Chef Reviews TEMU Kitchen Gadgets _ Sorted Food
**Exploring Temu’s Kitchen Gadgets: A Fun and Quirky Video Review**
In this article, we dive into a fun and quirky video review of various kitchen gadgets from Temu. The video features James and Barry as they test each gadget, sharing their thoughts, reactions, and insights. From the duck-shaped mould to the cordless noodle gun, this article captures every moment of their entertaining journey.
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### **The Duck Mould: A Quacking Good Time**
The video kicks off with a peculiar kitchen gadget—a duck-shaped mould designed for creating shaped food items like mashed potatoes or rice. James and Barry are sceptical about its use, especially after Barry jokes that it’s more suited for beachside fun with sand rather than food.
Their playful banter continues as they attempt to create a “pond of gravy” around the moulded duck. The results are comically disastrous, but the gadget’s charm lies in its ability to engage children and add a whimsical touch to mealtime.
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### **Pomegranate Opener and Seed Removal Device: A Juicy Debate**
Next up is a pomegranate opener and seed removal device. James and Barry are quick to admit their dislike for manual de-seeding, with James preferring to tear the fruit into segments instead. The gadget’s design involves placing the pomegranate on a blade and striking it with a mallet, which proves messy but effective.
Barry humorously suggests using it in prosecco, while James questions its necessity given the ease of tearing the fruit manually. Despite its flaws, they agree that the tool is solid and does what it promises.
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### **Grip-and-Flip Tongs: Flipping Eggs with Style**
The third gadget is a pair of grip-and-flip tongs designed for flipping eggs without breaking the yolks. James shares a story from his IHOP days, where he mastered the art of flipping eggs in front of customers. The tongs prove to be a hit when Barry successfully flips an over-easy egg, leaving James impressed.
The gadget’s versatility is noted, with potential uses ranging from pancake flipping to bread turning. Despite its niche purpose, they acknowledge its effectiveness for those who prefer not to use traditional spatulas.
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### **Meat Shredder: A Tool That Leaves Mixed Impressions**
The meat shredder aims to simplify the process of creating pulled pork or chicken by placing the meat in a spiked base and rotating the top container. However, James finds the process tedious and messy, comparing it to manual fork-shredding.
While Barry eventually achieves decent results, both agree that the tool is overpriced and unnecessary for those who can easily shred meat with two forks or their fingers.
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### **Cordless Noodle Gun: A Gadget That Packs a Punch**
The final gadget is a cordless noodle gun, which claims to make freshly extruded noodles in just 30 seconds. The duo is initially sceptical but becomes excited as they prepare to test it with the included dough recipe.
Barry’s enthusiasm peaks when he successfully creates wide noodles, though James questions its practicality compared to traditional pasta machines. Despite its niche appeal, the gadget earns mixed reviews, with Barry calling it a “James Bond”-style tool and James labeling it a “waste of dough.”
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### **Conclusion: A Blend of Fun and Function**
Throughout the video, James and Barry’s chemistry shines as they explore each gadget’s potential. Their banter and contrasting opinions make for an entertaining watch, leaving viewers with a mix of laughter and insights.
Whether you’re looking for kitchen gadgets that add fun to mealtime or ones that streamline your cooking process, this video offers a lighthearted exploration of Temu’s offerings.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- James, Barry, lift the cloche.- Together.(Barry laughing)Yes, yes, yes.- Oh.Oh. It's a, it's a mould. It's a mould.It's a mould or is it?- Why is it inthe shape of a duck?- Today it's time for one of yourmost requested videos ever.We are putting kitchengadgets from Temu to the test.- We have a chef James and a normal Barry.And there could be rage,there could be intrigue,there could be mind blowing moments.Let's see what they make of these gadgetsthat you've recommended.- Dare I say, I've gotsomething very similar already.But for the beach, you put sand in themand you make it instant,whatever shape it may be.You've got a little crab one and so on.But I did not think this should be usedfor anything food based.- Well, you've guessedit. It is a duck mould.Now this has taken-- Duck mould?That's what it is. It's a duck.- Thanks. Thanks for the clarity.- It's taken the internet by storm.- No it hasn't.- It has.- Come on.- They are every, there areso many different sellerson Temu, selling these,not just in duck shapes.- Yes.- Snowball shapes.- Snowballs?- That's just a ball. It's just a ball.- No, no. It's a snowball.You can use it for shapingso many different things. Rice,ice cream, mashed potatoes.The options are endless.- And it's a great way ofengaging children in food.- Because we don't believe in that rule:you should never play with your food.- Always play with your food.- Always play with your food.- Especially if itreally pisses off a chef.(Barry laughing)So there's a range of foodsin which you can test this,but one of the ones thatwe've been recommendedis mashed potato.- I think we airon the side of cautionand spray the (beep) out of it.- Yeah.Is it good to be back James?- Cooking is my secondary skill.(everyone laughing)This is a, yeah.- Make sure it's got apond of gravy to swim on.- Oh, that's-- That did work well.- So a pond of gravy.- There you go lovely.- Oh!- Oh!- James, why have you killed it?(Jamie laughing)- Face down!- Right, that's your fault.- Why you saying that'sanything to do with me?It's a dead duck.(Jamie and Mike laughing)- That looks so bad.- See, it's hard.- Is it though?- It still looks pretty sad.- So the description on Temu for thistalks about how it canmake mealtimes fun for kidsor for grownup normals and chefs.It can help you make sushi easily at homeand save you time and effort,and helps to encourage outdoorplay even in the wintertime.- Well, I don't get that.(Barry laughing)I think this has been madefor something completely different,akin to the way Barry wastalking about it with wet sand.- Yeah.- And I think people onthe internet have used itto shape food.- Maybe.- Did you want a thumbnail?(everyone laughing)(upbeat music)- Right. Well now it's justa mound of mashed potato.- It's a mound of ducks.- What are your thoughts?- I'm sure with the rightconsistency of potato or rice,you could get a better duckeffect. My question is, why?- No, I just told you.- I think we've just hada lovely time, haven't we?- Yeah.- In the last couple minutes.- For kids.- We have. I have.But also it's a waste of plastic.It's, you don't need this in the world.- Would you be able to shapea duck easier without it?- No-- True.You wouldn't be able to do that.You might be able to shape a staple.- I think this is better for the beach.- So how much do you reckonwe paid for the duck mould?- Okay. Right. So the gamehere is, this is Temu.So unlike pretentiouswhere you pick a priceand then you triple it.It makes you pick a priceand then you go, what is themost unbearably cheap priceyou could imagine?- Oh.I'm saying 99 P.- I'm thinking 10 P.- 10 P?- Temu is so cheap. It'sridiculous. No, 30 P.- £1.49.- Outrageously expensive.- Worth pointing out,available in a range of coloursas well as shapes.- Ah, well there you go.- Cool. Next one.- He's more annoyed than I am.- Yeah, I don't get it.I don't, it's annoyed me.- I know you're beggingto answer the question.It's just a quackinggadget or not worth a bill?(Barry chuckling)- Oh, that's better than Jamie's.- Well done. Not worth the bill.- Not worth the bill.- At all.- I thought it'd be more fun.- Hey lads. Gadget numbertwo. Lift the cloche.- Do it.- My turn.- Oh. A man-- Looks like some kind of juicer.- Yeah.- Or some kind of likesomething's going through that.- I kinda, my instant reactionis I wanna put a lemon on itand smack it with that.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- But I-- But that's not what it is.- No, it can't be. Oh.- What do you need to hit?- Oh my god. Is it a pomegranate?- Absolutely. This is a pomegranate openerand seed removal device.- This is a genuineproblem 'cause I'm lazyand I end up buying, going to supermarketand I buy the pre-- Pomegranate seeds.- Pomegranate seeds.- Yeah.- 'Cause I can't bebothered with this bit.- And they are expensive.- It's such a funny way of doing it.- So expensive.- Yeah. Especially when all you dois drop 'em in a glass of prosecco.(Barry and James chuckling)Do it.- Do you wanna do this openingand I'll do the batching?- Never has opening andde-seeding your pomegranatebeen so easy. All you need todo is rotate the pomegranateagainst the middle blade,open, place a top the bladewith the bowl underneathand strike with the mallet.- That's seems to be working.- Oh my goodness. I get my thumb in.- Go on, get in there.- There you go.- Okay.- That does work.Yeah, that does work.- Okay, so now face down.- Goes down. Yeah.- And you hit it like you mean it.I like the fact that there'svery little splatter.- Okay, let'stry it. Let's try it.- Okay. We've gota lot of pith in there,but we have an empty skin.- So I have a confession.This is not how I de-seed the pomegranate.- How do you de-seed the pomegranate?- I open it up and then Ijust break it into segments.- Segments. Yeah.- Of course it's 'causeyou're so bloody strong.- Yeah, I don't, I don'tuse a knife or anything.(everyone laughing)Tear it open. So I don't, I don't do that'cause it's a lot easierto get around the pithand just like get nice clean jewels.- Please demonstrate.- Into these.(everyone laughing)This is not how I would start.- I'm glad you've invited the chef.- Point proven.- This is, this is,this is what I would do.This is, this is just what Ido and it takes a bit longer,but I'm always morepleased with the result.- Looks like your hands aregetting messy there though.- They are.- But in a way that they weren't too much.- I can wash them.- Right.- I don't know. I just don'tlike doing it like that.But I know it's not optimal.- We talk a lot about single use gadgets.How many pomegranates areyou de-seeding in a week?- Not many personally.- Maybe one every two months I would say.- Yeah.- Yeah about so.- Do you therefore need agadget that does it for you?- No, but somebody might if they,if they are going throughquite a few pomegranates.- Yeah. While you finish doing that,let's talk price and thenyou can give us a summary.How much do you think thepomegranate peeling tool setcosts on Temu?- Two pounds and 15 pence.- Yeah. Let's, three pounds.- Three pounds.- £6.79.- Okay. It's a well made product. It's-- It is solid.- Yeah, it's solid.It does the job. And ifthat's your preferred wayof opening the pomegranate,it does it well.- I agree. It does whatit says it wants to do.It is doing nothing wrong.- We're gonna black this.Jamie's got the beginningof the question, I've gotthe end of the question.- Okay, cool. Go.- Okay, so the pomegranate tool set,is it a decent de-seeder?- Or is it taking the pith?- Oh, nice.- Very nice.- Yes.- Decent.- I'll go with decent.- De-seeder.- Decent de-seeder.- Yup, yup.- There is a bit of pith.But it's decent.- Lovely.- Number three.- Ready for another?- Yes.- Yes.- Give the cloche a lift.- It's your turn my friend.- Oh.- Oh no.(Jamie and Mike laughing)- Looks like-- This is gonna be bad, isn't it?- It looks like the plastic versionof something you find at the blacksmiths.- Don't need to innovate in this space.(Mike laughing)- You scoop and you pinch.- I'm assuming so. Yeah. Or-- So what? So like-- It's like a multi-tool where you spice.- Under your steak. Holdthe steak up. I get it.- Yeah.- Yeah.- For when your tongs aren't wide enoughbut your spatula isn't grippy enough.- But also the u-shapecould come in extra handywhen moving fried eggswithout breaking the yolk.- Oh.- Oh no.- So what they, what arethey called? Spatula tongs?- No.- This is the grip and flip tongs.You grip 'em and you flip 'em.This tool has been createdto provide extra gripwhen frying unlike your regular spatula.This gadget features a gripping mechanismto give more control to your cooking.It combines the functionalityof a pancake flipperand bread turner, makingit convenient to flipand grab various foods with ease.- So when I was a young chef,I used to work breakfastand I worked in America andthey like a range of eggs.So sunny side up.- Yeah. Over easy.- Over easy, et cetera. Andflipping an over easy egg.So we had to do it in front of customersand we had to flip it sowe couldn't use a spatula.We'd have to flip it in the pan.And as it was in the air,you bring the pan up sothat when it lands-- Cushion.- Yeah. And then cushion theblow so the yolk doesn't break.- Oh my goodness.- Now this.(James clicks spatula tong)My sous chef made me do thishundreds of times in a rowbecause I could not do it.- Did you work at Ihop?- Well guess what we'redoing today, James.- No.(upbeat music)- That is, thatis an emoji egg there.- Yeah. At the moment,it's the perfect egg.Don't ruin it, James.- Okay. Ready, ready, ready.- Wait, wait,wait, wait, wait, wait.- Little bit of practise.- I'm warming up, I'm warming up.- Come up down. Clamp, flip.- Now the real test is, Iget it the other way as well.So you have to flip it back.- Do you?- You do. Oh.Oh no. I'm gonna have to say it works.- That's, that's an over easy egg.- I think that's the best over easy eggI've ever seen be flipped?Your experience at IHOP has rubbed off.- That is probably the bestover easy egg I've ever made.(everyone cheering)- Yes!- That is, that isliterally the perfect egg.- What I love about these videosis how unpredictable theirreactions are gonna be.- I know brilliant. It's brilliant.(upbeat music)- What are your thoughts?- It worked.- In that instance. Yeah. Perfect.I'm struggling to work out where else wecould use it effectively?- Well how much do you think we paidfor the grip and flip tongs?- I'll go three pounds again.- One pound, 20.- Two pounds, and 38 pence.- I mean they lastforever. It's been a whilesince I've actuallybought a kitchen utensil'cause I don't replace them ever.- I think that's also part ofthe problem with plastic stuffas it does last literally forever.- Forever.- That is a good thing if itlasts in your kitchen forever.- Yep.- Not a good thing for theenvironment if you throw it away.- Well, you know what we're gonna ask you.- Is it flipping good?- Or is it flipping terrible?(everyone laughing)- Oh, neither of us did very well.- We are so in sync. Yeah.- It's flipping good at onething. Terrible at the rest.- Yeah. I think it's flipping terrible.- Yeah.- Even though it helps me producewhat might be thegreatest egg of my career.- Wait, number four, lift the cloche.- Oh, so much going on.- Okay, wait a minute. Andthen you're turning something.It's just you are-- Do you think?- Shredding something up I think.You could put a chickenbreast in there and shred itI reckon.- So you are piercing somethingand then you're turning it.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- This is the meat shredder.Say farewell to manual labourand embrace a new eraof kitchen efficiencywith the meat shredder.- No, no, no.- Easily create pulledpork, beef, or chickenby placing the meat into the spiked baseand placing the top container on top.Rotate the top containerusing the convenient handlesto shred your meat. There's achicken, a board and a knife.Whip off a breast and get shredding.One of the sellingpoints for this shredderis that the enhancedsimplicity and precisioncompared to the common fork method,results in a uniform shredding.- Well that chicken, if I'mnot mistaken, has two breastsand I wonder whether weput one in the shredderand one gets shredded manually.- Yes, let's do that.- Okay. It feels kind of wrong. Just like-- It's a non-skid base.- The amount of force youhave to put through it,it doesn't really matter whatthe base is like I think.This, this is so bad.- Oh, so it's like teamwork.- There you go.- It's a two man job.- I reckon you must have go again.Like move, move, move thebreast into different position.- Really?- Yeah.- That shouldn't have to happen.- That shouldn't have to happen.(Jamie laughing)- Okay. It needed a bitof getting going but.- Now you've got that.- It looks lesspulled and more chewed.- This is awful.(Jamie laughing)- My turn.(upbeat funky music)- Look at that perfect.- Yeah.- Oh it's so gross.- That anti-skid baseseems to be working now.- It is now.- I'm done.- Okay. And stop there.- Pulling meat is not that difficult.And the nice thing about doing it yourselfis that you can choose thesize of your, your tearsand the shape. And you know, it's nice.- You can do it with two forks, which are,you are likely to alreadyhave in your kitchen.- You can do it your fingers.- You do it with two forks.It was very difficult to start it,to actually like start pulling itand then once it was pullingit, it's really like shredded.I guess it'd be fine for somethinglike a chicken mayo sandwich or something,but I'd still want that over this.- Okay. Let's talk price.How much do you thinkwe'd purchased this for?- 4.50?- Yeah.I'd say like a fiver.- £9.89.- Oh wow.- Such a waste on so many levels.- Awful.- So pointless.- Talking about plasticwaste. That's just terrible.- We all know the question.Does it meet your expectations?- Or is it absolutely shreadful?(Barry laughing)- Pretty good.- Wait, it's shredded.- Shredful, yeah.- Absolutely shredded.- Shredful.- Shredders.(Barry laughing)Last one. Keep the lock, loft a cliche.(Barry laughing)- What the heck?- Oh no.- I'm so excited. So excited.- Tell you what it is.- Oh no. It's like anextruder or something.(drilling sound)Oh.- You think it's pushing?- Yeah.- Pasta outta that or.- Yeah. Noodles. Noodles.- Really?- Let's go with noodle.- Nah.- This is a cordless noodle gun.- Well done.- I got it.- Well done.- I got it straight away.- The Seabroad noodlemaker. You can achieve.(drilling sound)You can achieve freshly extruded noodlesin just 30 seconds with this gadget.Simply insert the doughinto the pressing barrel,attach to the machine and switchon to start making noodles.- This feels like it's gonna beone of the most satisfyingthings we'll ever do.- This could be great.- So in order to give this a full test,not only are you testing the noodle gun,but the noodle gun pageis where we got the recipefor the dough that's in front of you.- Select the surface mould.I've gone for wide noodles.- Oh.- Oh you wanna go wide?- Are we happy with wide?- Yeah, I'd love to see that shape.- Yeah excellent.- Put 200 grammes of doughinto the dough press bucket.Do not put too much dough.(drilling sound)(Barry vocalising)Otherwise it cannot beassembled onto the main machine.- That's great for you guys.But on camera that looks like you (beep).- Oh, sorry!(everyone laughing)- I thought that's whatyou were going for.I was like what is he doing?- This noodle gun is gettingme very excited.(everyone laughing)So supposedly, thebattery has enough chargeto make 40 bowls of noodles.- Okay. So it doesn't matter.- Barry's been using itfor the last five minutesso we might have enoughcharge for one left.- Noodle dough.- Noodle dough.- Nice opening.- Nice.- See you later. You're theguest, you should do it.- But you've been so excited for it.- James isn't a guest. He'spretty much back full time now.Let's do this.- Okay.- We're good. Oh my God.That is one textured noodle.(Barry laughing)Snippet. That was it. That's everything.- Barry, what're you doing?- One job best.(Jamie and Mike laughing)- James you know what you saidabout picking the hardest thing?- I ruined the video.(Jamie laughing)- Ed, do you got another one spare?- I do actually.- Oh!- Oh!(everyone cheering and clapping)(Barry laughing)- So it does come withfive extruder platesfor different styles of noodles.Obviously you found a flat wide one.It comes with a measuring cup,a scraper and a charger.- Having said that, you'vegot one nood in there.- Try and separate it. Try,try give it a go. And separate.- Okay.- Homogenous noodle.- We're gonna go for thinnernoodles further apart,less chance than sticking together.- I was hoping it would kindof like separate when it went.- It nearly did, nearly did.- In the water.We followed the instructionson the first one.- Yeah, yeah.- This time we're gonnagive it every chance.So a little bit of flourjust to kind of keep itfrom sticking together.- Do you think, 'cause thereyou, you did that angle there.- Yeah.- Which is what the instructions said,but it still gave a chancefor gravity to make the stick.If you did it that way,they're not gonna bend off.- I think we should, we should do that.- Yeah.- I agree.- It's definitely not gonna stick to that.- Yep.(drilling sound)- They look pretty good. Yes!- Excellent work.- Snippy snip snip. Oh!- Lovely.- Straight away.That has definitely worked.- Yeah, they look so much better.- I might need some, some spatu tongs.- No, just go for it.- Are they all individual? Has it worked?- Yeah. All individual.- Yeah, for sure.I make pasta at home butI would never be ableto make circular spaghetti.Maybe flap spaghettibut more, more capelli. Butthat shape is nearly impossibleto do at home.- Do you like it?- I do.And I'm not sure if it's necessary.Like I like it like I like allthe things shaped like a gun.It, you know what I mean?It looks, it's like-- Makes you feel like James Bond.- Yeah.- That is so silly.(Jamie and Mike laughing)- James, what do you reckon?- I can't decide. I think I like it'cause I like things that dowhat they say they're gonna doand we can't deny that it does.And I think those would actually workif we use the same technique.- Yeah.- Top down. Yeah, it's good.Is it necessary? Probably not.- So how much do you reckon we paidfor the cordless noodle gun?- 'Cause it's on Temu, it'sgonna be cheap. So 20 quid?- 30?- Yeah.- Well we paid 67 pounds, 48 pence.- Okay, cool. On firstglance, it's a stupid thing.But when you use it, less stupid.- I'm not sure I would buyit over a pasta machine.Personally, I probably makemore pasta than noodles.It's more versatile.- Well obviously we all knowthe question. Great noodes?- Or are you gonna waste your dough?- I think it's a waste of dough.- I think, as much as I loveit, I think I agree with James.A waste.- Well you've had theirthoughts, but what are yours?Comment down below what youthought of these gadgets.- And if you like thisvideo, give it a like.there are plenty more inthe description box below.\n"