# What is your favorite appliance in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486 "2014-06-23T21:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earth001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/1 "2014-06-23T21:42:56Z")
So SD, What is your favorite appliance that you are using in your home? Coffee maker, dryer, juicer, what? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/2 "2014-06-23T21:50:43Z")
I have a deep emotional relationship with my potato peeler. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/3 "2014-06-23T22:09:08Z")
Toaster, on bagel setting. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/4 "2014-06-23T22:21:24Z")
Rice cooker. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/5 "2014-06-23T22:25:32Z")
Define “appliance”. Do TVs and computers count? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/6 "2014-06-23T22:26:48Z")
My Neuro Fuzzy rice cooker. It has cute little feet. It sings a little song when it finishes its job. It’s easy to clean and easy to put away. It makes tasty rice. It’s pretty much a pleasure to use in every way. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/7 "2014-06-23T22:31:06Z")
Nice to see you talking about other stuff, **Earth**. 🙂 For me, it’d be the microwave for it’s sheer bulk in heavy lifting so much. I can no longer imagine living without it. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/8 "2014-06-23T22:33:29Z")
My KitchenAid stand mixer. I have a very well equipped kitchen, but the Christmas I opened that box, I hugged it. That was almost five years ago. I still love it and use it several times a week. In fact, I am going to make [these](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/triple-the-ginger-cookies/Detail.aspx) tonight. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/9 "2014-06-23T22:35:24Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I have a deep emotional relationship with my potato peeler. > Does that help? your fooling yourself. that relationship is only skin deep. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/10 "2014-06-24T02:15:08Z")
My favorite is my instant-hot water heater, on weekends, letting me make coffee without spending the time microwaving the water. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/11 "2014-06-24T02:35:37Z")
My coffee grinder. It’s a red Krups model I bought circa 1986, still works perfectly, and I use it almost every day. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/12 "2014-06-24T02:41:13Z")
My favorite appliance right now is the air conditioner. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/13 "2014-06-24T02:47:09Z")
Fridge. As long as I have electricity, and/or the ability to make fire, I can prepare food and coffee, wash myself, stay sufficiently warm or cool depending on the season, and continue my deep relationship with various screens. But without my fridge, food will spoil quickly in summer or freeze in winter. And I won’t have half-and-half for my morning coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/14 "2014-06-24T03:13:25Z")
Easy. [Thermador pro gas range.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/1978822_671336702909613_307444644_n.jpg) Love. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/15 "2014-06-24T04:04:19Z")
Vitamix. Love that thing. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/16 "2014-06-24T04:12:38Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > your fooling yourself. that relationship is only skin deep. You are today’s winner of the internet. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/17 "2014-06-24T04:14:30Z")
My breadmaker. At last I can have a decent tasting loaf of gluten-free bread without having to drive nearly 50 miles r/t to the store. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/18 "2014-06-24T04:46:54Z")
My rice cooker. It is the first model rice cooker ever to be sold. My dad bought it in Japan in 1957 and I still use it about once a week. Someone else has the same one and wrote about it here: > **[Rice Cooker Musings](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/12/28/1004358/-Rice-Cooker-Musings)** > > I believe my rice cooker and I have been together for about forty-four years. I'm not sure of the exact date I got it, and I was going to see if I could find out whether or not there was any ... ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/19 "2014-06-24T04:49:28Z")
Dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/20 "2014-06-24T06:39:55Z")
My water heater. Oh Yeah Baby. (Its a guy thingy.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486.md?page=2)