Appliance Reviews

The BEST Hot Dogs. Quick and easy without a mess.

Screw space exploration...screw nuclear technology...this is the absolute most important invention of the 20th century. I have never tasted a dog that even comes close to the consistent perfection that the dogger spits out. My mouth waters with anticipation everytime I push the lever down. I have gone from eating three square meals a day to a strict diet of Ball Park hot dogs, cooked with the TLC of the Hot Diggity Dogger. I can't say enough... this thing has changed my life.

This has to be a hot dog connoisseurs dream come true-no more grills at midnight. I know of 5 other professionals that feel the same way. Portable enough to take on the road and can satisfy the most demanding user. I've had one since June and use it contantly.

So I got the Cooper Cooler for my office. It seemed so cool and slick. And the description said it brings soda cans down to 34 degrees in a minute. Doesn't get much better than that right? WRONG!
The little detail the editorial forgot to mention was that you have to put ice-cubes (YES, ICE CUBES) in the device in order for it to cool down your soda. Well, I've got a news flash for you - if I had ice cubes handy I could put them in my soda and be done with it. And ice cubes are much cheaper than this device.

So bear in mind this cooler is only useful if you have a real fridge near by and want to cool things fast. That's the only valid use-case. There you go.

I received my Cooper Cooler yesterday with much anticipation.After unpacking the unit I took three of my favorite wines to test fit. I found that the Chardonay I drink does not fit in the machine and neither did the Champagne, the slender bottles did fit. Since it seemed like the machine was about a half inch too narrow I called the company and explained my problem. I was told that they were aware that most Champagne will not fit and some of the new special format bottles will also not fit and the company is looking into a solution(make it a half or three quarters inch wider would seem a no brainer).Since I did not test its cooling capabilities I can only tell you that since I could not fit the wine bottles that I normally drink in the machine it did not work at all. Also I am still trying to figure out why anyone would buy this thing to cool a can of soda?

I have been looking for a product to chill my wine and beer fast for a long time. We just don't have the room in our refrig. to keep all our beer and wine. I have bought a Peliter chiller before, but they did not work. They never chilled my beverage cold enough. I bought this item because their website was specific about what temperature it can chill beverages to. When I received it and tried it on my beer and wine, I was shocked to see that it really chilled it ice cold based on the setting. If you want a cold beer or glass of wine and you do not have anything chilled, your options are to wait a long time in the refrig. or freezer (because you don't want to add ice to your beer or wine) or add some ice and water to the Cooper Cooler and have a drink within minutes. The Cooper Cooler is easy to use because all you have to do is press the button for what you are drinking and the machine does the rest and shuts off when your drink is cold. This machine solved our problem.

I had my toaster 2 years it never toasted evenly burned edges before the middle browned. Even worse the realease button broke off making the toaster useless. My best friend returned hers right away as I should have.

I bought this toaster because of I've had absolutely no trouble with the Cuisinart food processor I own. I've owned this toaster for about 2 years and I've never been happy with it, although I don't use it very often. First of all, it's much weaker than any other toaster I've used and an average piece of toast or bagel requires at least two cycles at '10' in order that it is fully toasted. Secondly, the toasting isn't even - much of the time, the edges will brown, but the center of the slice will only have just started to warm. Some time ago, one of the elements stopped working, so now only one side of the toaster works. The opening is wide, which is a plus for items such as waffles, bagels, etc., but doesn't close tightly enough around the item to evenly warm it. As another viewer has mentioned, the heating time control doesn't work consistently.

It was inexpensive, so I suppose I shouldn't expect much, but Cuisinart is clearly building low-quality, slapping their name on it, and reaping the profits off of suckers like myself. Learn from me and buy a better-quality toaster. Dualit, here I come.

I have been very pleased with every Cuisinart appliance we have (food processor, hand mixer, ect.) and this is no exception.

The large slot fits the biggest of bread with ease. In Idaho we have a local company that makes a bread called Yummy Wheat and this bread is huge (4.5-5 inches tall and 6-7 inches long). Trying to toast this bread in our old toaster was a pain, you would have to stick the bread in on it's side which of corse left 2 or more inches sticking out of the toaster. Then you would have to flip it around to get the rest of the bread toasted, unfortunately you would have these nice toasted edges, but the middle would be burnt.

The pull out crumb tray makes it easy to clean. No more shaking the toaster upside down over the sink to get it clean. And the three year warranty, how can you go wrong.

KitchenAid- 1 year warranty. $69.99
Cuisinart- 3 year warranty. $39.99 <-- Better buy.

If you want a toaster that will last a long time, have consistently browned toast, and looks great buy this toaster, you wont be disappointed.