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V-Line Toaster and Induction Cooker Makes a High-Tech Breakfast
7:50AM Sean Fallon | It kind of looks like a laptop if you ask me, but the V-Line toaster concept from designer Thibault Masclet is actually a toaster and an induction cooker all-in-one. It incorporates glass like other toaster concepts, but the induction cooker on the flipside is a new one on me. To be honest, I would prefer a griddle, but if you have something in a pot that needs heating or you simply want to keep your toast warm—it could come in quite handy. Whether it will ever become a real world product remains to be seen. [TrendsNow via The Design Blog] More »
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Faber Imago+: Now Even Your Cooker Hood Has a Webcam
9:49PM Kit Eaton | Faber’s Imago+ cooker hood seems like a glimpse into the near future where every available gizmo in your household is some kind of electronics-packed entertainment system. It’s first and foremost an extractor fan/filtration system that inhales the fumes from your cooking so you don’t have to (at 870 cubic meters per hour). But it’s actually loaded up with a multimedia PC too. More »
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Sleek Zojirushi Rizo Rice Cooker Is for Dumb Westerners
4:47AM Matt Buchanan | Japanese rice cookers are so much better than the crappy American knockoffs I’ve dealt with that also purport to perform other, multiple feats of kitchen magic, but do so miserably. So I’m pretty stoked that Zojirushi is prepping a Western rice cooker invasion with a designed-for-whitey model, the Rizo. (I love rice.) More »
Random Stuff
This Eco-Friendly Oven Stinks (Because It Runs On Garbage)
3:58AM Gizmodo US Edition | In the Kenyan slum of Kibera, outside of Nairobi, an oven fuelled by garbage is now in testing. At its heart is a superheated steel plate that vaporizes drops of water. The oxygen released burns discarded sump oil from vehicles, reaching even higher temperatures up to 930° Fahrenheit. Garbage is then used to maintain the heat. Residents can use the oven to cook hot meals or make hot water for washing. The system’s added benefit is that it reduces waste in the area, a problem that has gotten so bad that it is beginning to destroy Kenya’s plains. Recognized as the first of its kind, the concept has caught on quickly, and plans for 20 more are already in the works. As people are increasingly drawn to urban areas, excess waste is rapidly becoming a critical problem. There are still some obvious kinks to be worked out, such as containing the fumes from the burning garbage. The oven was built with the help of a $10,000 grant from the United Nations Environment Programme. Advocates of the oven hope that the technology works well enough to be employed in large cities everywhere. [Christian Science Monitor via Treehugger] More »
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Foldable Fabric Oven, For Baking On the Go
11:20PM Charlie White | Scientists in Taiwan have figured out how to make an oven out of cloth. Here you can see they’ve heated up a couple of pieces of tasty cheese toast in the thing, and the inventive tinkerers at the Taiwan Textile Research Institute say they’ve also baked a chicken in this lightweight and foldable oven that’s conveniently portable, weighing “just a few hundred grams.” There’s just one little problem with this idea: You still have to furnish some serious power to make it go, but still, it might be nice to carry an oven around in your laptop bag, whip it out in the hotel room, plug it in and bake some bread on the go. Its inventors say we’ll be seeing the oven for sale next year. [Texyt] More »
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Giant Steel Dragon BBQs are Huge, Expensive
8:30AM Adam Frucci | This guy Ed McBride makes all sorts of crazy steel sculptures, including BBQ grills that look like dragons. The largest one he’s made stands a hulking 9 feet tall and has a wingspan of 10 feet. They sure are awesome looking, in a strangely hypermasculine and dorky way, but with prices ranging from $40,000 to $90,000, I think I’ll stick to using a Weber while watching The Never Ending Story, thanks. [Product Page via Neatorama] More »
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New Induction Cooktops from GE Are the Highest Wattage Ever
3:30AM Jason Chen | Our cooking experience barely goes beyond “Fire. Bad. Keep. Away,” but these GE Monogram and Profile induction cooktops have the highest wattage element from an induction cooktop ever. The 3700-watt cookers use magnetic fields to heat up your food, as opposed to gas or electric cookers. Induction cooking’s been around for a while, but as evidenced by the small shot of a bunch of ice cubes sitting on the same plate as a tray of boiling water, this technology is fancy. Just cause they’re as close to Star Trek as you’re going to come in the kitchen, save for the microwave or something. [GE] More »
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Countertop Pizza Oven
7:10AM Jason Chen | If your life’s dream is to cook a pizza in something that only slightly resembles a pizza oven, this Da Gennaro is your ticket to paradise. The oven’s small enough to fit onto a counter, but big enough that it takes up a whole lot of your kitchen space. As for how well its programmable cooking time and heat insulation cooks your pizza, that’s a question for someone who’s eaten a pie made for its loins. [Ariete via Appliancist] More »
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Tefal Actifry Fries Up Junk Food With 3% of the Fat
1:30AM Charlie White | Put more than two pounds of potatoes or any other soon-to-be fried foods in this Tefal Actifry, add a tablespoon of your favorite grease, and it goes to town, spinning those babies around like a washing machine while heating them up with a lot of hot air. The result? Crispy fried foods with only 3% of the fat content of your regular gut busters. Or so say the Tefal spinmeisters. More »
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