Amazon Prime Day is back and many of the best deals are simmering in the kitchen. Every countertop appliance an undercaffeinated amateur chef could want is currently marked down, which presents an opportunity to rethink the process and ambition. Prime Day is worth waiting for because it’s an ideal chance to level up. Today, you can spring for that brand-name piece of equipment, without having to feel the gut punch in your wallet.
Ninja FG551 Foodi Smart XL 6-in-1 Indoor Grill
“Foodi” is right — the Ninja 6-in-1 is a powerhouse for those who spend a lot of time in the kitchen, featuring multiple cooking modes like air frying and and broiling in addition to a dehydrating function. Love jerky? And trying out every air fryer hack you see on TikTok? Take advantage of 30% off.
Keurig Express Maker, Single Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Brewer
Is this the third wave single origin coffee you can brag about to your snobby friend? No. Is it the most efficient, consistent and readily available option you’re going to use all the time? Absolutely. This model is heavily marked down too, leaving your budget room to spring for the fancier coffee pods.
Vitamix Series Blender
You’ve been telling yourself you’re going to get healthier. Fewer milkshakes, more smoothies. The Vitamix (an upper middle class totem if ever there was one) is the first step on your path to health food redemption. Buying one of these is basically half the battle, right? (Side note: These also mix milkshakes…just in case you…cheat.)
Keurig K-Iced Coffee Maker
It’s so hot outside, and nobody’s got time to brew coffee just to have it sit chilling in the refrigerator for hours. This Keurig coffee maker brews iced-coffee that’s ready to go so you can hit the commute with cup in-hand. No more slogging off to get coffee ten minutes after you get to the office.
Ninja Air Fryer
People love air fryers. It’s not entirely clear why this cult-like obsessions with a cooking practice has become so ubiquitous, but here we are, society. For the people that do obsess over air fryers, they almost always are using this one. Luckily, it’s at a heavy discount now.
Instant Pot Vortex Air Fryer Over
Imagine the air fryer, but for wintertime heartier foods. Those are often made in an Instapot. What your grandmother used to call a crock pot or pressure cooker is now cooking all those dishes you keep seeing people make on TikTok, only now you can get it for $50 cheaper.
Kitchenaid Artisan Plus Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
You’re obsessed with this thing. You know you are. Even if you don’t make, you want one of these people it’s a pavlovian response to seeing Giada use it on the cooking channel. This one is over $100 cheaper, so it’s on you for when you don’t get it now and then pay extra so you can bake things.
Soda Stream Art Sparkling Water Maker
Everyone know drinks their own body weight in seltzer on a weekly basis. That’s just a fact. Stop spending all that money on pastel cans with ludicrous non-words on them (Pamplemousse? Get out of here). Invest in the only economically stable streamer instead. It pays for itself in a few months and the cartridges can be refilled at plenty of retailers, including, surprisingly, Staples.
Ninja OG701 Woodfire Outdoor Grill
Just because you don’t have the sprawling backyard for a barbeque doesn’t mean you can’t fire up the grill. Ninja’s woodfire outdoor grill is compact enough to dole out onto the back landing and whip up some burgers and kabobs for the gang. The grill also comes with the chips of wood to get your fire roaring.
EW/ICE Cookware Sets
It’s time to invest in a full cookware set. One frying pan and one dutch oven isn’t going to cut it anymore. This set has enough pieces—with lids—to keep multiple burners going. In the end, it’ll cut down on the time it takes you to make everything for dinner when you can have multiple parts going at once.
Rubbermaid Brilliance Leak-Proof Food Storage Containers
Especially when you’re having BBQs, dinner parties, and leftovers, you’re going to want to keep everything organized. Sure, the little plastic bins delivery food comes in is fine, but it’s not going to be as good long-term as keeping your food in these airtight containers.