18 Kitchen Gadgets That Will Look Good on Your Countertop
Elevate your home cooking game with these sleek culinary staples.
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Whether you’re a seasoned home chef or a takeout champ, these helpful kitchen appliances will revamp your midweek meals while keeping your countertop looking its best. Now that’s a win-win situation.
A real dynamo. This isn’t your average toaster oven, and for so many reasons. Sure, it can brown bread, bake, and broil like there’s no tomorrow, but it also doubles as an air fryer. (Yep, it can crisp up meat and veg with extra-hot air and little to no oil.)
The most versatile manual pasta maker on this market, this Italian-steel hand-crank device puts out perfect linguine, spaghetti, and lasagna noodles in minutes. Flat rollers create the dough sheet; double-cutter is removable for easy cleaning.
Stagg Pour-Over Kettle’s beautifully functional design kicks your brewing up a notch. Enjoy an intuitive, steady pour with Stagg’s precision pour spout. Keep track of temperature with a built-in brew-range thermometer.
La Specialista is a beautifully designed espresso machine that allows you to handcraft consistently great espresso-based coffee drinks from the comfort of your home.
Bring on the bubbles. Who knew an at-home carbonator could be such a head-turner? This countertop hero sports an ultra-slim and compact design, plus a sleek finish that’ll dazzle wherever you set it. When you wanna add a little fizz to your water, just fill the bottle to the line, screw it into...
A smaller version of commercial-size models, this versatile stand mixer is designed with enough power and capacity to prepare large batches of cake batter or cookie dough without compromising your kitchen counter space. Expertly assembled by hand in Greenville, Ohio, home of KitchenAid since 1919.
The sleek H-AA slow juicer is Hurom’s flagship model. It features the newest, most innovative Alpha technology with a sleek new design, optimized juicing, easier cleaning, and the ability to make ice cream.
Designed for both form and function, our French Press is made of borosilicate glass, known as lab glass, to keep your coffee hot long after brew time. The handle is designed to match our mugs, for an extra touch of harmony.
Lettuce Grow’s self-watering, self-fertilizing Farmstand makes it easy to grow your own food at home, from leafy greens like kale and lettuce varieties to strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, and your favorite herbs.
The first wireless smart meat thermometer, Meater connects to your phone and conveniently gives you notifications as your meat cooks (anything from a whole chicken to a pork loin to a tri-tip), letting you know what you need to do at every step of the way, taking a little bit of the pressure off of...
The Beast B10 Blender is thoughtfully designed and meticulously engineered with industry-leading technology, resulting in a machine that is the ultimate in preparing nutrient-rich smoothies and infusions that make you Strong Inside™.
Use your Smeg stand mixer to prepare homemade ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and frozen yogurt using the fresh ingredients of your choice. This ice cream accessory is a double-wall cooling container that fits inside the mixer bowl to make 1 1/4 quarts of frozen dessert.
This complete set of our non-stick ceramic-coated cookware has everything you’ll need for cooking healthy in your kitchen, staying organized, and looking good while doing so.
For no-fuss composting that’s eye-catching too, look no further than this countertop bin. It’s fashioned from powder-coated steel, with a carbon filter inside that’ll keep odors at bay. And thanks to its 2-quart size, it’s ready to corral food scraps of all kinds.
A powerful and precise home grinder with café capabilities, Ode Brew Grinder does things differently. When grinders try to tackle both brewed coffee and espresso, they become a master of none.
The Matcha Maker Kit comes with everything you need to start making authentic matcha at home. The machine is designed to store, grind, and whisk Cuzen’s organic leaves for the best matcha out there.
Now you can impress your friends and family on pizza night—in just two minutes—with their very own personal pie. The Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo is a speedy solution to pizza nirvana, thanks to a super-charged 750°F oven that bakes your pies super-fast.
Adding fresh-ground sea salt or pepper to food can be as effortless as a flip of the wrist. Invert these battery-operated mills over food, and their blades begin to whirl. Turn them upright, and the mechanisms shut off.
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