Equipment reviews!

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…

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

All about shear! 

Mixing surfactants: Slowly and gently with a fork

Zoom meeting on non-shear mixers – like hand mixers, overhead stirrers, and magnetic stirrers – click, then scroll to find the download for that workshop. It has so much about mixers in it!

Zoom meeting on shear mixers, like immersion blenders, stick blenders, and homogenizers. Click the link, then scroll to find the download for that workshop as it contains so much information!

Loads more on mixer with tons of links after the Zoom meeting on homogenizers! So much information there!

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”? 

Questions about heating vessels! Includes a lot of information on my favourite double boiler, the Rival electric fondue pot

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

Zoom meeting with hand out – includes overhead stirrers/mixers

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

Why do we weigh our products?

Reviews of quite a few different scales, including Escali (1 gram), Escali (0.01 grams), and KD 7000

Creating larger (and smaller) batches: An quick aside on measuring smaller amounts with 1 gram scales!

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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