What electrical gadgets do you need in your kitchen?

I’m a gadget hound, so I get thing after thing.  Probably don’t need all of them, but I have a basement full of things I bring up and use every now and then.  I’ll keep most of those out of the list in the interest of saving you time and money.

• Stand mixer (I sprung for a Kitchen Aid mixer which rocks on toast)
• Food processor
• Blender
• Blade coffee grinder (for coffee or grinding spices, be sure to clean by grinding rice and then wiping out)
• Microwave/toaster/stove
• Slow cooker

“But wait”, you cry.  “Where’s the coffee maker?  The hand mixer?”  Don’t need them.  Well, you can get them if you want.  My coffee maker is just a drip filter I put on top of my mug.  Heat water in the microwave and pour through.  Hand mixer?  Had one, nearly lost a finger to it, don’t use it.

This brings us to the “optional, but cool to have” section:

• Bread maker (I make a enough pizza dough that this paid for itself)
• Ice cream maker (lots of use in the summer)
• Rice cooker (a good one, not the $40 the has only one button)
• Burr coffee grinder (makes better ground coffee, but not so good for spices)