Category — Appliances

Because it is a bread box! An Apple Bread Box. Holds two loaves of bread… or a whole buncha apples.

Advertising firm Colle + McVoy created an innovative campaign for Caribou Coffee by transforming bus stops into mock toaster ovens. Complete with real working heaters, the larger than life installations are designed to promote toasted breakfast sandwiches.

From the firm:

To help Caribou Coffee launch its hot and fresh Daybreaker breakfast sandwiches, we decided to heat things up a bit. To do this, we created ovens out of transit shelters, complete with real heaters and working clocks. This not only allowed us to showcase Caribou’s new “Hot ‘n Wholesome” menu items, it also benefited Minnesotans during their frigid winter commutes.

Oh, and because it is the point after all, here’s the website for Caribou Coffee.

(Via Oh Gizmo!)

Popcorn is fun. It always has been and it always will be. As a snack food that can also be healthy, the nutritious little morsels that explode forth from the kernels are about as exciting as health food gets. (Just kidding.) Unsurprisingly, popcorn makers come in all shapes and sizes, and tend to slant towards serious fun. The Little Bambino 2-1/2-Ounce Table Top Retro Style Popcorn Popper by Great Northern Popcorn mixes classic styling and important features into one fun unit.

Featuring a “revolutionary” (seriously—that’s how it is described) serving tray that settles in the base of the unit, the popcorn maker pops up to one gallon of popcorn per batch. A built in stirring system keep the kernels moving, while a handle mounted on the outside lets users pour the finished product out.

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Unless of course you are a Cincinnati Bengals fan. But then again, that might make it worse…

…In any event, it’s the CDA DVT980 Built-In Electric Double Oven, and thankfully seems to be only available in the UK, where of course football has something to do with kicking. Like kicking this ugly oven to the curb.

Ah Cyber Week, where the deals keep comin’. Aside from all the holiday shopping it is a good time to replace things that need replacing. For those that have a janky toaster oven spewing smoke in the kitchen, it might be a sign it’s time to replace it with a new one. And if it has gone that long where the thing has turned into a fire hazard (tip: empty the crumb tray!), then a bells-and-whistles model probably isn’t appropriate. For a no-nonsense model at a cheap price, check out the Cooks Essentials Stainless Steel Design Toaster Oven. It can bake, broil and make toast: check it off the list. Even if it wasn’t exactly on the list. How’s that for efficient holiday shopping?

The microwave is a toy. A science toy…

(Via Dvice)