Counter appliances

[1200RT]

I personally hate the look of appliances on the counter. Way too busy. We've settled for a big kitchen aid mixer (which, actually gets used more than i thought it would,kudos to my wife). Coffee maker, and toaster oven. Microwave is built in. Other appliances stored in pantry or cabinets.

[Moonlady]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

How often do you use the Sous vide equipment and for what?

I love my sous vide. I use it at least once a week for bone in either chicken breasts, Turkey tenderloin, steaks and some fish. I made a pichana roast in it recently that was amazing. Lots of people use it for eggs or veggies but I have only used mine for meat, poultry, fish and the occasional egg bites.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by Nonchalance

I knew I forgot things: immersion blender, vac-sealer.

I forgot one too, and it's right on the counter--a SodaStream carbonated water maker. We use it about every other day.

[otterhere]

I actually never got around to buying a pigtail for my new used electric stove, and then I unplugged the large, ancient frig because it wasn't energy-efficient and it's just me (not much food out at one time), so I use a small dorm fridge in a corner, a deep freeze in the basement for storage, a countertop toaster oven, a countertop two-burner hot plate, and a countertop microwave oven. There's also a small George Foreman grill I pull out and use occasionally, and I make my coffee cowboy-style (boiling water and ground coffee in a saucepan), so there's no countertop coffeemaker. I was actually training to live in an RV.

[GeoffD]

I don’t like built-in microwave ovens so mine is on the countertop. I use it many times per day.

Drip coffee maker used daily
Coffee grinder used daily
Electric kettle
Toaster
mixer. I use the meat grinder attachment occasionally
blender hardly ever used

In the winter, a slow cooker that can brown and sauté.

Stored away:
food processor I almost never use
combo immersion blender/chopper
Rice cooker
Knife sharpener I don’t use often enough

[Gerania]

I'm in the microwave, toaster, coffee maker group. My toaster and coffee maker are on top of my small microwave because the cheap flipper didn't buy intelligent people. My upper cabinets end before the base cabinets at the end of the run because of a light switch. I use the microwave daily, the coffee maker often, and the toaster about once a week. The rest is stored elsewhere. I dumped a lot of things when I moved three years ago.

[CrowGirl]

On the counter
Coffeemaker
Electric kettle
Blender (not used all that often, but no good place for it anywhere else)
Microwave (actually mounted over the stove)

In cabinets
Toaster oven
Toaster
Food processer
Ninja mini-processor
Slow cooker
George Foreman grill
Hand mixer

Like other posters I'm not a fan of appliances on the counter but keeping the coffee maker and electric kettle elsewhere would be silly since they are used so often. As noted above I'd put the blender somewhere else if I had a good spot for it.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by steiconi

In the instant pot thread, some people talked about what appliances they have, or why they keep only a minimal number of appliances.

How about you?

What electric countertop kitchen appliances do you have?
Which ones do you use most often?
Where do you keep them?
Which ones just take up space?
What would you really like to have?

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Have an air fryer and an immersion blender on my work counter, a toaster and hot pot on the snack counter. These are used every day. (tea and cold brew coffee)

Bullet blender for smoothies and rice cooker under the counter. Use them a time or two or week.

Instant Pot, stand mixer, hand mixer, electric knife, waffle maker, food processor, blender, and crock pots in cupboards. Use these once a month, if that.

Sous vide setup might be nice. Wish I hadn't given away our vacuum sealer in the last move.

[Ceece]

I have a microhood over the stove so it takes up no space and gets used daily. I only have a toaster/convection oven, that I use more than my oven, and a Keurig on the counter since they get used daily.

I store a waffle maker, a blender, hand mixer and George Foreman grill. None of which have been used in over a year now that I think of it. I've owned and gotten rid of 2 crockpots, a rice cooker, a large electric skillet and one of those 30 cup stainless coffee urns given to me by my mom who used to host parties a lot.