@@chrissiroisWhat dollar store do you shop at where you can buy a coffee maker? Unless you mean a store like “Family Dollar”, where it costs $15.00. It looks like hot water goes into the larger brew basket giving it extra time to brew with and make the coffee stronger than just the 4-cup coffee maker.
@@jpbaley2016 yeah, I was just generalizing about the dollar store thing, and I also really wasn't paying attention to that aspect that you noticed. If that's the case, thank you for clearing it up
Exactly. It's just a drip coffee machine, I bet you can get one cheaper. All it's done it showing that if you drip your coffee over ice instead of adding ice later, it gets cold by the time it has finished brewing. You can use this knowledge as a lifehack tho.
I had a coffee maker combo that was a single cup and a full pot maker in one. It broke. They sent me two makers. This one and a normal one. It's pretty nice for a single cup maker and I looked it up, it's only about $25 at my local shops, which is much better than a Keurig. If you use the pods, just cut the top open and put it in the basket.
Literally just been down the big B&M looking at kitchen gadgets and thinking “Barry has reviewed this and it’s not as good as it looks!” Thanks for saving me money!
A camera person that could film your videos like this (and edit the in the same style) so your back gets a bit of rest would be perfect, I think. By the 3rd video in the “new style” I did get used to it but this just feels like family. Or what about a higher worktop? (I have Spina Bifida and Arachnoiditis which causes severe back pain; I’m full of back saving ideas. 😂)
I love that even after YEARS in the kitchen, making recipes, testing every gadget imaginable Barry still manages to bungle like 80% of them in the most simple ways possible. Please never change, Barry.
This "lower quality" is so much better, more real, more fun, alot better to watch and more entertaining, feels like you Barry and not a television show, hope you find the balance you need
For testing the accuracy of the scale spoon, it would probably be better to use water, since volume and weight are directly correlated for water. For the paprika, volume and weight may not be directly correlated - it's really hard to precisely relate volume and weight for ground solids, which could be more coarsely or smoothly ground than whatever control was used for the google answer.
The vegetable chopper would be a great way to get veg into children who aren't keen. I like the measuring spoon and iced coffee maker, although I might give the peach tea a miss lol. Great collection of gadgets today, Barry.
This style of video is much more personal, I really prefer it. It feels like a guy in his kitchen cooking an experimenting and records it. The new style is a RU-vidr that is making content, just to make content. If you want to continue with the new style, please ignore the camera guy and talk to us like he is not there.
I love your videos Barry and Mrs Barry! I personally love the older style videos too, but I appreciate that you have to enjoy making your videos so any method you choose is fantastic! Thanks so much! All my family love your content ! 👍👍👍
The quality of the videos you made with the previous Cam person was great, I am in the team OG Barry but I understand why working with someone is so helpful and good for you and some reactions were just nasty. I feel like the difference is when you do it by yourself your videos have that cozy, homey vibe. Like “I am in the kitchen with you, peeking from behind your shoulder”. The cam person shots and editing gave you a more pro/teacher-esque look. We have to admit a lot of people, myself included, fell in love with the former style. Maybe you can figure out how to include some iconic Barry moves. Personally, it is not a Barry Lewis video without something like lying sideways on the countertop and talking to us when adjusting the camera. However, you will do what's best for you, your health and well-being, and your family. No matter what, I will continue to watch your hilarious videos. Lots of love ❤
Another great video! I was getting my lunch together, saw the first gadget, and all I could hear was Marvin saying “This will all end in tears…” Thank you, Barry for the wonderful work and laughs!
Barry's hate for the air fryer is just endlessly amusing to me. Seriously, they've been around for years, A LOT of people I know have one, and personally, I want one. If they were actually just a fad, I'm pretty sure they'd be gone already.
I honestly have been enjoying Cam being around, doesn't say much but works like a character in a game, when the camera's moving around it feels a little more like actual interaction rather than 1-on-1 with a camera on a tripod, and the bonus of helping physically! And these gadget videos always are such a curiosity to me, seeing what types of nonsense people come up with, and how much of it isn't nonsense at all!
I would have cut off an end of the potato to have a more secure base to put on the base before pressing down. Including instructions with that first device would also have been really helpful.
Even still, I think the build quality was just pants. Mixing thin plastic and super sharp metal blades in a movable form factor like that is just asking for trouble. Dangerous trouble at that.
I've had a similar item in the past and it did the same thing it came apart and the blades came out. Personally I feel like if you have a need for a device like this just get a commercial type one. Plus it has the advantage of being able to get different inserts to cut different shapes and sizes.
I have the same item exactly, it specifically states to cut larger potatoes to a reasonable size. I do not have a lot of strength to push them through yet have been able to put decent ones through it and never broken it. I usually like Barry's practical approach but I was a bit horrified at the ridiculous bashing to get the potato out. No wonder it broke! The gadget is really no different than the apple corer/slicer things that frequently get used, except for the shape.
Hi Barry 👋 I love your videos, and I fully sympathise with your back issues. A couple of things that have helped me. 1 is a self heating back brace. I've degenerative disc disease, and it's been amazing fairly cheap from amazon. 2 slightly more extreme, my other half made my kitchen island a bit higher, less bend, so less pressure on the lower spine ❤
Barry, in order to get accurate grams in tsp and tbsp and such, then you have to scoop it into the tsp with something else and level it off. if you just scoop it with the measuring spoon and say all is good, then you are actually compacting the ingredient into the spoon, thus making it more grams than needed.
I've actually had one of those 'lawnmower' vegetable choppers for years now. If I just quickly want to dice something finely, and I'm not too bothered by size consistency, then it really works wonders.
I think that spoon/scale is more for things like flour when baking or just generally things in bags. Saves a scale from being used. Just stuff the spoon in, pop it straight to a mixing bowl
Miss this style a bit honestly, not because of the camera work, but just because it doesn't feel like Barry is trying his best to be a Food Network host, yanno hahah
Yes, that's exactly it. I can only imagine how much fun it is to test new styles but in this case a running and loved system might be better off staying that way or changing very slowly. People never love change haha. This being said I completely agree with other comments saying getting help is totally fine if not necessary for your health. It's just about maybe taking slower steps towards a new style and let's be honest. This was a great viewer servey. Now it's pretty clear what makes people watch. Obviously it's Internet so not everyone knows how to behave well. Anyway, please Barry if you should read this, take care of yourself, your health is the most important. ❤
The ice coffee maker made me think of something you can try out. Can you investigate the whole cold brew coffee story, try different ways of doing it, and tell us what you would recommend (if any)
For Peach Tea, what you want to do is make peach syrup, 1 cup water - 1 cup sugar - two thinly sliced peaches, first and then mix it with the tea. You'll have a lot more syrup than you need, but you can use it for a lot of stuff other than tea.
So much better having a 'normal' style video back with just you (and the family) at home, not overly professional. I'll admit I hated the first one you did a few weeks ago, I had to turn it off half way through, but the ones after were better, but being back to this style is even better than that
The iced coffee maker is just a regular coffee machine with a cup full of ice. You should make the coffee in a regular pot over ice and just see if it’s indeed the same flavour.
You can see the inspiration and relief and pure enjoying what you do when you had a Cam. I hooe whn you get to have your freedom back and have a cam again others will be able to just enjoy .
It feels like the good old days though Barry. Hope Mrs Barry feels better soon. Love that spinner chopper thingy 😊 I need a good electric cheese grater because I have osteoarthritis in my hands. Any recommendations? Love your video, they always make us happy. 🧑🏻🍳
Oof yeah, I struggle with a regular grater too. I have a stand mixer that has a grater attachment option, but I've been worried to buy it cuz it looks like it won't do a good job.
That oil solidifier stuff is awesome! I heard about it from America's Test Kitchen and immediately ordered some, and it makes cleaning up so much easier.
@@mellonmarshall kind of, but it's a different chemical process. In both cases it's a type of polymerization but in this case it doesn't make soap so much as something similar to a stuff jello
9:40 As for the tea/tablespoon measurement: Tea/Tablespoon in america, australia and europe is different. I was shocked about it too the first time, I thought the whole world just agrees on spoon sizes but nope. 🤣😅
To get rid of used fry oil easily. I just pour the oil in old butter tubs or milk jugs, then take to my local restaurant. It let's you pour in its collection containers to be recycled
Sorry for the drop in quality?!?!?!?! This is the best video in a good while! Love this style so much. Keep up the good work Barry, love from the netherlands ❤
I used to have a string pull chopper similar to this and I loved it but one of the blades broke off. I replaced it with an electric bosch chopper, MMRO8R1GB and I love it. You just put the blade in the bottom, add the food, drop in the protective tray and then sit the domed motor on top and press it down to set it off. Even used it to make mayonnaise as the protective layer has drip holes for drizzling in the oil. The motor part stays clean and the two other sections wash easy.
So that thing for the deep fryer is essentially a re-packaging of that Gelli Baff stuff they sell to kids? (Or as a luxurious relaxing bath aid for middle class women)
Love your vids and your personality (the rest of the family too) and i miss your vids with your daughters 😢 I wonder why you didn't reach 1 million yet?! Love from Egypt ❤
Just sitting here watching another great and entertaining video from you Barry and I just remembered you were building a new kitchen and wondered about how that coming along?🤗
I really appreciate you doing gadgets that could be helpful in the kitchen for disabled people, as it means I don't have to waste money on things that won't work for me (or falls apart!)
I do like this style of video better, only because it does feel more personable. Like friends having a good ol time 😁 But your health and time with your family matters more ❤ I Hope you find the right cam person to help you achieve that ❤ Much love and many blessings ❤️
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I read somewhere that tea needs proper 100C boiling water to break down some of the more bitter flavours, but most coffee machines only heat to 80C, so I imagine that absolutely wasn't Barry's cup of tea at all
I think that with a bit of time we could get used to the new style. And having help with the recording was better for his health, it seems like his back is hurting due to the angles he is using to record himself.
I definitely like this style of video way better, and I don't see why Barry can't hire a cameraperson who is able to work this way instead of turning everything into imitation Food Network. Nobody was complaining that Barry had help - just that the new style of video made the videos less fun to watch. (In particular I *really* hated the color timing, and it would have been so easy for Cam to just, like, not do that.)
Handpull mixer is a favorite in my house, I make ground beef with mine, mince up most vegs, do nuts and just in general a really useful tool in the kitchen for me. Especially those times my wrists or hands hurts too badly to hold a knife safely
My delonghi deep fryer has a drain plug, its easy to use. Let it cool down drain it into a suitable container, plug it back up wash with warm soapy water drain it out rinse and dry refill. You could have different oils for different foods
Coffee ground for filter coffee makers is ground very fine, I don't thing the wizzy grinder thing could grind it that fine, some electric coffee grinders struggle to grind fine enough. The coffee you ground would probably work in percolator or even a cafetiere because it would have longer contact with the water.
We've got similar veggie chopper, though it's from Joseph Joseph, and definitely more robust! After many similar failed attempts, we found chopping the bottom end of the potato helps send it straight. Overall a great gadget for quickly making some chips in the air fryer. 🤙
I had to laugh when Barry just chucked bits of peach into the tea leaves. "Nooo Barry that's not how fruit tea works 😂" and I have no knowledge of how you get a fruity flavour into tea lmao
You could easily hold that veg chopper tight in one hand then turn it upside down and sideways while pulling the chord. Make it into a full body workout and chop coffee grains more easily too. All the best to Mrs B, sorry to hear that she's sick.
With the chopper Barry, I think it always performs better if you wet the blades with warm water first. We have a similar gadget (although it's a longer one that you put the veg on the blade and then slam the lid down) and we find it doesn't work as well when the blade is dry
We've had the Tupperware version of that string chopper for quite a while and it's great for chopping loads of things. Particularly good for chillies and garlic if you want to avoid touching.
If the measuring spoon wasn't calibrating the spices correctly, i dont think i would say its great and recommend it to people that need exact measurements....
Barry, I hope you can find a “Cam” who can help you grow the way you would like your channel to grow but keep it homey enough to satisfy those who don’t see a need for a change. I’ll watch whatever you put out and be grateful for the content. No apologies necessary though, for certain. I subscribed for this, and I’ll stay for whatever comes next! Thanks for being my ultimate cheer-up and relax content after a tough day at work. ❤️
