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Space-Saving Oven Rises From Your Countertop

If space is at a premium in your kitchen, and money is no object, Caple’s new Sense C5100 oven doubles as extra counter space when it’s retracted into your cabinets.


March 15, 2012
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Toaster With Motorised Lift Is An Innovation No One Asked For

Every once in a while a product comes along that truly enrages the Gizmodo staff over how pointless and stupid it is. So congratulations Cuisinart, today your two-slice toaster with a motorised lift really angered up the blood here.


February 17, 2012
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Why Old Refrigerators Make You Bend Over And Can’t Fit Anything

Have you seen the amazing refrigerators in some peoples’ kitchens these days? They have touchscreens, they have doors in surprising places, they have special compartments with precise temperature settings for everything from broccoli to wine. It was not always this way.


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You’ll Be Ashamed To Fill These Vintage-Inspired Fridges With Junk Food

My fridge is disgusting. If I don’t eat better, I’m going to die. I don’t want to die, so I’m hoping I can scrounge enough cash to buy one of these gorgeous refrigerators that embody all the qualities I’d want the food on the inside to have.


February 14, 2012
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Samsung’s Best Designers Toil In Obscure Hotplate Division

You’d think that Samsung would have placed its best industrial designers in divisions that focus on drool-worthy mobile products like smartphones and tablets, but apparently they’ve instead got them focused on the company’s more mundane products like hot plates.


February 1, 2012
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Watching A Washing Machine Self-Destruct Never Gets Old

Washing machines committing suicide (or being injected with a lethal brick depending on your perspective) are home appliances’ gift to the internet. It’s like the machines are realising their full comedic potential! This one, in particular, is awesome because of how meticulously it breaks down. Little by little, piece by piece, you can’t look away.


January 12, 2012
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Toast Your Bread With Cinder Blocks And Rebar

Adi Zafran made his toaster out of cement blocks and rebar. He writes that he built it because pita bread is a staple food for him. Oh, I get it: It’s like a little brick oven.


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LG Finally Creates A Fridge To Accomodate My Unreasonable Demands

When I’m shopping for a new fridge (obviously a frequent occasion) I’m not interested in how much ice it can produce every hour, how crisp it would keep the vegetables I’m probably supposed to be eating, or even how much it will reduce my electricity bill.


January 10, 2012
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LG’s Blast Chiller Cools Cans In Under 5 Minutes

There’s a lot of talk about OLED and 3D and Google and bezels and, and, and — enough! Let’s get down to what matters. Beer takes too long to cool. Unless you buy one of LG’s forthcoming refrigerators. SmartBeer.


January 3, 2012
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This Transforming Stove Is The Coolest Thing In A Kitchen

The last time you opened your oven was probably pretty dull. You pulled the handle, you stuck something in, you waited for it to cook. Maybe you enjoyed it. But did it slide vertically out of your counter? Probably not.