Countdown to T-Day: Top Five Thanksgiving Gadgets

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and if you’re like me there are visions of Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and football dancing through your head. If you’re like my Nana and great-aunts, those same visions are going through your head as well, but they’re more about the work that goes into preparing the meal than actually eating it. Also, you’re most likely thinking of cleanup than football when that last piece of sweet potato pie or cheesecake is served. For all the Thanksgiving Day cooks out there, here are some gadget that will make food prep a little easier.

Demy Digital Recipe Reader - Instead of fumbling around with the old recipe box, trying to decipher auntie’s handwriting, why not digitize everything and save yourself the hassle. The Demy Recipe Reader holds up to 2500 recipes and is pretty handy around the kitchen. It features three different timers to handle three different dishes along with a built-in measurement converter and an ingredient substitution list. The Demy is also kitchen-safe and splash resistant so when it’s time for cleanup, all you need is a damp cloth.

Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer – It’s just not Turkey Day without the turkey and as more people are finding out about the delicious, succulent joy that is fried turkey, more folks are trying to make it themselves. This is great if you know what you’re doing. It’s an almost guaranteed house fire if you don’t. Thankfully turkey professionals Butterball have teamed up with outdoor culinary gadget manufacturers Masterbuilt to bring you the Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer. Able to fry a 14-pounder, the fryer is equipped with enough safety features that the house should remain intact. There’s an adjustable thermostat, a metal cooking basket, and a digital timer. Cleaning is a snap thanks to the drainage valve and the dishwasher-friendly porcelain-coated inner pot.

Kenwood Cooking Chef – The Thanksgiving meal is all about multitasking. Several dishes need to be cooking simultaneously to ensure all the food will be piping hot come dinner time. Kenwood’s Cooking Chef has your back on this front. It’s the first appliance that can prep and cook food at the same time. Using induction cooking directly in the mixing bowl, the 8-speed beauty can cook at temperatures ranging from 68-284 degrees Fahrenheit. Looking at this gadget makes me think pie filling — sweet potato, pumpkin, but maybe I’m just projecting my Thanksgiving food wish list.

Tersano lotus LBU100 Sanitizing System – Alright the meal is over and done with, now comes the not-so-fun part — cleaning up the mess wrought by 5-10 people going to town on an unsuspecting turkey and fixins. After the “volunteers” have been recruited put them to work with the Tersano lotus Sanitizing System. Instead of using harmful chemicals, the lotus system turns your ordinary, everyday tap water into an ultra-powered sanitizing agent. Using the “patented Oxyshield technology infuses cold tap water with an extra oxygen atom, creating a natural sanitizer…which kills bacteria and viruses, and neutralizes pesticides.” After the water is treated in the lotus bowl, it can be put into the Spray bottle where it can act as a sanitizer for up to 45 minutes, killing 99.99999% percent of common germs and bacteria without the pesky chemicals.

iTouchless Fully Automatic Touchless Trash Can – Ugh, the garbage can. The bane of the clean and orderly kitchen. A repository of germs, bacteria, and odors that can bring tears to your eyes. The only thing worse than having to take out the trash is actually having to touch the can. Thanks to iTouchless and their Touchless Trash Can, you can skip the whole physical contact thing until it’s time to change the bag. The can has an extra wide opening for dealing with pizza boxes and gallon containers of milk. It also has AS (Advanced Seal) technology that keeps bad odors in and ensures quiet lid opening and closing. There’s also a handle to make the trip to the curb a little easier.

So there it is, the top five gadgets to make Thanksgiving run a little smoother. Happy Thanksgiving from Black Web 2.0 and remember to save us a turkey leg!