Can Any of These Four Unitasking Gadgets Outperform a Chef? - The Kitchen Gadget Test Show
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- On today's episode of The Kitchen Gadget Test Show, chef Esther Choi is taking on unitaskers to see if any of them are worth the money and deserve a place in her kitchen. Gadgets tested: the Frogmore Shrimp Deveiner, the Chef'n garlic zoom, the Chef'n Corn Stripper and the Microplane Herb Mill.
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Chef'n GarlicZoom Garlic Chopper and Peeler Set ►► fave.co/2ALCC2y
Chef'n Cob Corn Stripper ►► amzn.to/2Dbkssz
Microplane Herb Mill ►► amzn.to/2M8QTe2
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The problem with most of these gadgets for me is that it looks like a pain to clean. I would get that shrimp one though 👌
This goes double for the garlic ball, unless it cleans much easier than it looks.
Also you need to store them in a place where you won't forget about them
All those unitasker blades also get dull over time and with no way of honing or sharpening the blades the unitasker become useless
With things like stripping herbs I always get pain due to arthritis and people tell me "Get a gadget, people with disabilities are who benefit most from kitchen gadgets!" but they never think about how difficult those things are to clean! I get a little bit of pain from cutting garlic and stripping herbs by hand/with a knife, But I get A LOT of pain from trying to get a sponge into nooks and cranny's of a cheap plastic gadget and its easy to cut yourself trying to properly clean a gadget with blades. A knife and board is so easy to clean. I also laugh when advertisements say "This gadget is easy to clean because it's dishwasher safe" ...I don't think i've ever seen a house with a dishwasher in my country.
Just use scissors.. way faster and cheaper..
More of Esther! She is awesome
Summary of Comments so you can save time scrolling.
1) Ugh, did you not know that these gadgets are made for ppl with disabilities/mobility issues? Stop dissing them, pff!
2) Esther is a chef, of course she would be more competent, what about me?
3) Hey I've used that gadget before! It's great/good/ok/bad/sucks and I agree/disagree with Esther.
4) Esther needs to practice with them gadgets, so unscientific, blah blah blah
5) Go Esther!
I read through dozens and dozens of other comments to verify that this is accurate. It’s accurate.
Thanks, this summary could have saved me a lot of time!
I need more of you
She ain't no chef.
@@DonnyJ101 She owns 2 popular restaurants as far as I know
@@DonnyJ101 - She's a chef and owner of two restaurants in NYC.
auntie esther is the best when it comes to the combination of beauty and cooking skills
" it's a *HIT* or *MISS* "
I guess he never missed
Haaaaaa
You got a boyfriend I bet he doesn’t kiss ya
BO YAN He gon' skrrt and hit the dab like Wiz Khalifa
You play with em balls like it's FIFA
We need a unitasking gadget vs normal people. Of course a chef is going to win with years of experience, but what about me? Will it be helpful in my life?
kevinbs05 just learn to use a knife, save money, space and time. All of those knife skills were really basic
@@gavinostertag1023 I agree, although it's not about someone learning to use a knife but instead measuring the usefulness of the tools. Something I think a normal person would be better at than knives (or learning to use them).
I want to see a chef with a knife versus a normal person that has mastered the unitasker.
Just git gud.
No.
Chef trick for cutting up garlic and your hands smell of it a day afterwards - run you hands on stainless steel. Usually the faucet or sink walls, making sure you get all your exposed skin into contact with the metal. Not sure what it is about the chemical reaction, but it neutralizes the smell after one go, rather than scrubbing your hands red and still smelling like garlic.
love love love this!
I love how she's not overplaying it up.
For fairness, Esther should have practiced with the gadgets before the competition.
Who has time to practice on these shitty gadgets...???
i think the point of unitasker is making it easier without the skill. if you're going to practice, why don't just practice your knife skill? which applicable to a lot more things.
This, a million times this!
At least get familiar with them. That's what I like about Clifford Endo, even if it was new he still talked about them in a smart way and at least had a sense of how they were used.
@@evilcab you say knife skill like it's 1 ability that translates across all foods... but the reality is it is a completely different task to mince herbs vs deveining shrimp. She has had years of practice doing both and has literally no practice using the gadgets.
It makes perfect sense to test a gadget out before timing it "competitively".
One thing that is rarely addressed is the clutter, because these unitaskers will often just fill up your drawers and cupboards, especially if they're ones you'll use infrequently. Thinks like salad choppers and garlic crushers makes sense, but unless you eat shrimp often then a deveiner is just something that is gonna cause a mess
Fun demo..you did a great job.
What people need to remember is you've got knife skills. For someone without knife skills or with a disability these could be very useful tools.
We all just need Esther in the kitchen, the ultimate appliance!!
Yes, she's a very talented chef, but wording it the way you did sounds terrible, man 😬
I really appreciate that you didn't bash the people who buy unitaskers, since a large portion of the time they are designed for disabled people and marketed to abled people in order to ensure product is there for the people who need it! So thank you for your overall respectful and positive tone while giving constructive feed back about the products.
Amazing Knife Skills!
I have that garlic chopper and it’s great 👌🏼
I saw a video on CZcams where they used a toothpick to deviant shrimp, best hack ever!
Well yeah, the gadgets might be interesting, but tbh i would watch a 1h video of her just cutting ingredients and explaining her technique! She´s so nice and friendly and competent and professional, all at the same time!
I really enjoyed the video!
I think the only hit was the shrimp gadget. You could easily accomplish minced garlic with a garlic press, and cleaning likely will be easier.
Esther has my heart
I like chopping garlic, I hate peeling it. And yes I know about the bowl trick and slight smash with knife. Advice is always appreciated lol.
“It’s a hit or miss”
_back of my head_ *I GUESS THEY NEVER MISS, HUH?*
For the most part I like the way you review these gadgets. You have to understand not everyone has your knife skills which I think skus results.
Thanks for sharing from Philippines
Love to see a video of what she considers kitchen essentials and Korean kitchen essentials. ❤️
I need episode 2 !!!
impressive knife skills!
5:33 Nice knive skills there. As an amateur I sometimes try to chop onions as fast I can, you know agaist clock, for other amateurs I suggest sharp knive and a stable board.
What's the brand/model of that knife? The handle is beautiful
That knife is one of the best in the world, i love it
I have that garlic roller thing and I have to say it’s great. First tip is to make sure the blades are facing down so you can put the garlic in without cutting it first. They also make different sizes of the roller. The larger one is the best. I bet I could cut more garlic using the roller and you using your knife.
How's the cleaning though?
@@joschistep3442 it’s pretty easy. If I remember I just stuck it in the dishwasher. I don’t have it anymore because it breaks easy.
A pair of thin shears down the "vein" side of the shell and a bowl of water will essentially do the same thing as the unitasker shrimp cleaner, and the shears can be used for other things.
Awesome !
Corns peeled with skills. Good to know that when it comes to herbs, doing it by hand is better than using a more expensive stripper.
On the shrimp gadget- you can use the tine of a fork to get under the shell and devein shrimp in a similar way.
Very nice Miyabi black chef knife you use to compete. I enjoy using my knives so I would use my knives every chance I get. That is the fun part of owning wonderful knives and nice sharpening stones.
I think a lot of unitaskers are really made for disabled people but have to be marketed for everyone in order to be in stores and such
Jamie Lynn yes! Thank you for saying this. It’s not always about how fast a person can do it but if a person can do it at all.
I think that they are just cookware junk with no real research and testing done to verify that they do indeed help people with a disability. If any of this stuff ends up helping anyone in the kitchen then that's truly great, everyone has got to get by somehow.
If it is sold to everyone it should br reviewed as such as it is useful information to most consumers. It shouldn't be given a pass if it is marketed to able bodied people who it will be useless to
Here's a tip to remove garlic smell super easy from your hands: just go to the sink, make the hand wet and rub the fungers/ hand against the sink or the water tap. the metal is pretty much absorbing all the smell, I've been doing it for years now, right after chopping garlic, and never had stinky garlic fingers since!
That garlic chopper is also great for ginger. But I’ve lost two blades to garbage disposals, so keep your eyes on them!
I'm not going to give you the win over the garlic unitasker, Esther. :D Also a learning curve! :D
But anyway, yeah I think most of these were bad ideas. I've never de-veined shrimp, but I could see that I would NOT enjoy doing that by hand, lol. So I'd go for it if I ever had to do that :D
Do you think the garlic unitasker would still be faster if you also take the cleaning time into account?
I need Season 3!!!
Why am I'm yelling at the screen like it's a football game. Love watching knife skills.
I loved her on Duck Dynasty.
Infomercial at a whole new level
What Is the chef knife that you're using?
Good comparison of gadgets Vs conventional methods. Personally, I prefer mastering one tool (the knife) rather than learning how to use/clean a bunch of different tools. The knife is ubiquitous, it can be found in every kitchen (useful if you are cooking in outside your own kitchen, like at a friend's place). The knife blade is also easier to sharpen.
The voice of sanity.
"...made a hot mess" is a particularly unfortunate phrase to use when you've just double handed four cobs.
It had me squirming
I need season 3!
I would like to see you compare different unitaskers that do the same job. As some work a lot better than others. Then once you have found the best unitasker, compare it to your Chef skills. That way you will have also practiced with the unitasker so it will be a fairer competition with your skills.
I found you by accident, awesome channel...
Can you please test the popular juicers?!
I think cleanup should be added to the time to get the most fair comparison
Anyone know What brand of knife she is using?
HIT OR MISS I GUESS THEY NEVER MISS
i think unitaskers are also task specific, like if you need to can a few bushels of corn a gadget like that one would make sense, i saw a video where they used a bundt pan over a bucket, so you dont nessesarily need that product.
good knife skills will almost always trump those unitask kitchen gadgets. that being said, there's been some good ones in the market, like the pineapple cutter and that shrimp deveiner are awesome.
I guess they mostly miss huh
Jamie you got a bf I bet he doesn’t kiss ya mwah
He gon find another girl and he won't miss yah
Hes gonna hit dab like wiz khalifa
That garlic mincer is so obnoxious lololol but kids would love it! And parents would hate to clean it!
3:55 when you had a good time at adult clubs
Esther 😍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Where is the Forkuntula??? I would like to see that tested next please!
you also have to consider the extra time needed to clean those gadgets compared to just cleaning a knife and board... especially that garlic one feels like it'd be a nightmare to clean
i like the onion chopper, since I am not good with knives
You can get the shrimp deveiner at walmart for $1.50. Red plastic.
Jesus Christ Esther can never win on this show. Every single time someone has some shit to say about her.
Tbh it sucks when people unreasonably hate on her which happens in a lot of vids but this one I would say it’s true that (1) they could be useful for those with mobility issues (2) she should’ve practiced the unitaskers beforehand (3) on some of the tasks she was giving herself a bias like she tried to be faster with her skills but didn’t try as hard w unitaskers
A lot of these would probably be useful for people that might have mobility issues due to a disability or something like that!
That's always the defense for these kinds of things but when you think a bit further it becomes a little bit of an insult. I can't think of any disabilities where that herb chopper would be easier to use than a knife, for example.
RBuckminsterFuller Well not all of them would be useful of course (which is why I didn't say ALL OF THEM), but I'm sure some of them would be of use if you don't have perfect motor skills, at least slightly faster if you're not able to use a knife at the same speed or efficiency as Esther does in the video. Not sure how it's insulting...
@@mannagrynet That's fair enough but all of these things need more dexterity than people seem to think. Not to mention the added clean-up. They so often try to solve problems that don't exist. It would be better if they actually asked a person with a disability what they can't do and then see if you can somehow make their life easier. They're just throwing crap at the wall and seeing what sticks, or what suckers will pay money for.
RBuckminsterFuller I know a family friend who uses unitaskers instead of knives, except on rare occasions, so their mentally handicapped kid doesn’t get ahold of a knife and hurt themselves
@@mementomori1499 I'm sure that's exactly who the makers of these gadgets is targeting.
The corn tool produces more solid kernels tho.
Should have put the shrimp deveiner in the thumbnail its by far the most interesting tool
Herbs.....right okay 😂😂😂
Come on. If you’re rushing to beat the unitaskers time but are producing the most unevenly/haphazardly chopped mise en place ever seen, how is this still a win?
Do it all the old-fashioned way. Retain the skills and impress the girls! 😊
freakin love her
You can do the same thing as the shrimp one with a paring knife
The herb stripper is supposed to be pulled the opposite direction against the grain and you won’t have so many leftovers
Should have made a video about crock pots
Your idea with two bowls for the corn you could also use a bundt pan then the corn would be more stable
i feel these gadgets are for people with disabilities or older people that have arthritis or just don't have the dexterity to hold a knife to do those tasks normally.
I think the timing results would be different if you weren't a professional chef, but still like the videos. I DO think the shrimp gadget is ok IF you do A LOT of shrimp. I don't have it often enough to get it. I think it'd be great in a seafood restaurant.
very impressive, but can you beat *slap chop*?
You should do garlic peelers
Hey guys! I recently learned that you can magically remove the smell of garlic from your hands by rubbing em on stainless steel bowl like you would rub your hands on a soap bar when you wash em. Stainless steel apparently reacts with the garlicky goodness.
I would imagine that a carpenter who's been using a hammer for 30 years but never touched a nail gun would get cleaner results with a hammer.
I like the idea of of this show, comparing tools with chef’s skill. However, if one wants to know how useful they are, I think comparing an amature with these tools will ne more accurate. The chef wins most of the time because they are skilled enough that they do not need such tools but ordinary people might benefit from them.
Having your hands smell like garlic is the best part. It's intoxicating to me!
And if you need to get rid of it, just wipe your fingers on some stainless steel. Pretty much gets rid of it instantly. However, normally I don't do this and end up being that guy smelling his fingers the next 2 days, haha.
agree, and not only is garlic a great anti-oxidant, helps build immune system:)
Right? It’s the second best part about cooking with garlic!
@@Joshoowah ...the first part is adding fresh pineapple and garlic...your girlfriend will, um, tastes the difference :)
Solidarity, garlic smelling brethren
It’s a hit or miss uhh I guess they never miss yaaaaa
I think the herb grinder only works one way (counter-clockwise while holding it away from you), so rotating it back and forth is just asking for terrible results.
The way she cuts the kernels off the corn... she just made cubed cob and left plenty on the cob. Atleast the unitasker removed most of the kernels cleanly.
I work at a seafood market and restaurant...we use the shrimp devainer/peeler... they are awesome...side note, she is not using it right!
"Rosemary. Done." ARE YOU GORDON RAMSAY IN DISGUISE?!!!
There's nothing wrong smelling like garlic. Garlic is love. Garlic is life.
I’ve used the garlic one. It’s sucks. Half the garlic gets stuck in the thing. Just buy a garlic press. Even Gordon Ramsey uses one.
The corn cob thing I could see using. Maybe there is a slightly better version on the market.
A agrlic press is a pretty ok unitasker. I broke 2 in my life though, the one I have now I already have for years, so invest in quality. And not only name, I had one from a good brand but it wan't good, later I found some very negative reviews, should have done more research.
Mine doesn't give me any fits at all...🤔
I actually have that garlic chopper thingy and it's awesome. It can handle more garlic than my press, and it chops it much more finely if you leave it in a bit longer. I don't have any issues with the garlic left in it. You can flip it open, take the blade out, and then scoop the leftovers with your finger. A little more messy but no garlic gets wasted.
dang chef, one shrimp at a time? back when i had to prep those bad boys i would line up 4-5 on my hand, use a sharp knife to cut threw shell down to vein for all of them, then peel and pull the vein in one swoop. much faster.
3:55 Said the same thing on my 18th birthday
Notice how you are good at chop chop?
"Thyme!.."
Erb or herb?
0:03
Guess they never miss huh?
I feel like the comparisons are somewhat unfair. Thanks for sharing anyway.
I would love to smell garlic all day!😍😛