I Tested Cheap Vs Expensive Kitchen Gadgets

Quick Overview

The expensive kitchen gadgets generally outperformed their cheaper counterparts across tests for cold brew coffee, ice cream, pasta making, juicing, and toasting, though the $10,000 pizza oven was the only item that definitively earned a permanent spot on the counter by producing superior results.

Key Points: The $350 Yama Cold Drip Tower ($310.28 - $315.00) produced smoother, less cloudy cold brew coffee compared to the $15 French press. The $350 Ninja Creami Swirl ice cream maker ($346.46) created significantly creamier and thicker soft serve than the $15 Dash Ice Cream Maker, which required 12 hours of pre-freezing. The $30 Garpice Pasta Gun produced spaghetti that tasted better and was less gummy than the $300 Philips 7000 Series Pasta Maker, which also resulted in an oddly shaped loaf when testing bread. The $600 Hurom H320 Slow Juicer yielded smoother juice with less pulp compared to the $40 Qcen Juicer Machine. The $350 Revolution R180B Toaster produced perfectly browned toast consistently, while the $40 Bob Ross Toaster burned a circle image onto the bread and smelled like burning plastic. The $10,000 Alfa wood-fired pizza oven produced a superior pizza with better crust char and flavor compared to the $60 Chefman Pizza Maker, which resulted in pale, undercooked dough. Overall, the expensive gadgets (Coffee, Ice Cream, Pizza) won their respective comparisons, while the cheap versions won for Pasta and Bread.

Context: This video is a comparison review testing the performance difference between the cheapest available kitchen gadget and its most expensive counterpart across several categories: coffee, ice cream, pasta, juicing, toasting, and pizza making. The host tests each pair of devices using the same ingredients and settings where applicable to determine if the significant price difference justifies the investment, culminating in a final ranking of which category's expensive item would earn a permanent spot on the counter.

Detailed Analysis

The comparison determined that expensive kitchen gadgets generally provide superior results across most categories, with the $10,000 Alfa pizza oven being the only one the host declared worthy of a permanent spot. For cold brew coffee, the $350 Yama Cold Drip Tower produced a smoother, clearer concentrate than the $15 French press. In ice cream making, the $346.46 Ninja Creami Swirl yielded significantly creamier soft serve than the $15 Dash Ice Cream Maker, which required 12 hours of pre-freezing. For pasta, the $30 Garpice Pasta Gun, despite being a manual device, made superior-tasting pasta compared to the $300 Philips 7000 Series machine. However, when making bread, the $58 Amazon Basics Bread Maker was preferred over the $400 Breville Custom Loaf, which produced a strangely shaped, slightly burnt loaf. For juicing, the $600 Hurom H320 Slow Juicer produced a smoother juice with less pulp than the $40 Qcen Juicer Machine. For toasting, the $350 Revolution R180B toaster delivered perfectly consistent toast, whereas the $40 Bob Ross Toaster burned an image onto the bread and emitted a burning plastic smell. Finally, the $10,000 Alfa pizza oven cooked a superior pizza with a charred crust compared to the $60 Chefman Pizza Maker, which left the crust undercooked. The final ranking showed that expensive versions won for Coffee, Hotdog, Juicer, Ice Cream, and Pizza, while the cheap versions won for Pasta and Bread.