How much power does one really need to toast a piece of bread? Philips seems to think the answer is a lot - 1200 watts to be exact - and wants to sell you its HD2618 toaster for around $120.

Soccer mom Sally needs to make a lot of sandwiches for the upcoming soccer team family picnic she is planning. She also happens to love a local bakery which never slices its bread. What’s she to do? Cough up around $2,750 for the super fast Robot Coupe TP180 bread slicer.

This little Iwavecube personal microwave is pretty self-explanatory. It’s measures just 10.5″x12″x10″ so it doesn’t take up a lot of room, but you aren’t going to be putting a big microwaveable TV dinner in there either. Have one of these at your desk and you avoid trips to the break room, keeping up your introvert profile and avoiding awkward conversations while your waiting for your stuff to heat.

Unfortunately, unlike the USB Mini Fridge, USB power just doesn’t cut it for running the Iwavecube and it will require a standard outlet. And if your office is like ours and frowns on plugging in personal appliances at your desk, I can think of a number of other handy places for it like my TV room, home office, wet bar, in my car, etc.

This has got to be one of the neatest cocktail shakers ever made. I must for barmen and booze hounds alike. The body is a cocktail shaker with a lift-off nose and the wings are actually slide-off flasks that can hold 3.4 oz of liquid each. The shaker holds 27 oz. The beautiful design makes it look like it’s going to take off down the bar, but you know that if this thing ever takes flight, you’ve clearly had enough.

It’s made from nickel-plated stainless steel and brass and measures 12-1/2″ wide x 12″ deep x 4-1/2″ tall. You’ll be flying high in no time and more importantly you’ll be inebriated in style.

And I thought the battery-powered rechargeable blender was handy…

Sams Club has an in store deal going on for this gas-powered blender that is certain to make short work of mixing any drink you can come up with. The blender is powered by a 43cc 2-stroke gas engine mounted on a stand with a stainless steel blender cup and a variable speed throttle to get just the right amount of blending for your drinks. It’s even decorated with diamond-plated accents to give it that classy-tool look. If you can find a store that has them in stock you can walk out with one for about $100.

No, this is not some sort of stainless-steel cigarette or controlled substance paraphernalia. This little reusable Tea Stick constructed of stainless steal and plastic and can replace the need for messy and wasteful tea bags. It has a spring-loaded tray which pops out and doubles as a little shovel to scoop up loose-leaf tea, which many say makes a better cup of tea than most tea bags, anyway.

The tea leaves are kept inside the stick while its dunked into water and makes a modern, nice looking tea-drinker gadget for an affordable $20.

Finally the bartender won’t care when James Bond walks up to the bar all suave and delivers his classic line, “Shaken not stirred”. The bartender will just mix the ingredients and put them in this machine, while Bond waits. This cocktail serving machine is called “The Perfect Temperature Martini Maker” and is billed as a digital appliance that can shake or stir its stainless steel tumbler “until it reaches the optimal drinking temperature of 34 degrees Fahrenheit, ensuring perfect homemade martinis at the touch of a button.”

It’s still up to the human to mix the ingredients, so if anything does go wrong, you are solely to blame. The 20-oz. shaker gives you enough room to make two martinis.

These funky shaped glasses were originally designed specifically for smokers who liked to keep their cigarette and drink glass both in one hand which is apparently a tricky feat, leaving their other hand free for gesturing or maybe doing the Saturday Night Fever dance to the Bee Gees.

Nowadays there are quite a few less people smoking (and dancing to the Bee Gees) so these glasses have lost some of their earlier market share. Due to this the company is still trying to find ways to unload some of them, not by suggesting that everyone start smoking but they are marketing these Smoke Glasses as cool, ergonomic and “transcending their original purpose“. They do look kinda’ cool and if you do decide to take up smoking you wouldn’t have your drink glass getting in your way.

What Hello Kitty fan’s kitchen would be complete without having a Hello Kitty toaster? Not only does this thing bring the annoyingly cute Hello Kitty brand into your home but the toast that’s created also bears the Hello Kitty face outlined in burned bread on one side of each and every piece.

As much as it pains us to say it, we actually have to admit that we like this image-burning toaster design better than others we’ve seen. The Pop Art toaster we saw last fall allows you to insert templates to burn different designs into your bread but only a small portion of the bread ever actually gets toasted. With this model from Hello Kitty the image is the only part that’s not toasted giving the desired result to the majority of the bread. How’s that for geeky logic?

This Triple Timer kitchen timer has a very familiar look to it; if I could only put finger on just what it is. This timer gets its name from its ability to have three different timers running simultaneously allowing you to keep track of cooking times for your multi-course meals. It also houses a clock which is all viewable on a large backlit LCD display. Below the display is a circular set of navigation buttons to control and set the timers and clock. The multi-timer comes in a white color which rounds out the familiar aesthetic features of this iPod look-a-like.

The Triple Timer runs on two AA batteries and the first set comes packages with it along with a docking station, er.. a base to set the timer in. The timer goes for $19.95 from Williams Sonoma.

This high-end corkscrew from Sveid uses a neat scissor action mechanism to easily uncork your bottle of wine or champagne instead of the usually twisting or prying action needed to get the cork out. And it should be easy if not completely effortless for the $71,000 price tag that comes with it.

The Sveid corkscrew is made up of 52 pieces made of aviation titanium along with a fingertip lever that can be made of 18k gold or platinum upon request. It also comes in a custom box that can be made from the wood of your choosing which locks the corkscrew in place when stored. You can check out the video of the Sveid corkscrew in action below and by the looks of it you’ll want to be sure to have your fingers in the right place when using this spendy contraption for fear of losing one!

Nothing wrong with mixing a little bling with your espresso. These Mini Verticale Elektra espresso makers are pure eye candy, and sport a beautiful steampunk design. The shiny caffeine demons will literally smack down every other appliance in your kitchen, and make them worship at their metal feet, just by their mere presence.

They are actually a scaled down version of the very large machines used in coffee houses and cafes in Europe. And though they might not be the most practical espresso maker you could have in your kitchen, they certainly make a statement. The Mini Verticale comes in metal, copper and brass finish.

That’s a mouthful. You know the lines on the butter wrapper that you never pay attention to? Well, they are important. Just ask the baker in your home? Sure, you enjoy the taste of butter, but have you ever stopped to think about what goes into measuring it out just right, so you don’t suffer a stroke while eating your muffins? As it stands now, (since the actual stick of butter itself is not marked) you have to cut butter with the wrapper on.

This is for the gadget lover that enjoys food a little too much. It resembles a cloth lunchbox, but don’t let that fool you. This foldable new “easy bake oven” is perfect for the outdoorsman who absolutely must bake a small cake while enjoying nature.

Your culinary camping experience will be made possible by researchers with the Taiwan Textile Institute, who developed a cloth that can withstand high temperatures. They turned their discovery into this foldable oven, great for military use as well as other outdoor catering activities. They claim it can reach 300 degree temperatures.

We’ve seen additions to your tap that will illuminate a colored light so you can visually distinguish between hot and cold running water before but Kenwood’s 21st century breakfast set takes things a step further.

The Response 1.7-liter kettle changes color as the water inside starts to get warm and then boil. As the temperature of the water approaches 80 degrees the kettle’s middle will cycle from blue to purple to pink to orange. A very handy feature lets you maintain a steady 80-degree temperature for the water to ensure that when you or your guests want a hot cuppa you won’t have to wait for the water to boil again.

The matching Response toaster also boasts some fun features to make the morning meal more enjoyable. A LED countdown display shows you how many seconds …