Chef Reviews “DANGEROUS” Kitchen Gadgets | S3 E5

We have some more Kitchen Gadgets for Ben and Jamie to review! Comment below if you have seen any of these before!

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[the_boss]

Alcohol (ethanol) is less dense than water, so 50mL of pure alcohol weight about 40g. Wine has 12% alcohol, so 98g for 100mL seems pretty realistic. With the whisky its even greater of a gap cause its around 40% alc.

[deborahsmith]

For cooking oil, we add cheap rolled oats to absorb the oil/fat, and a bit of honey, then put it outside on bird feeders in the garden. You can also add a little bird seed to the oats.

[bentoth]

When Baz said "We've had some terribly dangerous gadgets" I was expecting a clip of the coconut shredder.

[Serenity_Dee]

13:04 About a year ago I took a chunk out of my right middle finger with a kitchen mandolin, and when we went to urgent care they told us they see several mandolin injuries every day. This thing is like someone looked at the mandolin and said, "nah, that's way too safe."

[PokhrajRoy.]

In a crisis, there are 2 wolves inside Jamie: “I don’t do colours” and “I’m left handed.”

[lilithpluto]

The mandolin grater thing is actually terrifying! They’ve taken an already generally risky gadget and made it significantly more dangerous 😂

[masteramogh]

The density of whiskey is 0.94. That means 100ml = 94 grammes. 45 ml is 42 grammes. So the gadget was measuring it correctly. Water density is 1, so 100ml = 100grammes.

[argoth]

"Can we have a look at the box?" *slams box to the floor* 🤣

[ryanwitham]

It's funny, the oil powder is a common and cheap item in Japan (even sold at their version of dollar stores). Companies like fry away add in some English packaging and quadruple the price. It works well, but it definitely isn't a new product.

[nettie]

I wanted to let your boys know you had a great gadget a few weeks ago. It was the veg peeler that fits in the palm of your hand. I have limited mobility, and I bought one after seeing your review of it. I absolutely love it! Thank you for the help! (I know At 63, I am not your target audience, but I love watching you all.)

[timlaunyc]

For FryAway, use pure stearic acid (it's a fatty acid) instead. It's made from plants, usually by adding hydrogenating fats from soy or palm, but is also a naturally occurring saturated fat in meat products, like beef tallow. It's an ingredient in make up, and some processed foods, to solidify fats or act as an emulsifier. The solidified fat can be composted. The more you use, the more solid the fat will be at room temperature. Use less, and the fry oil becomes more like an animal fat that kind of sets up at room temperature.

Some place very common you see this behavior is when a small bit of palm oil is added to peanut butter for a no-stir peanut butter.

[xxgn]

Rather than buying branded oil solidifiers like FryAway, it's much cheaper to just buy stearic acid. It's commonly used in candle-making and soap-making, so it's readily available both online and at hobby stores. As an added bonus, it's typically packaged with less waste. That's what companies like National Geographic and Consumer Reports recommend.

[danielsantiagourtado]

COCONUT SHREDDER! That will always be iconic. James "Ben is not worth it!" Is now on par with ramsay's WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE?!

[finkelmana]

The alcohol dispenser is very similar to something from my past. Many, many years ago, I worked at a mechanical/electrical engineering company. A potential client came to us with a request to design and build something for him. He was the owner of a several very large and popular bars and clubs in the area. He said he was losing lots of money due to his bar and waitstaff over-pouring drinks - or even giving away free ones. He wanted us to design toppers for alcohol bottles that would poor exact measurements of drinks, as well as only pour if it was rung up. It was definitely doable, but the cost of engineering the product to a professional standard was too high and it never happened.

[ChuckFickens]

Just a point about the last gadget, both wine and whiskey have a lower density than water (0.99 and 0.94 g/mL from what I can find) so the device was pretty much spot on in both tests with the volume of liquid it had dispensed.

[janetroberts]

I love that Ben and Barry were cringing when Jamie was using the mandolin and then Jamie and Barry were cringing when Ben was using it and I was cringing 😬🫣through the whole process 😂, I hate mandolins and this one was atrocious and not worth the stress of watching some of our favourite people trying to use it ❤❤

[Dupingmaster]

Just wanted to mention about the "sipper" gadget. You were measuring weight and the machine was pouring mL (volume). The density of alcohol is not the same as water. 100 mL of whisky is not 100 grams on balance.

[Blondie]

6:57 first frontal close up of that thing reminded me of the combines that farms use when harvesting crops on commercial farms 🚜

[mgrim]

I was about to say "all that fish, we're gonna see some more fish recipes soon" but after seeing them 'skinned, ' I'm less confident 😂

[AdesinaCat]

When the man who used the coconut shedder with little fear is scared of a gadget, you know it is a no go for me.