Do you buy modern kitchen equipment?

[Benton Tarantella]

I know people for whom buying modern kitchen equipment is almost a daily thing. Some of my relatives go shopping at the mall for the fun of getting a new oven or a more fashionable coffee-maker or sometimes even a fridge...

How often do you buy new cooking equipment?

[pizzaboy]

I do buy modern kitchen equipment but not so often. I try to buy more expensive equipment with a better quality. I usually buy new cooking equipment every 2-3 months, but not big things like fridges or ovens.

[Liketobake]

We only buy new cooking equipment if we need it. If something breaks then we buy a new one...... bakeware is replaced every few years (the cookie sheets get very dark overtime). If there is a cooking tool we don't have and need/want for a special dish, we might buy it is it is very necessary.

[Mancook]

I do buy modern equipment at one time. I think that there are times that the old equipments need to be replace from time to time, but we all know that making a good food doesn’t really depends on the new equipment, but rather on the skill itself.

[beginnercook]

Love a good equipment. It really makes my life easier and the entire cooking gets even more pleasing. It's hard to cook when you don't have all the equipment you need. Instead of trying to improvise, I like having all I need right there. Saves time and the results are also good.

[wildfire]

I usually refrain from buying new equipment until I can hear how well it actually works. My husband, on the other hand, constantly brings new kitchen gadgets home (on practically a daily basis).

[Dishwashboy]

I think that if we can afford buying a new one and if we really need it then I would be buying one for use. I don’t think that we should buy new equipments if the old one is still usable. I think that we must conserve our money on buying the ingredients and not on the equipments.

[mcnerd]

I try 'not' to get caught up in the frenzy of buying 'new and better', which can reach deep into my pocketbook. I did recently buy a new (simple) Rice Cooker that also included a steamer tray, plus I bought a juice extractor. Both opened up some new windows to healthy cooking/living.

Right now I'm re-learning the benefits of my late mother's old Oster Kitchen Center which is a multi-function mixer/blender/grinder/food processor/ice cream maker and who knows what. And it works perfectly for being 40 or more years old. I found the food processor attachment on eBay and I'm thinking about the ice cream maker attachment.

I really got excited when I found out the blender base fits on Mason Jars, which means I can mix/grind spices, sauces, etc., in a smaller container and even the one it will be stored in. Check your own blender base. You may be surprised.

[Ralphy]

Hmm.. we don't buy equipment for the kitchen that often.
As i said in a previous message, we are planning on buying a new stove. I don't know when that will be, maybe in 3-4 months. Until now we use the same old stove we had for years :D
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[Lory]

I try and buy modern eqiupment, but little by little. I first try and raise the money and then spend it on kitchen equipment :)
i don't have a huge salary and i take it little by little.
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[Semigourmet]

I usually research anything I am going to invest in, and kitchen purchases are an investment. I will buy only occasionally and only quality. My last purchase was a Kitchenaid food processor, I wanted one for years, but finally go the chance to get myself one for my birthday this year. It cost a bit of money a little over 200 dollars. But it was worth every penny. I will be surpurised if I ever have to buy another one. So, since I have alread purchased 3 in a 12 year period I believe it will save me money in the long run.

I purchased a cuisinart coffee maker about 2 years ago. I thought that a coffee maker was a coffee maker. Then I saw this one at (Sam's Club) and it was 30 dollars less than the ones in the store. I happened to need a new coffee maker at the time and purchased it. I had never tasted a better cup of coffee! the flavor was amazing, it was not bitter, not weak, not luke warm, not scorched, it was perfect. I will never have anther brand of coffee maker.

So, I think that buying your kitchen equipment is an investment as it is going to last if you buy quality. As the Kitchen is the heart of the home. So, you need the best equipment for you do create your dishes.

[cezzz]

I've just bought a new blender last month. It's modern and I really love it because it works well than the older of course it's new and it's modern. Those are some benefits using modern kitchen equipment..

[Big Daddy's House]

I try 'not' to get caught up in the frenzy of buying 'new and better', which can reach deep into my pocketbook. I did recently buy a new (simple) Rice Cooker that also included a steamer tray, plus I bought a juice extractor. Both opened up some new windows to healthy cooking/living.

Right now I'm re-learning the benefits of my late mother's old Oster Kitchen Center which is a multi-function mixer/blender/grinder/food processor/ice cream maker and who knows what. And it works perfectly for being 40 or more years old. I found the food processor attachment on eBay and I'm thinking about the ice cream maker attachment.

I really got excited when I found out the blender base fits on Mason Jars, which means I can mix/grind spices, sauces, etc., in a smaller container and even the one it will be stored in. Check your own blender base. You may be surprised.




So sorry to hear about your mom. My condolences go out to you. She must have been a very marvelous cook!

I, also, once owned the Oster Kitchen Center in the late '70s and early '80s and enjoyed using it. And it WAS a very versatile food processor - 5 powerful appliances in one! I especially like the mixer and the dough maker. Very powerful!!

Today, I now have THREE big stand mixers and a monster food processor and a Zojiroushi bread machine. They are very expensive and state-of-the-art, but they'll last and last and last. And they are all-metal, which means that they are very rugged and durable.

I shouldn't have to replace them for a long long time.

I also have an ice cream machine, a grain mill, electric food grinder, electric knife, rice cooker, egg cooker two slow cookers and two pressure cookers and a 10-pc Emerilware stainless steel cookware set to which I've added open stock pcs to it, to make it a giant 30-pc set. Plus a FoodSaver, microwave, freezer and fridge. And a portable dishwasher along with a Kenmore portable laundry pair. :)

[mcnerd]

So sorry to hear about your mom. My condolences go out to you. She must have been a very marvelous cook!
Thanks. It's been awhile now, 10 years ago, and actually it was my father who turned out to be the fabulous cook.

[Big Daddy's House]

It'll be 20 years for us this coming July 2 that our mom passed away. Thirteen years ago on January 10, our pop died. And 16 years ago, our grandmother on my our mom's side passed away.

Also, 4 years ago this past December, we lost one of our brothers to complications from diabetes and alcoholism.

That was the hardest and most devestating time of all for me because that was the very closest brother to me! Just couldn't believe that he was gone from us so damn soon!! He was only 43 years old.

A little Over two years ago, I, myself almost died, having been diagnosed with CFH! Was in the hospital twice!! Couldn't breath normally and was having shortness of breath attacks, gasping for air! I'm on a ton of medicine, and on disability payments from Social Security because I can't do any more hard labor work on account it takes too much out of me and it makes me so exhaustingly tired and out of breath. I can only do easy light duty work that involves sitting down - like tutoring small children or something.

[cezz]

I'm sorry to hear that Bentley, we're not buying expensive equipments but we're also looking for the quality. We're buying equipments if there are sales.

[Big Daddy's House]

Thanks.

But without that stuff, life would be so hard for me in the kitchen. I just can't picture making bread dough or cake batter by hand. Too much of a strain!

[kitchenblitz]

That depends because I'm a sucker for new and promising cookware. But this past years I've developed a thicker skin - I'm now a bargain hunter! :D

[mary27]

I only buy kitchen equipments once they need to be changed. I buy other small items when I like them. As for major equipments like stoves, ovens etc. I tend to buy quality so they last longer and as long as my old things are working fine I dont replace it.

[mastercooker]

I do not buy modern kitchen equipment often. If you have old cooking equipments that are still usable, then why do you buy new cooking equipments. We should conserve and save our money for more important things, but in the meantime, we should follow what's new in the cooking equipment market in order to have any new ideas that could save more time and energy.

[Big Daddy's House]

I've replaced the fridge since I've been at the present address.

That was three years ago. The old one kept on freezing up the fruit & produce. Plus things were falling apart and breaking on it, like the door gaskets, crisper, and the door shelves.

Would have been way too expensive to fix or replace them. It was showing its age anyway, so it was time for a new one.

[almutawa]

Buying a modern kitchen equipment is great way to start cooking like buying stuff from IKEA.

[mcnerd]

And your electric bill will probably drop substantially. Those old units really pulled the juice. I got rid of two old refrigerators and replaced with new frig and a chest freezer. Electric bill dropped by 2/3.

[Big Daddy's House]

I already have a small chest freezer (5.3 cubic ft.), which still works very well.

Yeah, newer appliances are designed and made to work better and help save you more energy than the ones made about 20 or so years ago.