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Kitchen & Appliances

The kitchen gadgets and appliances the UK is buying right now, from air fryers to ice cream makers, with honest picks and the catch on each.

Oven running costs UK: 20 best-selling built-in ovens checked, 18p to 22p a cycle

AO's 20 best-selling built-in single ovens cost 18.16p to 21.58p per fan cycle at the October 2026 cap.…

Best bread makers UK 2026: what a loaf really costs to bake

Five bread makers compared on electricity per loaf: about 7p to 11p at the price cap, against about…

Best soup makers UK 2026: what a batch costs to make

Five soup makers ranked by what a litre of smooth soup costs to make at the price cap,…

Best kettles UK 2026: what one cup really costs to boil

Six kettles ranked by the smallest boil each maker allows, with the cost per cup worked out at…

Tower Vortx 4.2L vs Ninja AF140UK: which air fryer costs less?

The Tower Vortx 4.2L costs at most 12.3p a 20-minute cook and the Ninja AF140UK 15.4p on Ninja's…

Best travel mugs UK 2026: the hours claim nobody has to prove

Sixteen of the first twenty amazon.co.uk travel mug listings print an hours figure. None names a standard, a…

Best chef's knives UK 2026: what a 20cm knife costs per year of written guarantee

14 chef's knives priced 23 Oct 2026. A £34.99 Robert Welch with a 25-year guarantee costs £1.40 a…

Best vegetable choppers UK 2026: manual and electric, ranked by cost per usable litre

19 choppers priced 23 Oct 2026. A £11.99 pull chopper costs £13.32 per litre it holds; one £29…

Best hand blenders UK 2026: ranked by what each costs per year of written guarantee

21 hand blenders priced 23 Oct 2026. Two cost £10 per guaranteed year; 8 of 15 Argos listings…

Best food processors UK 2026: what each one costs per litre it can actually process

17 food processors priced on 23 Oct 2026 and ranked by cost per litre of stated working capacity.…

Best kitchen scales UK 2026: ranked by price per guaranteed year, not by the sticker

18 scales ranked 23 Oct 2026. A £11 Salter with 15 years of cover costs 73p a guaranteed…

The UK Kitchen Prep Equipment Cost Index 2026

Seven essential prep tools priced at Argos and Lakeland on 23 Oct 2026. Budget basket £115.49, mid-range £296.18,…

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