Super useful kitchen goods that make great gifts

Shopping for home chefs, cooking enthusiasts, and even kitchen novices requires a little tactical thinking. After all, most people who cook already have basics like a vegetable peeler, mixing bowls, measuring cups, and pots and pans. However, extremely useful gadgets, small appliances, and other high-tech gadgets to upgrade your home kitchen always make great gifts during the holiday season and other gifting occasions throughout the year.

The latest Amazon Echo Show can also be used as a kitchen assistant. Make your morning even more enjoyable with the Coffee Slush Espresso Machine, which brews almost any handcrafted barista drink. And with Ninja's latest multifunctional pressure cooker, air fryer, and oven, you don't need other bulky equipment.

Here are CBS Essentials' top 10 dishes to delight any cook this holiday season.

Delicious and smart meat thermometer

This Bluetooth-enabled smart thermometer features presets for different types of meat, timers, and alerts to take the guesswork out of it. grill and meat dishes. Cooking can also be monitored via the free Her Yummly app, available for iOS and Android, so chefs can leave the kitchen with peace of mind.

Tasty Smart Meat Thermometer, $87 (reduced from $99)

amazon echo show 10

Amazon's latest digital flagship, the Echo Show 10, is a major upgrade to any kitchen. It provides home chefs with a gateway to watch their favorite shows and movies, video call with family, stream their favorite cooking shows, and listen to motivational music. A major upgrade from previous versions includes a voice-sensing screen that rotates toward the sound, so you can watch all your recipes, visual guidance, and entertainment while chefs create magic around the kitchen. remains fully visible. Alexa can also answer questions about converting units, setting timers, adding items to your grocery list, and more.

Amazon Echo Show 10, $250

Need a more affordable option? Check out the 2019 Echo Show 8, currently available on Amazon.

Amazon Echo Show 8, $70 (regularly $110)

Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Steam Fryer with Smart Lid

This full-fledged multitasking appliance may be large, but it's a great alternative to a pressure cooker. air fryer In some cases, an oven is also used. In addition to performing traditional tasks, it has food steaming and crisping techniques that allow you to quickly create juicier dishes. It has a total of 14 cooking functions, including pressure cook, steam and crisp, steam and bake, air fry, grill, bake/roast, dehydrate, sear/sauté, steam, sous vide, and slow cook.

Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Steam Fryer with SmartLid, $330

Vitamix Professional Series 750

A timeless blender, the Vitamix Professional Series blender is a kitchen appliance that should be on almost every culinary guru's wish list. Reliable and durable, this American-made assembly gadget lets you make smoothies, acai bowls, carrot and ginger soup, baby food, and even nut milk with the push of a button.

Vitamix Professional Series 750, $570 (regularly $595)

Philips 3200 LatteGo Espresso Machine

This luxurious do-it-all espresso machine turns the average person into a coffeehouse barista. It starts with grinding the coffee beans, so you don't need a coffee grinder. You can brew almost any coffee beverage, from traditional drip and Americano to frothy lattes and espresso double shots. Philips' LatteGo technology mixes milk and air at high speed in a frothing chamber and adds them directly to your drink. It also cleans automatically most of the time, but occasionally requires maintenance and cleaning. It may be a splurge, but reviewers on Amazon rave that it performs better than more expensive models.

Philips 3200 LatteGo Espresso Machine, $800

Revolution Cooking InstaGLO Toaster

InstaGLO takes the guesswork out of toasting. The smart toaster has a total of 63 settings, including 5 food settings (bread, English muffin, bagel, waffle, toaster pastry), 3 toast modes (fresh, frozen, reheat), and 7 toast shades . Easily create perfectly crispy (not burnt!) slices with just three taps.

Revolution Cooking InstaGLO Toaster, $280 (down from $300)

Black and Decker Crisp and Bake Air Fry Toaster Oven

This highly rated toaster oven slash air fryer takes up counter space and offers multiple functions such as baking, baking, toasting, keeping warm, and air frying. There are smaller models available, but the extra-large model has enough space for 8 slices of bread, a 12-inch pizza, or a 9-inch by 13-inch pot, making it convenient for cooking a feast.

Black & Decker Crisp & Bake Air Fry Toaster Oven, $80

Johnsonville Sizzling Sausage Grill Plus

What do you gift the sausage lover who has it all? A grill made specifically for cooking every type of sausage imaginable. Wisconsin-based sausage giant Johnsonville designed this foolproof machine to ensure perfectly cooked links, patties, and brats, no matter the season. It has a removable plate for each type of sausage and works similarly to a George Foreman grill, wrapping the meat in a way that locks in juices and flavor until it's cooked to perfection. Equipped with a temperature probe, it takes the guesswork out of grilling.

Johnsonville Sizzling Sausage Grill Plus, $95 (regularly $101)

all clad immersion blender

All Clad's sophisticated, high-performance immersion blender simplifies many food preparation tasks. Equipped with a powerful motor, it mixes, thickens, purees and emulsifies instantly and can be precisely controlled at different speeds.

All-Clad Immersion Blender, $100

philips smart pasta maker

Philips' latest pasta machine turns a few simple ingredients into homemade penne, fettuccine, spaghetti, lasagna/dumplings, angel hair, thick spaghetti, tagliatelle and pappardelle in under 10 minutes. Fully automated, the tedious tasks are completed at the push of a button, from measuring flour to calculating the right amount of liquid, mixing, kneading and forming your desired type with the included interchangeable discs. Masu.

Philips Smart Pasta Maker, $350

Panasonic Home Chef 4in1 Microwave

Multifunctional kitchen appliances save a lot of counter space and eliminate the need to use multiple machines. The Panasonic Home Chef features an all-in-one high-capacity, space-saving convection oven, air fryer, inverter microwave, and FlashXpress broiler that will greatly upgrade any kitchen. Pop popcorn, bake brownies, roast chicken, crispy fries – the possibilities are endless with this gadget. Some people use it as their main oven.

Panasonic HomeChef 4-in-1 Microwave, $530

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