Kitchen appliance
A kitchen appliance (also kitchen utensil or kitchen tool , coll. Also kitchen helper ) is a simple hand tool specializing in kitchen work or a mechanical or electrical tool. In contrast to the tools used in many other areas, the hygienic preparation of the food plays an important role, which is why stainless steel is often used as a material for the production of these tools . The task of the devices is, among other things, to enable cooking and baking processes, to accelerate, simplify or improve food preparation and to preserve it by cooling or freezing.
The first mechanical kitchen appliances existed before electricity was discovered . They were mainly operated with a hand crank (e.g. mixer or meat grinder ). Most kitchen appliances today are electrically powered. In the professional field, however, hand-operated devices also have a permanent place, as they are easier to clean and often more robust.
In the past, all kitchen appliances, the mechanics of which corresponded approximately to a machine , were referred to as "kitchen machines". Devices with several functions, including the forerunners of today's kitchen machines , became "universal kitchen machines ". In contrast, today's term kitchen machine is very narrow and only describes a certain type of device.
Typical tasks of kitchen appliances
- To grab
- Lifting and turning
- Plate
- Stirring and beating
- Cutting and dividing
- Chopping and chopping
- Rasps
- Puree and grind
- Press
- Heating, boiling and baking
- Roast
- Cooling and freezing
- measure up
- Shot
- Juicing
Examples of kitchen appliances
Containers, pots, pans, jugs
- Grapen (historical), whistling kettle , Roman pot
- Espresso pot
- Mixing bowl
Simple hand tools (without mechanics)
- Spoon , knife , meat skewer
- Kitchen grater , lemon squeezer , vegetable slicer ("mandolin")
- Sieves , coffee filters
- Meat tenderizer
- Jug , corkscrew
- Knife sharpener
Typical kettle on a coal stove
Kitchen grater
Lemon squeezer made of glass
Can lobes for condensed milk cans
Knife sharpener
Sharpening steel for sharpening kitchen knives
Mechanical kitchen appliances
- tin opener
- Spice grinder
- Juicer , Flotte Lotte
- meat grinder
- Knife sharpener
- Pasta machine
- Floor or table cleaner
- Timer , egg timer
- Kitchen scales
Egg timer
Kitchen clock with short-term alarm clock (1956)
Mechanical can opener
Pasta machine
Pepper mill
Hand-operated meat grinder
Modern pepper and salt mill
Historic kitchen appliances
- Cooking stove for wood or coal, cooking machine (mid to late 19th century), stove
- Roasters , spatulas , coffee roasters , kettle hooks (hal), pot lifters , waffle irons
Electrical kitchen appliances
- Cooking and baking: stove (also for gas: gas stove), oven , microwave oven , pressure cooker , extractor hood
- Rinse: dishwasher
- Cooling and freezing: fridge , freezer , fridge -freezer
- Keeping warm: salamander
Small electrical appliances:
- Preparing: can opener , electric mixer , electric knife , knife sharpener , blender , juicer , kettle ,
- Preparing: coffee , deep fryer , food processor , small grill, raclette , toaster , wok
- Keeping warm: hot plate, milk bottle warmer , yoghurt maker
Microwave oven
Kitchen machine (design: Gerd Alfred Müller and Robert Oberheim, 1957)
Semi-automatic espresso machine
Hand blender
