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Under pressure
Ease the pressure of dinner prep with a digital GoWISE USA Electric Programmable Pressure Cooker. In addition to quickly cooking succulent meats, the multifunction 4-quart model can also be used as a rice cooker, slow cooker, soup pot and veggie steamer. $120. (888) 237-8289; Best Buy.
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Unfried turkey
Forget the oil—you can fry a crispy-on-the-outside, moist-on-the-inside, 18-pound turkey using radiant heat with the Butterball Oil-Free Electric Turkey Fryer. It includes a woodchip tray for smoky flavoring and an easy-to-clean drip tray. $100. (800) 227-7776; Bass Pro Shops.
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Compact cooking
When the weather won’t let you grill out, plug in the Zojirushi EB-CC15TA Indoor Electric Grill to get those grilled flavors quickly and safely on your countertop. The nonstick, variable-heat surface goes up to 410 F, and the drip tray cleans up in the dishwasher. $76. (877) 929-3247; Wayfair.
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Full kitchen press
Crispy grilled sandwiches are ready in minutes in a West Bend 6113 Grill & Panini Press. The nonstick, ribbed surfaces grill tops and bottoms of sandwiches or meats at the same time. Leave the top up to use it as a tabletop grill. $50. (866) 290-1851; West Bend.
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Digital drying
In a matter of hours, you can preserve garden produce and herbs or make jerky and fruit leather in a digital Nesco FD-77DT Top Mounted Dehydrator. Hot air flows through an exterior pressurized chamber, drying food evenly and quickly, with no need to rotate trays. $100. (800) 288-4545; Nesco.
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Millwork
Craving the flavor and health benefits you can get from grinding whole grains at home? The Nutrimill from L’Equip can mill up to 20 cups of grain such as wheat, rice, popcorn or quinoa into flour in just minutes. $290. (801) 383-1920; L'Equip.
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Turn it around
Create mouth-watering, spit-roasted entrees in a Hamilton Beach Countertop Oven with convection and rotisserie features. It uses about half the electricity as a conventional oven to roast pork, broil salmon or bake cookies, cakes, pizzas and casseroles. $130. (800) 851-8900; Hamilton Beach.
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Twice as nice
Want the speed of a microwave and the baking features of a conventional oven? The LG Microwave with Baking Oven combines both in a cool countertop appliance with a 1,400-watt baking drawer that produces crispy pizzas, chewy cookies and fluffy biscuits without turning on “the big oven.” $220. (800) 243-0000; LG.
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Microvection
It makes popcorn, heats leftovers and cooks anything you’d typically microwave, but the GE Profile Series Convection/Microwave Oven can also bake breads and roast juicy meats. Sensors automatically adjust time and power for best results. $629. (800) 466-3337; Home Depot.
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Smart oven
What if your oven did the thinking for you—and sped up cooking time by as much as 30 percent? The 1,800-watt Breville BOV800XL countertop convection oven has nine preset functions ready to make cookies, bake pizza and broil meats, plus it remembers your preferences for next time. $250. (866) 273-8455; Breville USA.
Have a little more fun playing in the kitchen with an assortment of big kids' countertop culinary toys.