I see red, I see red, I see red!

June 13, 2008 2:08 AM

Where can I find really cool RED kitchen equipment?

I am looking for something really cool for a kitchen. There is only one thing that it must be: bright, vibrant and red in colour.

It could be a kettle, toaster, salad bowl, cutlery, crockery or anything else as long as it's red. I have a budget of £50-70 and it would need to be something that I could get in the UK or delivered here. Although, normally a fan of vintage gear, I am not sure how appealing this would be as a gift when it relates to kitchen equipment, however, I am open to all suggestions.

Bonus points for things that are well-designed and very cool looking.

Ta.

posted by ClanvidHorse to home & garden (20 comments total)

Oh yes, it's a gift for someone.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 2:11 AM on June 13

Here's a few random ideas from Amazon (UK):

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 2:43 AM on June 13

Some red stuff from John Lewis
Spice mill
Casserole pot
More expensive casserole pot
Red lacquer cookware range
Spring scales
Toaster
Is that a toaster or a Mini?

I'm sure theres more red stuff to be found there :)
posted by Ness at 2:47 AM on June 13

Cheers le morte. I use Amazon all the time for books and cds but had entirely forgotten that they actually sell other stuff.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 2:47 AM on June 13

Red Kettle
Red Toaster
This site as lots of red stuff
posted by missmagenta at 2:48 AM on June 13

A kettle.

A cast-iron casserole.

And another one (heart-shaped)

A rolling pin.

Ceramic cookware.

Much more red here.


As a keen cook, if it were me, I would love a cast-iron casserole. It'll last 100 years and is one of the most versatile pots a cook can have as it can be used on the hob and in the oven.
posted by essexjan at 2:56 AM on June 13

An Ebay search for red + kitchen + new + max price £60 (to allow for postage) yeilds lots of potential gift ideas. I love the red retro design kettles!
posted by schmoo at 4:00 AM on June 13

The red Sarpaneva casserole pot is a total design classic, hard to find and a present that would make me cry with joy
posted by uandt at 4:07 AM on June 13

As a supplement to a smaller item, if you should choose it, a set of red kitchen towels would be really cool. :dries self with red bath towel: Most people's kitchen towels are random, unmatched things bought in a frenzy when one shreds and dies. A set of matching ones would be neat. Red towels are where it's at, man.
posted by phunniemee at 4:41 AM on June 13

I believe Kitchen Aid has a "brilliant red" line of small kitchen stuff.
posted by gjc at 4:57 AM on June 13

I have those red Typhoon scales linked above. They are very nice.
posted by ninebelow at 5:21 AM on June 13

Red baking timer

Red apron & oven mitts

tongs

Various dutch ovens
posted by 8dot3 at 6:01 AM on June 13

Can I just add, too, that non-electrical items will probably have a longer lifespan than, say, a toaster or a kettle. As one of the functions of gift-giving is to remind the person of the giver, the longer something lasts, so the fonder the memory is likely to be. I have a large stoneware cup and saucer that was a gift from a friend almost 30 years ago. I saw her for the first time in 25 years last summer, but thought of her each time I used that cup and saucer in the intervening quarter-century.
posted by essexjan at 6:07 AM on June 13

This knife holder is cool and red. You can also get it in high street shops.
posted by beniamino at 6:28 AM on June 13

Thanks for the advice everyone. Plenty to go on there! I would mark a best answer but it is all good.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 8:44 AM on June 13

I've got my eye on a pair of these for when our new kitchen's finished:

The matching Magimix Le Toaster and Kettle were both Which? Guide Best Buys this year, so not only are they beautiful but they're also practical. They only lost marks for not being terribly easy to keep clean.
posted by dogsbody at 8:54 AM on June 13

Here's what you do. You get them a copy of Cradle of Flavor,, which is an awesome Indonesian/Singaporean/Malaysian cookbook. Then on a little card inside the book you give them a link to this thread on eGullet, in which the participants enthusiastically cook their way through the entire cookbook with lots of photos and commentary. Then you go to the store and buy them a few of the more exotic condiments used in the book, like palm sugar, shrimp crackers, and kecap manis. Then (you're wondering where the red comes in, right?) you get them this absolutely adorable Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus food processor in red. You need it to prepare almost everything in the book because it uses all these flavoring pastes, and a regular food processor won't do--it has to be this mini one.

If they like cooking and are adventurous eaters, I can pretty much guarantee they will love this gift.
posted by HotToddy at 1:10 PM on June 13

Forgot to say, the author himself weighs in on that eGullet thread.
posted by HotToddy at 1:11 PM on June 13

le Creuset. beautiful shade of red, never wears out, and the colors aren't changed so any time you can get more in the same red.
posted by citron at 1:42 PM on June 13

For the record: though it may seem like a good idea to get your stove powder-coated Ferrari red, it's really not. It looks cool from a distance and at first, but once you start cooking with it you'll find out that the stuff really doesn't do well with heat.

(It still looks cool from a distance, but the top is trashed.)

I have tons of red stuff in my kitchen, a collection cobbled together over the last few decades from catalogs and stores. Just go into one and look; it's pretty eye-catching. Or add "red" to your search terms online.
posted by bink at 6:57 AM on June 14