5 Vintage 1990s Kitchen Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious
5 Vintage 1990s Kitchen Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious
Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns for another episode of Well Equipped, this time turning his expert eye towards 5 kitchen gadgets that were designed in the 1990s. Watch as he tests each device, putting them through the gauntlet while commenting on what works, what doesn’t, and what he would’ve done to improve their design.
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Somewhat of an unfair evaluation of the salsa maker. Been using one for years and am totally satified. You cant load it up with all the ingredients at one time. I do soft and hard ie cilanto and tomatoes, jalepeno, garlic salt, and lime juice. Then combine all in a bowl. Best part it does chunky salsa
Those safety can openers leave a VERY sharp top rim on the can. I know this as after using one I took my entire pinkie finger off.
We has kitchen wizard at home and it’s called a pair of chopsticks
Who do I have to cut? 90s? Vintage? Nawwwwww
That salsa master gave me an unforgettable memory as a 6 year old were I stupidly had my left pointer finger run the blade. 🤣 But that was a good item to have.
super slicer = finger slicer
Dan went all Hollywood on us….
I feel like these ratings are biased since he is rating his competitors inventions. Who wouldn’t be if they’ve been designing gadgets for like 90yrs?
Danimal
lol
The 1990s are 30 years ago. NOT vintage at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do we need a container to dress a salad when we can just pour the dressing on it??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember the super slicer infomercials from the 90’s 😂 I begged my mom to get one. Of course she didn’t.
10:57 I feel like the salsa master is only useful outdoors or places with no electricity, and to prevent making a huge mess, or something.
EDIT;
after watching full I was glad I was right.
10 seconds into the video and I believe we all can agree we need more of The Danimal.
Dan "soft hands" Formosa
Went consuls French mandolins you gotta be careful my parents used to own one and one day when I was working the late shift at my first job I was late getting picked up by my parents because my dad had to bring my mom to the walk-in near where at work she/her finger open on hours so I’m making dinner
SIKE
It’s a shame that type of can opener is not more common. I have one and it is far, far superior to regular can openers. The lid doesn’t fall into the contents, the opener remains clean, the lid can be put back on to put it in the fridge, there are no sharp edges. It’s wonderful.
Technology Connections actually did a video on them titled "Lessons from a Can Opener". Worth watching.
1990s are not vintage.
That was only like 10 years ago…..
That salad blaster reminds me of cup salad at McDonald’s. I miss that
DANIMAL KILLING IT WITH THAT SHIRT!!
With the salsa chopper I think it’s worth pointing out that it does not require electrical power. It may not have been important in the 90s but between energy prices, enviromental damage of constant energy production, and the real possibility of blackouts.
The future proofing of it being manually powered (and no useage cost) I think outweighs the 30 seconds or so that you save using an electrical version.
I’m Very pleased to see that Dan prefers to avoid using large quanities of plastic. (It’s a wonder material, lets not waste it.) That deserves some credit.
But I think electrical power is the next crutch that designers should avoid using where possible and conveniant.
You did not just call the 90’s "vintage"….
Can it open up a can of whip as*? 🤣🤣🤣
This guy looks like if Jon Lovits and Henry Winkler had a baby. Haha
I would not consider 90s "vintage."
Will we ever see the kitchen gadgets he designed be tested?
The salad blast would be awesome for taking salad’s on the go
For the can opener. You can use the normal can opener the same way as the Safety Can Opener. Just rotate it so that the cutting wheel is on the outside of the can and you have the same action. The difference is that normal can openers can do both.
It hurts that stuff created in the 90’s is considered vintage now 😭
Sike 🤣
Vintage 1990’s. Think I’ll just go die now.
1990s been called vintage is a huge shock!!
I can’t get enough of this guy. His wit is incomparable
He was using the traditional can opener incorrectly it’s meant to cut much like the one he was going against….
is it just me or the left handed oil test is kinda disturbing?
I may not but any of these but I enjoyed the laugh.
Birdy
We had a super slicer at home once. It was absolutely useless and no one liked even handling it :/
Kitchen wizard seems better suited for frying things or grabbing cooked pasta than used as a spatula.
wazzzzup danimal
lit shirt dude
i need that shirt lol
yeah there is no need for a salad blaster. the bottle of salad dressing pours just fine. if i need to, i can spread the dressing over the salad with my fork.
Yes, Dan plus 90’s stuff gives me joy
It would be cool if you test even older gadgets. Like this in the link https://bg.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA. It is kind of a mixer. The text is in Bulgarian but I think the image is pretty informative.
Vegan food is terrible for your health. Especially your mental health, your body needs proper nourishment.
Vegan food= foods food (fuckwitts food)
I had one of those little "salsa maker" things. As a young mum it was a lot easier to use that than drag out the food processor every time I wanted to make mushed food for my son. SO I don’t think comparing it to an electric blender is fair – sometimes you only want to chop a little bit of stuff and the smaller tool makes sense.
I had a salad blaster fot my lunchbox when I was a kid! It was fun for me but probably a pain for my mom to wash.
Dan I swear I love him his fashion choice for this video
Is definitely a fabulous fashionable choice
Vintage and 90’s? Not to me man
What Dylan did in the 60’s was slick.
Super slicer also needed non slip feet. Silicone maybe. I’m surprised he didn’t address that in the redesign. It wasn’t stable at all, which the French mandoline was.