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Here Comes the Keurig of Everything

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-the-lazy-people-who-only-eat-4-things dept.

Tekla Perry writes: Keurig made a huge business out of single-serving coffee machines. Now, as more complex machinery shrinks in size and cost, many companies are trying to duplicate that success for other types of food and drink. Startups are introducing the Keurig of cocktails, the Keurig of Jell-O shots, and the Keurig of dinner (it makes stir fries, stews, and risottos). The question is: does having a single- or limited-purpose device make really make sense for consumables that aren't coffee? Counter space is not infinite, and most people want more variety out of their lunches, dinners, and nightcaps than they do for their morning pick-me-up. (Also, let's retire this metaphor before we get a Keurig for cats.)

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  1. Re:Follow the Good Eats mantra by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 5, Funny

    I categorize kitchen appliances into two categories: Those that can make chicken wings and those that can't.

    Only a chicken can make chicken wings.

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  2. 100% Naval grade coffee by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coffeebots SUCK!
    If you're not spending at least 40 minutes on your grind and brew ritual, you're just a philistine drinking gunky swill.

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    1. Re: 100% Naval grade coffee by rickb928 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you're not brewing your coffee specifically to strip paint and refinish your concrete, you're wasting your time and coffee.

      If your community isn't collecting your grounds to pave the local highways, you're not doing it right.

      If you bother to stir your coffee and get the spoon back, you're not trying hard enough.

      If adding sugar doesn't cause a violent reaction requiring evacuation, you're not doing it right.

      Coffee is intended to be a test of endurance and strength. C'mon, man...

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  3. Re:How long before I can get... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your Marklar is marklar! What a marklar, you.

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  4. Re:I'm having trouble understanding this by willworkforbeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some would argue that the Yugo was a single serve car experience. So there's that.

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  5. Re:Keurig, to large to be a paperweight. by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 3, Funny

    My favorite single use kitchen appliance of all time was the Presto Hot-Dogger. Something about the beauty of simplicity combined with being inches away from a mini-electrocution chamber that I can't find in today's boring appliances.

  6. Re:Follow the Good Eats mantra by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 4, Funny

    I categorize kitchen appliances into two categories: Those that can make chicken wings and those that can't.

    Only a chicken can make chicken wings.

    Only an egg can make chicken wings.

    Only a chicken can make an egg. Your move.

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  7. Re:Follow the Good Eats mantra by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Keurig is smaller, cheaper, and doesn't let me nuke shitty food. Seriously, my diet improved significantly when my college microwave broke, and I didn't replace it.

    Your coffee will improve significantly after your Keurig breaks, if you don't replace it.

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