5 Vintage Kitchen Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious

If you try using the mandoline slicer with oily hands, you'll realize that the French fry cutter is pretty good.

I find that Dan has a likeable personality, so I rate his person a 5/5. Seems like a guy I could watch for numerous videos. I also like that he explains things well, so I rate his presentation a 5/5. It's pretty obvious that he has a lot of experience. Lastly, I like the colors of his outfit today, and so I give his style a 5/5. Nice contrast on the shirt and the polo. Overall, I give Dan a 5/5. I always love videos with him in it.

French fry cutter is supposed to be mounted on the wall so that it's stable, and you can use your body weight. It makes it very easy to use and safer than a mandolin, though you probably still need to have a bit of strength. Admittedly, this makes it useful in a restaurant, but probably unnecessary in a home kitchen

Praise to the set staff for making the Jell-O fruit dish decor for the video, totally fits the vintage vibe of the gadgets.

There's a lot to be said about a host personality making or breaking a show, but Dan is undeniably a gem to watch.

at in n out they have something similar to this french fry cutter, but it's mounted on the wall and the user pulls down on the lever. looks like it works great

Surprised by how well a lot of these old gadgets work. Simple designs for simple tasks.

The main thing you have to ask with any kitchen gadget is whether it's worth the space it takes up, because "You know, I just have way too much kitchen space" is something that nobody has said, ever...

I have two of the items you reviewed, the juice-o-mat and the miracle french fry maker. I bought the juicer to make lemonade shakes like you get at the fair. I priced the modern juicers and they were insane. With a lemon, the juice-o-mat is perfect as is. Now for the french fry cutter. I, too, found it hard to use until I saw it properly utilized. You see, it is meant to be mounted vertically on a wall with a bucket under the blade end. Instead of pushing down, you're pushing the handle up and to the wall. Saw it used at the Canfield Fair this way and the guy could do 10 or so potatoes in less than a minute.

One reason why some of the old gadgets work well is that the materials are often much better. Looked like good quality metal and plastic to me, compared to a lot of the new stuff.

Be nice to for him to show what he designed and how successful he was. For most people he could be a design expert for a bunch of 2 star niche junk for all they know. I looked him up and found it he was behind WAY more amazing products than I thought, he really doesn't give off the vibe of being the genius he truly is.

Is it just me or is Dan somehow getting better and better at leading the show??

For anyone curious about why eggs have a pointy end, there are two main reasons. Eggs are squishy for most of the creation process, so when they are squeezed by the inside of the bird, they naturally tend towards that shape. They come out blunt end first. Secondly, the slightly odd shape makes them less likely to roll away. Birds that lay eggs on rocks or cliffs often have almost conical eggs so they roll in a tiny circle and don’t fall off.

Someone should give this guy his own show creating gadgets. Funny dude.

Flip the citrus fruit upside down. It turns the fruit inside out when you press it and you get more from the fruit.

the issue with that potato slicer is double. For one, they really intended it for russet potatoes which are much softer. Two: the blades are highly subject to age, once they've been used even once or twice, they're dull and it was likely cleaned and put back in the box and never used again.

The jello jiggling was a great addition. quirky isn't just entertaining, it's a must have for relevancy

My grandparents had one of those french fry cutters growing up and I was able to operate it as a child because it lived about 4ft off the ground mounted onto a board so you could use your body weight to pull the handle down, we'd set a big stainless steel bowl filled with water to catch them below. I wonder if that was their intended installation, or if they were meant to be used on a countertop.

We have a snow cone maker that uses ice disks and it's fantastic! We really do just keep some containers of the disk in the freezer. When we're tight on space we put them straight into the ice cube bin. Ours is a Pampered Chef one and it came with containers, with lids, in the perfect size for the machine. I think the solid ice chunks are what create the better texture. I wouldn't trade it for the texture ice cubes make.

newer gadgets like the fry cutter actually work pretty good, my family has one that we've used for a long time and it works very well