"bet gadgets" news and stories

While I consider my knife as the coolest "gadget" in my kichen (or maybe my rice cooker), there are people out there who love to fill their drawers and countertops with electronic kitchen gadgets (and whether these gadgets actually save time or energy is questionable). Forbes has a list of their favorite kitchen gadgets, ranging from a $5 ice cream "saver" to a

• Tassimo Hot Beverage System: $170 for an uber fancy coffee-maker. Hey, if you spend $4 a day on your uber fancy double tall half caff half decaf steamed milk no foam with a splash of almond syrup mocha at GiveUsYourBucks, then this will pay itself off in less than 45 days!
• Kupperbush Induction Wok: For $3,500, Yan doesn't have to cook. You can!
• Sephra Chocolate Fondue Fountain: $100. Kinda sexy. If you're into that kind of stuff.
• Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Protector: $5.50 to protect your pint of Chubby Hubby from freezing over, but the question is, who doesnt finish a pint of Ben & Jerry's in one sitting?
• Whirlpool Polara Refrigerator Oven: We saw something like this earlier this year. $1400
• Sharp AX700 Super-heated Steam Oven: This is pretty cool, actually, until we see that it's $1400.
• LG LRSC26980: Really now, does it have to have that many numbers and letter in the name? For $2999 it sure does!
• Back to Basics Egg and Muffin Maker: $50 so you can make eggs and toast your bread at the same time.
• Intelliscan Bluetooth Wine Collector's Bar Code Scanner: For the wine geek. $300.