don't choke and also have 1 or more other kiddos waiting to be fed? make one meal, and put the baby's portion in the chopper, bang bang bang, lunch is served.
Man people really baby kids these days way too much what happened to being self sufficient and learning I remember eating normal food since I was 3 no cutting or mashing necessary.
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What we learned in this video: buy a knife
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now watch Crocodile Dundee to learn how to identify a knife
"Thats not a knife!"
Out comes a kukhri
"Now this is a knife!"
@xynged
It solves most of your problems
and learn to use it, partice with it
How to spot an experienced chef: they get super salty, really fast. 😂 Great video
I haven't laughed so hard in weeks as I did at the horror of the egg creation emerging and then retreating back inside
Ikr haha
It’s like it could feel his disappointment and hid
have to say, this was the most accurate (and unneeded) reenactment of sitting on the john on some occasions.
Not a fan of the prairie dogging egg thingy!
It briefly became a bugsnax and then melted back into an actual egg wrap...thing. Cursed, I love it.
The egg musta seen it's shadow. 6 more weeks of cold cereal for us!
The pancake bottle + cast iron skillet + camping = bliss !
just bought one to try
Yup going to be adding that to the camping gear.
fr I want to get that pancake bottle to make pancakes and waffles with minimal mess!
dollar tree plastic ketchup/mustard bottles work too, just snip a larger hole in the spout! and your not wasting $15 on a single use tool. so many other options. for camping a ziplock bag works great for pancakes. add dry mix , carry that around add liquid when your ready and kneed the bag to mix, snip a small hole in the corner and pour! Like for every gadget i could name a tool that can do the same thing cheaper and probably works better!
@snarky4lyfe144 well shit I'll take that instead.
Things like the slap-chop are actually very useful for seriors and people with disabilities who might be able to make basic cuts but lack the precision to dice an onion safely. I used to work at an assisted-living facility and they were very popular for that reason
Every single comment is either about helping disabled people, children safe cooking, or saying how people used these and it helped a lot. They are all correct. Even most TH-camrs reviewing these gadgets talk about how good they are. We forget Joshua is an able bodied professional who doesn’t think about every angle when talking about stuff which is apparent by watching any of his videos.
yeah josh should be held to a standard, thats like how journalistic integrity works. its not that hard to include disabled people in the discussion and for a majority of the video it feels like he pretends we don't exist. his "just use a knife mantra" personally isn't possible for me somedays it would be extremely simple to add a qualifier like "hey i think this thing is shit its only real use i could see is if you can't use a knife, but if you can just use a knife." he got so wrapped up in his knife skills elitism he forgot that not everyone can use a knife, not because they don't want to learn but because they can't.
@@redpanda4102 As someone that's blind, autistic, and has Ehlers-danlos syndrome, THIS ^^
One thing I do like about this review is that if you are able bodied, don't buy what you don't need... hmmm...
I actually love my (off-brand) slap chop because it's nice to be able to toss an onion, some peppers, and a little cilantro all together and it chops it up all together. A knife might be slightly better, but it is a nice time-saving tool when I'm trying to cook a bunch of various ingredients. I am also bad with knives. I am also lazy.
Minces fast as well.
First time my mom showed me a hand chopper I was like "What the fuck is this useless shit",but now it turns out its pretty useful.Put some carrots,onions and celery in it,do a few pulls like starting a chainsaw and behold,a 10 second mirepoix if youre in a hurry.
I love fired rice with LOTS of garlic. That’s where I break out my slap-chop
Slap chop is the bomb.🥕🥦🫑🌶
I beleive its primary users are those with disabilities
These things might work for people with disabilities or people trying to get their children interested in cooking, but for the normal able bodies home chef most of these Def just take up space I agree
That was going to be my comment.
My mom was able to get me interested in cooking without any of these. 😅
i do think some of these are kind of dumb like maybe the egg cooker😭 i’ve seen it before and still don’t understand it. but i completely agree !! i often forget how useful little gadgets like this can be for disabled ppl
@@justalpha9138 good for you 🤷♂️
My kids cook without all these gadgets too. But I have the ability to see from other people's perspectives, even if I don't agree with them
@@alycadabra7956 Cooking is a lot of fun and is a highly useful skill to acquire. It all comes down to how you can teach that to your kids. Many people unfortunately do the opposite
As someone who went to cooking school, I was definitely taught that single-use utensils are useless, space wasting, etc. And don’t get me wrong, a lot of them are. But there are people out there with disabilities who maybe can’t hold a knife properly. So while I won’t use most of them myself, I actually appreciate some of their existence.
Agreed but Josh's issues with a lot of those items seems to be a) they're usually not advertised as that and b) you seem to need a knife for them anyway
Epicurious has a whole series where a design expert tests and critiques these gadgets. Quite a few aren't very useful for their intended purpose.
Chef of 16 years - I completely agree. Accessibility items are a necessity for some. Whatever allows the individual to enjoy cooking !!
I get this but so many of them don’t work as advertised, so would make life just as difficult for the disabled/elderly people anyway! In fact, I think it’s even worse to make such shitty products with disabled/elderly people in mind…though as Josh said they often don’t even mention that in the advertising anyway.
Thanks!
Exactly this!
Joshua: We’re testing out kitchen gadgets that do exactly what they are supposed to do!
Also Joshua: Even though it does exactly what it’s intended for almost perfectly, i’m a professional so i’ll just use a knife.
The pancake mixer thing is actually great for camping. Dry ingredients in before you leave the house, add the wet, shake and cook
Or a shaker bottle you likely already own.
@@codename495 that's what I've been using too! And if you have to buy new, the shaker bottle is 10 bucks and the pancake mixer 12. It's basically the same anyway 🤷
Not everyone has one of those.@@codename495
as long as you also have a good spout @@codename495
It also looks good for kids who want to make pancakes but might make a huge mess with a whisk, scoop or ladle, etc.
Guac-Lock is absolutely the bomb. To prevent seepage, you need to insert the sealing ring properly after cleaning. I also spread/smooth the guac in the bowl with a spoon for easier coverage and sealing. I’ve used it to keep guac for FOUR days. What’s more, the whole thing is top-rack dishwasher safe. You do need to exercise a level of care with the clips - if you get too rough, they’ll snap. Mine is 2 years old and still in use.
For guacamole loch I use a zip lock bag, smush air out ..easy
@@rocketman1701 does it work for 4 day and not turn brown?
When I want Guacamole, I just use a fresh avocado. There is also no seepage and the skin seals it perfectly.
@@wolfgangkranek376 Well sometimes you need to prepare stuff in advance, like for a party or such. But yeah, a zip lock bag is perfectly fine and useful for way more things in general. Just buy a few packages of different sizes (of food safe ones), they're great to have in the kitchen.
I recently saw a video from Kenji or someone where you just cover a bowl of guac with an inch of water and it keeps it from oxidizing. Pour the water off, give it a quick stir and you’re good.
While a lot of people have mentioned the disability aspect, I have a 4 year old in my life and can tell you the hot dog cutter is for the independent "no, mommy. I can do it myself!" preschoolers in our lives.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking for a lot of people who can't or shouldn't use knives. Due to disability, being inpatient/24 hour watch (I don't know how much food prep is done in that situation but it seems like it would happen), kids...
Yes. I love simple and cheap tools that children get enthusiastic about when it comes to helping with stuff.
Wouldn't a butter knife work too? Or a plastic one?
@@nailsofinterestyeah but not as fun
@@Donteatacowman I had an ex who suffered with severe psychosis, so I got a set of plastic knives for cutting lettuce etc. They were pretty terrible as far as knives go but in terms of independence and being able to actually get the job done they were exactly what we needed
I emulsify my salad dressing using a jar - add ingredients to jar, close jar, shake it for 30 seconds and bob's your uncle...
The best use of the slap chop are things that are hard to cut like small tomatoes, grapes, or nuts. We used it when I was a kid for nuts for baking. Nuts slide around a lot and are small. The slap chop can do like a cup at once too.
I agree chopping nuts is one of the few uses that makes sense for that device to me. But I'm curious why you're chopping so many grapes? I'm not sure I've ever chopped grapes in my life. Sliced them in half or quarters for decoration a few times, but in that case, the chopper isn't useful.
perhaps the _slap my nuts_ spoof vid wasn't so far off...
Definitely works for for stuff like nuts. That what I use it for.
@@BobJones-rs1sdchicken salad
I have one, and use it almost exclusively for nuts. It keeps them contained and is worth cleaning when I need to do a lot for a recipe.
Oh, and the ice cream ball + a bunch of kids on a trampoline is GREAT. We also had 3 other ice cream makers going because this doesn't make a ton at a time, but it rocked our summer party.
Breakfast sandwich maker works in college dorm rooms etc places.
Tear the cheese slice in 4 pieces, set on the center in pile, melts less. Shorter cook time will keep the yolk softer. College kids do not need to wash the egg well, just wipe down with moist paper towel. I see it useful to make kids eat better than just having a bag of Doritos for breakfast.
are there people who literally eat doritos for breakfast? gross hahaah
@@escapetherace1943 you didn't go to college and live in dorms?? 😄
@@1lmp1 went but no dorm life bro
@@escapetherace1943 When I was in college, my "breakfast of champions" was a Monster energy drink and a pack of twizzlers 🥴
@@escapetherace1943Maybe.
So fun fact, a lot of these devices are made for people with disabilities, or elderly people to help them with tasks they might suffer with in the kitchen. Like for the avocado, for an elderly person with muscle tremors it's safer to use the knife on the avocado tool rather than a real life because it won't cause injury when the knife inevitably slips! Also the part that slices the avocado let's the user of the tool use less energy slicing and also is less chance of injury. A lot of these tools are marketed to younger people because it 1. Makes the product cheaper 2. Makes the product more likely to reach the target audience and 3. It destigmatizes these machines as "old people tools" or something only disabled people use. Just take the slap chop for example! It was initially marketed to elderly people but because of good marketing its now an every person item! That being said this video is hilarious 😂. Just wanted to clarify why some of these inventions might have been made! (I'm a nurse who's been in geriatric care for a while 😊)
I have a mini food processor type thing that has a pull string. Pull on it 10-20 times and things are cut up relatively evenly. I LOVE that thing for cutting up onions and garlic for the bases of what I'm cooking. I have 3 young kids so i need things to move fast in the kitchen. I'm also not the most skilled knife handler, so something that makes it faster and easier is a win in my books.
I was thinking that many of those things are good for kids who want to help cook.
I have one of those too. Very handy to chop onions.
I'm skilled in the kitchen but back in my college dorm and its kitchen I didn't have the space for cookibg much, so having a small manual food processor like that helped a lot.
ya not everyone is a professional like this guy
There are silicone tubes you can get for deskinning garlic cloves as well to speed things up! I recently bought one from ototo and it’s amazing!
That fingerguard for cutting things is excellent for people with motor difficulties or anything that gives them hand tremors, though, or anyone who might have visual depth issues or similar eyesight impairments.
as someone with a neurological disorder that causes my hands to shake uncontrolably when doing fine motor skill tasks, it has saved me from stitches
Or if you've had one too many glasses of wine while cooking.. 😅
No offense, but if you have hand tremors, then you probably shouldn't be in a kitchen with a knife.
Disabled people need to be able to have healthy diets and provide for themselves too, and tools like the finger guard and the slap-chop exist to make it possible for them. Full offense, but anyone with a hot take that involves disabled people losing out on more experiences and independence should go fuck themselves. @@stevenalexander4721
I lost a dear friend to a housefire that happened because someone they lived with tried cooking while inebriated. This isn't funny. @@citychicken9949
One of the best things I keep in my kitchen drawer is 1/2 a mouse pad for opening stuff you can’t get a good grip on.
Good idea. Often seems that the most helpful kitchen tools are the simple ones. A piece of that soft, bobbly non slip matting used to line drawers or cupboards also works really well for opening jars.
Whereas, I use my silicon hot pad holder at my computer :)
A dish towel works just as well. Provides better grip on lid and jar.
just go to the gym and quit being a beta
Lots of people have pointed out the benefits to people with mobility issues but some of these are also excellent aids for people who have issues with strength. Leverage matters when trying to squeeze things or do chores requiring hand/arm strength.
As a reminder, most of these things are disability aids that are repackaged as "funny kitchen gadget," or sometimes a reformat of another thing. The egg roll thing can cook an egg, but it can also heat up any stick-shaped food. But if you just want eggs, you can use a Dash Egg Cooker, which is actually amazing since you don't have to boil an entire pot of water to boil eggs.
Yeah my dad got a slap chop after he had a stroke and lost use of his right side. That little machine helped in him getting some independence back. He only has around 30% control of his right side after 10 years and still uses the slap chop almost daily
Nah i dont think so, most of them are trying to create a problem then solve it.
Ocassionally there will be good ones, especially for people with disabilities... but thats mostly by accident. If the goal was to help them, it would approach it in a different way.
Most of these things are very impractical and hard to clean. So if youre struggling to cook an egg youll struggle to clean up afterwards
put your stick in it
I kept thinking this while watching this video, glad someone else was too haha
@@rudridzt Joshua pointed out that you still need a knife for preparing the stuff for the slap chop. How does your dad get around that?
For the automatic salt and pepper mill, you could just remove the salt and put in more pepper, or even better, a different variety of pepper. To be able to grind whole black and white (or pink or Szechuan, to each their own different strokes for different folks) would be an absolute gamechanger.
I have 8 of battery operated mills. I have some ready mixes like dry garlic and herb, Italian spices etc. I have RA so it hurts my wrists to use any manual grinding method.
I like to mix my own spice mixes also. Instead of grinding them each time I cook in mortar and pestel, I make own mix, put it on the battery operated spice bottle.
If I make any sandwiches I like to add different flavors. For simple sandwich of ham and cheese, I go over the fillings with my grinder adding either Italian spice mix, or Mexican flavors etc. They right away change the flavor to more pleasing.
For the ones who avoid salt intake, omit it, just use pepper, oregano, cumin, basil, anything and grind it to a fine powder. Immediate flavor enhancer.
You mean grinding whole peppercorns as in what a manual pepper mill does?
@@Toxus8 Yeah. Why did you phrase that like it was a super radical question?
@@pavelmedbery3055 Then what is rhe gamechanger?
@@Toxus8 Replacing the salt with another variety of peppercorn. Did you even read the original comment? I suppose it isn't a super revolutionary idea, but it is more cool than just putting regular ass salt in it.
josh is absolutely right about just using a knife for 99% of people, but he has no frame of referance for people who dont cook all day. I know a lot of people who simply dont cook enough to develop skills like how to cut corn safely. I think little gadgets for more technical things like that are fine if you really want it
Also people who can't hold a knife steady for disability reasons
@@doctorrussia exactly. would i ever use a corn peeler or avocado press in my commercial kitchen? obviously not. would i trust my grandma or 6 year old brother to finess corn with a knife? no way man. hell even if youre 23 and living alone, if an avocado press is what convinces you to eat at home, well at least it works you know?
I have full respect for the breakfast sandwich maker. I was given one when i went to college and it was the easiest way to have a healthy breakfast from a dorm
The slap chop is a really great tool. Yes, it needs prep work, but it's great if you have kids. You can get them excited in cooking at an early age because it's great fun and not as dangerous as a knife. I loved using it as a kid and that's why I love to cook. Not to forget, it's great for people who can't use a knife easily. Or you got a friend who you don't trust with a knife. Not all food need to be precut for it to be useful.
Many gadgets are useful for normal people without the skill or who just get started, and many people don't have the ability to use normal kitchen tools for them, it's a great way to have more freedom in their own life.
I like them for chopping spicy peppers when I don’t want to get the capsaicin all over my hands.
@@zauberklarinettewhen I cut peppers I just wear gloves.
I have one that has a silicone tray for the bottom of the chopper. Also great for nuts and herbs plus keeps them in place so it’s easy to add to the pan for cooking. Also for onions means your eyes don’t water.
Whole thing goes into the dishwasher. One of my most used gadgets honestly.
Love garlic bit hate the hand stink
@@josephdurham4950ugh and the sticky feeling on my fingers.
The slap chop and other choppers like it are a life saver for me because I am so sensitive to onion tears. When I chop an onion regularly it blinds me for like 20 minutes lol
put on swimming goggles
If you’re cutting an onion normally, just put a bowl of water next to the cutting board and it will absorb the gases that induce eye irritation
I've used eye protection goggles, they fit over my glasses.
A damp hand towel/washcloth to wipe your eyes with is also very effective. You don’t even need to scrub or anything, just rub your face a lil bit with it.
I've done every trick. I have the goggles but they don't fit correctly, I'm gonna try swimming goggles! Freezing it for like ten minutes makes it less too.
Not all gadgets are made for healthy people, some of them actually are designed for those who cannot grasp properly or hold a knife in a safe way. Some of them can even work for those with arthritis or rheumatoid .. just wanted to raise awareness.. good day everyone..
Yeah and some gadgets made for people who don’t have access to kitchen
Well said 🙏🙏
The guy trying them seems like has a lot of dissabilities
A lot of them are also made for people with "learning disability" lol
@@Yo64130I was literally about to comment this lmao
You do realize most of these were made to make cooking accessible to more people. People with disabilities, people that have never been taught, people that are have fears or phobias, children, mother's that are by themselves taking care of a bunch of children so dont have the 15 seconds it takes to set a timer because the kids are trying to kill eachother or the baby is trying to get to drink the fabuloso because they somehow managed to break the childproof lock on the cabinet again. These are tool people can use to get comfortable in the kitchen so they are feeding themselves and their families nutritious food while learning skills and getting comfortable enough to use a knife. Like the slap chop the whole point of that is not everyone is physically capable or confident enough with a knife to finely chop things but they can handle quartering an onion, tomato, pepper or whatever.
We picked up one of those breakfast sandwich makers at a yard sale for $4. It cooked 2 at a time. Learned to butter the English muffins first, learned to salt and pepper eggs, and learned to not add cheese until you take it out. Kids loved using it when they were younger. To me it just took up unnecessary space on the counter, ended up giving it away after a couple years.
We still have a slap chop, use it all the time. Yes, I can use knives well, but I dare you to finely dice an onion or garlic or cilantro or nuts faster with a knife, I'll smoke you every time!
That knife sharpener is a Chinese knock off of the original Horl sharpener. The Horl works really well, and you can cut yourself just as easy with the whetstone.
Yeah, its kinda sad to see that the bought a cheap chinese knock-off roll sharpener instead of a real Horl and just call them overall bad. That is what you get for buying a cheap copy instead of the real thing.
I doubt that the horl is better than a whetstone.
Back in college we repped one of those sando makers for years. They require a lil technique to get really amazing sandwiches but they're pretty amazing in what they can pump out.
@@KaptajnKaffe a whetstone is obviously almost unbeatable. However, learning to properly use whetstones takes quite some time. My dad learned to sharpen knives with a Horl within minutes to the same sharpness and quality as I learned with a whetstone in months.
@@fabiengraf1072 i have a Spyderco Sharp maker. It's really compact, super easy to use even if you have no experience with sharpening. And the blade of the knife is always pointing away from you. I must have had it 15 years + now and it's still great
I bought the Chef IQ thermometer for my dad for christmas, and it's actually so useful! It's been a mild winter in Minnesota this year, so he's been doing more grilling on his wood pellet grill, and it's SO useful to not have to go out in the cold constantly to check the temp of the meat since all the info is on your phone. It's accurate too! I might have to buy myself one 😂
I highly recommend this style of product. So many uses as long as the app on your phone know the "science" on the perfect goal temps for each type of meat or other dish you are doing.
I def want to get one for myself and my parents would both love it too. Might have to buy some.
@nathanhaimson It's definitely worth it it if you do decide to try it out! It's actually on sale right now on Amazon for $80 instead of $130 🙂
@@morganmariexAhh thanks!
I got the Thermopro so I could use it in my pressure cooker. I often forget to defrost meat for dinner and sometimes need to pressure cook protein in a hurry or some I just prefer cooked that way and then finished on stove top. This is the only one safe for use under pressure and it great for not overcooking pork.
I'm really glad there are so many people on here that understand the necessity of these gadgets for people with mobility problems.
Not one of these gadgets is any help to anyone who can't use their hands properly. So what are you talking about?
@@einundsiebenziger5488 Well the funny thing is that a bunch of disabled people disagree with you. Even in this comment section, and in the comment section of other videos on this site and other social media platforms.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 the avacado tool would be useful as its not as sharp and so if you have poor control you don't cut yourself. the fish scaler would be useful as its one fucking button and then fish is pealed. the slap chop is great, though you still have to use a knife it saves lots of repetitive fine hand motions that could flare up things like carpal tunnel. pancake bottle don't need to hold a whisk or a spoon great if you have arthritis, you'd still have to hold a spatula but still less time holding and using something. water melon cutter same as slap chop. the salt and pepper mill BOOM ONE BUTTON AND SHITS DONE LESS HOLDING THINGS so good for arthritis. mobility problems is a extremely vauge term and to say that none of these would be useful is a very general and incorrect statement. as someone with mobility issues, if you don't have a mobility issue maybe shut up about what would and would not be useful.
@redpanda4102 the products are great for disabilities, the problem is that they're advertised online as "life hacks"
That's what you losers always say for shit that has no purpose, shut up.
The fish “scaler” is actually a skinner not a scaler and is marketed to fisherman. You may be able to do 1-2 fish easily with a knife. But when you bring home a limit of crappie or a mess of bluegill, that thing is nice to have.
The only use for the egg sandwich maker is in an office "kitchen" or other stoveless situation.
A few of the other things, like the auto pepper mill, can be accessibility tools - sometimes if you can't think of a reason why someone wouldn't do it the traditional way, the answer is that they can't.
My mom has the auto-stirrer and uses it when making batch after batch of homemade pralines for Christmas that would otherwise have her standing in front of the stove for a solid 6 hours or so. She swears by it. It does work in a bigger pan.
Mini dash pancake maker😅
Someone gave me an electronic pepper mill as a gift, and I thought it was the cheesiest thing I'd ever seen. Since that person eats at my house frequently, I filled it with pepper. After one use, my opinion was 100% changed. The ability to add pepper one-handed while the other hand is covered in food gunk, or while stirring is amazing. I'm a fan.
Slap chopper is actually really useful. If you don't want to get out the big food processor for small batch stuff, the chopper is way easier to just grab, use, then rinse or throw in the dishwasher. I use it for garlic and onions mostly. It's great for onions because it helps reduce the tears issue if you go quick enough.
Agreed. I think this thing gets shat on a lot unfairly because it gets compared to using a knife. But what it's really meant to be is a manual food processor for small jobs. Honestly, a food processor can straight-up _not work_ if you don't have enough stuff in the machine to clear the blades.
I just used mine to process some walnuts. If I didn't have the slap chop I would have put them in a bag and hit them with a rolling pin until crushed, wasting a bag, my mom's sleep, and potentially damaging the rolling pins centre rod.
also great for people with bad or limited dexterity ie a disability affecting arms, hands, fingers
Nice try Vince, I'm onto you
My Grandmother had a Slapper some 40 years ago. It was way bigger then the actual version and worked for 2 to 3 onions at a time.
The slap chop is good for people who can't hold a knife for a long time, or lack fine motor skills. It can be an accessibility aid and not just the "lazy way"
real, accessibility gets bundled in with laziness but i think alot of people need to look at the curb cut effect, when something designed for disabled people benifits everyone. curbcuts were designed for people with wheelchairs who couldn't make it up the curb but they also help biker, delivery people, and just the general walker from needing to make it up and down off the street. or closed captions, can't be the only one who hardly hears diolauge but the when it gets to the actions its too loud so i turn on captions, wouldn't be there if the deaf and hearing impared people didn't exist. this is why i hate when people shit on accesibility because they don't need it, just because you may not need it doesn't mean you probably won't benefit from it in the end.
While I get a lot of these TEND to exist for those who are disabled and may struggle with dexterity oriented tasks. . .I remember watching another channel review some of these and point out that some of these are actually HARDER to handle for those who struggle with fine motor skills either because of how poorly designed they are, or how cheaply they are made. How many of these could you operate safely with shaking hands that can't grip well? How easy are they to clean?
I was cooking at an in-laws house that has the slap-chop and he tried to convince me to use it. . . and I was like "I already have a knife out? Why would I dirty something else?" Yes, he's older and its probably easier for him to use. . . but I'm certainly not going to use it.
The Themperature probe looks great honestly, as long as its accurate and safe to use, well worth the price as long as it holds up. The Ice cream ball looks like something you fill up for a kids party and let them toss it around for a while and then open it up, help them make it basically.
That old bloke who puts olive oil on his non-dominant hand to test things for "accessibility" is great. I think he's the only one I've seen who tests gadgets like that and it's actually useful to see him faff about with things the way he does, aside from it being entertaining.
@@fermitupoupon1754 I love Dan, his redesigns are usually pretty insightful and he has a great sense of humour.
yeah the epicures kitchen gadgets series does a much better job at including the fact that these aren't aimed at professional chefs with studio kitchens with near endless time and money to learn skills like whetstone knife sharpening. they are targeted at the general consumer and average cook, who may be disabled or just tired after a long day of work and just want to get through cooking as easily as possible. my problem with josh and a lot of these other chef influences is that they seems so detached from the general home cook and don't know what is truly possible and reasonable to do in a home. this is why i've always enjoyed channels like adam regusea, he's not a professional chef he was a journalist that liked to make cooking videos and he loved that way more. he records all of his videos in his home kitchen where he lives with his wife and kids. he understands far more of what it means to be a home cook than to spout off hot takes on food and make clickbaity titles.
For the totilla press, we have something similar for indian chapathis, the points I can give is the pressing is a quick motion, less than a second, and then it mostly cooks top open, you dont really hold it closed. midway through if you flip and drop the top, it causes the inside to steam and the chapathi to poof up, making it softer than what you might have made.
So he should have pressed it flat, then lifted and cooked one side at a time? Genuinely curious
I like the slap chop for baby led weaning. The kiddo eats what we eat but diced small, it is a big meal prep time saver.
It’s fire for if you need a whole tone of diced carrots. You can just buy a bag of baby carrots and chop them suckers up.
My spouse adores that thing for chopping up nuts, too
Yeah, we used to use the slap chopper for nuts like walnuts and almonds, which tend slip under a knife..... was sort of useful. I can see using it for babies.....
As someone EXTREMELY sensitive to onion vapors, a tool like the slap chop is very useful to minimize my exposure. Using a knife unfortunately means I'm going to be bawling my eyes out for 5 minutes straight.
I'm glad and at he same time relived that there still are Americans that can use a common sense. I'm a big fan of you Joshua. I have been waching you since u had 500k subs and i'm soo happy that you came so far !!! Love from Slovenija !!!
fair point on a lot of these, but you also gotta think of those that may have dexterity issues and maybe cant grip things properly - but yes some of these were just late night ideas that happened to come to light LOL
the gold sucker fish has amazing potential 🤣
I have that rolling knife sharpener. It works well enough for someone with weak joints that can't keep a consistent angle on a whetstone. Does it get things razor sharp in as little time as a good stone used by someone with no physical problems? No. Does it sharpen knives with one good hand? Yes. I have a different brand and the polishing side is very fine.I had a very old knife set that hadn't been sharpened in more than a decade and it brought them back to life.
We had the ice cream ball; my son and I loved it until we had to clean it.
I just spat my drink out at "hey you wanna know another thing you can use?" and Josh literally just scooping the egg yoke with his hands 🤣
3:20
De-influencing king
Egg yolk 😊
For me, it was the avocado part 😂
😂😂
We were gifted an ice cream ball, a different one. It came with a special wrench to open/ close but it couldn't be stored inside. We also realized during the first use just how much dog hair the vacuum missed.
oh my. lol
You have earned a new subscriber, your shit is gold; I've no clue how I haven't seen any videos by you before, and so the binge begins.
One important thing that is neglected here is these kind of gadgets may be focused more for people with disabilities and impairments that inhibit their use of traditional methods such as with a knife. The Slap Chop is a great example of this where someone may lack the hand dexterity to properly or safely chop with a knife but can still push down with blunt force perfectly fine, even using a knife initially to cut food down to size to fit in if needed and then using the gadget to chop it up could still be greatly beneficial in such a case.
I was also thinking that sometimes gadgets (that actually work) are really good fun for getting kids into the kitchen. Especially when their knife skills are less trustworthy, but they still want to cook with mom and dad.
Yeah. My grandmother had severe arthritis and one of those slap chop things was one of several gadgets that made it easier for her to cook.
as someone with hEDS just because the task of using a knife isn't totally removed doesn't mean its automatiaclly useless. reduction is a great way to avoid flairups and other nasty shit, if i removed everything that caused me pain i'd lay in bed all day and do nothing (even that isn't painless after a while, id probably more accurately be dead).
“This is a garlic grinder… this may look familiar to some of you.” That was hilarious Josh
Do I not get it because I'm not a disgusting drug addict from the context around here.
@@erueka6 lmao disgusting drug addict because weed. Nah, you're not bud, but you're a disgusting incel weeb from the look of it.
@@erueka6 well seems like you got it tho
@@GolFifaOnline not getting the joke and understanding a little context are not the same thing I don't find it funny either way.
You should make the effort to not be so pessimistic @erueka6
3:49 i suffer from essential tremors, so the handguard is a great help, my condition means i get hand shakes when doing fine motor skill tasks with my hands, and have in the past cut myself badly while cooking, so sometimes people need things like this
I have a disability and have tremors, so holding the knife at the correct angle would be a huge plus for me. You pointed out two really good points.
One: the blade is facing you. So, I’ll use it sitting down to minimize the chance of hurting myself. Good point.
Two: Too many shavings, !😮 (i.e. don’t use the coarse stone on a fairly sharp knife. I think a fine stone would work.)
Overall, a very good review. I will look into the pancake mixer/dispenser. I liked the thermometer and will do the same.
22:12 The good thing about refillable stuff, is you don't have to put salt in it. Black peppercorn in one side, white in the other or some other grindable spice.
The slap chop is great though! My family uses it all the time during canning season when we make bulk sauces, salsas and pickled
I've seen people post cooking vids where they struggle to cut garlic and onions on tiny chopping boards using dull paring knives. I think these single-use gadgets that make you go "just use a knife" are meant for those kinds of people.
For over 10 years I used a single knife for everything.
It was an old knfie from the communist era, so made before I was born.
I don't know what steel it's made of, but I only needed to sharpen it a bit every few months and I was good.
Point being, you can make do with just one decent knife.
@@ZealotOfSteal The missing ingredient is the ability to sharpen knives - or in fact just the knowledge that knives have to be sharpened every now and then.
It's the knowledge of knife sharpening. I got a cheap knife sharpener for Christmas (one of the little corundum blocks with 400/1000 grit that are about $10 on Amazon; it was a stocking stuffer) and sharpened my old santoku knife. It made things a bit easier, but it was a super cheap knife and didn't stand up to sharpening that well. I started sharpening everything else in the knife block - discovered that my old college chef's knife had a weird serrated edge so it could not really be sharpened. I threw it away - it was time to say goodbye. I decided it was time to stop being a cheapskate and finally invest in a proper grown up chef's knife. And now I've got a proper diamond block sharpener for it too!
my grandmother had one of those, 'cause she had problems with her hands
around 17:00
1. The Tumbler Knife Sharpener is a cheap knock off of the HORL sharpener. The Tumbler is shitty compared to the HORL. The tumbler isn't famous it is infamous for it's cheap knockoff quality.
2. Yes you are doing it wrong. Really bad how you did hold the knife instead of the magnetic block. Later you hold it by the block but still are unable to even remotely use proper technique. It's like watching a car accident in progress.
3. Speaking from the HORL2. First sharpening of a knife takes a little longer for the proper 15/20° angle. After that like 1-2 minutes with the ceramic side only for resharpening. Also chef knifes you better do in two steps. One for the broadside and one the 5-7 cm tip. That way you can move the magnet to either point so the knife is safe and secure every time. Also you rarely need the rough side. Only for bad chipping removal or like after 2-3 years.
The biggest problem from people who try to test and rate this product is that the majority is able to sharpen a knife with a stone. That took some effort to learn properly. And then a product comes around to make this step EASIER. I emphasize on easier here. Easier doesn't mean effortless. Because even with a HORL2 you have to learn how to use it properly. But people who already got knife sharpening skills don't put in ANY thought on how to use this product properly because they don't want to put in even the tiniest effort to learn to use that product because they already have a way. I saw a lot of regular people easily using the HORL2 with ease when other people with knife sharpening skills (like the shown youtuber) struggle with it. If you don't want to use it, don't test it.
Sorry not sorry.
TLDR...bra
i have HORL2 i love it and all my knifes slice paper with ease , i can wet stone my knifes but horl is easer and less messy , also wet stones need calibrating once in a while ?
Avocado tool was made for people who don't have the dexterity to open one with a knife. Supposedly the term "avocado hand" is a thing in emergency rooms across the US. So from a safety perspective its actually pretty worth it.
Even though he demonstrated that it doesn't work? Lol
It's not intended for the huge avocados like that. It's for the smaller size ones that fit the scoop.@@dean5422
A double folded kitchen towel to handle the avocado while pitting it works a lot better, is just as safe, and you probably have a a number of them in your kitchen already. "Avocado hand" is simply people who lack common sense.
@@lordlundarso these people should just not do anything avocado related or they deserve the missing hand?
@@sherrybirchall8677 Wow, that has to be one of the most insane leaps in logic I have heard in a while. At no point did I say ANYTHING close to that. First off, "Avocado hand" means their in ER with a large gash on the hand from trying to pit the fruit, not that the hand is missing. Next, I said that people who fail to realize that a sharp blade being swung at an unprotected hand with little to no training lacks the common sense to try to put something there to protect it.
Is your life really that devoid of joy that you have to try to guilt trip people into apologizing for something they never wrote (a missing hand, really?) or is that just how you get your kicks?
The sushi bazooka is AMAZING! He didn’t do it right. He’s speaking from a place of a chef. I love that thing. He was supposed to tighten it better and not push it out so high.
I have that bazooka too, me and my daughter love using it when we don't feel like spending money on ordering sushi
@@elisabeteriksson6192Right! I found a video on how to use it and it’s been amazing for me.
The main drawback I see is that it makes really big sushi
@@mendonesiacthat size is pretty average for pre made sushi from the grocery store seafood section where I'm from, my wife and kids grab sushi there like once a week and they're about that size
@@jacomoncal well, your supermarket sushi may be on the large side as well
15:40 i feel like someone was grinding some good herbs while lit af and was like "bro, this would be so good garlic grinder idea" xD
thought so too, until your stoner buddy mixes his weed with your garlic tool.
A lot of these products dont make sense to us but it can be a lifesaver to someone with limited arm mobility and such.
The corn peeler is actually useful in my opinion, I worked in a upscale restaurant for multiple years and it's what we used to get our corn off the cob.
yeah alot of these seem useful in restaurants for removing risk. like even ignoring all the potential time saving. if i was a restraunt owner and we regularly de cobbed corn i'd take the single use tool that reduces risk. restrauns already generally run on tight margins and i'd rather remove the potential of a small mistake further complicating things. its like insurance if the company didn't want literally all the money ever
Love the pancake batter mixer! I've found if I add the liquid first before dry ingredients - no lumps at all!
You are correct sir, took me several uses to figure that out.
If I buy this, one of the first things I’m adding a Strawberry Jam.
🧐👀🤯
It's also good, if you can, to sift your flour and sugar in a bowl first. That's the usual trick.
I want to caution everyone against using plastics for cooking. The nanoplastics are bound to get into your food.
"If I didn't know this existed, I would be 2 to 3 times happier than I am right now" Totally going to steal that!
all u need is a knife...knife... knife... 🔪
I like the snap strainer because it’s good for making small amounts of pasta and takes up a lot less room in my kitchen. It’s also easier to clean
"this may look familiar to some of you" im dying omg 😂
I can see a lot of these funky little tools helping out very young kids who are learning to cook at home with their parents which is dope. Overall the more skill you have the less you’ll need these so go nuts and have fun cooking everybody❤
That finger guard for cutting things is a great aid for the visually impaired
No it isn’t. You don’t need your eyesight to properly cut with a knife
@@uzul7742try cutting blindfolded then
@@davidlauu._why don't you try it? Then you would know how easy it is (if you know the technique)
@@Jehty_it’s slow but not hard. Just align the knife along with your fingers. Yea some people would need it but it’s not impossible
@@davidlauu._literally a non issue. If i have the knife in one hand and the food item in front of me; I'm just fine..blindfolded or not.
Learn skills. Stop making excuses for mediocrity
As someone who only has the ability to make grilled cheese, a spatula, knife, and a frying pan are the only gadgets I need
Bro was legit clowning most of these with pure chefs bias. 😅
Exactly. Guy forgots most people are chefs.
a lot of the tools where "you can just use a knife" would be incredibly helpful for disabled people. like, as in disabled people are the target audience. they're marketed as "kitchen hacks" for "lazy people" because it gets more people to buy them. i personally would love a lot of these since i have bad joints and worse fine motor skills despite the fact that i love to cook. i often have to ask people to cut ingredients for me, since repetitive movements mess up my joints, but a lot of these would allow me more independence in the kitchen. that said, i definitely wouldn't buy a lot of these if i COULD use a knife consistently, so for the average person your advice holds true. i just know that a lot of people don't realize these products AREN'T for the average person, they're for elderly and disabled folks who still want to be able to get things done in the kitchen.
That’s what I’m saying too. Hopefully Josh sees the comments mentioning use for disabled people and helps change his mind.
Yeah. I know we used the slap chopper when my grandparents got older and they couldn't use knives anymore because of their age but we still wanted them to participate in what we were doing. My grandpa would still chop stuff even if there was nothing in there to chop. He loved it.
@@TheHitsubasa His response was disgusting.
"Then they should advertise these products as that, unfortunately many of them don’t even mention that fact. Thanks for educating us :)"
He doesn't care and outright blames the product manufacturers for not wanting to make less money.
@@gwanael34 yeah I saw that I was very put off
@@gwanael34 I have a genuine question: How do disabled people know these product are for them or how to use & clean them with your disability, if the advertisement doesn't make it clear? They would need a secondary consultant to even know about these products
_ If this is the true, isn't it still false advertisement. You could advertise these tools as both time saver & disability-aid & how to use them
I have psoriatic arthritis in my heads and also a neuro disorder that results in unpredictable jerking. I sometimes use a "Vidalia" chopper because it's much faster, less painful and safer. Items like this or the slap chopper are frequently useful for people with disabilities.
Sorry about your heads. Hope they're better
"Works, but not very well and made a huge mess." Me describing 90% of my first-graders 😂😂
16:14 knowing what little I do know about knife sharpening saying there isn't a noticeable difference between 15 and 20 degrees on the knife sharpener is wild
hahah yeah i got this one from the original brand this is the fake one, mine has a clockwork inside where it turns 3 times per spin, i agree it's dangerous its facing you but i need 1 min with the hard site and 1 min with the soft side and its perfect sharp and i didnt had to soak my stone etc
@@lw9494It's a German product, if it actually was that dangerous, it would've been taken from the market and we would've had five new laws banning tumbling knife sharpeners.
I remember that egg cooker being used as a sabotage on Cutthroat Kitchen.
Funilly enough, they also used the breakfast sandwich maker on Cutthroat
I miss that show, thought it got sillier as the seasons went on.
@@DivaViews I loved that show so much
the ice cream ball too
@@BasilDaAuraChef me tooooo, he left food network for Netflix and now Guy Fieri practically owns the network
Basically, some guy with the munchies used his grinder on some garlic, and a product that already existed was poorly repurposed.
I bet that's the front, and they don't expect any customers to use it for garlic.
3:00 you can simply use the lid, offsetting it a bit so the water has an opening but not big enough for the pasta to spill
I have a few sizes of the Snap n' Strain that I got as a stocking stuffer a few years ago. I kinda felt like they were going to be another kitchen gadget that would just get buried in the kitchen, but they end up getting utilized several times a week. It's especially handy when I'm cooking ground beef and need to drain the fat. The spout makes it easy to aim it into a small jar and not get bits of beef stuck in the holes like when I use my colander.
I make pasta for one in a saucepan and the Snap n' Strain was a good size. And yeah, just keep an eye out for when the pasta tries to avalanche out and tilt it up.
Omg that makes me want one
You just sold me on that. I have that problem all the time when draining fat. I've been trying to get better at aiming but it's impossible for me with my Dutch oven.
@@KarynHill With it being silicone, and the clamps having silicone as well, it molds to the shape of different pots and pans. It even works with a few of the pots I have that have protruding lips, like one of my Dutch ovens.
the stirring thing would help for ppl with wrist pain and/or arthritis for sure. i love the idea, wish it were more efficient bc id benefit from it so much! chronic pain is why im unable to cook as much as id like. i love gadgets that make it a little easier!
If you set it up right, it'll cover most of the pan, if not all. I have one I use to keep soups from burning. I have mobility issues, so not having to get up and down so much is a good benefit of it.
as someone with a hyper-mobility disorder i agree. lots of gadgets like this i think get a bad wrap because somedays its difficult enough to move around my house after work let alot stand over a pot and stir it and chop while my hands are flairing up. i feel alot of these gadgets get swept up in the elietism of cooking and "you could just use a knife" is such a useless phrase when some days i in fact cannot (atleast not at great risk to myself).
The Tortilla maker is not meant to cook the rltortilla all the way. You only bake them
till they hold their shape, and you bake them in a pan. It’s great for making tortillas in bulk for freezing. ( but seperate them with a bag and freeze )
What you said about "if it gets you to cook more fish, it might be worth it" is similar to how I feel about apple slicers. Produce that I can easily & quickly snack on makes it easier for me to eat healthily and I strongly prefer eating apples sliced rather than whole. So if I can pick up a $1 OXO apple slicer at the thrift store and that'll make me choose an apple over a less healthy option, it feels worth it to me.
Things like slap chop is good only if you have a problem that stops you from using a knife.
My mom has a torn tendon on her shoulder and using a knife makes it hurt over time, slap chop works well for that.
I grew up with a slap chop, never used it to cut up veg. It was always used for nuts and work great.
Josh about a perfectly golden bottom bun: “the bottom is burnt”
Josh about his burnt to death stuff: “golden brown delicious”
These were fun to watch, thanks!
However I will say some of these could be good accessibility options. In fact, accessible methods and tools would be a neat series!
I have problems with my hands in that although I can do gross motor skills, fine motor skills cause problems. All these gadgets seem pointless and a waste of time, but it can make life easier
And I have a small kitchen with limited space, so something like this could be useful for that too
The Rollie is a certified classic. Feel like I even saw videos about it like a decade ago. And it never ceases to be hilarious.
3:30 Oh man, the amount of people I see struggling with yolks and the rocking in the broken eggshell... It hurts to watch when you know the tried and true "just use your hands". Life changing.
About the finger guard: I have a medical condition that can cause hand tremors sometimes so when I'm doing cutting I have to slow down anyway and using the finger guard ensures that I don't slice myself up. I still love cooking though so it's a great gadget for people who have hand/coordination issues on my bad days. Many of these gadgets are precisely for people who have mobility issues. (But also some of these are utter garbage.)