Testing Kitchen Gadgets ft the 'Crunchcup'
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- It's kitchen gadget testing time today including making a burger using just gadgets themselves! Also a 'cereal on the go' bottle which was quite quirky for those that wanna have breakfast on their commute!
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00:00 Intro - kitchen gadget testing
00:25 Pot of tea infuser
01:15 Kitchen Aid Egg Separator
03:57 Joseph Joseph 2in1 Silicone Whisk
06:08 Utensil rest
06:58 Metallic jar opener
08:32 Handy kitchen thingy burger press
12:11 Cereal on the go bottle
#kitchengadgets #barrylewis #gadgets - Наука та технологія
Get the gadgets (Amazon affiliate links)
Pot of tea infuser (similar) amzn.to/3WFbfBZ
Kitchen Aid Egg Separator (similar) amzn.to/3yaRDeI
Joseph Joseph 2in1 Silicone Whisk amzn.to/44BmwFv
Metallic jar opener amzn.to/3WDSHlJ
Burger Press (similar ish) amzn.to/3WBflef
Cereal on the go amzn.to/3WIriin
More kitchen gadget testing videos ua-cam.com/play/PLfItiEY3o1mua5cnCEz2ssWLQbS6ZiSIq.html
And a "Hidden Treasure" burger.
Shrinkifacation: have you seen the videos of people weighing their food and comparing to what the package says. LOTS are way underweight.
There's a smudge on your lens, Barry. Has been there since the last video. ;)
Speaking of Joseph Joseph, you should give their potato ricer a try. It operates with twisting mechanics instead of a lever.
that tea infuser link leads to one that looks like a bum pooping. wasn't quite the flower pot i was expecting
In my experience, egg / omelet patties are very common on breakfast sandwiches, but burgers more often have a single fried egg on them
Yes. This. I don’t know how Barry doesn’t know that eggs just taste different when scrambled or fried. I get that he wanted to demo the egg separator but it would have been better if he had made mayo out of the yolk and done something else with the white. I don’t know what else, just something else.
Hey Barry, they do taste different. Try a burger with a fried egg vs a scrambled one. Your life will change. Not by much but still.
Yeah I love having a fried egg in a burger if it's an option, especially if the yolk is runny!
@@markfergerson2145 "I don’t know how Barry doesn’t know that eggs just taste different when scrambled or fried."
The British stereotype for bland food didn't just spawn from the void. A lot of them seem to live in a cave culinarily speaking.
Only issue with the Utensil rack, is it needs to be like an inch or two longer for the drip tray.
Yes, I have that exact one and you have to be careful how you put things down on it. It's still a decent product though.
Own one as well. Yeah it’s not perfect but it’s the best I’ve ever used. And I can throw it in my dishwasher.
@@DarkQueenHelba This is why I switched over to silicone oven mitts and pads. Who has time to do laundry?
or...you could just use a small plate or a saucer. Easier to clean\toss into dishwasher too.
I have a terrible idea for the Crunchcup... Coke in the liquid section, Mentos in the Food section... Please make it mappen! 😂😂
Yeah ! that is a terrible idea......but has to happen ! 🤣
I can’t be the first. The cereal is sold by weight. The packaging allows a bubble of air to allow cushioning and lessen crushing. In the 1950s - 1960s morning managers, usually moms, saved the plastic packaging to use again for food storage. Plastic food storage bags were not available and when they were they were considered expensive.
We didn't get cereal in plastic bags till the late 70s. In the 60s, cereal was in wax paper bags (inside the boxes). The wax paper was in great demand for tracing.
@@lizjolly5454 agree - and even in the 70s it was wax paper on the ones we got
That people still complain about the air is honestly crazy. Have to be wilfully ignorant to not understand the purpose of it at this point.
@@Koooo4I used to manage a frito lay warehouse imagine how I feel when I hear people talk about the air space in bags 😅
Tell me you don't know about shrinkflation without telling me
Hidden gherkin? The gherkin is lurkin'
"a quirky burger" sounds like a euphemism lol
lol
Or a term of endearment. I don't think I'd necessarily mind being called that.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a restaurant called Quirky Burgers. That's basically a thing in Bob's Burgers, what with their blackboard special gags.
The closest thing I've experienced to that IRL is a little place in my area called "Two Napkin Burger". It's pretty neat for what it is.
@@U014B "Yeah Bob was a bit of a quirky burger, what with all the Japanese anime he collected but he was a good man and knew how to fix anything with a motor."
Quirky Burger, Hidden Gherkin
Love the gadget vids. To test the salt and pepper mills I suggest using a black sheet of paper and a white sheet. You could then test the amount and coarseness produced over a given time. Thanks Barry.
With a Grid on the paper, you could also see how evenly the grains are distributed.
You know you must be getting older when you can describe getting a 'lifetime warranty' as being 'pretty cool'
And then you get even older and "lifetime warranty" gets less impressive and more depressing. Like "Yeah, this thing probably will outlive me"
Bought a backpack with a lifetime warranty. Thought it was so cool. Only to be stolen 1-2 years after. Oh well 🥲
To test the salt and pepper things, over a sensitive scale give 10 shakes and see which ones give the " ideal " amount. Also test ease of filling and cleaning. Thanks for all you do Barry.
Just imagining food combinations with that bottle 😂. Spaghetti bolognese, carbonara, hot dogs with mustard and/or ketchup, eggs benedict. Maybe even desserts like bread pudding or some kinda crumble/pie with custard/cream.
haha yeah! There's a video there for sure
I wonder how it'd work if you combined two liquids. Like coke and fanta, or gin and tonic...
@@Smoke824 Oooo yeah! Imagine the cocktails it would make
So, I love your show! There is a reason why they put air in the bags of cereal, chips/crisps, etc., because of changes in altitudes, changes in air pressures, etc., and when transporting them, the bags will explode without air. Just FYI. I drove a semi-truck and went over the Rocky Mountains; some bags of chips did not have enough air, so boxes exploded with chips everywhere when we arrived. Live and learn. lol
I-, the universe is ever mysterious, as I was watching this video, _I was eating coco pops XD_ You mentioned the cereal you've been eating really infuses the milk and I just thought "Oh, like what I'm eating-" and you pulled the box out XD
haha amazing
It's called "synchronicity", and there's nothing mysterious about it.
And I was using the utensil rest!
I'm sure that someone else was separating eggs; another person was making burgers; and a final person was making tea. 😆
That Joseph Joseph caddy is the only thing I've bought based on this playlist and I still use it all the time and appreciate it constantly. It makes me happy to know that you're still really into it too.
Saaaaaame!
The tea infuser is so cute ❤
very hard to find it now by all accounts
I have that bottle opener and it really is brilliant. Older people with limited hand strength will appreciate this item.
Love a good gadget video. Spent all day in hospital, so your video is my reward!
Nice one
salt/pepper testing: The best test is flow and mix and cleanness. Each should be tested where you can see the results (like pepper in mash, salt on meat(?))
I think he should get a white plate and show us out big each broken piece of the pepper is. Is the size consistent? Can it grind it really fine? Can you control how fine it really is?
14:09 aren't you always hyper barry? 🤣🤣🤣
haha maybe
I kinda feel like the last thing anyone needs when they are in a hurry is to have to navigate flow rates of a solid and liquid at the same time directly into their mouth. Seems like choking waiting to happen, lol.
As for the utensil holder, they are super handy, but I didn't drop $1500 on a 3d printer so that I could spend $5 on something like that.
Me too! I've 3d printed all sorts of brackets to hold stuff and the pinnicle is the 3d printed cutlery drawer.
BL, you are absolutely right about the resulting chocolate milk and the somewhat soggy cereal. I don’t see this gadget as being very practical.
it's practical for those who like it crunchy. My son always grabs himself a bowl of dry cereals + a cup of milk, while I love to mix it and let it sit for a short while (but not too long, before it turns soggy)
Still can’t agree, maybe with smaller bits, think of trying to use it with Mini Wheats or even Frosted Flakes, log jam…
That burger press looks like someone has repurposed the tubs used to store CD-R's.
For salt n pepper pots, try putting a good amount of salt n pepper over a boiling pan!
I also have a ladle holder and I LOVE it. I found mine in the dollar store.
Such a simple / useful thing!
Mentos and coke in the cereal bottle....
Barry: *sniffs tool made entirely out of metal*
Also Barry: "It smells so metallic!"
First timer here. I'm glad I found your channel. Thank you for showing us the gadgets. The ones that work versus the ones that don't will save me money and that's always a good thing. I think I'll get the burger press. 💜
For the salt and pepper mills, you could have a drawing competition with the kids (white card for pepper, black card for salt), and see who can draw the best art attack!
"okay, get up earlier" haha love it!!
I don’t know why but the Crunch Cup bit made me laugh so much! I just had this image in my head of Barry drinking gravy and potatoes. Please do Will It Crunch Cup! 🤣
“Get up earlier” 😂 I am so glad I am not the only person who thinks this. That is deffo what I would think if I seen someone with one of those. I just think it’s honestly more effort to fill that and then wash it all when you get home. I’d rather just skip breakfast if I’d slept in.
Love all the gadget and hacks videos! They make stuffed burger presses for that.
Re: the jar opener, it always makes me chuckle whenever I see a (fully able-bodied) person struggling to open a new jar because they haven't realised that if you release the vacuum with a teaspoon, opening the jar is a lot easier. 😅
I’m fully able bodied but weak lol I whack the jar lid against a surface to pop the vacuum
But at least you know about releasing the 'secret' vacuum 😆
@@sideshowrod1312 can also stab it with a knife if you’re using the whole jar
Have you done a full video on left handed gadgets yet?
Yes ua-cam.com/video/xA5EXHGFodg/v-deo.html
I broke that same whisk the same exact way.
I think it's a fairly common thing!
@mrbarrylewis the problem seems to be that the butt cap is a friction fit on the rod. If it had some kind of locking stud or keyed tooth it would be much better.
I have that utensil rest and absolutely love it! It’s so simple but works so well! Definitely worth the buy
Gadgets that no one asked for, the jar opener and the utensils holder were the most useful
that egg cracker and seperator is something i've been looking for for a long time! Thank you!!
Coco pops with hot milk is a game changer 😊😊
You know the best bottle and jar opener I’ve ever used is a piece of sandpaper works every time and anyone can use it.
So you just grab the jar with it?
I really feel these jar opener gadgets are made for people with severe arthritis. My mother can barely use her hands anymore, and holding a round lid is impossible for her. She can hold (with difficulty) a handle though, so she might be able to use this gadget. I have a gadget for opening lids that is a sort of round piece of very pliable silicone textured like sandpaper and it helps you grip the lid, so yeah, I think real sandpaper might do the same thing.
@@mrbarrylewis yep just wrap it over the lid and open the sand grips the lid making it much easier to open. Obviously if one has arthritis or other hand issues then these openers would probably be easier.
I have small hands so I always find jars with large lids hard to open until my dad recommended sandpaper. Now I can open them up myself without having to get a man to. Also for stubborn soft drink bottles that the seal isn't cut properly sand paper works great with out hurtling my hand
My daughter absolutely loves her crunch cup! She eats her breakfast in the car on the way to before school care. So easy to rinse out when I get to work and there's no mess in my car 😁
I used to have a wisk/spatula/tongs that was super handy for pancakes, and I loved it for fried eggs because the tines would flex easily enough it wouldn't bust my yolks, but locked flat for storage.
I know you hate tea, Barry, but just once, try the tea with a splash of milk and a spoonful of sugar. Stir very well. You might be surprised. Black tea is great, don't get me wrong, but it's usually too bitter for some people to cope with. The milk takes that edge off.
I drink about six cups of various loose leaf teas every day - really good tea has big leaves that are rolled, and the flavour is extraordinarily good. I drink coffee about twice a month. It always smells far better than it tastes - and I include that coffee that has been through a Civet cat, and is the most expensive you can get. Tried it once - smelled wonderful. Tasted - of coffee.
Coffee, much like tea, has various different flavor profiles and ingredients they pair well with 😉 As you explore more coffee and what makes it taste “good” for you, you start to figure out the why and how to achieve that flavor you enjoy. I think, until you find a way that you like, it inevitably tastes like leaf juice or bean juice.
That being said, it’s all on taste preference at the end of the day. I’m more of a coffee person than a tea person personally, but honestly both are a fabulous part of the day.
@@Silentgrace11Yes. So many ways to make coffee and tea that I like both. Different blends of tea, especially in loose leaf, to explore. I grew up knowing only black tea with a lot of sugar and ice. But as an adult I discovered a coffee and tea shop that I loved making new flavor discoveries. I don't suppose those shops are too common these days. But I never tire of the nearly infinite flavor combinations of tea. Some can be grown in the garden like mint, chamomile, fever few, raspberry leaves, etc. I grew mint for my late husband because I didn't like mint. But fresh mint tastes better than anything store bought with mint so I became a fan of it in tea.
I drink tea and coffee daily but I add nothing, I like how they taste.
@@cheshkat6321- What a lovely reply. If I were given the choice of tea or coffee, I'd always go for tea. It refreshes, and is a good thirst quencher, unlike coffee. I generally drink single origin teas, like Darjeeling, Ceylon, Kenya, Assam, Yunnan Green - but I do like Mint tea, Earl Grey, and, possibly my favourite, Chai. Just Chai, not 'Chai tea' as I have heard people ordering - 'Chai' is the Indian word for tea. So if you ask for a 'Chai tea', you are asking for a 'Tea Tea'. 🤔🤔🤔
But enjoy what you want to enjoy, as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. 👍👍👍
I do own the Joseph Joseph utensil holder. It's very, very useful if you are cooking multiple items at the same time.
Honestly I'm tempted to buy that cereal cup! What a great idea
Great video & I loved the flower pot tea infuser 😊Thanks Barry 🤗👍
I have that same spoon rest and I love it!
I love watching the gadget videos 😁
Great video again! I would use the Cereal to-go device with beer and peanuts.
aha that's awesome
I have that utensils tray! Love it-took it with me to my aunt’s place when I moved from PA to CA. Never needed an extra spoon rest when cooking with that thing.
Jagermeister and beer in the crunch cup to make an easy Irish Car Bomb lol
We love our utensil holder and have one in our RV kitchen, too. Can get them quite inexpensively at the dollar stores here in Canada! Thanks for doing these videos, they're fantastic.
I have never found an egg separator that works better than my hand
For me, the slimy texture of eggs is too disgusting to separate by hand. I can't wash my hands fast enough separating eggs with the shells. Just cracking an egg without separating gets yolk/whites on my fingers and is so irritating that I can't crack a bunch of eggs without washing my hands in between.
When I was younger, separating by hand was the only method I was taught. But the feeling of slimy eggs made my skin crawl and I would drop the egg, and not always in a bowl.
Depending on what you're using your hand for, that's probably very accurate. But I'm not here to kink-shame.
The coco puffs bag looks actually pretty good. For a box that large you'd expect way less product. Like, 50% the size of the box.
Testing salt and peper you can use black and white paper
Your videoos always brighten up my day since i had to spend my whole weekend at work
Barry, I don't know if it's available in the UK but Tupperware made a million gadgets that are pretty iconic here in the US. The egg separator reminded me. You HAVE to do Tupperware.
Salt and pepper mil...
- ease of using, refill and washing
- type of mill (plastic, metal), will it get rusty
- number of turns to get an amount
- flexibility on grain size
- flexibility on what can be ground (harder or softer ingredients)
- colours available for matching kitchen
- other aesthetics
KitchenAid makes so many different things. I did have a peeler from them at one point. My mom had a can opener that she used until it wore out.
re cocoa puffs: a) there was minimal head space in it when it was filled, it's settled during shipping. b) cereal boxes come in a few standard sizes, for multiple reasons: ease of supermarket shelving schematics, to fight for shelf space among competition, and to appeal to customers. A smaller box will actually harm their market share as they appear to consumers *before purchase* to have less product than the next cereal over (never mind equal weights that no one read). Even if you got *EVERYONE* to change packing method so that the head space doesn't form, you'll still have denser and more airy cereals that will need larger or smaller boxes for the same weight (think Kix vs Grapenuts vs Corn flakes).
Besides, if you're serious about waste and getting what you paid for and yada yada, go fill your own container from a bulk bin.
I've actually got a silicon mat very similar to that, but I've also got one that was listed as more of one for grilling. Much larger, and honestly... both of them are just lovely to have ready to go. Either one or the other is always right there next to our range.
as for testing the salt shakers, the only thing I can think of would be putting a piece of black card board on the table, do a couple of shakes with each one from the same height, and then you have a visual of if they do an even spread or not.
I doubt there'd be much difference. A bunch of holes in a lid is pretty simple technology ;)
I got the Joseph Joseph kitchen caddy after watching your video. I love it still!!
If you want to test your shakers, test for fineness of grinding. Like grind coarse, medium, fine. Consistency of size throughout. Test on white paper towel, parchment, or plates. Test how easy it is to refill. And check how easy to clean. Test if it can be operated by one hand. Hope these help. Love your fun gadget testing.
Soggy cornflakes are all kinds of wrong, but I do like my cheerios ever so slightly soft on the outside.
I've seen these cups go very wrong a lot, so it's good to see one actually work! 😂
Of all the gadgets featured today, I think the jar opener would get the most use for me. 😅
Id be disappointed if there was not a egg one. Love the tea one😅
I just don’t get those „put your dirty whisks here“ things. Why would I need a dedicated gadget? I‘ve got plenty of plates I can use for that. They also fit way more nicely into the dishwasher.
Fair point!
Oh, new kitchen gadgets video. I love these. They're how I first found the channel.
I have the jar opener and the spoon rest. I love the jar opener. The spoon rest was hard to keep clean, so I eventually stopped using it.
I got a slightly larger utensil rest in my Santa Stocking from my daughter, she obviously over years heard me moaning about having a plate dirty or then landing on kitchen counter.
It is used multiple times per day so simple yet effective, it does nothing else bar what it was designed for a happy mum lol
Definitely want to see more stuff with the ceral cup
Great video, my favourite style of video!
I actually have the utensil rest myself. I love it. And I've had company over and they saw it, and they bought it for themselves.
I have had that utensil holder for a couple years, I use it every single day. Almost anything washes right off. I even use it for holding a spider from deep frying, never an issue.
I have the jar opener. Best one I’ve used because I have severe hand arthritis and it gives enough leverage and doesn’t take up much room in a drawer.
I wish the crunch cup was invented when I was little. I hate soggy cereal . depending on the cereal I'd have the milk in a cup on the site and just eat the dry cereal. so this cup would have been perfect for me when I was little.
I got a utensil rest off temu, as went on a mad little bits and bobs search, and u love it its so useful
That tea pot is adorable. I love it when novelty kitsch serves an actual purpose.
Best test for the salt & pepper pots: Old school pharmacist's balance scale. That's if you're going for the numbers. For real-world use, it's mashed potatoes, buttered up in the pan, use an ice cream scoop to plate up 2 identical portions, each portion gets 5 shakes of salt, 5 of pepper. Grading scale is bland/wondering if the pots were filled | perfectly seasoned | unbearably salty/peppery.
Burger King sells millions of omelet patties on their breakfast sandwiches every day. Sorry, mate.
The one thing I don't like about burger presses is they tend to make the burger too dense, making it a tougher chew. Now, if I had a burger press specifically designed to seal up a stuffed burger, like what they use at Matt's Bar (home of the Juicy Luicy), I'd be a very happy man.
For the crunch cup, that's easy. Outer chamber is strawberry & grape Nerds, inner chamber is mini M&Ms...or possibly Sixlets.
Salt and pepper - Blind test tasting to see what one dispenses the perfect amount on say Avo / corn/ eggs (foods that really do well with salt and pepper), either get some one to prep each food with 1 then 2 then 3 shakes each on a sample for you to test .... or get you family to blind test for you .
Hidden pickles does not sound like my idea of a good burger! The cheese is perfect
You could put small pieces of Oreo's or chocolate chip cookies in that Crunch Cup instead of cereal.
I'd love to see a whole video with wacky ideas for that thing.
I’m Brazilian and the only gadget that I bought was one that see a lot on the video, but never reviewed, the electric kettle
That milk thing works like the old juice cans where one had to use a church key to open opposite sides of the top of the can. One hole for pouring, the other allowed air flow to empty the can easier.
I actually really like my Crunchcup for eating on the road or during long computer sessions. I use my tongue over the milk spout to control the flow.
Testing salt and pepper mills: I would want to know how easily they grind, how many turns you have to do to get the amount you want, and whether the ground up bits are the right size with no big bits sneaking out.
You could get some scales which measure very small amounts, such as might be used with chemicals (for, um, chemistry experiments and of course not for anything illegal) and see what weight you get out with five turns.
If you had a suitable fine sieve you could use that to test whether any too big bits come out. Oh and you could test them for leakiness by just shaking them over a piece of paper and seeing what comes out.
The crunch cup'd be fun for kids on a road trip!
I bought some Kitchen Aid teatowels a couple of months ago, and like you, I never expected them to make teatowels! They were quite pricey but they are the best ones I've ever had!
I turned 47 a couple of weeks ago, definitely think I'm showing my age by getting excited about teatowels! Maybe I'm finally a grown-up
Mashed potatoes and gravy in the "Cruncher" would be a blast!
TIFO that Barry has never had an Egg McMuffin
Some days i think he's a bumbling man-child, ham-fistedly throwing himself at kitchen projects like a giddy ape, other days I assume no-one can be so uneducated, and it's all a carefully curated approach by a handful of powerful Illuminati, pulling the strings to make him say and do the stupidest things to get a reaction. Probably Mrs B is one of them.
As a southern American who drinks iced tea (🤣), I’ll never understand loose tea…
I had one of those spoon holders. Pretty good for the cheap price and it was real easy to clean. The only downside is that the grooves dont really hold the spoons and spatulas real properly cos its so big so it still drips down into the tray but it beats dripping it onto the table
That cereal thing is made for people woth sensoryissues. I would LOVE one, because ain't nothing sadder than soggy coco pops 😢 it also takes some time to eat, so I usually eat my cereal from a dry bowl with a glass of milk 😅
Cereal thingy suggestions:
Mac and cheese
Beans (possibly pureed) and pieces of toast
Tomato soup and grilled cheese
Pepsi and watermelon (The list needed a curveball)
Salt on black paper and pepper on white if it to see how fine it gets
For me the whole point of adding milk is to get the cereal soggy
This!
I’ve been making omelet patties for years. They totally chance a breakfast sandwich for the better
Barry with the hidden ads "If you Wish" 😂😂
definitely need the utensil tray! im always washing so much knives cos i put one in the sink after using it so then i need to take a new knife again and end up using 2 to make a sandwich (one for spreading and one for cutting, im not smart as i put the knife immediately in the sink as i have no other place to rest it on - until now!)
also i have a gadget that creates "omelette patties" in the microwave! cant do without it.
I was just thinking how i like my cereal a little soggy when you said it lol
I think the crunchcup might come in handy on a long car journey perhaps? Like if you didn’t want to spend on services … haha 😂