kitchen

REVIEW The SMEG 2 Slice is a modern toaster with a retro look. It gave us great results with bagels and would look at home on any kitchen counter.

REVIEW The Dash Clear View is a unique and inexpensive toaster which performed well in all our tests.

REVIEW The modestly priced Hamilton Beach 6-Speed Stand Mixer is a good general use electric mixer that can handle most kitchen tasks.

Review The Farberware FMO07ABTBKA was not perfect in our tests, but it was quite good and the price is nice.

Review The Toshiba EM925A5A-BS wasn't the best, but it strikes a good balance between features that matter and a reasonable price. And it was practically perfect on some tests.

Review For a small microwave, the GE JES1145SHSS packs in a powerful performance. It's one of the best compact microwaves we tested, tying for the highest score on our tests.

Review The stainless steel Panasonic NN-SD372 microwave oven is an attractive appliance that offers a unique look on your countertop.

Review The GE JES1072SHSS is exactly what most people would picture in a modern countertop microwave—compact, stylish, and less than $100.

Review A very basic toasting device, which comes at a pleasingly low price.

Review While not the best in terms of cooking, this comes with plenty of extras that make it good value.

Review A cheap but very basic toasting oven that does little to justify the space it occupies in the kitchen.

Review Nesco SC-6-25 is a pretty basic device that works well and gives you enough cooking space to feed up to seven people at once.

Review The Crock-Pot SCR200 is a small, two-quart slow cooker that is perfect for college dorms, one-person households, or for heating dips and side dishes at a party.

Review The Crock-Pot SCCPVL610 is an inexpensive slow cooker that provides you with six quarts of space so you can create meals for large groups.

Review The Breville Fast Slow Pro makes the best food, is easy to clean, and has an attractive, stylish design. But it is expensive.

Review The Cuisinart Programmable Espresso Maker has a programmable button that allows you to customize your brew to your specific tastes.

Review The Presto Dehydro Electric Food Dehydrator work well and is easy to store since its trays can be turned over to nestle into one another.

Review The Cuisinart DHR-20 Food Dehydrator lets you dry a variety of foods including gourmet fruit leathers and yogurt roll-ups as well as other things like doggie treats and flowers for potpourri.

Review The Nesco Snackmaster Pro is easy to use, provides first-rate dehydration results and can be expanded to accommodate as many as 12 trays of food to dry.

Review You can cook up to six eggs inside the compact Dash Rapid Egg Cooker. In our tests, the hard-cooked eggs had thoroughly cooked yolks and firm whites, and they tasted great.