This is the permanent home of all the equipment reviews I’ve shared over the years! It’s definitely a work in progress, so keep checking back to see what I add!
You can find a huge post that I’ll be updating about mixers by clicking this link – Everything you wanted to know about mixers, but were afraid or forgot to ask! (Updated January 20, 2021)
My current equipment includes…
- IKA T 25 Digital ULTRA TURRAX® homogenizer – NEW!
- Dynamic Minipro mixer, immersion blender with emulsifying blade and dairy blade – NEW!
- Dynamic Minipro mixer with homogenizer attachment – NEW!
- Kitchenaid 9 speed mixer – no shear (review coming soon)
- Magnetic stirrer without hot plate (up to 3,000 RPM) – information on stir bars in that post
- Magnetic stirrer with hot plate (up to 2,000 RPM) – information on stir bars
- Overhead stirrer
- Minipro Mixer (Lotioncrafter)
- Norpro MiniMixer with four attachments (more information found in the huge mixer post, January 20, 2021)
- Escali scale that weighs to 1 gram
- Escali scale that weighs to 0.01 grams
- Random scale from Amazon that weighs to 0.1 grams
WHAT DO WE NEED WHEN STARTING OUT?
Some information for beginners about suggested equipment
What do we really need when we’re starting out?
Creating products: Equipment (part one)
Creating products: Equipment (part two)
What options are there for double boilers?
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EQUIPMENT
Presents for crafters: Mixing and measuring
Present ideas for crafters – mixers!
Discussion: What tools or small pieces of equipment rock your world?
Discussion: Let’s talk about mixers!
General ideas for equipment you might want in your workshop
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MIXING THEORY
Creating products: Combining the two phases – mixing
Creating products: Questions about mixing
Mixing surfactants: Slowly and gently with a fork
Zoom meeting on mixers – click, then scroll to find the download for that workshop. It has so much about mixers in it!
BEAKERS, FLASKS, AND OTHER GLASS WARE (including things like pipettes, measuring cups, and boats)
Quick review of beakers, flasks, and disposable or one-time use items
HEATING DEVICES
Including fondue pots, double boilers, hot plates, and more
What do you want to know? How can we control our heating and holding temperatures?
How should we be heating our ingredients?
What options are there for double boilers?
How to create a double boiler (quick summary)
How do we define what is a “double boiler”?
My favourite double boiler: The Rival electric fondue pot
Magnetic stirrer with hot plate (up to 2,000 RPM) – information on stir bars
IMMERSION BLENDERS, STICK BLENDERS, AND HOMOGENIZERS (HIGH SHEAR MIXERS)
Review: High shear mixers – Chefman 300W Soft-Touch Rubberized Ice Crushing Immersion Blender (not recommended)
Review: Ultra Turrax homogenizer
Review: Dynamic Minipro mixer, immersion blender with emulsifying blade and dairy blade
Review: Dynamic Minipro mixer with homogenizer attachment
MAGNETIC STIRRERS (NO SHEAR MIXERS)
Equipment review: Magnetic stirrers and stir bars, plus thoughts on my Intllab version
Equipment review: Magnetic stirrer with hot plate
pH METERS
You can find all the information on pH meters – how they work, how to use them, why we use them, and more – along with reviews of seven different ones in the pH & information about meters section of the blog.
SCALES
Reviews of quite a few different scales, including Escali (1 gram), Escali (0.01 grams), and KD 7000
THERMOMETERS
Get a bloody thermometer already! Equipment review
UTENSILS (including forks, knives, spoons, and other things for mixing stuff)
Mixing surfactants: Slowly and gently with a fork!
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