How many times have you come across a neat looking gadget or seemingly useful appliance at the store and
bought it, thinking that it would be useful? Maybe you rationalized your purchase by thinking , I always
wanted to make my own ice cream, or perhaps even something like, the toaster on the TV show I watched last
night looked just like this one and it made perfect toast! Not all kitchen gadgets are as costly, or as cost
effective, as they sound. Pricegrabber.co.uk did a study of the cost-effectiveness of 30 household items, based on
a survey of 1,500 UK shoppers that asked about how often they had used the items in the past year.
The least cost effective item was an ice cream maker, costing £19.48 ($35) per use! Clearly, nothing that is used only once or twice is a very cost effective item. Kitchen gadgets that were cost effective were tea kettles, averaging 5p (10¢) per use, and toasters, which ran about 18p (32¢).














