Kitchen

[geegerbee]

I just don't understand why anyone would want to pull a cord to chop anything when you can use this---same size, push button, put in dishwasher. Done. Use mine mostly for chopping nuts.Obviously I am wrong since so many like it.

There is one on right now on ITKWM..K 50227 and it is cordless.

[Kachina624]

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@781Florist wrote:

I will join the Pull and Chop chorus in singing it's praises!  Worth it for onions alone!

@Kachina624 ...a couple of years ago I was really considering a Microwave, Convection, Air Fryer and ( I believe..) Toaster combination that was being sold as well as branded by the big  "A" of online shopping.  I'm glad I didn't jump until I could read some reviews because the product disappeared in about a year's time.

It was very attractive, and I think the concept was great, but they must not have all the kinks worked out of those combos yet.  I'm sure somebody will succeed in making one that delivers on all of those functions.

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@781Florist    After my oven conched out, I started researching buying another.  They were very popular for use in RVs.  I read dozens of reviews and they were consistently poor.  I ended up just getting a microwave.  I think you're right about the kinks.

[Kachina624]

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@geegerbee wrote:

I just don't understand why anyone would want to pull a cord to chop anything when you can use this---same size, push button, put in dishwasher. Done. Use mine mostly for chopping nuts.Obviously I am wrong since so many like it.

There is one on right now on ITKWM..K 50227 and it is cordless.

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@geegerbee    You and @SharkE  said basically the same thing.  I think it's a matter if control.  Its easy to make dust out of nuts in the electric whereas, in the pull model, you can see the chop easily and stop it instantly when they're the perfect size.

[Mindy D]

Who needs hosts. You've sold me on the Pull and Chop chopper. I'm getting it, however, I have some kind of pull chopper in my cabinet I've never opened and it might be this one. I'll have to check first. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I can't name a single "best" because the appliances I use often are all great for the jobs that I use them for.  Not to sound pretentious, but if they were only so-so, I'd replace them.  

I use these regularly -

Ninja Foodie XL Grill, Griddle, Air Fryer

Vitamix

Ninja 4-in-1 Multi Cooker

Ninja Dual Brew Specialty Coffee System

Instant Pot 

Hamilton Beach Food Processor

Kitchen Aid Pro 

The worst have been...  

Mark Charles Misili Egg Cooker - always overcooked eggs with green rings on yolks and they didn't peel nicely.  The Instant Pot makes the best hard cooked eggs.

Keurig - I've had many because they are so poorly made that they would konk out without warning and the company would have to honor their guarantee and send replacements.  I'm done with them.  My Ninja is fantastic 

[Solar Is My Name]

Worst purchase was the quite expensive KitchenAid food processor.

Thought it was just me having trouble with changing parts on it (to use different functions etc.), UNTIL I READ REVIEWS FROM MANY OTHERS SAYING THAT AND MORE!

The Q sold it about 7 or 8 years ago.

The best kitchen item I've bought is the pressure cooker function of the original 8 quart Instantpot.

-Solar 

[Leggett28]

@ncmama  I don't buy a lot of kitchen items from QVC but I agree the Pull and Chop is something I use a lot.

[depglass]

My best would be the air fryer I use at the cottage.  Then I don't have to heat up the non-insulated no self-clean oven in the cheap Kitchen Aid base price stove from the 50's.  The worst would be the same air fryer I bought for this house.  There is just no counter space and I never lug it out since I have a self clean glass top stove. 

I just checked those Kitchen Aid larger food processors, one is four star and one is five star.  I don't use mine because I'm pretty good with a chef's knife for chopping and slicing. I also have no patience for finding and installing the correct disc.  I keep it around for my neighbor, who uses hers so much she will wear it out soon.  I'm also keeping the air fryer for DD the next time she shows up here, she lives 450 miles away.

[Free2be]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

About 15 years ago, I bought a combo microwave/convection oven which I only ever saw presented once.  I absolutely loved that thing until it quit working after just a few years.

I've bought plenty of worthless junk including those shears Mark Charles constantly pushes.  I've probably bought a half dozen sets, mostly for me but they never last long.  They just quit cutting.  Last time I got another, better quality, brand.

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The last set of his shears that I ordered he had claimed were "self sharpening" but they've become dull just like the others.  False advertising.

[Imaoldhippie]

I have only had my pull and chop for a few weeks.  And I am another great fan.  

I like my can opener and knife sharpener too.

I havent bought anything from QVC that has been "worst" throughout the years that I can remember.