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To save you doing the conversion, that’s 36.3kg.
Thanks, now could you convert that to American Standard lbs? /s
What is that? Like 100 Budweiser’s?
Works out to about .56 Taylor Swifts.
What about stones?
How heavy are the stones?
6.4kg give or take
80 pound only? At that size? What, is it filled with sand?
Deceptive marketing. The 80 lb model is the budget model, but the picture shows the much fancier 300 lb model.
Yeah, they switched production methods in the 90s to save on manufacturing costs.
Back in the 70s they were made from solid steel
Solid stainless steel at that weight would be roughly 17 cm per side (assuming a cube), depending on the exact alloy.
There’s no perfect reference scale, but the diagonal width of the cube is 60% the width of the drawer (by pixels). My kitchen drawer measures 40.5 cm, so the cube is some 24.5 cm across diagonally. A 17 cm cube would be just over 24 cm. I did a lot of rounding at every step, but it seems to check out pretty darn well.
Ever seen the inside of an Aero bar?
The app for this thing sucks tho
It will be unsupported in 6 months too.
Damn, they’re gonna brick my block just like that?
I honestly don’t know which is more real: The mere existence of an app for an inert hunk of metal, or the fact that it’s a miserable user experience?
You just know it would have a subscription and always online requirement
If at any point, one is not met, it just phases out of existence
Awesome I was looking for a wedding gift
Easiest baby shower evaaa
Cool! Does it have AI? Also I want it to connect to a phone app, do not bring me an actual program, or a website (I don’t understand what’s a “browser”, is it Google?), bring me an app! I’m fine with a subscription model, or if the cube starts leaking ooze onto the counter without it. It’s also fine if the cube is expected to leak ooze two years from now, because some server thingamajig is gone.
/s obviously.
I love how which devices get countertop space is a real reflection on culture around the world.
Here in the UK you can always find an electric kettle, without question. In Italy a Moka pot. In Japan a rice cooker.
It says a lot about what’s important to people.
It’s only really in the US that you see such a proliferation of hyper-specific gadgets. Smoothie maker, waffle maker, electric egg poacher, vegetable spiralizer…
I don’t know if that says anything about American culture, or just that you guys have really big kitchens.
I’ve never seen any of those with permanent counter space in any American kitchen. I’ve never even heard of an electric egg poacher.
I chose intentionally obscure and wacky gadgets to overstate the point. I don’t genuinely think everyone has these :)
In the era before cheap microwave ovens the electric egg steamer was my go-to dorm appliance!. I found a coffee can would fit in place of the cover. Then it could not only cook eggs, it could reheat Chef Boyardee and Dinty Moore stew cans.
Isn’t a “smoothie maker” just a blender? I dunno if I would consider it one-use. More uses than a rice cooker or electric kettle
Here (UK) a friend has wasted over a grand on some AI food prep nonsense thing.
In our culture this is understood to be a sign of deep seated emotional distress. And in accordance with our culture we ignore their distress and bring up the weather, as is tradition.
We often do have really big kitchens, but it’s more about us being sold the idea of having whatever we want, whenever we want it, and there’s a gadget for that.
Although, I will say, in most American kitchens I’ve seen have, at least, a toaster oven. Possibly an air fryer. Those both are pretty common here.
Our KitchenAid air fryer gets a permanent spot because it also functions as a toaster/toaster oven, proofer, dehydrator, and food/plate warmer.
Huh, I’m surprised that other countries aren’t big on kitchen gadgets. I’m American and I try to avoid any of those specialty gadgets. I’ve received several as gifts over the years, though I always end up selling or donating them
IRL clutter is mental clutter which is why I have banned all counter appliances from our home. All such appliances are stored until they are needed and then put away, a practice which trades occasional 30s periods of effort for a lifetime of mental clarity.
Yeah, but what attachments does it have?
None. Though you can get another one that is almost, but not quite entirely the same as it to take up more space.
Description says it support anything compatible with: Rhombus 1.0, Rhombus 2.0, OpenRhombus, Ikea Sküåir, K-Cube, and all KitchenAid Surfaces v.12 or greater. But no support for anything that requires a flat squared level surface.
Can I get it in red?
Yes, but if you have other red appliances, the shade of red won’t match.
Yes, but first you have to carry it through 19 puzzle chambers to test if you are qualified for cube ownership.
Yeah I think my wife bought this already
Introducing the single use monstrosity! Used for shaving strawberries for one part of one dish!
I can smell planned obsolescence from here. Do they make a premium version?
Does it make ice?
No, but it can crush it.
Waiting for the black Friday sales
That looks like more than 80 pounds. Well, maybe it’s hollow.
It’s 89.99 GBP.
Free shipping though.
Should be aluminum, way better at taking up space for its weight
That’d make it too easy to lift off the counter though!
It would be the same weight? But bulkier?
Oh shit, I was thinking in the same dimensions. My dumb! Yeah, aluminum is brilliant then!
I feel so sad for all the Kitchenaid mixers out there gathering dust because someone got it as a wedding gift and doesn’t cook.
Eventually, they end up at a thrift store, methinks.
They do of course, no reason to ever buy new.
TBH I use mine for the attachments taking advantage of the torquey motor more than I use it to actually mix anything. Meat and veggie grinders save me a lot of money. Unless I mix something tougher than I am, I still rather just use my own arms to mix stuff it seems. Not a brag I’m just weird.
