5 Bartending Gadgets Tested by Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious

Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns to evaluate and improve upon 5 gadgets meant to make you the best home bartender you can be. Watch as he puts each gadget through the gauntlet - from the innovative to the underwhelming - weighing in on what works, what doesn't and what he'd do to improve their design.


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5 Bartending Gadgets Tested by Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious

[lodgin]

Honestly the ice crusher had great comedic timing, just dribbles of water and then _POW_ ice shower everywhere!

[booskie]

I love that he liked the muddler so much, he used it to one-up the next device.

[moramento]

Come on! Admit it! You're just trying to make him drunk. First wine, now bartending.

[BigG]

17 years in bars, nightclubs and restaurants and ive never seen a square strainer 🤣

[kirillbauer]

As a bartender I must mention that it is a damn weirdly shaped strainer

[Anna-voel]

Next on epicurious: Dan testing gadgets to get rid of a hangover.

[alastairhewitt]

As someone who paralysed his left arm, which never fully recovered, I really appreciate the slippery hand test!

[Engvejorg]

Maybe the “left hand oiled up test” could be redesigned to be the “drunken left hand oiled up test”

[bryanquick]

lets be honest, this is a reasonable demonstration on how most kitchen gadgets are absolute trash

[dannycarrington]

Det. Briscoe: "Do we have a cause of death on the bartender?"
Dr. Rodgers: "Blunt force trauma, probably muddled to death."

[amethyststudios]

Dan should do antique kitchen gadgets! I've always see them everywhere and it seem to be a better version of current gadgets. Which I am not surprised sense they are purposely made to be cheap just so they can break and forces you to buy more.

[cherry_uvu]

*Finally Dan has been designing kitchen gadgets for 40 years now!*

[chrysshart]

I love this series so much and I can't really put my finger on why. Dan is just so straightforward while still being personable.

[ramiror]

There's a detail with metalware that wasn't explained too much, but when those get cold they contract more than plastic or glass (or, well, uncolded metal). So when things get iced, it can stuck with other pieces. In the shaker is a good thing, because it doesn't drip. But the ice crusher gets difficult to get open after used.

[sanderskennedy]

My mom had this ice crusher. I can’t tell you how many times it fell over and the crushed ice fell everywhere.

[maxwell_edison]

Just because you seemed confused at the purpose of the spring - the spring is actually what's doing the straining here. The holes in a strainer like that are large and don't do much - So when you think about it not fitting well, you must consider the real important part is that the spring is tight & meets the sides of the shaker.

[lizzfrmhon]

12:42 don’t know why that was so hilarious to me but I LOLED.

[GigsTaggart]

Can't really blame the seltzer bottle for lack of carbonation. That really has to do with temperature of the water, how much you shake it, how long you let it sit, etc.

[noahtheiring]

the "woooaaahhh that's gonna be a good mojito" on the heavy pour got me 😂

[talkingscribe]

When I was a kid, my parents had a similar ice crusher to that. Except it had a lever-action suction cup on the bottom and latches to hold the otherwise loose lid in place. It wouldn't move at all when engaged and would come apart at the slightest touch when you wanted it to.