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5 Of The Best Kitchen Gadgets For 2014

Cooking is one of the many joys in life. Even if you’re not a fan of cooking, there are several cool kitchen gadgets coming out this year that have made things more simple and enjoyable for food preparation, cooking and eating.

1. Philips’ New Grill

The Philips Avance Taste Infusion is a brand new compact grill from the gadget giant. Now you can grill vegetables and meat with your choice of wine and herbs with this effortless tool. The grill makes it possible to create smoky wood barbecue flavors or tender wine-infused meats with ease. Best of all, it sits right on the countertop and has a protective glass hood. It also features thermostatic control for more cooking range. In addition, the grill plate is lightweight and detaches easily for cleaning.

2. iChef Touch Screen Oven 

Whether you love or hate to cook, there’s nothing simpler than using the Gorenje iChef+ touch screen oven. However the touch screen part isn’t the big reason why this oven is so perfect. It cooks 65 pre-programmed meal choices offering directions for when to add ingredients. The oven was designed to cook everything to perfect temperature. You can also add in 150 specialties of your own.

3. LG MC8088HL Combi Oven

Combination microwave ovens are a dream come true for people who like to get things done quickly in the kitchen but not suffer any taste. You can cook what you would with a full-sized oven in LG’s new combination oven. The oven allows you to bake, grill, broil and heat up leftovers based on your own inputs. The taste has been reviewed as superb even for meat lovers.

4. Kenwood’s New Fire Cracker Mixer

If you’ve ever wanted to enjoy the beauty of a 50-watt food mixer, Kenwood recently released its new stylish Fire Cracker kMix KMX84. The mixer is a dream come true for bakers and pastry chefs. A pastry kit is included as well as a number of a attachments. Now you can mix anything and everything to create the perfect cakes, pies, fillings and other flaky delicious treats.

5. Magimix Bread Toaster

The Magimix Vision is a creative concept that takes you into the mysteries of what happens when bread plunges down into the depths of the toaster oven. The Magimix takes about three minutes to produce golden scrumptious toast, but you don’t mind as it’s quite fascinating to look at toasting bread in such a stylish toaster. The Magimix offers two slots for toasting and also has extra wide slots for bigger breads.

Some other honorable mentions for best kitchen gadgets go to Russell Hobbs Allure Espresso Machine, Bodum Bistro coffee grinder, Magimix Gelato Satin Steel ice cream maker and the Bugatti Uma kitchen scale.

These gadgets are impressive and create an interesting array of new kitchen goodies to keep your cooking interest on its toes. If the touch screen oven is any indication of where kitchen technology is headed, it’s possible that the future of cooking will be all touch screen in a few years.

Abi leads a business life with a young family of four. She is in the process of redesigning her kitchen and is very happy to have found Cliq Studios Kitchen Cabinetry, who have just the type of kitchens she has been looking for to suit her busy family lifestyle.