Any man — from the proper gentleman to the average lug — needs to know his way around a kitchen. Not only do cooking skills make his own life better and keep him away from the cheap and lazy habits of dining out or ordering in, they make a man into a better host for his lady friends or anyone else lucky enough to enter his orbit.
The occasional kitchen gadget can make cooking more fun in addition to more efficient. This kitchen gift guide offers a mix of high tech devices and simple machines to make preparing meals easier. We also tossed in a couple things just for fun and immediate gratification.
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We start with an optimistic scenario. Said lady friend from above enjoyed your cooking so much from the night before that she remained overnight to enjoy breakfast. Keep her amazement rolling with a little European touch thanks to KRUPS Belgian Waffle Maker. Specializing in creating larger breakfast pastries, precise temperature controls provide burning from prep to prep.
You can catch the rest of our kitchen gift guide in the gallery below.
2016 Kitchen Gift Guide
A man must know his way around a kitchen, but there's no rule against having some gadgets and other tools around to help. This kitchen gift guide offers ideas — both techy and practical — to make cooking easier.
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T-FAL Electric Pressure Cooker
There is no more useful kitchen device for a guy than the pressure cooker. The T-FAL Electric Pressure Cooker is one of the more recent models, packing useful tech into the idea of a device that's more or less fill and forget. Such a cooker does the meal prep for you in a lot of cases while you go about other business.
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Urban Trend Mashed Potato Ricer
Mashed potatoes are an ever loyal side dish, but making them can be a pain. The Urban Trend Mashed Potato Ricer makes mashing any numbers of vegetables quick and easy with a special pinion mashing system.
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El Yucateco
A specially made, small-batch hot sauce from south of the border, El Yucateco Hot Sauce adds kick your diners will find intriguing. It's not Tabasco or Sriracha, but will kick up the heat every time.
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KRUPS Expert Deep Fryer
For the home cook who wants to stop screwing around, the KRUPS Expert Deep Fryer is for the guy frying for a larger group due to its increased capacity and heat control. It makes a lot of fried chicken, and anything that can say that makes this world a wonderful place.
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Country Archer Beef Jerky
We include this only as a good suggestion on what to munch on snack-wise while you make the big meal to come. Country Archer Beef Jerky offers multiple meats and flavors with a special focus on spicier flavors.
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Mistral Mini Mandoline
In cooking circles, a mandoline isn't a stringed instrument as much as its Mistral Mini Mandoline The
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Stolichnaya Elit Vodka
Sure, you can use Stolichnaya Elit Vodka for cooking. I suppose that's true. But, it's included here so a man can enjoy really outstanding cocktails from this specially distilled top shelf vodka.
