Pointless Gadgets

[d000hg]

Inspired by something I saw on How I met your Mother:


Hot dog toaster

I saw this:


Toast and egg maker

What other stupid gadgets are there that you'd buy and use once? Does anyone want to admit to owning them?

[suityou01]

That second one is pointless as it doesn't do soft boiled eggs.

[doodab]

What other stupid gadgets are there that you'd buy and use once? Does anyone want to admit to owning them?

Use once? That's crazy talk. To be really pointless it has to go on eBay without ever coming out of the box (except to be photographed of course).

[evilagent]

Personally I never understood the point of toasters.
Whats wrong with a grill? (anyway I prefer to melt the butter onto the bread, then toast it)

I used to have all manner of cooking stuff; mutli-gadget devices, etc.
They take more effort in washing up and cleaning, than simply learning to prepare food with minimal instruments.

Even making cakes, whisking and mixing by hand is more satisfying.

Unless you're a restaurant, they don't save labour.

Minimalism is the way.

[doodab]

Personally I never understood the point of toasters.
Whats wrong with a grill? (anyway I prefer to melt the butter onto the bread, then toast it)

Indeed. And you can't make cheese on toast in a toaster either.

[suityou01]

Indeed. And you can't make cheese on toast in a toaster either.

Challenge accepted!

[d000hg]

Personally I never understood the point of toasters.
Whats wrong with a grill? (anyway I prefer to melt the butter onto the bread, then toast it)

Having to turn the toast?

[doodab]

Challenge accepted!

Is this going to be like the time I told my flatmate you can't make toast in a microwave and he tried to prove me wrong?

[vetran]

Personally I never understood the point of toasters.
Whats wrong with a grill? (anyway I prefer to melt the butter onto the bread, then toast it)

with 6 or so kids wanting toast for breakfast (wholegrain pukka bread) a toaster is a godsend. You tend not to burn it because child number 3 needs to go to the loo or is beating child number 2 over the head.

[evilagent]

with 6 or so kids wanting toast for breakfast (wholegrain pukka bread) a toaster is a godsend. You tend not to burn it because child number 3 needs to go to the loo or is beating child number 2 over the head.

6 kids!!
I have 4 nephews and nieces, who I have over for weekend every now and then, and they are exhausting.

Hats off to you for coping that menagerie.