Brands We Love; Small Kitchen Appliances

Written By Nina Kartveli

SMEG 50’s Retro Stand Mixer, Cream

Take your culinary to the next level! This Amazon’s Choice SMEG 50’s retro stand mixer is meticulously crafted to bring functionality & style to your kitchen. The ergonomic design makes it pleasant to use & easy to clean. It allows the Beater for cakes & frosting, the Dough Hook for mixing leavened doughs such as pasta & pizza, or the Wire Whisk to whip up egg & cream or make custards.

✓ PROS

  • Reviewers are obsessed with the look & high power
  • The appliance doesn't move during mixing
  • Available in 6 different color palettes

✗ CONS

  • Some shoppers report issues with shipping & handling

SMEG 1950's Retro 10-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel

The beating heart of the kitchen. This SMEG retro coffee maker is your perfect companion at home or on a hard day at work. It features a user-friendly control panel with an aroma intensity selector, an LED display with a Clock/Timer, & an Auto-Start function. The handy Keep-Warm function keeps your pot warm for up to 60 minutes after brewing. Serves up to 10 cups (there is also a 4-Cups function for a smaller quantity of coffee).

✓ PROS

  • Reviewers are impressed with the taste, look & performance
  • Available in 7 different color palettes

✗ CONS

  • The coffee maker doesn't have brew pause (just pull the pot out & drip stops)

SMEG 7-CUP Kettle, Pastel Green

Every day's a Tea Party! Make the perfect cup of tea with SMEG's timeless, vibrant kettles. A practical, fast & reliable kettle boasts a swivel base for easy handling, & pouring. It features Smart Auto-Shutoff to stop heating once the water reaches boiling point & when lifted from the base. A user-friendly water-level indicator displays measurements in both cups & liters. With its effortless design, the removable & washable stainless-steel limescale filter ensures hassle-free maintenance, keeping your kettle in top-notch condition.

✓ PROS

  • Beautiful design & high-quality kettle
  • Boils water fast
  • Available in 12 different color palettes

✗ CONS

  • Some shoppers report issues with a defective product

Dolce & Gabbana x SMEG 2-Slice Toaster, “Sicily Is My Love”

Dolce & Gabbana x SMEG joins to create "Sicily Is My Love,” a unique, new project made in Italy. Traditional Sicilian handicraft is the inspiration for the decorations of the 2-slice toaster. This marvelous piece is adorned as the typical terracotta vases from Sicily, painted in the same style as the traditional cart, decorated by silk screening & lithography.

The statement piece features two extra-wide slots to toast larger pieces of bread, & bagels. The adjustable browning level knob with 6-settings lets you set this electric toaster to the perfect level of crispiness. In addition, it has 3-pre-set programs: Reheat, Defrost, & Bagel, a removable crumb tray, a built-in cord wrap, & anti-slip feet.

✓ PROS

  • Just like The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
  • Luxurious & functional

✗ CONS

  • Expensive

KitchenAid KSM150PS Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer, Aqua Sky

Choose from over 20 colors of the best-seller KitchenAid Artisan Series tilt-head stand mixer for the one that perfectly matches your kitchen design or personality. Its durable & built-to-last metal construction features 59 touch-points around the mixer bowl. You can comfortably mix up to 9 dozen cookies in a single batch (using the flat beater, 28g dough each) or easily add Ingredients with the Tilt-Head design.

✓ PROS

  • Reviewers appreciate versatility, quality & easy-to-use design
  • Handles any ingredient or mixture
  • Excellent value for the money
  • Dishwasher-safe
  • Available in 21 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Pricey

Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade 64 Oz Self-Cleaning Blender, Black/Grey

Vitamix mixers are designed & assembled in the USA, & built to last. Whether you want to turn your fruits & veggies into refreshing smoothies or juices, create simple dips & spreads, flavorful dressings & sauces, or make batches of nutritious homemade baby food in seconds, this powerful mixer folds ingredients back to the blades for faster, smoother blends. Create chilled desserts just by adding frozen ingredients to your machine & you’ll be enjoying ice cream, & fruit sorbet in seconds, or make steaming hot soup without a stove in under 10 minutes. The friction from the blades brings soup to the serving temperature right in the container.

The aircraft-grade stainless steel blades are designed to handle the toughest ingredients. Grind your favorite nuts into delicious nut butter, turn coffee beans into ground coffee, or mix batter for pancakes, & cakes (it can also knead bread & pizza dough). As a bonus, your Vitamix machine can clean itself in 30 to 60 seconds with a drop of dish soap & warm water.

✓ PROS

  • Reviewers are impressed with the performance & self-cleaning function
  • Fantastic high-end blender worth every penny
  • Dishwasher-safe
  • Available in 3 different colors
  • 7-year full warranty

✗ CONS

  • Expensive

Breville CJE830BSS1BNA1 XL Pro Commercial Juice Fountain, Brushed Stainless Steel

Bring the bar industry’s favorite centrifugal juicer from Breville to your kitchen with its precision, innovation, & great design. You can juice whole fruits & vegetables without pre-cutting with an extra-wide chute feed. Features speed selection, 70-oz juice jug, 115-oz pulp bin, & a 3.5” feed chute. Shop with confidence!

✓ PROS

  • Reviewers are thrilled with the performance, appeal & low noise
  • Excellent juicer, easy to use & clean
  • Dishwasher-safe

✗ CONS

  • Some shoppers feel it's overpriced

Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel

Grind, dose & extract, all in one. The excellent Breville Barista Express delivers third-wave specialty coffee at home. Using the 4-Keys formula, the all-in-one espresso machine offers an integrated conical burr grinder to help you make the perfect cup of cappuccino or latte. With 16 precision grind settings, it grinds on demand directly into the portafilter. Digital temperature control brings water to a precise temperature for your ideal cup of espresso. Powerful steam wand quickly turns milk into silky smooth microfoam. Features a 1/2 pound bean hopper & 67 oz water tank. Shop with confidence!

✓ PROS

  • Amazing, well-built machine
  • Easy to clean
  • All accessories included
  • Available in 2 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Expensive
  • Limited colors

Breville BES880BTR Barista Touch Espresso Machine, Black Truffle

Swipe, select, & customize. This marvelous Breville Barista offers an easy-to-use touch screen, 9-bar extraction pressure, Auto Grind & Dose, & Auto MilQ. The innovative grinding cradle grinds directly into the espresso portafilter. With a single touch, an integrated conical burr grinder delivers the right amount of coffee on demand for your ideal flavor. Shop with confidence!

✓ PROS

  • Excellent machine, well worth the money
  • Shoppers mention milk-frothing is a game-changer
  • Easy to use & clean
  • Available in 4 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Expensive

Breville Nespresso Vertuo Coffee & Espresso Machine, 5 Cups, Chrome

Experience unforgettable flavor & timeless luxury at the touch of a button. Vertuo’s innovative brewing system unlocks a wide range of coffee & espresso using precision brewing of rich flavors. Nespresso Vertuo uses large capsules for coffee & small for espresso, & it automatically sets brewing parameters. It brews 5-single-serve cup sizes using dual-size single-serve capsules, all with the touch of a button.

Additionally, Nespresso Vertuo offers an adjustable tray, & a 40-oz water reservoir. The machine will automatically eject capsules after brewing, & it can hold up to 17 used capsules. Heats up for only 15-20 seconds & shuts off after 9 minutes of inactivity.

✓ PROS

  • Impressively easy to use, intuitive & beautiful
  • Includes a complimentary welcome set of Nespresso capsules
  • Energy-efficient
  • Available in 3 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Some shoppers didn't receive the complimentary starter set of Nespresso capsules

KEURIG K-Cafe SMART Single-Serve Coffee Maker, Black

Bring the coffeehouse to your house with the KEURIG® K-Café® SMART brewer. Brew full-flavored coffee & create your favorite hot & iced beverages at home. Connect the K-Café SMART to Wifi via the KEURIG mobile app to enable the Smart feature, including BrewID® technology. BrewID® technology recognizes your specific K-Cup® pod & recommends a menu of coffeehouse drinks personalized to your tastes. Connecting to the app also unlocks Barista Mode™ for simple, step-by-step instructions, so it’s easy to make creamy lattes, foamy cappuccinos, & delicious macchiatos using the built-in hot & cold frother.

You can personalize your perfect cup, hot or iced, with customizable strength & temperature settings, & two coffee shot sizes. As a bonus, the connected convenience of the K-Café® SMART brewer lets you store your favorite settings, schedule brews ahead of time, & brew remotely, all through the KEURIG® app. Plus, no matter what you’re enjoying, from medium roast coffee to macchiatos, MultiStream Technology™ saturates the grounds more evenly to extract full flavor & aroma every time you brew.

✓ PROS

  • Easy to use & maintain
  • Reviewers appreciate great quality, sleek & modern design
  • Inexpensive
  • Available in 2 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Limited color choice

Technivorm Moccamaster 53941 KBGV Select 10-Cup Coffee Maker, Polished Silver

Since 1968, handmade in the heart of the Netherlands, Moccamaster coffee brewers have been designed to extract the maximum flavor from your grounds. Coffee from a Moccamaster is comparable to what you would brew using a more complex manual process or drink in a café.

This retro-style coffee maker is made of the highest quality metal, using a copper boiling element that rapidly heats water to a brewing temperature, & automatically shuts off when the water reservoir is empty. The selector switch lets you brew either a half or full carafe, adjusting the brewing speed, & hotplate temperature accordingly. The power switch & hotplate shut off after 100 minutes. With proper care & maintenance, this should be the last coffee brewer you ever need to buy!

✓ PROS

  • The best coffee brewer for coffee lovers, hands down
  • All plastics are BPA, BPS, BPF, & phthalate-free
  • Every brewer is individually tested before leaving the factory
  • Available in 23 different colors

✗ CONS

  • Expensive
Nina Kartveli
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