Alton Brown reviews Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets

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The rollie...

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1. Supposedly he's a fundie

but his stuff is always hilarious and informative.

I wish he hadn't ended his series. At least we have reruns and You Tube.

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2. I enjoy him, in binges.

I too remain puzzled that people buy this stuff and then write disappointed reviews.

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3. Check out the Guardian's weekly Inspect a Gadget column

for reviews of similar items - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/inspect-a-gadget

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4. Chuckles

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5. Alton keeps saying that he dislikes unitaskers -- things that do only one job

To which I will make a few comments:

* On Iron Chef, I have regularly seen him admire custom made devices and say "I want one of those!"

* I own a Swiss Army Knife, which has a corkscrew as one of the tools. I have used it to draw a cork exactly once; I found that the worm was too short, and the knife body made a terrible handle since it dug into my fingers. I would rather have a tool that does one thing, but does it well than a tool that does several things poorly.

* On a Good Eats show, he showed us what he uses to roll out fresh pasta. It was one of those pasta rolling machines permanently affixed to an ironing board. I thought this was a good idea, but it is most certainly a unitasker.

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6. I guess he would know about dumb kitchen stuff

#Cutthroat Kitchen #FAIL