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Ever wondered which “As Seen on TV” kitchen gadgets are actually worth buying? In this video, Nicole puts 12 of the most popular infomercial gadgets to the test—from the iconic Slap Chop and Garlic Master to the RoboTwist, Yummy Can Bacon, and more! She slices, chops, twists, shreds, and even bakes her way through these viral gadgets to see which ones still hold up—and which ones should probably stay in the drawer. From clever time-savers to total flops, Nicole gives her honest, hands-on take on how each gadget performs, whether it’s easy to clean, and if it’s really worth your money.
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00:00Have you ever wanted to try the products as seen on TV but you're scared to buy
00:03them before you try them? Well I've got you covered. I'm trying 12 of the most
00:07popular kitchen products as seen on TV. I'm gonna start with the product that
00:13inspired this whole video, the Slap Chop. I think the benefit to this is that you
00:18can cut up multiple things at one time. Okay now it does say to avoid countertop
00:24scratches do this on a cutting board. Oh and if you have smaller things you can
00:29chop it right in the cap. This is it. It chops and turns. I'm assuming this just
00:37stays sharp. Don't do that. I was just doing it for you. If you've got good knife
00:44skills I still feel like this might be an extra step and an extra appliance because
00:49it's not like you're gonna go like that. You still have to break out a knife to get
00:56it to fit under there. All right here goes nothing. I might have done too big of a
01:03piece. Did I already break it? Well one cut makes sliced onion. I probably did too much.
01:11It works. They're not like perfectly diced. I would like to say I have better knife
01:18skills than this but if you just don't like to cut things it's pretty good and it
01:23is kind of fast. What we should have done is gone head-to-head you and me Sam who
01:28can cut like this piece of bell pepper faster. Okay this is my friend who self
01:35proclaimed doesn't have the best knife skills. We know. But we're gonna see if
01:38it's worth it for you and worth it for me to use a slap chop. This could solve all my
01:44problems. It could. Okay one two three. She might be done first. I think I made baby food.
01:54One of these things is not like the other. This is applesauce. Okay if you know me you
02:03know the one thing I do hate chopping though is garlic and it says if you're
02:06doing just small things you could do it in this cup. So this could be cute to just
02:10chop up your garlic and then it's already in its little container. This takes less
02:14time and your hands don't get sticky or stinky. For those reasons fine. However
02:21this is gonna take up less room in my drawers and cabinets so it's a no for me.
02:29While we're chopping let's try the crank chop as seen on TV. Now this one kind of
02:38does look like it's gonna pulverize it. See I'm like a perfectionist when it comes
02:43to my chopping. I like things orderly. The example it gives is salsa and I'm
02:47trying to think of another example in which you would use this. I know I should
02:52wash these things first but I just don't like to mess up its beauty with
02:56water spots. So right off the bat it's gonna be small batch. Let's start in a
03:02lawnmower. We'll just start with one item. I feel like I should put the onion in
03:06there. Like it's about cutting multiple things. You still have to get out your
03:10knife. Let's keep in mind.
03:22Well let's just read the instructions. Yeah maybe that was a blade cover. Okay sorry.
03:29Let's try that again. That's better. Four, five. Now that works better than the
03:39slap chop but it's still misshapen you know. Okay other than salsa I don't know
03:46that you'd really use it a lot but if you make a lot of fresh salsa let's give it a go.
03:49So you still have to do it in batches but if you just don't like to chop or you're not that good
04:10at it and you want things more finely chopped this one could work for you. I do
04:15like it because you can add a little more food than like a slap chop and it's
04:19already in a bowl. I would choose the crank chop over the slap chop but for me
04:23a knife is all you need. May as well while we're chopping the garlic master. Again my
04:30favorite way to chop garlic is a garlic press however at the end of the day I
04:34just hate chopping garlic. It's one of my least favorite things to do in the
04:37kitchen because it just gets all sticky in my fingers. So this says perfectly minced
04:44garlic in seconds and as a bonus you get the garlic roll thing that peels the
04:51garlic which I also hate doing. Aha here's what's inside. Lots of little tiny
04:58perfectly square blades. It looks like a pepper grinder underneath. Put the peeled
05:03garlic cloves so you have to they have to be peeled before you can put them in
05:06here. Contrary to the garlic press. Now unlike a garlic press though, garlic press you
05:13can only do like two or three cloves at a time at the most. So it looks like maybe
05:16we can fit more in there. First I have to chop off the hard end of the garlic
05:21clove. I'm still bringing out a knife. Drop them in, push it down, then lock it.
05:31Okay maybe I'm not doing it right shockingly. I think I got it figured out. We
05:36obviously can't put that much in there. Wow seconds. So far I've spent hours. I don't
05:46even think I can finish. I don't even think this one's worth going any further.
05:50There's the garlic. Oh my god you can't even get them out. You're not even gonna be
05:56able to clean this. Does this have a money-back guarantee? Don't waste your
06:00money on this one. Time for a little breakfast. Let's do bacon and eggs.
06:04Starting with the yummy canned bacon. Yummy crispy bacon from your microwave.
06:10This says you can fit eight slices. There's no splatter. It has a built-in
06:15grease trap. Perfect bacon every time with frying pan flavor. I hope this works. This
06:22is one I would probably purchase if it does work as well as it says. Unsnap the
06:29left and right locks. Remove the anti-splatter lid. Okay that's cute. Now
06:35evenly place up to eight slices of bacon on the easy hang rack. The ingenuity is
06:41on point. I mean it's really kind of like the bacon is a little long so I'm
06:45worried about all these pieces hanging at the bottom. See in their picture it's
06:48like the bacon's not quite reaching the bottom and mine is like pooling up at the
06:53bottom. Replace the anti-splatter lid and snap both the left and right safety
06:58like candles. Eight pieces nine minutes. Smells delicious just like bacon. It's
07:06sizzling. Steam kind of creeps on the bottom so it's hot on the bottom.
07:11Yes! Yes yes yes. Even the long pieces and you don't even have to drain it. Okay this
07:20one is a winner. Now the thing is at the bottom I don't think it's just bacon
07:26grease. I think it's like got some water in there. How's the bacon?
07:32Mm-hmm. At $24.99 this would get a lot of use. I think this is worth the buy. Some eggs to go with
07:43our bacon. The ultimate Irish egg pod. Two-in-one cook and peel. Perfect hard-boiled
07:49eggs in just minutes. Now I just learned a lot of ways to make perfect hard-boiled eggs. If you
07:57missed that video go watch it. But is this even easier? This is the insert. Make sure it's here
08:06and locked. Fill the bottom with water. Place four eggs into the bottom insert. Lock it. Place the unit
08:13into the microwave. I was always taught not to put metal in the microwave. Oh and then we're going to
08:18shake it to peel it. I have tried that head before and it did not work. Well this one this one's been
08:24around for a while so maybe it does work. Nine minutes. Okay done and rested for two minutes.
08:33I don't know why I'm like scared of this thing but. It says to run it under cold water for two
08:41minutes or put ice water with the water still in the pod. Replace the top and shake it vigorously
08:48up and down ten times. Let me shake it a little more.
08:53Okay it says they would slide off easily. They feel perfectly cooked.
09:04That's a good looking egg. Very slightly jammy but not really. Definitely beets overcooked. What do we
09:11think? What do we think? It works exactly how it says it's going to work. Nothing wrong with it. I'm not
09:16so sure it's any easier than doing it in a simple pot which you already have. But maybe college dorms
09:25or somewhere where you only have a microwave. Hotel. I can see it. Never heard of this one before.
09:32The Robo Twist. The electric jar opener opens jars with the push of a button. I don't need that.
09:40However I can see how this could be useful for the elderly who may have lost a lot of strength in
09:46their hands. I'm not going to mention any names. It requires two AA batteries. Okay it says take
09:52these little rubber things and point them down. Press and hold the start button for five to seven
09:57seconds. One, two, three, four, oh no. Did I not have it sitting on top of it? I don't think we did this right.
10:07One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
10:19Let's start over.
10:25Oh!
10:28I don't think that was right though. Let's try this jar.
10:37For $19.99. If you have no strength and nothing but time, this will work. This next one might be a
10:43selfish purchase. The Uncrustable Maker because who likes spending five dollars on four tiny peanut
10:51butter and jelly sandwiches from the freezer section? Not this girl. However, my kids love the novelty of
10:57them. So we could make however many sandwiches a whole loaf of bread makes for the same price as one
11:02bucks. The problem I have with Uncrustables in general is, what do you do with all the crust?
11:08I mean, as the mom and sandwich maker, I eat the crust as I'm making the sandwiches, but if I'm going
11:14to buy this, I'm going to make them in bulk and I can't eat all that crust. And I like that we can do
11:18wheat bread because the Uncrustables are white bread. My kids actually prefer wheat bread. So you have
11:25more control over the ingredients. Because it's going to cut it off, don't waste your, you know, peanut
11:30butter and jelly by going all the way to the edges because that's going to get cut off anyway. I put
11:35peanut butter on both sides. That way the jelly doesn't leak through. Plus my kids really don't
11:39even like jelly. They like honey, peanut butter and honey. This doesn't come with instructions because
11:44you're supposed to know what to do. Down we go. Don't you dare not work. It's like the old like, you know,
11:51play-doh, the play-doh toys. That's what this feels like.
11:54My very own Uncrustable. I got a little crust in there, but the wheat bread, probably a little
12:02sturdier. Oh, I see. You got to kind of push the crust up under those little teeth.
12:11Cute, cute, cute, cute. I've always kind of refused to buy this thing, but it's only eight bucks.
12:1810 out of 10, this works. And it's really not a ton of bread wasted. Your kids are going to
12:23peel this off and throw it away anyway. But if you don't have this, just a little bonus tip.
12:29And if you buy like big jars of peanut butter, just take that. This is how I've done it with my kids.
12:35They're not, they're not that amused. This is also the right size and you're still sealing in this,
12:42the fillings for zero dollars. I mean, it might peek out a little bit, but just saying,
12:48I know your kids are going to eat this one over this one, but still just a thought. Next up,
12:54the chicken shredder. It's like a steering wheel chicken shredder. Never seen it in person. Never
13:01used it. Certainly thought it was going to be red. It is green. If you don't like shredding chicken,
13:06which a lot of people don't, this could come in handy. Got the rubber grips on the bottom that is
13:12going to keep it somewhat stable. These are handles. I like these kinds of things that are
13:18self-explanatory. Now, this one's going to be like a time saver. Besides like not liking to shred
13:23chicken, if it really only takes like two seconds and you can throw it in the dishwasher, fine.
13:27Otherwise, it's going to take up cabinet space. This thing's not staying in place.
13:36There we go. It doesn't work on wood. It's got to stick to something.
13:40Huh, it does work. That is ideal for chicken salad. Okay, let's count how many shreds it takes.
13:46Ready? One, two, three, four. Okay, it's $7.99. I think this is a pretty good purchase.
13:57If you don't like to pick it out like I did, you can use the fork that it came with. We make a lot
14:02of chicken salad and like chicken dips and stuff at my house, so this could come in handy. Pretty good
14:06one and it's fun. If you're like me and you don't have a million dollars to put in an outdoor pizza
14:13oven, then this is next. Paisano pizza oven. Crispy crust pizza in less than six minutes. Now listen,
14:22they're putting these words in here. That's what I like. Crispy bottom crust on my pizza. Period.
14:29Paragraph. This one is a little pricey, but not near as pricey as building the real thing.
14:36Pizza stone. It will only look like this before you ever use it. Even just one little use on a pizza
14:43stone. You can tell. Now this is pretty. It's like a shiny red engine. A little pizza peel. You get a lot of
14:52tools with it. I'm doing this in real time for you, which means I haven't prepared and studied all of
14:58this. Sorry for the delay, but I have to figure out how to use this thing. Okay, the instructions
15:02really are just about how to put the pizza on. In the oven, all we have to do is plug it in. Now I'm
15:07going to turn it to 800 because, I mean, do we start as high as it can go? Now we just build our pizza.
15:13The key is to build the pizza on the little peels. You need at least a half an inch from the edges
15:19of sauce or toppings. Oh, I was also supposed to prick the dough. Apparently it's going to be so close
15:25to the heating element that you don't want it to rise. This one will just be our cheese pizza.
15:31Now look, our oven is at 700. I feel like that's good for now. Then use both of these.
15:40Pretty good transfer. Spoke too soon. Okay, it says to check it after three minutes. In less than six
15:46minutes, the whole thing will be ready. So I did say if it's kind of cooking, we can rotate it.
15:51I think it's a little uneven, but also my whole pizza is a little uneven. It's pretty impressive.
15:56Pretty impressive. I told you you can only get one use out of this though. Okay, I'm gonna let it get
16:01hot again and make a pretty one. Let's see how our first one did. It does have a little crunch under
16:07there. We're not really going to judge this book by its cover though. I think Dave Portnoy would be proud of that one.
16:15Here we go. One but everyone knows the rules.
16:21Pretty good. Better than what comes out of my regular oven. This is the pizza in just under
16:27five minutes. That is good looking. That's a good sound. Okay. That is zero flop. Crusty.
16:40I will take this home. That's probably one of the most perfect crust I've ever done for like a homemade
16:50pizza. In the world of Dave Portnoy's, I'm gonna give it like a 8.7. It's pretty generous. In the world
16:58of me, I'd give it like a 9.8. The Paisano, worth the buy. These next two products do the same thing,
17:05so I guess we'll determine which one is the better buy. We have the better breader and the collapsible
17:12batter bowl. This is going to eliminate that three-step process. You know, like when we're,
17:18you know, frying chicken and we've got two or three bowls. We've got a complete mess of the flour and the
17:23milk and back to the flour. This is supposed to eliminate all that. So start with the Easy Shake
17:30better breader. It's also an onion blossom maker. Let's just call it a blaming onion. But how often
17:36do you make those? This comes in at $16.99. You can't batter and bread. Like you can't do the wet
17:44and the dry in either one of these. You could batter or bread though. Like, so if you do like a beer
17:51batter, like a wet batter on something, you can do that instead of the dry. So it does eliminate
17:55one bowl, but I think more importantly, it's supposed to just keep your hands from being too
17:59messy. And then in this one, we'll put the flour. So I'm just going to do both of these at the same
18:03time and see which one gives us the better result. Seasoned flour in the bottom. And now this one
18:09is the collapsible batter bowl. They both have lids, so you could always bread something and then keep it
18:16in the fridge stored. This one has a longer surface area, so you might can get more in it. Same amount.
18:24And you can do multiple at one time. So instead of doing one at a time, which is typically how you
18:28bread something, I'm going to do twice as many in the bigger one. Number one.
18:36Pretty good. Pretty good. Let me just go ahead and double batter because I feel like that's what you
18:40would do for real. My hands are clean. Maybe it's not as useless as I thought.
18:52Pretty perfectly breaded. So let's do this other one. Snap the lid on.
19:01Oh, with this one, you may only have to batter it once,
19:04bread at once, but I feel like you want the excess to really drip off the bottom. So
19:11I'm really not sure who's performing better at this point. Let me just do the
19:15an even matchup. It's shake and bake and I help. It's shake and bake and I help.
19:25I ran out of flour on this one, but I also have twice as much chicken.
19:28I don't know guys. This one was getting a little gummy. I don't know. This one has a harder time
19:36separating the wet and dry. This one.
19:44I knew it was supposed to go out one time. That's user error.
19:50Now I can give you a better comparison. Really, they function about the same. It's just a size
19:56preference. I think at this point, I personally like this size better. I think it's just easier
20:01to handle CWC collapsible batter bowl really makes the job easy because you can bread twice as many
20:10things, but result wise, you get about the same results with either one. So 30 bucks or 16 for doing
20:19just a few things. So if you're just like doing this kind of stuff for dinner, this one might be easier,
20:23but if you've got the fryer outside and you're going to be cooking big batches, this works.
20:29You can store it collapsed so that it doesn't take up so much cabinet space. So I think these are a tie.
20:35It's just a matter of preference for my final trick as seen on TV. However, this isn't really a kitchen
20:42product, but it definitely involves food and I wanted one. The Sauce Moto dip clip. Raise your hand if you
20:51eat in your car and if you didn't raise your hand, you're lying. But you know, you're always trying
20:55to like hold the sauce dip or it's down in your cup holder and then you spill it on the way back up.
21:02Not with this. It clips onto your air vent. Oh, you get two in a pack. Great stocking stuffer at $9.99.
21:10You can put your sauce in horizontal or vertical. McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's. You're going to put
21:18it in vertical. I just don't have any right now. But for larger sauces like these ketchup packets
21:26fit in horizontal. Oh, we got to at least try it out in the car though, right? Okay. So you slide it into the air
21:33vent. And you twist it until it's level. That looks good. It's probably safest to put the sauce in and
21:45then open it. Try it out. That would have been bad. That's sturdy. Okay. We're locked and loaded.
21:56Shall we take a Dunkaroo? I didn't drip it anywhere. That keeps your sauce cooled down.
22:05This will be in my daughter's stocking this year. When you're done, pop it off. I feel like we have
22:10just done an infomercial. However, this is hashtag not sponsored, but I hope your inquiring minds no
22:16longer need to know what to buy as seen on TV. Is there anything else you're curious about? I'd be happy to try it.
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