I Tested Viral Kitchen Gadgets ft an AUTOMATIC Tin Can Opener
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2022
- Lets test viral kitchen gadgets as we try out, including a bread slicing assistant, peach slicer, automatic can opener, a very cool tea maker (that works!) and a spiraliser that um, yeah, you'll see! More Kitchen gadget testing videos on this playlist • I Tested Viral Kitchen...
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Lakeland Evenslice amzn.to/3WygrVd
Betti Bossi Spiraliser amzn.to/3VvTxg2
Jamie Oliver Peach Slicer amzn.to/3i0IbTq
Tea maker amzn.to/3IaRJWS
Oxo good grips bottle dryer amzn.to/3voogB3
Kenwood can opener amzn.to/3CwE3lt
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The peach is something I personally rip in half (like you can an apple)and remove the "stone"
Please do an IKEA kitchen gadget video
Hey Barry, a word on the knife sharpener on the electric can opener. They are horrible on knives and will ruin them.
So for the veggie thing, I think you're supposed to twist the handle to open the threading up, drop the cutter down onto the vegetable, then lock it in before you start spinning.
Hi Barry, I keep asking everytime your glass mugs appear on your videos, but you've yet to reply. Where do you get yours from? All the ones I find are too small, yours look big. Please please 🙏
I think they meant an English muffin not a cake muffin. Gotta love Barry😂
I was sat there like a maccies muffin barry 🤦🏼♂️🤣
@@gazwj 😂
I was thinking the same 😂😂
lol! Yep it would deffo work on one of those
Or, as we know them in England - a Muffin. The cakey type of muffin is very recent here. Traditionally, Muffins are a round bread roll intended to be split and toasted (why did that sound wrong?), and served buttered. Cakey muffins have only been known as such here for about 20 years. Bread muffins are centuries old. Muffins should be split open using a fork, inserting it into the side, all the way round, and the top and bottom just come apart. It makes them crumblier, and nicer when toasted.
Watching Barry struggle with, and be amazed by, an electric can opener that I've been using similar ones of for the last 30+ years of my life is hilarious. XD
It was cracking me up too. I'm 51yo and that's what we had growing up. LOL
Oh my gosh, yes! I actually have that exact brand at the moment, but mine is red. I was baffled at someone not being familiar with an electric can opener!
Same! I was wondering if this is a Barry thing, or if they’re not that popular in the UK, because that’s so similar the one I have, down to the knife sharpener on the back. Mine is a name brand, but I bought it for maybe $10 when setting up my place over 20 years ago. Works perfectly.
Yes! We always had one growing up, and when it broke bought another to replace it. The amazement at the magnet and holding itself up somehow was too funny!
SAME! Been using one just like that since I was a kid, in the 80's.
The slanted slice in the bread had nothing to do with the slant of the gadget, it was because the end was slanted. If you don't want it to come out slanted cut that off first.
Indeedy, thanks Brian
Re the sprializer thingy - the reason it kept falling off is because you're left handed, and were turning the handle counterclockwise while the base screwed on clockwise, - so each time you used it, you were unscrewing the base. As a fellow leftie, I can truly sumpathise - brilliant episode though x
he clearly uses that thing clockwise. you cant even use that thing counterclockwise cause thats how you get it out
Barry, sending the biggest hugs and thanks to you! Having pre written subtitles makes all the difference, knowing what sounds they’re making and when music is playing etc makes the video so much easier to watch and enjoy. Especially as I watched this video in tears after a lengthy battle (where even the BT person who interprets the call into text for me to understand wrote to me that they felt sorry for how I was having to fight) with a company to get subtitles and a BSL interpreter for a show in a few months time and getting basically no where and actually being called a “massive pain”, got told they are going to think about it too, so no decision. So switching this on after, feeling very upset and frustrated at being deaf, this made me cry but happy tears. Thank you so so much ❤
Barry : Hates tea.
Also Barry : Tests every tea gadget he finds.
he takes one for us tea drinkers, i appreciate it! lol
Why didn't you rinse them after washing them? There's still soap on them.
Britain
Well, it was just for the video to test the theory and they weren't drunk out of!
I've read a book written in the 50's/60's that taught about house cleaning. When they got to dish washing, they mentioned how to wash dishes but not to rinse them, just let them dry. I couldn't believe it. I assume they didn't use our chemical based detergents like we have now.
I'm in my 40s and absolutely giggling at him being so blown away by an electric can opener. Things really do come back around again, just like fashion!
Amazed by a can opener that had a magnet in it and would hold the can that my grandmother had from the 50s.
And in the 60’s an electric opener was already available. My grandparents had one at least early in the 70’s in a wall mounted version.
@@bas6983 We had a wall mounted one when I was a kid, in the 90s.
@@Okurka. ???
@@Okurka. Having a electric tin opener doesn't mean we didn't eat fresh food and ate out of tins all the time. Even if we did, research has shown that for example, tinned fruit and veg are just as good for you as fresh, they also last longer, so food is less likely to be wasted. Eating fresh food doesn't make you better than someone who eats majoritively tinned food. Also my parents didn't buy the electric opener it was in the house already. I was simply agreeing with the O.P, that electric tin openers are not a new idea, and I remember them being around in the 90s. You shouldn't make assumptions about the lives of people you don't know!
Yeah, I remember when the magnet and the knife sharpener were standard features. I think the one my mother used was from the 60s and had both.
I'm just imagining the next sip from one of those water bottles and the taste of fairy hitting my lips.
Exactly what I was thinking. Not rinsing your dishes is the same as taking a shower and not washing off the soap 💀
Right? I was thinking the same thing. There’s no way he doesn’t rinse off the soap afterwards, it would taste horrible!
For the spiralIzer I think you need to have the blades start on top of the carrot/cor guette so lock the blade in then drop the it down BEFORE you lock the threads on then start turning it
Makes sense, I think the gadget looked quite good, a lot better, but bigger, than my spiralizer
Also putting it in crocked does affect it's function alot.... probably the reason it fell apart that much along with the likelyhood it may have been returned at some point based on the packaging being overtaped.
@@argosy666 I think the reason it fell off is the same as why your car wheel would come off if the wheel nuts were threaded the conventional way. That's why it unscrews itself when Barry is turning it without it being 'engaged' on the food - or it's just not got enough threading to withstand the variation in speed he's giving it while it slowly lowers onto the carrot. Like the OD said, if you move the lever you can lower the whole thing onto the food, then start spinning it, it'll work fine. Perhaps the person who returned this couldn't read the manual either.
@@DaveF. that's what I was thinking also. It said it can be done both ways but I think that is false.
It seemed like, to me, the direction it turned when you were using it was the opposite direction to the locking direction of the blades - so basically, whenever it bit into the vegetable, the resistance turned it against the lock and unlocked it, leaving it a bit of a gamble whether it would bite in and slice first, or whether it would unlock the blade thing first. Maybe having it all the way down firmly against the vegetable would help to prevent the issue, but (if my hunch is right) it still seems like a problem of bad design more than anything else.
I've had almost exactly the same can opener from kenwood for the last 20 odd years, and I still use it all the time. It's absolutely fantastic and opens all sorts of cans like a champ, and leaves no sharp edges. You don't actually have to hold down the lever to open the can - you press it once and it will automatically open the whole way and stop when it gets back to the start.
We have had the same exact can opener before. One slight small feature that Barry did not show was that the bottle opener has a wedge on the opposite side that can be used for pushing up ring pull lids. Sometimes the pull rings are hard to get up to get your finger in, but the wedge works great at getting the ring up and ready.
I love that he cut a cake muffin in half 😂😂😂 it’s moments like that, that keep me coming back to the channel
My childhood house had an electric can opener mounted to the bottom of the cupboards. Robust little thing, lasted at least 20 years, but had already been there and in-use by the previous owners before us. It would grip the can, auto-open it, and hold it there until you came back for it, if you were busy with other things around the kitchen.. all mounted up out of the way nicely on the bottom of a cupboard. The only downside is that it was sorta hard to clean thoroughly.
Seeing him fiddle with something that I've been using for a few decades and my mother had one mounted under her kitchen counter, has got to be one of the best things I have seen all day.
Dad why does my drink taste like washing up liquid?
lol!
For the spiralizer, it probably helps if you lower it to the level of the veg before engaging the threads, then start twisting.
i mean sometimes i feel like he never used anything in his life :D :D :D
Barry I've always enjoyed your videos and these are my favorite. But now my partner has had early arthritis set in fast. I've been able to order several gadgets for them to help in the kitchen so we can still cook together without a ton of pain with simple tasks. Thank you for your videos, your humor, and your thought of those who need some help in odd ways sometimes to keep enjoying things like before.
Haha seeing Barry excited about an electric can opener when we've had these in the US as far back as the 80s. Mom always got these from Kmart growing up 😁
We've had them here too - we're all amazed at how amazed Barry is - but perhaps they just never got to Weston-super-Mare.
@@DaveF. haha okay yeah I was thinking that's a really old gadget here lol
Hey Bazza... I love these, especially when you can't see what we can and we're yeling at you through the screen. It's so much fun. Should be a drinking game!
The muffins they were referring to are what we know as Engish Muffins (think of the Maccas McMuffn). The Spiraliser, you unlock the top (like you did when sliding it out), lower in the inner piece with blade attached until it is in place. Only then do you lock the top and start to turn.
Keep up the great work!
Watching Barry being confused by an electric can opener is wild. We've been using one in our house since the 1980's, and it was my grandmother's old one... it's not exactly new tech.
I was thinking the same thing. We have one of the battery operated ones by FarberWare now (it’s nice because it doesn’t take up counter space), but we always had one like he tested growing up. I think ours didn’t have the bottle opener, but that wasn’t something we needed.
there's even one at the start of back to the future.
The electric can opener thing cracks me up because my grandparents have had one installed under their cabinet since I was a child and my mother was a child so since the early 70s. I love my electric can opener
Wow. I watched your videos years back in high school. Just got back into UA-cam again and saw this video and HAD to watch. This warmed my heart with nostalgia and happiness. Love your energy and videos Barry! - Long time subscriber Anna ❤
I love how he was so new to the electric can opener type that I have been using for 30 years. Maybe it's a country thing and finally migrated over there? Not sure ..
haha yep absolutely!
@@mrbarrylewis I really do love your enthusiasm though. I still use this type of can opener but glad you finally got around to trying one 🙂
My mother had a similar can opener, complete with knife sharpener, 50 years ago.
It didn't have a bottle opener, though.
I'm American and I bought one of those tea brewers from David's Tea. I like it because it has measurements on the side so I know how much water to add it to avoid watering down the tea. Great video as always!
Only Barry would try to use an electric can opener on a can of Spam, which has a pull-up tab for easy opening. Love it!
To be fair, not all of us are able to us the pull up bit to open it. While I don't eat spam, it's really useful to know if the shape of a tin makes a difference.
How has he never used an electronic can opener before, I am so thoroughly puzzled at how puzzled he is at using that.
i dont think electronic can opener is a common thing...
@@mixermaster10 - Certainly not here in the UK. Handheld manual ones are the norm.
My nan had one, but otherwise I’ve used hand crank openers all my life.
I actually recently got an ambidextrous friendly one that only has one handle and magnetizes to the lid so that it doesn’t pop off randomly. Frankly I prefer it over my nan’s electric opener lolol. But I also don’t have many issues with my hands and wrists short of the occasional carpal tunnel episode.
I thought the same thing, but, then again I have never seen a real electric kettle in my life.
@@ShellyS2060 Must be an american thing, prob one of the few places where almost nobody uses electric kettles. At least as far as I'm aware
For the bread slicer, when it says you can slice muffins it’s talking about English muffins.
british man amazed by everyday electric can opener originally patented in like 1959 lol
There's this thing called a kettle too lol
@@mrbarrylewis well to be fair electric kettles are very rare here in the US 😋
The electric can opener have been around for a couple of decades. Had one for years. Got my dad one after his stroke. He loved it cause it gave him a touch of normality
Those tea makers are my favorite kind for ease of use, and just the frankly brilliantly simple design. I got an Inginuitea from Adagio probably 12 or more years ago, and now we have multiple from Teavana from when our local store went out of business, and they’re my favorite rec for a tea maker for loose leaf!
There’s also a coffee form of it called the Clever coffee brewer that uses Melitta cone filters, since coffee is more your thing!
Not sure what the benefit over using a tea ball would be though - just looks like you've got to wash up two things now. I'd either use a tea ball for a cuppa for one, or a teapot with a strainer basket if I needed to brewer more than one cup/mug. Interested to know what it's USP is for you, though.
I had one from davids tea and it was great except for the fact that the inside part was very difficult to clean, and I'm pretty sure mold was starting to grow in it.
I was just about to comment about the pink one I have from Teavana that I got a few years ago. Also saw a UA-cam channel recently that id dedicated to coffee and the person was trying the Clever Coffee Dripper.
@@DaveF. I was thinking the same. Especially as you have to empty it completely immediately or else the tea would continue to steep which is a no-go for e.g. black tea (at least to me). Meanwhile, the tea ball or strainer basket can be removed when done.
@@DaveF. I'm not sure there's much of a benefit per se, it's more of a nicety. A bit more moving part-wise, but easy to use and novel for some.
As an avid tea drinker, that tea pot is absolutely brilliant! I LOVED the music in the background as you "poured" the tea out. I was indeed in tea heaven, lol!
My mum had one of these can opener’s when I was a kid in the 80’s it scared me and fascinated me at the same time ❤
The bread slicer didn't make your bread like that, the type of bread you used with the big bit on top vs the skinnier bottom :) It was perfectly straight because the rest at the bottom was at a right angle to it
My favourite Barry videos. Love kitchen gadgets❤️
Cheers Mandy, appreciate the support
When the bread slicer says "muffins" it probably doesnt mean the sweet kind. Some places use "muffin" as another name for a bread roll/barm/bap/cob/breadcake (insert name that your local area uses) etc
Interesting! Thanks
I grew up with one of those electric can openers and it was old back then so they have been around for a long time. I do remember people struggling to use it but they work so well
This video reminds me that I'm baffled beyond all recognition that British people still don't rinse their dishes after washing them. I just simply can not understand why that is.
Mmm, soapy straws.
Oh we generally do! We leave it in the rack once washed to drip dry any water then dry it off with a cloth, this is a very exciting conversation.
@@mrbarrylewis In that case, I stand corrected. Thanks for setting me straight, and have a nice New Year! : )
The tea brewing and dispensing thingy was sooo awesome :D
That tea maker is pure magic! I've tried so many different individual loose leaf strainers but haven't found one that can keep all of the leaves out. I might have to get one of these for myself...
Barry doesnt wash the soap off stuff he washes up.... all his food must have a soapy taste! Also peaches are easy to do, slice down 1 side and up the other, then twist the 2 halves to pull them apart. and the electric tin opener has been about forever, had one always in london and when i was in bolton... not exactly a new invention lol
Yeah, those soap suds were trobling me as well
Hi Barry we have had our Kenwood can opener for about 20 years now and it has been amazing and it never stops working
I love how we have bread cutting machienes in store, so I don’t need to do it myself 😅 does not take up space at home, and gets the job done 👌🏻
Barry not a cake muffin a bread muffin silly 😂😂😂
"But being left handed..." Well I hadn't realized that. Barry, you just went up in my cooking and reviews ranking!
With the twist slicer, I think you need to put the container to the vegetable first, then close the handle for the threads and then spin it. When you start spinning it with the blades not touching, the threads turn the blade plate and unlocks it from the container.
I had a similar one of those magnetic automatic can openers at home back in the 90's, worked like a dream.
awesome
They've been around--with an integrated knife sharpener--since the late 50s. Can't believe Barry's never seen one before.
@@Doktor_Calamari I think that electronic can openers are more common in america.
@@angelinaduganNy It would be strange to find an American home that doesn't have one.
I live in a peach (and apple) growing region. Fresh peach over fresh apple any day. They're so delicious!
Sounds awesome
I use that white & green bagel slicer, love it!! I squeeze the green things together slightly to hold it while slicing
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You can probably collect the rest of the peaches with the stone (in a fridge or even a freezer), boil it and make a jam or a syrup.
Hi Barry oh that bottle aired/dryer absolutely stonking! I loved watching this and bought the exact same one from Amazon. It’s brilliant. Many thanks.
I had one of those electric can openers as a wedding present in 2006. It also worked right away! Think you're a tad behind the times lol!
Also if you forget to remove the lid you get loads of bean juice dropping off it!
Thank you for another wonderful year of videos. Can’t wait to see what is coming this next year. You never disappoint and I always learn something new and try new recipes. Happy new year!!!!🎉
Thankyou have a good one, this will be the last video for a few weeks!
@@mrbarrylewis enjoy the family and the well deserved break!!
@@mrbarrylewis A few weeks! Whoa that's a nice break! Enjoy!!!! ❤
I wish corned beef and spam were produced in tins that can be used with a can opener
When you have perfected the tin openener it's brilliant. Especially if you struggle with normal ones
that tea maker is so cool ... i dont get bothered by having tea leaves in my tea, but that tea maker is SO cool
Ha, loved the flying cars bit at the end 🤣
I've been using a tea brewer like that for years. I love it! Love your videos, Barry!
Those electronic tin/can openers have been about since the 80's ish and they are AMAZING!!!! At least the old ones are, only just thrown out a 30+ year old one that was amazing!!!!
Are old-fashioned electric can openers not a thing in the UK? They were all the rage in the 60s and 70s in the US.
Thanks for the year of great videos and positive vibes!
That teapot is amazing.
You need to try a "smooth edge" can opener, that cuts through the glue on the side of the top, no sharp edge and the top doesn't fall in the can and expose the food to the dirty top.
we've had electric can openers since the 90's but what made us switch to a hand crank opener was a multi tool can opener called the Kuhn Rikon auto safety master opener
In the USA, we use electronic can opener just like the white one you demonstrated. I love mine.
It takes me at least 5 goes to get a can into my electric tin opener! Don't even attempt a fray bentos pie! lmao!
Yes it was very fiddly! One of those things that after a while would work a charm
I have never wanted a gadget more in my life, that bottle stand is amazing! and I have watched all 78 episodes
Jar opener is amazing. We buy a salsa that is usually impossible to open even after running hot water on the lid.
All of us old role know how to use a standing electric can opener. But the ones in our day had sturdy metal parts that lasted decades. I give this one 1-2 years.
Barry! I cannot tell you how much I laughed when the blade kept falling out of the spiraliser!! 🤣🤣
8:16 My mum had a disability that effected her hands and she had a can opener similar to that many years ago. It was amazing for her because she couldn't use a normal can opener. I haven't seen one for years and didn't know you could still get them
I bought a Kenwood can opener about 30 years ago and it is still going strong. Love it and would definitely recommend it. It is actually a lot easier to use than seen here. Especially if you use it with the cutter facing you! It will open oval cans without a problem, corn beef cans are a doddle. You just have to take the key off so it does not get in the way of the mechanism. The SPAM tin had a ring pull so that was getting in the way so perhaps not the best tin to use in the demonstration.
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we had an electric can opener like that when i was a kid...40 years ago lmbo. So funny to see you treating it like you've never seen one before in your life heh.
Face palmed when he sliced the american muffin lol
As always very entertaining to watch ! I think that I know why that Gadget that you tested at 18:00 looses it’s Blade every time while cutting the zucchini , you twisted the blade to the right to lock it in and when you tried to cut the zucchini you spun it to the left so that the blade fell down so I guess that you should only spin it to the other side !
Spinning the other way wouldn't work, because that would just unthread the top. Just a terrible design.
That's what the lever is for - so you can lower the blade down onto the food before you start spining it. He's using it wrong.
@@ErwinHolland. Nah, it works fine if you follow the instructions. Barry's not using it properly.
love the tea filter pot thing.... amazing
That tea thing is so sattisfying
The basic design of that can opener has been around for ages, my parents had one that was 99% the same, made by Kenwood as well, since the late 80's/early 90's. Worked in exactly the same way, you sort of shoved the can in and then when you put the handle down it magically held the can in place, even when the lid was done cutting. Big downside to it was that, as you found out, if you don't get the can in correctly, it will just fall and also the lid and can were left with quite a sharp edge. I recently replaced my parents one with one of the "one touch" ones that you've had in a previous video and it's so much better.
I have been using an electric can opener for many years, and I really laughed watching your attempts to get this working! You shouldn't need to stand over it - lock the can in and press down, and it will keep going round until it's removed the whole lid. Wouldn't be without it!
The last one reminds me of the Clever Dripper for coffee.
Will have a look!
Your Muffin moment has me like 🤦🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤭 I don’t think I have ever sliced a cake muffin like you do Barry!
Gotta love those English Muffins from Maccas 😋
I think for the spiral cutter, you should insert the cup before you 'lock it" therefore the base is already pressing up on the vegetable.
I would like that tea gadget. It's brilliant! I have always used tea bags because I never had anything to strain out the tea leaves. I like tea.
several years ago, I actually had my husband make me a bottle dryer. I found a plastic drawer tray that was about a foot long and 6 inches wide, had him cut a piece of wood that fit inside, then mapped out placement for holes the diameter of the dowels I had all over the board. Since I didn't glue the dowels in, I can space them out any way I want. The dowels are about a foot long, so I can even dry out milk jugs. If I weren't spoiled to my rack, I'd definitely be interested in this one!
What kind of can openers do they have in England? The one in the video is the one we have had our whole lives here in Texas.
Generally manual ones, but there are some other ones on the gadget playlist over the Years of all different shapes and styles
@@mrbarrylewis The best ones are the type that just separate the entire lid from the rest of the can by popping the glue seal. Then you just pull the top off, no sharp edges.
I don't know if there's a name for that style but the one I have is a "Hamilton Beach" brand "Smooth Touch" can opener. Looks like they don't sell them over there, the ones on Amazon UK need a voltage adapter.
omg ,My wife was a big fan of your channel, "was" because she passed away two years ago. And one of the reasons for that, besides you and your lovely family being you and your lovely family (she absolutely adored your girls) was your disclaimer about the gadgets helping those that can't do things the "normal" way. She was one of those people, in fact the last years of her life,she needed help even with just getting a spoon to her mouth.
A few years before her passing however we went to aconsumer products fair in the netherlands and that bread slice thingy was there as well. As much as she loved gadgets that help the disabled, this thing.... she "tore it to shreds" verbally. I very much remember that the first thing she said to the salesman there was "they invented sliced bread for that" following by pointing out the thing only sliced fake straight because, as you also noticed.... the bread got a sloped end. When seller tried to point out that it was also useful for things like donuts and bagels and such she simply pointed to me saying 'much better slicer". So seeing this thing on your show made my day and brought some sweet sweet memories back. Thank you.
And yes, I know you can get it to slice straight if you first cut the cap... but disabled people do not have that option now do they?
At first I thought the peach slicer was going to be messy and a bit of waste (peaches are soft, why not just bite it and nom around the pit?) but when I saw how well it sliced I was convinced. It's probably great for people with kids.
But may favorite? The tea thing. I don't even drink tea but it was so cool.
I have a single cup tea maker like yours. I love it!
Thanks Barry for all your efforts in making videos that brings us joy and laughter and many many new ideas !! And indeed, arent we agitating ourselves all?🤣
I love that bottle drying rack too.
Hope you're okay and just taking a well earned Christmas/New Year's rest, Barry! Been missing you on my UA-cam feed
I was looking for a comment like this. Is videos are always entertaining.
I’ve just discovered your channel. I’m also left handed so I really appreciate your channel. Many thanks. By the way I love your sense of humour 😂😂
That electric can opener - they've made those for decades under different brands. My mother had one in the early 70s (different brand, same thing), and it was already old enough that the blades were dull and it didn't work.
My mom would love that tea pot!
That tea thing is amazing!
The Feathers McGraw water bottle! ❤🐧
Always a conversation starter - 'Have you seen this chicken?'
Have to say I chuckled watching you struggle with the electric can opener.... We have had one of those as a basic kitchen tool in my house since I was a kid in the '90s... And yes they are typically meant for round cans.
out of all 78 kitchen gadget videos you have done, this is the first one that i have thought "Yeah i need to buy that product". whoever invented that bottle drying rack is a genius
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