An immersion circulator is about as much a unitasker as an oven or a grill. Certainly far less so that a rice cooker. Beyond that Anova is the 2nd largest manufacturer of professional and lab grade circulators after Polyscience, and the unit has been on the market for over a year. Its far less of a joke than most other home focused units, and has a more serious pedigree than its 2 most direct/similar competitors. In fact I’d ague its the only serious piece of cooking equipment on the list. Rice cookers cook rice, something you can do as well or better with a quality pot and faucet. Their most interesting/broadest use is being hacked into doing things other than their man purpose. Like for example being turned into home sous vide machines, or used in place of a slow cooker. The juicer seems to be professional grade, but who the fuck needs a professional grade juicer. Keurigs make drinkable coffee, but they’re messy and break (like a lot my parents are on their 4th in 3 years). Breadmakers are an expensive and large footprint pathway to inferior results. And the Popcorn maker is, as noted by pretty much everyone, total useless.
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