Chestnuts roasting on an open fire just too low-tech for you? This little beauty from Hammacher Schlemmer can roast your nuts or pop your corn – automatically. The Automatic Nut Roaster has a 1,000W heating element that spreads heat evenly across the non-stick interior and can roast a cup of nuts in seven minutes. A stainless steel paddle stirs the nuts so they roast evenly and get coated with any spices or glazes you add. You can even make up to 6 quarts of popcorn in the roaster to make your own Cracker Jacks. The roaster is hand-washable. The Automatic Nut Roaster is $49.95 and is available for immediate shipping.
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The title of this post has a whole other set of meaning in the UK and brings tears to my eyes.
My first thought was that it looked like it should have been in a post on The Gadgeteer circa 1968. It definitely has that “Mad Men” styling and the tech can’t be much beyond that either. I’m thinking this might be a re-release of a product that didn’t quite take off in the days of yore and someone thought of a way to clean up the warehouse. Hmmm.
Automatic Nut Roaster… otherwise known as my wife.
@NBRed5 It has a different meaning here, too – probably the same as in the UK. I originally wrote this with a much different title, but I decided to scrap that approach for something more polite.
@Louis Back in the dark ages – but not so long ago as 1968, thank you! – I had a popcorn popper that looked just like this thing. I don’t believe it had the paddle, though.
@Roger Bixley LOL! I have so many retorts running through my head, but I just can’t allow myself to say them. I don’t want Julie to fire me!
My mother does it the even-lower tech way – in the toaster.
I saw this and my first thought was, ‘Look! A seasonal uni-tasker!’.