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Once upon a time, the toaster was the apex of kitchen innovations. We’ve come a long way, thankfully. Today’s top-of-the-line kitchen gadgets are elite, performing multiple functions in one machine, delivering high-quality food with surprising convenience, and maximizing your counter space.

From blenders that can heat your soup to air fryers that grill steak, these 11 kitchen gadgets will level-up your home cooking game.

1. Ninja® DualBrew Pro Specialty Coffee System

The DualBrew coffee system combines pod machines with a traditional coffee maker, so you can use your favorite coffee beans or just pop in a pod. The blend of convenience and quality satisfies every kind of coffee drinker. It has nine brew sizes and takes four different pod sizes. This machine’s versatility is unmatched.

Craft lattes, macchiatos, cappuccinos, and other coffeehouse-style drinks in your own kitchen. Don’t have a milk steamer and frother? No worries; the Ninja DualBrew comes with a built-in, fold-away frother. They’ve thought of everything! 

2. Instant Pot® Duo Crisp™ + Air Fryer

When it comes to collecting kitchen gadgets, counter space can be tight. This gadget is a brilliant solution, as it is a pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer, sous vide, air fryer, roaster, oven, broiler, and dehydrator all at the same time. It’s the multicooker of all multicookers.

Rather than basic high and low settings, you can customize the temperature for complete control. Signature EvenCrisp™ airflow delivers a crunch like no other air fryer can while keeping your food tender.

3. Breville Barista Express All-In-One Espresso Machine

Who needs Starbucks when you have the Breville Barista machine? Be your own skilled barista with this high-end espresso machine. Breville built this machine with the four keys to delicious coffee in mind: freshly ground beans, precise temperature, optimal water pressure, and microfoam milk. 

Explore the 16 grind settings and flex your latte art skills every morning. Despite complex engineering, this espresso machine is a breeze to use, with intuitive controls and one-touch programs that do all the work for you.

4. Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven With Grill

It’s an air fryer. No, it’s a toaster oven. No, it’s a grill. No, it’s your new favorite appliance! The TOA-70 Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill is a quiet but powerful machine that saves on counter space by doing it all. Use it for air frying, baking, grilling, toasting, broiling, and warming. 

Sear your steaks with the grill function or crisp up some sweet potato fries with the air fryer. Bake a loaf of pumpkin bread or perfect your morning toast. You can even make breakfast for the whole family, as it fits up to six bagels or a whole three-pound turkey for an intimate Thanksgiving.

5. Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Blender

We know, we know. The Vitamix price tag may be offputting. It’s just a blender, right? Not exactly. Besides whipping up smoothies, it’s capable of making a wide range of foods. Make smooth and even soups, dips, spreads, frozen treats, and more with the touch of a button. Pre-programmed settings make it ideal for busy home cooks.

Built-in wireless connectivity updates automatically so you get the latest features. Walk-away convenience and easy-to-use settings mean you no longer have to babysit your food for it to come out perfectly.

6. Hamilton Beach FlexBrew® Single-Serve Coffee Maker

With single-serve packs or ground coffee capabilities, the Hamilton Beach FlexBrew® makes brewing one cup of coffee easier than ever. You can have 10 or 14-ounce cups when you use fresh coffee grounds. The beauty of this kitchen gadget is in its simplicity — the no-muss, no-fuss design makes mornings a breeze.

The entire machine can be disassembled, eliminating the awkward task of cleaning the hard-to-reach nooks and crannies. Beyond coffee, it makes tea and plain hot water for whatever you need, so kettles and coffee pots are now obsolete. 

7. KitchenAid Artisan® Series 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

A KitchenAid stand mixer is a staple in any kitchen, and this five-quart, tilt-head design is our top pick. It’s the perfect balance between KitchenAid’s commercial-grade mixers and the smaller, basic ones that may not handle your culinary feats. The Artisan® series features stronger motors and larger bowls, equipping you with the power to achieve your kitchen dreams. 

You can set it to one of 10 speeds and choose from two bowl sizes. The most fun part is choosing from the KitchenAid mixer’s 20 stunning colors, including scorched orange, matte dried rose, and the yummy lavender cream.

8. Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee Maker

This compact coffee maker can make five- or eight-ounce single coffees and single and double espressos. The precision brewing system automatically adjusts the brewing settings for each capsule so you get a consistent flavor in every cup. 

Your VertuoPlus works at lightning speed, so no more setting the coffee pot and waiting 15+ minutes for your cuppa joe. But the real reason this is a must-have is the coffee-rich depth of flavor. Even the pickiest connoisseurs will be delighted by the experience. You don’t have to sacrifice quality for convenience — a caffeinated miracle!

9. SodaStream Art Fizzi™ Sparkling Water Maker

By now, most people are familiar with SodaStream and its fizzy capabilities. But if you don’t have one in your house, you probably don’t realize how versatile and useful it is. Yes, you can make carbonated water with it, so you’ll never pay for seltzer again. 

And it’s wonderful for fizzifying drinks like mocktails, cocktails, soda, and juice. You can even use the carbonated water to enhance your cooking, making pancakes fluffier or aerating whipped cream. Just be careful not to put anything that could explode inside the bottle. It’s best to carbonate your water and add mix-ins afterward.

10. Philips Pasta & Noodle Maker

This kitchen gadget is like magic — delicious Italian magic. The Philips Pasta & Noodle Maker takes all the hard work out of making fresh pasta. Simply add the ingredients — flour, eggs, salt, et alia — to the machine, and it mixes and kneads everything for you, extruding fresh pasta with incredible force. 

The base package comes with four pasta shapes, allowing you to make ravioli, lasagna, penne, spaghetti, and more. The possibilities go far beyond Italian food — think fresh lo mein or dumplings — chef’s kiss!

11. Ninja® Swirl CREAMi Soft Serve & Ice Cream Machine

Soft serve at home? Anytime you want? Sounds too good to be true? No problem! Ninja makes it a reality with the newest addition to the brand’s CREAMi line. This dropped just a few days before Valentine’s Day, a true treat for us ice cream lovers. 

Creamify Technology® has been helping people make homemade ice cream for years. But now, we get to enjoy the lusciousness of soft serve on the fly, too. It has 13 programs, helping you make everything from smoothies to slushies. It can handle loads of mix-ins, too, including M&Ms, Oreos, fresh fruit, Girl Scout cookies, cookie dough, and so much more.