>>22092258
>partner
>>22092258
>>have to find them put them out every time she comes by or she'll get sad

she's already sad because you're gay

>>22092258
plastic spatulas that flake when you use them

i like my recharagable grinders, great gift from the lady
the pepper is a little slow, but that's ok. i'll pull out the hand grinder or spice grinder if i need a large volume for a recipe

generally any multitasker tool. i've been gifted an electric wok, pizza spinning reheater, there's been more but i don't remember. it's all shit.

>>22092258
Coffee flavored salsa.

>>22092258
>pardner
HELL NAAAAAAAH

>>22092258
Yeah we got these and i never used them. Wife initially liked them but then the novelty wore off. Theyre sitting in a drawer somewhere.
Rather hand grind it or use a mortar and pestle

>>22092258
For me it was a single session cooking class voucher: 3 hours round trip travel time for a 2 hour class to make a meal for myself that I can already make at home, and the voucher cost over $100

>>22092258
Did you pull those salt and pepper grinders out of your partners ass? I bet he enjoyed that a lot.

>>22092258
you forgot to explain what is so bad about improving your shaker experience

>>22092258
>partner
ahahahahahahahahaha

>>22092624
>Battery powered device for something you simply twist, then job's done
>Battery runs out and unless you always have the AAA batteries on hand, you have two useless obelisks full of salt and pepper
I'm sure they're fine when they have batteries in, but I'd rather just have something I don't have to feed batteries for something that's going to be used that often.

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>>22092445
>he doesn't enjoy cooking with his business partner

>>22092635
You sound fucking insufferable. What a cunt

>>22092635
I actually agree with this, plus they are annoying to refill

>>22092635
mine are rechargable with a base station. i use them every day and have only had to charge them maybe twice in 8 months

>>22092704
Kys

>>22092941
It seems pretty nice to only need one hand to spread pepper and salt.

>>22092258
>”hey I got you another pan. It was quite expensive but I got a food deal”
>it’s a nonstick

I was gifted a Breville air fryer once. Sat in the box for a few years and then tried to give it away to everyone and even lastly my nephew and he didn't want it even though he was in a dorm.

Absolutely the most worthless piece of shit ever. It's like, do people really not have ovens? Well yeah my nephew didn't that's why I thought he'd might try it but I guess the kid was too smart to screw with such a pointless gadget that takes up space. What a worthless thing "air" fryers are. Even the name is ridiculous.

>>22093079
it is very nice. especially if you're like me and salt literally everything individually. like I said the pepper is kinda slow, i might look into a higher powered one in the future. the salt is banger tho

>>22093085
they're much more efficient than ovens
i mean I don't want one, but that's mostly a counter space limitation.
they certainly have a use and purpose. honestly I'd give up the oven for more cabinet space and then take a moderate sized counter top air fryer. the rare times I need more space I can use the smoker/grill.
woman would probably bitch about baking problems so never gonna happen.

anyway, it isn't a terrible product. just not everyone needs it and that's OK. it was marketed heavily as a need for every home and that's gay and retarded

>>22092258
My dad bought those faggy things and as soon as the batteries died I bought some proper hand grinders only for him to replace them immediately with the cheap pre-loaded ones from the spice aisle. No winning with boomers.

>>22093085
Air fryers mog ovens. Hard.

>>22093104
No thanks. That thing is at a landfill with a bunch others. I hate when people make stupid stuff and all the trendy people buy it just to toss it.

>>22092258
>dont really use hot sauce
>for some reason my aunt thinks I like hot sauce
>for Christmas she buys me a 12 pack of random hot sauces
>I know i will never use this
>next year she does it again
>I have 24 unused hot sauce bottles
>why does she think I like hot sauce so much

>>22093167
She's probably telling you not to be a sissy Nancy boy and learn to cook with flavor.

>>22093085
They're just good, albeit small, convection ovens

>>22093167
Mix them with butter and make buffalo sauce for wings

>>22092599
re gift it and use AI to fake photos of you there.

>>22092364
All my uni taskers have a dedicated shelf in the basement. About once a month I'll use one of them, so they do get use. But yes, generally useless.
I'd use my Instapot more, but I need a new gasket cuz the one on there fucking stinks from curry/chilli and I didn't clean it up right after. It's obviously clean now but the stink is still there. I want to puke just thinking about it. Maybe I'll try taking it out and letting it sit in baking powder or vinegar water. Maybe both, make a volcano.

>>22092445
>That's gonna be a yikers from me friend

>>22093141
Did you fill the grinders you bought for Boomer Daddy?

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>>22092258
Completely useless.
There is no positive lock between the motor shaft and the blades, it is just a hex shaft going into a soft plastic socket.
Therefore if there is ANY resistance, the shaft 'strips' and spins keeps spinning while the blades stay jammed in place. The shaft could also get extremely hot very quickly.

Garbage product.

>>22093085
It basically replaces your microwave for everything except popcorn and heating liquids.

>>22092258
>>22092329
My dad once gave me spatulas that weren't heat resistant which I did not realized and they melted into a buffalo dip I made. I still ate it.
Also I sometimes think if getting these because I use a lottttt of pepper in my meals. Are they that bad?

>>22093565
It's trash and redundant.

>>22092258
>partner
OP is a faggot

>>22093462
just buy a new gasket for $10
instapots are kinda goated
like i said, i hate unitaskers. i pretty much only use it for instant rice at this point, but for most people learning to cook it's an amazin
>>22093562
mines been working great for almost a year and it was <30$

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This fucking thing

>>22093085
I have a toaster oven with an air fryer function. I would never buy a standalone air fryer.

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>>22093725
Me dumb. Thanks Anon.

>>22093726
Did you set it AND forget it? Gotta remember to do both

>>22093752
I used to get drunk and walk around with the gloves this came with pretending I was a scientist

Probably that mini waffle maker that used to be gifted everywhere. I think Dash makes it. It worked, but I think it was stupid since those arent even real waffles it makes. After I had a liege waffle, it ruined american garbage waffles. My mom actually learned and gets me cool stuff now. I really dont even need anything now and have almost any gadget and item I could want. Maybe upgrade some of the shittier stuff I have.

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>>22092258
My sister got me one of these for xmas one year. It's the most useless thing conceived for kitchen use.

>>22092258
I'm always happy to see the electric grinders whenever I go eat at my parents', not something I'd have a use for since my kitchen is like ten times smaller but it's a neat little gadget. My college roommate got a pair our second year in and only used them for weed.

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>>22093085
>muh air fryer whining

Don't you guys have a thread specifically about this every few days? I never fucking heard so much about air fryers outside of this board, it's a fucking tool that is useful in specific situations, get fucking over it.

>>22093167
I still have the spicy mango vinegar my granma got me 5 Christmases ago

>>22093824
I have the better one rec'd by sip and feast and I think it's much better than usual wire masher

>>22093923
Cooking autists are actually the fucking worst

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Most useless fucking tool I have ever been forced to operate

>>22093614
If you aren't cooking a full roast or needing to slow braise something for hours, airfryers are just the best way to cook small to moderate amounts of food.

>>22093725
Maybe they updated the design.
What does the inside of the blade holder look like on your model?
On mine it was a hex key shape made out of soft plastic that matched the shape of the motor shaft.
The issue being that it would slip under any kind of resistance because the plastic was weak.

>>22094205
do you not wash your lettuce or spinach? nothing beats centrifugal force to remove water

>>22094256
>What does the inside of the blade holder look like on your model?
that would be a pain to check, but the posting says it is ceramic and steel
https://a.co/d/026NuZZD
like I said, I have been using it extensively for a long time and have had 0 issues. i would just like it to be faster for pepper. but i like stupid amounts of pepper usually.
they now have an 'upgraded version of transfer' model, no idea what the fuck that means

i do not leave them in the charging base, i leave them out on the counter on a tiny cutting board to collect residual salt/pepper
i pull out the charging stand every few months to top them up and then put it back in a cabinet

there's shitty versions of every product, sometimes there's actually good ones

>>22094343
not that anon and I agree with your statement, but I rarely wash anything.

>>22094343
I just wash them manually and shake the water off. It's not that difficult.

>>22094388
Are you sure you replied to the right person? >>22093562, I was talking about a food processor.

>>22092258
Be a fucking man. Explaining to your mom that you appreciate the thoughtful gift, but you do not use those, should not hurt her feelings. Unless she is literally retarded. Its the thought that matters, not what you actually get, or if you use it. Fucking knuckle draggers

>>22094205
enjoy lice and dirt in your lettuce

>>22092635

They are also very power hungry.

You're going to spend X % of the total cost on AAA batteries while pepper itself is cheap.

They ARE nice to use, I agree with this. But the annoying moments come along with it.

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These "ceramic" nonstick pans that work well when new but quickly start to stick.

>>22094479
If you need a massive chunky waste of space that you have to wash and dry after each use to wash your veggies that's a you problem

>>22094538
you just leave the lettuce in it and put it in the fridge

>>22092258
i just got one of these, usb rechargeable, i fucking love them. especially when im grilling and i need one clean hand.

>>22092704
You sound like you're so fat that cracking a pepper grinder counts as strenuous exercise.

>>22093102
Holy shit just get a salt cellar or pour some into a small dish and sprinkle it by hand... you niggers sound like the kind of people who would star in an early 00s infomercial

>>22093740
Mine has pretty much entirely replaced my actual oven. Its big enough to roast a whole chicken in for a fraction of the energy cost and pretty much everything comes out faster and better

>>22092258
I bought some pepper with a build in grinder one time. Turns out the grinder teeth were plastic so I would be sprinkling microplastics on my food along with the pepper. Thankfully i never used it.

>>22094205
trying too hard

>>22092258
I bought these for my mother, who has arthritis, and they're great. The six AAA batteries it needs lasts about a year with everyday cooking. I think they're fine.

>>22092704
Imagine getting this triggered about battery powered salt grinders kek
>>22092635
Yep my thoughts exactly

>>22093754
Based
>>22095376
I still use my oven because the toaster oven/air fryer is not big enough for big oven pans. It cant handle the girth of my big pan meals.

>>22092258
>have to find them put them out every time she comes by or she'll get sad i'm not using her gift
I know this feel.

>>22092706
I dunno if it's just the types I use but mine also clog up like fucking crazy. You also really can't adjust the grinder like a real mill so you're stuck with ultra fine grinding, which is fine if you're just topping something but not great otherwise

>>22093824
This is for letting your kids larp with a flanged mace, not for actually cooking btw.

>>22092258
i thought it was dumb when my mom bought an electric pepper grinder, but she pointed out that it is exhausting for her to stand over the big soup pot and grind lots of pepper so i suppose it's not a worthless gadget

>>22092258
Imo the one-trick gadget, especially if they are cumbersome, for example a waffle iron, its big, its a pain to clean and it can only be used to make waffles, I can make an exception for rice cookers if you eat a shitton of rice like asians do but any utensil that has only one very limited use is just a waste of space.

>>22092427
Le Cafe Salsa!

I've gotten so many bad gifts over the years. Like, to the level of "did you mean to give this to me?" sorta shit from mom and brother. As such, I'm a pretty shit gift giver too.

>Marble pastry stone
I hate flaky pastry, it was too big to fit in my efficiency apartment fridge. I never used it. Found out it was $100.
>picnic basket with weird jams, jellys, and spreads
I was single, 25, living alone, autistic, and never went outside except to get fast food.
>"TGIF" liquor flask kit
Apparently mom thought I was a cheerful alcoholic on the go
>Battery powered salt and pepper grinder
It had 2 compartments in the unit, but I put 6 batteries in, went to try it for the first time when making my eggs, it took over a minute to get enough salt and pepper on the eggs. I took the batteries out and threw it away
>Crab/lobster butter warmers
I'm too retarded to get a high paying job to afford crab or lobster. They're still in the box somewhere.
>Christmas themed spoons and mugs
I hate christmas because of all the shitty gifts and consumerism, I think I threw most of them away already because snowflake cutouts in wood stirring spoons just trap food to rot.
>ship in a bottle decorative decanter globe
My brother thinks I'm buying a pint of fancy liquor to put in a temu decanter globe? I'm hoping the cat breaks it.

About 6 months into dating my now wife, my brother heard she was buying a house (we hadn't discussed moving in together yet) and bought her a nice ceramic dish set and throw blanket. She also thought it was weird someone she's never met bought her plates and dishes she didn't need. I was miffed he was buying stuff for her despite never meeting her and he was like $20k in credit card debt already.

Not cooking related, but random seasons of TV shows on DVD Iike Season 3 of Chapelles show and I have never owned a DVD player. Pearl snap plaid shirts despite never wearing anything but plain solid color T-shirts. Silver cufflinks despite never owning a french cut shirt.

>>22097958
Sounds like you should just sell some of these gifts and make a bit of cash off of them. If you arent using them, why not?

>>22097958
Forgot to mention, along with the marble pastry stone a pastry cutter thing, and other pastry tools like a rolling pin and hand tools I don't even know what they were for.
>wine preservation kit
I don't drink wine partially because I can't really afford it and don't like the taste of it.
>Creme Brulee kit
This one is 50/50; i like creme brulee and have made it many times, but I have no friends (other than wife) to entertain so the torch got used to light candles and do gunsmithing. I think I used it twice to burn sugar.
>fingers only oven mitts
I used them twice and burned my palm twice. Trashed.
>world market spices from around the world
They're premixed spices to make basically a meal for one. So it kinda tracks but I also think its moronic to buy most premixed spice blends when its simply marked up 1000% for the same shit I already have.
>micro serration steak knives
They came in a cheap wood box, she paid $200 for them and they can barely cut a hamsteak. They sure do fuck up my plates though.
>keurig pod coffee maker
I don't drink coffee and I can't afford $2 pods daily. I drink loose leaf tea. At least my wife uses it sometimes.

I sent a home depot sale link to my brother for a Milwaukee $100 drill and battery combo. He shipped me some chinese garbage from amazon that he paid $160 for.
Fuck, thanks for reminding me how much I hate gifts, giving and receiving.

>>22097967
I do, the marble pastry and picnic basket I took back to williams sonoma and they gave me store credit. A lot of them I can't randomly return since I don't have the receipt. And I'm not going to make a facebook account to sell random junk to strangers for $5.

I got a chinese drone once. No camera, no attachments, just a big pod thing that could fly around a little. Sold that to a dude for $100. Brother paid $200 for it. This was back in like 2015 before drones were useful.
I did get a kindle fire one christmas. I don't read books and the thing was a color screen to read books bought on amazon only. Amazon did take it back for 'store credit'.

>>22092258
Indian food from an Indian. I am not even going to bring it inside my house poojit.

>>22097972
You could always try reselling through craigslist or eBay. Store credit works though. Did you get anything you actually liked?
And that sucks about the Kindle. Theyre actually pretty decent devices if they arent restricted like the one you got.

>>22097969
>Finger only oven mitts
Who the fuck thought that was a good idea? Pure consoomer bait.
The spices and torch are at least useful. Also if youre in the market for a new drill, IMO grab a Makita. I've had mine for over 15 years and its a beast. Works great still.

>>22092258
>partner
how about you two stop playing house and get back to arresting the bad guys

>>22098033
>You could always try reselling through craigslist or eBay.
Again, I'm not interested in taking pics, posting on CL, getting flaked by buyers, driving across town, people haggling over dumb shit all for a few bucks. eBay costs money to post, I'm not shipping this shit.

>>22092258
>partner
Lol what's the matter, queer? Too scared to use a term as racy as "boyfriend?"

>>22097958
>I've gotten so many bad gifts over the years. Like, to the level of "did you mean to give this to me?"
I've literally just started telling my relatives "Don't buy me anything for my birthday/Christmas. I'm good. I don't want anything" because, without fail, I end up with some piece of crap cluttering my house or shitty garment I wear twice out of obligation. I don't like being given shit for this reason - it creates an obligation.

>>22098188
I forgot my latest one. I live in a house now, side-by-side refrigerator. During the holidays when family is here and we load it up with all kinds of shit, 100 beers, you name it he saw that and thought he'd give me a mini fridge for xmas. He even suggested places for me to put it around my house.

Its currently in a spare bedroom unplugged and I move it out once a year and put 6 sodas in it to show its still here. I have no place downstairs for it. I don't want a fridge burning up the electric bill or adding noise. And I never go upstairs so why the fuck would I plug it in up there? No, I don't loiter in my 100 degree garage in the summer or desire to leave it pluggedin outside again burning up money. Then again that might be a good alibi to say mice chewed it up so I can sell it for... $50?

>>22098069
Just make em come to you, that's what i do when i sell stuff.
Either way, getting rid of the stuff is good no matter how you do it

>>22092364
>pizza spinning reheater
Huh?

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>>22098423
one of these

>>22098444
it actually does an amazing job, just bulky

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>>22093174
>cook with flavor
>hot sauce

>>22098471
That's surprising to hear. But who goes through the effort of making a pizza but can't be bothered to plop it in the oven?

>>22098708
i'd argue the results are better than a traditional oven, faster. good for reheating or frozen pizza as well
i've used it for various reheating tasks
somoething something direct heat with cooling periods as it rotates
also i's instant, negligble preheat, and less energy
i mean it's a silly stupid tool, but it works

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almost inlaws loved to buy me as seen on TV shit, shit from TJ Maxx and dollar tree. A sack full of stuff I was grateful for but never really used.

One time I got a stovetop grill thing which would've been a novelty to try, but I had a shitty electric Samsung stove. Another time I got a hard-boiled egg cooker. And another tine it was meat claws.

>>22098188
WROOOONG! ask for socks or underwear, specify exactly what kind and colors you use, they get to gift you something cheap without having to think that much and you save the chore of buying them yourself.
I do this with my mom and it works great.

>>22094526
Skill issue

>>22092258
Nice engagement bait, i love my electric grinders because it lets me stir or whatever with my other hand in the meantime and also encourages using the right amount of pepper since i dont have to stand there manually twisting it 75000x in a row over a big pot to season properly

>>22092258
>or bought yourself
A slow cooker from Reny's.

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>>22092364
Rechargeable sounds alright, the ones in the OP that are battery powered go through batteries like crazy.

>>22092258
My fiance likes these... I use my vintage XL grinder for pepper though

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>>22099998
There's a gift I'd like to receive.

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>be a big bakingfag
>talking to friends about it
>mention offhand that my stand mixer starts getting hot when i run it at max speed while its kneading dough but otherwise works fine
>christmas comes around
>my friends tell me they have a big surprise for me
>hype it up all week
>finally receive my gift at friendsmas party
>its a fucking stand mixer
>im genuinely confused because i already have one that works
>they presumed mine was on the way out so they got me a replacement
>have to act surprised and relieved that my old cruddy stand mixer can finally kick rocks
6 months later i'm still using the old one and the gift is still in it's box
Granted, it's an amazing, super thoughtful gift and they all chipped in for it and I'm incredibly grateful, but my current stand mixer really shows no signs of dying and I'm mortified of the prospect of them coming over and seeing their gift still in it's box

my sister once gave me a sausage roll maker

you put in sausage rolls that you already made and it... cooked them.

she is retarded

>>22100714
Yeah that was pretty nice, although I think big ticket gifts like that should be given with a receipt just in case

>>22101575
I bet that’s what they use for the Gom Jabber in the porn version of Dune

>>22092258
A spatula that says "don't trust a skinny chef"
I'm skinny

>>22101575
my sister once gave me a handjob

>>22098471
I'm sure it does work just fine. The issue is that something like that is a large, single-use kitchen gadget that isn't useful for anything except it's intended purpose.
What do you do with it on weeks where you don't want pizza? You are forced to try to find somewhere to fit it into your cupboard, and it takes up space that could've been filled with something generally more useful. It's the definition of a white elephant gift.

>>22103005
that's why it was on my list of terrible gifts, but i'm giving it just appreciation
if you have like a basement or garage or something with joyous amounts of storage it's cool
i don't though, so terrible gift