5 Pasta Making Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious

Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns to evaluate and improve upon 5 gadgets designed to help you make pasta more efficiently. Watch as he tests each device, putting them through the gauntlet while commenting on what works, what doesn't, and what he'd do to improve their design.

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Check out the products Dan reviews in this episode:
Stainless Steel Manual Noodles Press
Automatic Pan Stirrer
Quick Microwave Pasta Cooker
Clip-On Kitchen Food Strainer
Adjustable Dough Cutter

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5 Pasta Making Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious

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Check out the products Dan reviews in this episode:
Stainless Steel Manual Noodles Press
Automatic Pan Stirrer
Quick Microwave Pasta Cooker
Clip-On Kitchen Food Strainer
Adjustable Dough Cutter



When you buy something through our retail links, we earn an affiliate commission.

[thestraydog]

If Dan has taught me anything with this series, it's that everything is better with a few curves 😏

[noneofyourbusiness]

Dan's redesign of the microwave pasta cooker makes so much sense. If the microwave pasta cooker had the changes he suggested, it would be a favorite cooking gadget in every college dorm room.

[durnel]

"This would have been relatively easy to do if someone actually tried cooking with this when they were designing it" DAAAAMN

[jewswami]

"Engineered but not designed" is an amazing quote

[ronnie]

Imagine how soft and smooth his hands are after applying oil soooo many times

[BestTree]

I honestly think this guy is one of the funniest and most informative people on the internet when it comes to engineering videos. I binge his videos all the time. Kudos to him!

[ajitbhardwaj]

"it could scare your cat", "hey it's me, I'm taller", "I'm straining to come up with something ;)", "see he thinks it went well" dan is so effortlessly and low-key hilarious.

[marcthelegend]

Regarding the clip on pasta strainer and the awkward pouring angle, why not clip it on closer to one handle rather than perfectly between both handles?

[MathewWalls]

Some extremely generous ratings on this episode. "Doesn't work: 3/5." What do numbers even mean?

[saint_lewis]

The manual pasta press looks like it would be better suited for Spätzle dough IMO

[Snippe]

for the clip-on pasta strainer, it would be a lot easier to use if you poured away from yourself and had your hands under the handles instead of on top. you should also just strain pasta like that anyways so you dont risk drenching yourself in boiling water.

[warrmalaski]

Just to point out why the pasta cooker was shaped like it was. Is to control the microwaves them selfs. Straight corners concentrate the heat and cause burning around the edges. Better-designed versions of this have external handles.

[jacquigoldstein-hartwich]

I used to sell the microwave pasta cooker, and you’re actually supposed to flip the lid over to strain it, so that it hugs the bowl

[etb]

The fast pasta maker
*takes 10 minutes*
…that’s like the same or longer than a normal pot and stove lol

[realGeorgelucas]

My dad got me the microwave pasta cooker for Christmas, the instructions actually tell you to flip the lid upside down to strain the pasta off.

[aleenaprasannan]

The manual pasta press is just someone straightup stealing the idea of an Indian utensil called 'Idiyappam press' meant to press rice string for steaming and then made it into a less efficient design and decided to pass it as pasta maker which it absolutely is not meant to be for

[weeloi]

All your videos are slightly quieter than every other video, so in order to hear them, I have to turn my volume up so when an ad comes out it is VERY loud. Please adjust.

[knighthawk]

With the clip-on pasta strainer, don't pour the water out sideways. It looks better on video, but that's a terrible way of doing it due to the unnecessary strain. It would be much more comfortable to empty it towards yourself, so you can see what you are doing. Or at least away from yourself, but not sideways. I also turn on cold water in the sink slightly so I don't get burned by the steam.

[ordinary_human]

0:35
My mom uses it to make noodles and the dough is alot more liquid-like than pasta dough. And the tool is supposed to use with hot water beneath.
PS: it's a great toy tbh