'A TRUE GAME CHANGER' | Chef Reviews CROWDFUNDED Kitchen Gadgets

Our chef Ben is back, this time reviewing and testing some hugely innovative crowd-funded Kitchen Gadgets. But will the boys back them or sack them... off.

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[Anna-uhjq]

Barry clarifying that him and Ben are no longer living together in a country cottage immediately made me think of the comment of the week tune. 😂

[Anna-uhjq]

Bens comment about the thermometer needing his data and location settings is valid. It would make me pass on it instantly. I’d like to keep that stuff private if I can (i.e. there’s an alternative).

[XerafCZ]

Stuff like the quench sea always concerns me, because while it may function properly now, i assume the filters dont last too long. So the questions are how much water can you filter through one set, how do you dispose of it, how they are distributed and how much do they cost.

[charlesdavis]

I actually work in the water purification field here in the state of Florida when it comes to the reverse osmosis filters a lot of times you need to pre-rinse them to make sure you get any dust residue out of the center the yellow nest that came out first was what’s known as a pre-rinse and your water got cleaner and cleaner as the filter got rinsed of all the particulates covering it when we receive those filters they are covered in plastic, so as not to let any fingerprints or bacteria or solids reach the filter before it’s put into the housing

[craigfaulkner]

Barry immediately stopping Ben saying he wanted to mount him had me in stitches 😂😂😂

[JaneTroja]

I miss the fun bloopers at the end of each video. I hope you’ll bring them back soon!

[andytk]

For the steam cleaner, I see that as a rentable device. If it costs £140, then rent it out at a tenner a day, people rent it for a day, blitz through the kitchen for the afternoon, return the next day. The customer gets to clean their kitchen for only a tenner rather than having to get an expensive device and the company gets a profit with just 2 weeks worth of rentals. People aren't likely to buy a £140 machine they don't use that often, but a tenner a go they'll likely do it every couple of months or so

[melanir]

That portable dishwasher thing would be great for sterilizing home brewing, fementing, or canning equipment. Especially the larger pieces that are hard to get into a dishwasher.

[michaelwilliamryan]

Great episode as always.

For the steam cleaner, as others have observed, it makes great sense for a small group of households to pitch in together and to share.

For the desalinator, one possible explanation for the earlier color of the output could be the filter needing conditioning. Anyone who's used a home water filter with a replaceable filter cartridge has experienced, when you first put in a new cartridge, you need to run water through it for a time. This removes any loose particles of the filter's stationary phase (carbon and other compounds). There may also be a need for the filter to become initially "saturated" in order for it work at full capacity.

[conertowle]

I feel like I’m the only person who truly appreciates Jamie and his jokes, ‘The Jam’ really got me good 😂

[amcconnell]

Ben *Let's test this meat thermometer*
Also Ben: I'm a Chef, I'm taking the steak off, regardless of the thermometer.

[michaelsaayman]

Coming from a country where we experience water scarcity I think the sea water desalinator is probably the most useful and could be life saving.

[janmonroe]

Hey sorted...have you ever gone back and checked out which of the kitchen gadgets you still use after a few years?

[eyeonit]

I have had a similar sized wand steam cleaner for 25 years and it is used alot from kitchen to bathrooms, windows to carpet spot cleaning, car rims to greasy engines and furniture refinishing. My son even uses it in his restaurant. You really pay for the strength of the blast and durability. What I appreciate most is that there is no chemicals needed and just leaves a fresh clean smell. Don't know how long this machine is going to keep going but when it finally does "run out of steam" it will be replaced immediately and will put out the dollars to get one that is well made.

[Valgornify]

That dayoo steam cleaner really feels like something youd never own but instead rent from a kitchen supply or high end grocery store. Something to use over the weekend after a party n such or when you know families coming to visit and you must get the kitchen spotless.

[huggledemon]

1:29 for the vintage viewers, sing it with me “Barry and Ben are the best of friends”😂☺️🥰🤷‍♀️

[Tactavious]

The water treatment device is interesting, but it's going to share a similar problem that many other water treatment systems run into. I work with table-top steam sterilizers which require distilled water, so water filtration systems are usually involved.

The problem they have is needing to replace the filters at different intervals, depending on the location of the customer (high altitude with hard water 300ppm+ or some place like the American mid-west where the average is much lower) you can be changing filters once a month or once every 4-6 months.

I can only imagine that treating literal sea water and untreated water in developing countries is going to burn through that RO system much faster than your typical tap water would. I hope that the cost of the filters has been considered when trying to donate something like this to people that cannot afford it.

[theotherVLF]

The idea of backing something not to end up with the product, but to donate it instead is an amazing idea. I wish we saw more of those.

[jecoffey]

The second gadget is typically something we should have in a “library”, where everyone in the neighbourhood could borrow tools we only use every quarter or semester. One of those could be used by so many people!

[jackybraun]

I would like to see a laboratory analysis of the water that came out.