Fruit Juicers

If you want to add citrus flavor to a recipe without cutting and squeezing fruit - then use this cool gadget and spray away.

There are various kinds of fruit juicers that are popular chefs tools but Stem is something completely different.

It's a citrus juicer that sucks juice directly from an orange, lemon or lime and sprays it evenly over your food.

Serrated teeth along the shaft easily punctures fruit.

A one finger pump then sucks the juice from the fruit into a nozzle and sprays a fine mist over your food.

"Spray it, don't squeeze it"! says inventor Tim Houle.

It works so well, users claim they have sucked fruit dry of juice. Adding fresh juice to a dish just got a lot easier with this cool kitchen gadget.

Source: quirky.com

Meat Thermometers

Thermapen is a digital meat thermometer that uses the same technology as more expensive food thermometers.

This cool kitchen gadget is a popular chefs tool in restaurants because it doesn't use cables.

Most food thermometers require two hands but Thermapen requires just one. It is designed for simplicity, accuracy and ease of use.

The probe folds-away and the handle has molded seals to protect the thermometer from wet hands and splashes. It gives a temperature reading in just 3 seconds.

There are no buttons or switches. Just unfold the probe and it turns on - close and it turns off.

Source: thermoworks.com

Egg Separator

Egg whites are healthy. An egg white contains 3 grams of protein, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, nine essential amino acids and no fat, carbohydrates or cholesterol.

By comparison, the egg yolk is high in fat, calories and cholesterol. If you want to eat the whites without the yolk you have to separate them. This can be awkward and messy even with the best kitchen gadgets.

So inventor Mark Fusco came up with a better idea. His cool kitchen gadget sucks a yolk from egg white.

A clear plastic chamber nozzle attaches to a silicone bulb. When you place the nozzle over a yolk and squeeze the bulb, it creates a vacuum that extracts the yolk into the chamber leaving you with just egg whites.

Squeeze again and it expels the yolk. No fuse, no mess, very easy, and no pieces of egg shell.

Source: quirky.com; graphic: egg, nazreth

Cherry Pitter

Cherry pie is one of the most popular pies baked in America. Only apple and pumpkin are made more often.

Cherry cheesecake, cupcakes, jubilee, cobbler and ice cream adds to the list of popular recipes using cherries - not to mention the delightful chocolate-dipped cherry.

But preparing fresh cherries requires a good cherry pitter.

The Oxo Good Grips is a cool kitchen gadget that easily removes pits from cherries. A recessed cup holds a variety of different sized cherries in a chamber.

Squeeze the handle and a splatter guard covers the cherry while the shaft punctures and removes the pit.

Closes and locks for easy storage. This cherry pitter can also be used for olives.

Sources: oxo.com; perishablesgroup.com; graphic: cherries, mlutsch

Chefs Tools

If you're reading a recipe while in the kitchen - you're probably using a tablet.

But tablets and food don't mix so an easy-to-use tablet stand would be a great tool.

The Belkin Chef Stand is a cool kitchen gadget that won the CES Innovation Award for design and engineering.

The stand holds a any size tablet at various angles or flat. It has a non-slip rubber base so it won't slide on wet counter tops.

It comes with a stylus that interacts with any touchscreen so messy fingers don't have to touch the tablet.

It's a great addition to the kitchen if you're accessing recipes, cookbooks or measurements on the web.

Source: belkin.com

Titanium Spork

It's not a spoon or a fork - it's both - a "spork". Some say it's a "foon". Whatever you call it, it's a cool kitchen gadget that combines the best of both utensils.

It has a spoon-like scoop with fork tines, which makes it a perfect addition to lunchboxes or just leave in the kitchen for eating things like jello, rice, beans, macaroni and other "spoon-fork" foods.

What's different about this spork is that it's titanium - an extremely strong, non-corrosive, durable, lightweight metal used in aircraft and dental implants.

In fact, it has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of all metals. In other words, this titanium spork will last forever. It's also non-magnetic and has no metallic taste or smell.

Sources: snowpeak.com

Making Meatballs

Making meatballs quicker and easier inspired this cool kitchen gadget, which has sold millions.

A plastic box with dividers is placed over ground beef and rotated in a circular motion creating small round balls.

Who knew that there was a need for such a product.

This invention has become a popular tool replacing the traditional method of rolling meat by hand.

You can read the story about how the inventor developed this simple invention.

Source: Meatball Magic