Accessories Reviews

This product is everything it claims to be but it is messy! No matter how big the bowl you choose, the food/drink splatters all over. It is great for frothy, steamed milk, etc. but watch out when you turn it on.

Excellent whipper and frother. Makes a great head of froth. This litter mixer make firm whipped cream in minutes!

This Turbo Frother is NOT just for Frothing and anyone who only uses it in that matter is underusing this product. This frother is also an emulsifier and drink mixer. It will totally emuslify eggs so that you don't see any streaks (like in a carton of liquid eggs) , making it perfectly yellow which improves the taste of scrambled eggs or omlets. It's also great when a recipe calls for beaten eggs. This product does splater a bit, however, there are 2 remedies. #1 using a taller glass. #2 if you keep the disk submerged slighlty it won't splatter at all. Use it to emuslify salad dressings which can stay combined without seperating for up to two weeks. emuslify any liquid ingredients that normally sepearte. Use in shakes or weight loss drinks. The mixing/ emusifying choices are endless, and I think it is a great gadget added to any bakers collection. I don't use it as a fronther, I use it as an emulsifier for my baking.

I bought this hoping to use it to prepare Matchstick-size vegetables. The julienne disc included in this set does nothing different than the shredding disc which comes standard with the machine.It works fine on harder foods like potatoes and carrots(rendering a "julienne" very similar to a shred.) It absolutely pulverizes any water-based vegetables like peppers & squash. I experimented extensively with different foods and I only got the perfect julienne on very hard foods.

The blades are also difficult to clean.

For my money, I prefer the "french fry disc". But, if you like shoestring fries, this is the disc for you.

The Cruisnart Specialty Disc Set is a great value. You save money over the cost of ordering each blade seperately. I find these blades save much time in the kitchen, especially when canning pickels etc.

The standard set is invaluable, but there are still many things I couldn't do. With this 3-piece set, I now have almost every blade needed to gourmet my way to food heaven. The julienne disk lets me do things I lack the patience for, while the thick blade lets me slice things like lettuce and tomatoes at a decent thickness, rather than the skimpy 4mm standard blade.

The fine grater is a good touch for finesse. Try doing a whole tangerine or orange by hand without scraping your fingertips and cursing the night. Blood orange never was a good color anyway.

Seriously, the set is a nice addition to the standard set of Cuisinart blades.

Becoming interested in wine ? Have some better bottles that need to last through 90 degree plus summers ? This may be the product for you. It's inexpensive compared to many similar products and nice-looking. However if you are approaching "wine geek" status this may not be for you. First of all, when we assembled the door there was a 1/8 inch gap between the door and the unit leaving just enough air space to let summer humidity in. Fortunately we were able to adjust the door, but no thanks to the instruction manual.

Also, the temperature setting fluctuates on a daily basis probably too much for someone who is very concerned about a constant and exact temperature. There is also no humidity setting.

One other caution: to actually hold 24 bottles, you'll have to do some creative bottle arranging. Many wine experts say one should buy the largest capacity one should afford. With that said, you might want to spring for at least a 30 bottle capacity if you think you'll be collecting in the future.

For us, the unit is fine. If this model at this price had been unavailable, I probably would not have bought one at all. So, as an entry level wine cellar it is OK.

Well after looking and looking at all the different brands of wine coolers I decided on Haier. This 24 bottle wince cooler is the perfect size for the average wine drinker. It looks great in your kitchen and dosn't take up a lot of room and holds 24 bottles. The digital temp controls are very accurate and easy to use. I even store my cigars on the top shelf to keep them from drying out. Best of all every once in a while amazon.com will put this one on sale.

Maybe the best looking Wine Cellar/Refrigerator on the market...certainly for the price. No assembly except to put on the door handle. Auto settings for either white or red wine. It was such a good deal, we bought TWO!!!

The Senseo machine shipped with two 18-pod samples packs, light roast and medium roast. Excited about my new machine, I brewed my first cups of coffee only to be disappointed, not by the machine itself (awesome!), but by the quality of the coffee. The light roast was so-so, and the medium TERRIBLE. I quickly ordered the dark to compare, and can now HIGHLY recommend the dark roast over the other two options. The dark also works the best in espresso-like brewing mode, using two-pods with the 1-cup setting. It's still not the best coffee out there, and I'm looking forward to comparing with the upcoming podhead.com pods.

After spending 2 weeks in the Netherlands last year, I was hooked on Douwe Egberts coffee and found one place in all of Dallas/Ft. Worth that sold it. Finally! America gets Senseo! The coffee I woke up to for 2 weeks and loved. The medium and dark roast are my favorites. Douwe Egbert is excellent coffee. Once you've tasted this high quality Dutch coffee, you'll never go back to American/Columbian nor that burnt stuff sold in those bookstores. Hopefully prices for the coffee will come down. For now, it's cheaper for my friend to ship me Senseo coffee from Holland (package of 18 pads there is less than 2 Euro) than to buy it here in the States or online. Now I will celebrate SENSEO DAY, the day I received my Senseo machine (tho it arrived without the free coffee cups) every year!

Douwe Egberts makes some of the most delicious European coffee. When the Senseo Single Serve Coffee Maker was created, these single use, disposable coffee 'pods' fit together like hand in glove. 5,000,000 European coffee lovers cannot be wrong...Senseo Douwe Egberts is outstanding, fresh tasting coffee, and each imported 4 pack, (72 Single-Serve pods), comes attractively packaged in a resealable pouch.

Medium roast is apt to be a particular favorite for American coffee tastes. It has a rich, full-bodied flavor, neither bitter nor astringent. The Senseo coffee machine can make 1 4 oz cup, 2 4 oz cups, or a single 8 oz cup at a time. The self-contained pods use a tea bag filter-type paper and are approximately 2" in diameter.

Right now, the price averages 25 cents per 4 ounce cup. The Senseo makes it with a bit of frothe on the top, and this medium roast coffee is fine straight up, or try it with a little sweetner and a dollop of Hazelnut creamer as I do.

I do envision the price point coming down a bit, as the Senseo system becomes the US equivalent of the European sensation. Douwe Egberts recommends using your pods within 2 weeks, however, I've had good luck storing the extras in the freezer section of my refrigerator with no dicernable flavor change.

It's a nice teapot for the price that I paid for it, but the fit of the lid isn't great. The design is lovely, but the color is a little washed out.

I am very pleased with this teapot. It is so whimsical and refrshingly spring like! It makes pouring a cup of tea fun. I plan to purchase the cups and dessert plates that match.

I finally broke down and bought this attachment for the Concept machine. It's good, though it took me a while to figure out how to use properly.

First, my freezer wasn't turned very cold. This caused problems. Make sure your freezer is cold. They recommend around 0F or -18C.

Second, don't put too much in one batch. The ice cream recipes I got from a Williams-Sonoma book were about twice as large as this unit will do. A good rule of thumb is that the container should only be filled up 60% with liquid. It will increase in volume from the creaming process.

If you avoid these two problems, I'm sure it will be a good attachment for you as well.

This works great and very easy to use. Only issues is that the Freezer container gets stuck to the turn table and is very hard to remove. I suggest buying a second turntable and not bother removing them from the freezer container.

Quiet enough but not particularly affordable. Wish for a generic.

Ordinarily I would not be particularly excited about odor-removing filters. However, I was surprised after installing my first replacement set of odor filters that my purifier (model 04163) ran much quieter at the lowest speed setting. I'm not entirely sure of the added electrical cost of running these filters (I have pet birds that generate a lot of dust and dander and the filters run 24/7), but it may be that the reduced fan speed to get the same air discharge will save me money. Nice!

This model makes good coffee, however, the carafe drips coffee onto the counter as you pour. The spout is either too small or too narrow. Everyone who has used our coffeemaker has had to pour their coffee v-e-r-y slowly in order to not spill.
This is really annoying. I would not have purchased this model had I know this problem exhists.

If you're looking for a nice progammable coffeemaker for under $40, this is it. It's attractive, it fits together nicely, it's easy to program, and it makes good coffee. The pre-brew feature really does make great, rich coffee. Best of all for me, the pot doesn't drip unless you get sloppy in your handling. I would definately buy this one again.

I bought this air purifier when Jenn-Air had the license. I had the run-around when it broke down almost two years after I bought it. The servicing was by a company called ClareVale (sp?)and they had no intention of helping me. Luckily I bought from a great store in NYC and they replaced it so I bought another one to have two total. When I needed more collection sheets two years later (each lasts one month), I couldn't find them anywhere and the units weren't sold at the store anymore. Now I understand why I couldn't find collection sheets this past year, the license was being switched to a different company! Thank god I held onto the purifier. Unfortunately Amazon isn't selling extra sheets but I found them somewhere else online ...
The quality of this purifier is excellent! I do however strongly caution anyone who uses it to keep it at a minimum of one foot from any wall or anything else because it will leave a black ring around the unit and could possibly ruin a nice paint job or good wallpaper since it does not come off easily. (I have an air conditioning unit that will never be the same).
I highly recommend this machine for its quality and huge difference it made on my breathing, but I cannot give it 5 stars because of all the hassle I had with it. Since this is a new company (Hoover), maybe there will be an improvement in service and maybe bring some stability, but the collection sheets are too expensive now.
ps Be careful to keep the dial on the correct strength for the room size, if it is too high you will get a distinct "ozone" smell.

For years now, I have become congested and have had difficulty breathing every time I go to bed. I have tried every kind of allergy medication, prescription nasal sprays etc. I even recently had nasal surgery to help the problem. But nothing really helped UNTIL I purchased the Hoover SA4000 Air Purifier. Now, when I wake each morning, I am completely UNgongested and breathe very clearly. Additionally, I now enjoy better nights' sleep and lack the sinus headache that I commonly had before I purchased the air purifier. It is everything that Hoover advertises and I like the idea of replacing the collection sheets (which the Hoover uses)rather than just wiping a collection plate clean as one would do with the more expensive Sharper Image air purifier. Since the collection sheets even collect bacteria, the idea of throwing it away is a lot more appealing than that of wiping a collection plate clean and possibly leaving some yukky contaminates behind. After years of congestion, difficulty breathing, and tons of money spent on allergy medicines, treatments, and even surgery, I can finally and literally breath easier. Go get one or two now!

This is an excellent accessory, but should come with one other inexpensive item in the box: a simple diagram about how to install it.

My wife was so excited when this item arrived, but then almost sent it back because she was convinced that it was not suitable for our mixer, a 325 watt 5 quart version. Firstly, our model was not listed as supported on the jacket box and secondly she didn't notice that the two mounting handles are not QUITE opposite each other, so the bowl only fits on the stand one way round. (For us, that was with the mounting hooks facing outwards, not in as you might expect).

A solid, well made accessory otherwise.

The Water Jacket for the Kitchen Aid mixer was something I though was overkill until I bought one. Once you have it you will find more and more uses to make cooking and baking great.

I first used it to help cream butter and sugar for pastry dough and was amazed at how quickly it did the job. My next task was whipping cream for desserts and to fold into pudding. Last and certainly not least was keeping yeast warm and of course the dough. I am convinced that I saved twenty to thirty minutes of rise time when I made my famous kuchen (German cake).

This product is well worth the money if you love to cook and bake like I do.

Kitchen-Aid quality is matched by no other company. I am convinced that with care, my mixer and the accessories will outlast me and be able to be handed down to my children (they will probably fight over it). My oldest son is taking an interest in baking now !!

Thanks to Kithcen Aid for wonderful products