I Tested the Laziest Kitchen Gadgets

[00:00] Except instead of leaning on proper technique and mastering more and more people are leaning on cooking gadgets that promise But most of these gadgets often make the whole process...

[00:12] So where do we draw the line between easy and lazy? and today we're putting them all to the test. If they lower our

[00:25] and it's still good, then it passes... at all, it fails. So it all starts off with our first item.

[00:37] It has 1,000 recipes in it, pre-programmed. It cooks everything for you from start to finish. I'll be honest,

[00:51] or a brain... or I guess it kind of has a brain. I thought, "I have a recipe for butter chicken. Let's see how this compares to mine." 1,000 calories a serving?

[01:05] It's telling us what goes in where. container with the prepped items. His name is Christian, who's gonna help me do all this today.

[01:21] So container B gets heavy dairy cream and four tablespoons of unsalted whole butter, ginger garlic paste, five ounces of red onion puree.

[01:33] Like, you literally just slide it out, and it just slide—boom! So these are all the individual spices already loaded up into here:

[01:46] garam masala. Curry spatula in. I'm so nervous. Oh!

[02:01] I've personally never done that. Oh, oh! Tap it out, man! Oh! Wait, it's not gonna stir, like, the onions first?

[02:16] The fact that it didn't stir the onions is crazy. The Posha is supposed to be a "set it and forget it" cooking solution. we're gonna pit it against my own butter chicken recipe to see who wins!

[02:32] You might be wondering what this device is. So, Christian, I'm gonna give you two cloves of garlic, go! Oh, shit!

[02:55] I'm actually shocked. I might use this! Go! There was multiple layers!

[03:13] Yeah, that's kind of cool. I like that one. Rotato! for example. Stab it on there, bring this down.

[03:28] It's supposed to make peeling easier. Let's see. I mean, it kind of peeled it unevenly, and it didn't finish peeling it.

[03:43] But, you know, you could do other things. Not just potato. Is it gonna do it in one go without breaking?

[03:56] I mean, it works. I mean, it did peel a tomato, actually, really nicely. Maybe, like, while it's peeling...

[04:12] Salt me, baby! I could be doing stuff while that's peeling. we have the Newness Pineapple Corer. In my opinion,

[04:29] really, because you still have to use a knife. pineapple, twist it slowly until reaching the bottom. Oh... whoa!

[04:44] Tunnel vision, dog. It is a shortcut. It's consistent. There's a lot of pineapple in here that ended up not getting cut.

[04:57] You can core a pineapple easily. Here's how you do it. So you're gonna cut off the top and then the bottom, trying to stay as close to the skin as possible.

[05:10] little needley bits. Okay, and then in half... remove the core, turn, and your pineapple is done. you can actually cut your pineapple into any shape you want,

[05:25] you can do that. or you can cut it into batons, or you can cut it into, like... A $10 knife will do the same job.

[05:38] so it's not making it easier for anybody, like, physically. Just learn the knife skills and don't waste your food, What better item to test than a risotto?

[05:52] stir, stir. The rice is going to go in. I know! But it's an auto-stirrer, guys. Maybe we should just skip the toasting and go straight to adding the wine.

[06:08] It, like, refuses to go over here. Number one: There's already an issue with the fact that it's The rice that was on the edges ended up getting a little too toasted,

[06:22] But see how this is all undisturbed? It has not even touched this area after almost five minutes of stirring! Here's the problem with the smaller pot: It's just spinning in place.

[06:35] but even then, it just did not yield a good product, We're gonna call it: Mid. Next: This. No, it's for cooking bacon. The Bacon Wizard!

[06:50] Ballsy of you to say, buddy! So I think we compare this to a pan. dripping off way more of the fat,

[07:05] You can only do eight pieces of bacon at a time. in a microwave. It's a long time. I'm also gonna be cooking bacon in a pan to compare the two.

[07:17] Is that how you lounge? This is making a weird noise. This looks about two minutes out,

[07:29] Shall we? Ooh! We have two different kinds of bacon. Which, listen, I'm not against non-crispy bacon,

[07:42] I think the pan version looks much more appetizing. I'd take a step up. More of the liquid has evaporated out.

[07:56] Maybe once a week or less. you might as well just take the time to roast a bunch of pieces of bacon. You can do, like, 16 pieces of bacon instead of eight.

[08:12] But you'll end up with this much more flavorful bacon and serve more people. We're going to count that as lazy. On to the next. but there are people with all abilities that are trying to

[08:27] make their cooking easier and faster with things like the Slap Chop. You already have the knife out. about the accessibility of it,

[08:39] You can only fit, like, a quarter of an onion in here. All right, go for it. It's not bad for a chili.

[08:53] It's brutalizing the vegetable. But you know what? which is medium-fine chop, rough chop kind of look. I think someone could slap chop that celery faster than I could cut it nicely.

[09:09] Now let's check and see how the Posha is doing. but the true taste test of man versus machine is coming up at the end. We're back at the microwave. What's in here?

[09:22] It's literally a microwavable box. and you close the door and cook it. Let it rip. Now we wait.

[09:35] The lid goes on. You drain it. Oh, God! All right, here we go. Only a little overcooked. That's nice.

[09:47] you could hypothetically pour out and leave in some of the pasta water, put some butter and some salt and shake it in that and then serve it. The only downside, though: portion size.

[10:00] It didn't necessarily make worse product. I certainly will not be using this. Less mess, I suppose. Fasta Pasta.

[10:13] So to use it, very simply, washed rice going in, equal parts water. you close it, and then.

[10:26] It takes a shocking amount of time in the rice cooker, And after you press the button, you open it up and guess what you have? I love them. They cook rice perfectly every time.

[10:41] This is the one tool that I hyper-fixate on. This makes a better product with less effort. Not lazy. Moving on.

[10:56] Today we're gonna make an omelette. All right, I'm gonna do a little cheese, onions and tomats and then... Pop this baddie in here for 40

[11:10] I'm gonna pop her back in there for another... Ugh. We followed the instructions. They did not work.

[11:25] Did it bust open Oh boy! The sell on this product is that it's fast and easy.

[11:37] It took an extra 40 on top of the 80, but I mean, it's only 40. I think most people would be okay with this, Yeah, you still gotta wash it.

[11:51] So it's not saving you on cleanup time really much. and you can't control the way that it's cooked. 100%. It's lazy.

[12:04] That's lazy. Moving on. unmatched knife cuts. We've got these little cube cross-hatch... Carrots.

[12:20] He just hit it! Hit it! So if this was to make things more accessible, Let's try a piece of celery. That was easy.

[12:33] Compare this to the average person's knife skills. I'm just going to slam this whole potato"... Again. Quickly, quickly!

[12:47] I don't care what it is. So now we have the mandolin top wavy cutter. But a good... Wavy.

[13:01] You're scaring me. One downside is this is a fixed blade, But if you just want an all-in-one, I mean, it works. It's an added bonus that it comes with a container that everything goes in.

[13:17] Not lazy. We have... Let me see it. Oh, wow. All I did was the exact function it's supposed to do,

[13:31] If you put your thumb at the most important part of leverage, it literally slices your thumb. Okay, and fingers!

[13:44] Properly... it'll drip. I used to hate them, but have they gotten better?

[13:56] A little bit of spray oil, so we'll let that go. You don't need to, like, have a lot of pots and pans. comes out really nice. 'Cause if you cook salmon in a pan,

[14:10] So, that's what I'm looking for in this. It's sizzling. It's bubbling. I wasn't even intending to get crispy skin,

[14:23] The top has a nice color, so I'm happy about that. Did not break, but look at the cook on that! Wow, that's delicious!!

[14:38] It is a perfect example of what could be considered a lazy cooking item. In some cases like this, it actually makes a better product.

[14:50] Throwing it in the air fryer honestly requires almost none. Not lazy. This is a weird one. You look at this and you're like, "What kind of weird shovel is this?"

[15:04] So you just pack it in there? 'cause it takes a while just to stuff that thing. I just make balls faster, I feel like.

[15:19] job. And it's gonna get a thumbs down! Imagine if none of these borders were here. so we better pray to God this thing is dialed in like a Michelin-starred chef.

[15:33] Can you turn down the heat? Yeah, I guess so... I'm worried about the egg yolk, right? Wee!

[15:48] A little salty-salty. Little queso. I'm just giving it top heat. The egg looks cooked possibly nicely, though.

[16:02] Oh, that just busted!! It's pretty good. You know, I know it's like a three-in-one, but it seems single-use.

[16:15] You could do the exact You just wipe out the pan and it's done. This is... I don't think I know anybody personally that's not a

[16:29] Yeah, thumbs down for me. the moment of truth: the Posha is finally finished. It looks, actually, very good. It didn't get any color on the chicken so that makes me worried about the flavor. But smells fantastic.

[16:46] in. And then they recommend to add a touch of fresh chopped cilantro. And that is We have several blind taste testers trying both dishes

[17:01] We did a reset between each tasting to keep it fair. If this robot can beat me, this is its chance. They're actually way closer than I was expecting them to be.

[17:14] They're very close together... The chicken is super tender. a little smoother.

[17:28] It was a little bit creamier. but the flavor was more buttery. the only difference I'm notating is that the second one is a little spicier.

[17:40] The second one had a better spice. If I had to pick one overall, I think the first one. First one was a little bit too buttery for me.

[17:54] Yeah. Get in my face! And the winner is... Not the robot! But it's okay. I'm friendly.

[18:07] When you decide to enslave humanity, just remember that, okay? I mean, that's good. A cooking gadget that quite literally does it all.

[18:21] Did it make a worse product, and did it make our lives easier? You have to do almost all of it, So we're gonna go with... sad.

[18:33] It doesn't always have to be hard or tedious or require And what we learned is some things do make life easier and still But some things make them worse. So choose

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