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Small appliance refers to a class of home appliance

Home appliance

Home appliances are electrical/mechanical appliances which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleanliness.Traditionally, home appliances are classified into:...
s that are portable or semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms. Such items are contrasted with major appliance

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Beer Beer Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and Fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal?the most common of which is malted barley, although wheat, maize , and rice are widely used.... chiller / keg
Blender Blender (device) A blender, or liquidiser in British English, is a kitchen appliance used to mix ingredients or puree food. The term typically refers to a stationary, upright electrical device, which is to be distinguished from a hand-powered or electric mixer that may be used for similar purposes.... See also Immersion Blender	$0.08 per hour
Bottle Bottle A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth." Bottles are often made of glass, clay, plastic or other impervious materials, and typically used to store liquids such as water, milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, cooking oil, medicine, shampoo, ink and chemicals.... warmer Also known as Milk Bottle warmer
Breadmaker Bread machine A bread machine or breadmaker is a home appliance for baking bread. It consists of a bread pan with a paddle mounted in the center, in a small special-purpose oven, with a control panel....
Bread / bun warmer Bread warmer A bread warmer can describe a number of different devices used to keep warm bread from cooling too fast. It may be a simple basket with cloth, a ceramic disk, or even a cabinet placed over a heat source such as a steam radiator....
Butter churn Butter churn A butter churn is a mechanical device used to agitate milk cream until it becomes butter. Churning the cream brings its fat globules together and causes them to clump into lumps of butter, leaving a liquid called butter milk....
Can opener Can opener A can opener is a device used to open metal tin cans....
Non-chemical food sanitizer
Chocolate fountain Chocolate fountain A chocolate fountain is a device for serving chocolate fondue. Typical examples resemble a stepped cone , standing 2-4 feet tall with a fountain at the top and stacked tiers over a basin at the bottom....
Chocolate melter / temperer
Chopper / mini-chopper
Coffee grinder
Coffee machine See also Espresso Espresso Caff? espresso or espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee.... maker, cappuccino Cappuccino File:Cappuccino with latte art on Coffee Right in Brno, Czech Republic.jpgFile:Making of Latte art of cappuccino on Coffee Right in Brno, Czech Republic.jpg... makerautomatic percolator = $0.08 per hour; automatic drip = $0.16 per hour
Coffee roaster
Convection oven Convection oven Convection ovens or fan ovens or turbo ovens augment a traditional oven by circulating heated air using a Fan . The fan motor is in a separate enclosure, to protect it from overheating....
Counter-top dishwasher Dishwasher A dishwasher is a mechanical device for cleaning dishware and cutlerys. Dishwashers can be found in restaurants and private homes....
Cotton candy Cotton candy Cotton candy , candy floss , or fairy floss is a form of spun sugar. Since it consists of mostly air, servings are large. Many people consider eating cotton candy part of the quintessential experience of a visit to a fairground or circus.... maker
Crepe Crêpe A *cr?pe* is a type of very thin, cooked pancake usually made from wheat flour. The word, like the pancake itself, is of France origin, deriving from the Latin crispa, meaning "curled." While cr?pes originate from Brittany, a region in the northwest of France, their consumption is nowadays widespread in France and it is considered... maker
Cup Cup Cup or cups may refer to:A name * A drinking container such as a teacup or similar drinkware. See also:Cup holderPaper cup... warmer / coffee cup warmer
Deep fat fryer Deep fat fryer A deep fryer is a kitchen appliance used for deep-frying.While commonly used in commercial kitchens, household models are available and have become common in countries with a tradition of preparing French fried potatoes at home....
Dim sum Dim sum Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. It is usually served in the mornings until noon time at Chinese restaurants and at specialty dim sum eateries where typical dishes are available throughout the day.... maker
Doughnut Doughnut A doughnut is a sweet, deep-fried piece of dough or batter . The two most common types are the torus-shaped ring doughnut and the filled doughnut, a flattened sphere injected with jam, jelly, cream, custard, or other sweet filling.... maker With fryer (see Dough-nu-matic) or without
Egg cooker
Easy-Bake Oven Easy-Bake Oven The Easy-Bake Oven is a working toy oven manufactured by Hasbro that originally used an ordinary incandescent light bulb as a heat source, but later began using a true heating element.... A working toy appliance
Fondue Fondue Fondue is a Switzerland communal dish shared at the table in an earthenware pot over a small burner . The term is derived from the French verb fondre , in the past participle fondu .... set
Food dehydrator
Food processor Food processor A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the process of preparation of food. Today, the term almost always refers to an electric-motor-driven appliance, although there are some manual devices also referred to as "food processors"....	$0.05 per hour
Frying pan Frying pan A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a cooking pan used for frying, searing, and Maillard reaction foods. It is typically a 20 to 30 cm diameter flat pan with flared sides and no lid....
Frozen concoction / Margarita Margarita The Margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail, made with tequila mixed with triple sec and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt on the glass rim.... maker
Garbage disposal Garbage disposal A garbage disposal, food waste disposer, waste disposal unit, or garburator / garbarator is a device, usually electrically-powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the Trap which shreds food waste into pieces small enough to pass through plumbing....	$0.05 per month
Griddle Griddle A griddle is a piece of Cookware and bakeware. In the industrial world usually it is a flat plate of metal . In the non-industrial world, and in traditional cultures, the griddle may be a stone or brick slab or tablet....
Grill Grill Grill may refer to:In food:* Grill , a device or surface used for cooking food, usually fueled by gas or charcoal.** In The US, a Barbecue.... / smokeless grill
Hot dog toaster Hot dog toaster A hot dog toaster is a recent appliance that will cook hot dogs without use of microwaves or stoves. The appliance looks very similar to a regular toaster, except that there are two slots in the middle for hot dogs, and two slots on the outside for toasting the buns.... / grill / steamer
Hotplate
Ice cream maker Ice cream maker A domestic ice cream maker or ice cream freezer is a machine used to make small quantities of ice cream at home. Ice cream makers may stir the mixture by hand-cranking or with an electric motor, and may chill the ice cream by using a freezing mixture, by pre-cooling the machine in a freezer, or by the machine itself refrigeration the...
Ice Ice Ice is a solid phases of matter, usually crystalline solid, of a non-metallic substance that is liquid or gas at room temperature, such as ammonia ice or methane ice.... grinder / shaver
Ice maker (counter-top)
Immersion blender Immersion blender An immersion blender is a kitchen appliance to blend ingredients or puree food in the container in which they are being prepared. They are sometimes called stick blenders, wand blenders, hand blenders or Bermixers ....
Induction Induction Most common meanings * Inductive reasoning, used in science and the scientific method* Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics... burner
Jar opener
Juicer Juicer A juicer is a tool for extracting juice from fruits or vegetables. This is known as juicing....
Kettle Kettle A kettle, sometimes called teakettle, tea kettle or the pot, is a small kitchen appliance used for boiling water in preparation for making tea or other beverages requiring hot water.... / water boiler
Knife Knife A knife is a handheld sharp-edged instrument consisting of a handle attached to a blade that is used for cutting. Knives were used at least Stone Age, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools....
Knife sharpener
Martini Martini Martini may refer to:... maker / shaker / stirrer
Mayonnaise maker (Manufactured in the past.)
Microwave oven Microwave oven A microwave oven, or a microwave, is a kitchen appliance that cookings or heats food by dielectric heating. This is accomplished by using microwave radiation to heat water and other dipole within the food....	$0.16 per hour
Meat slicer
Meat grinder
Milk frother / Hot chocolate frother
Milkshake Milkshake A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is made from milk, ice cream or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as fruit syrup or chocolate sauce.... maker
Mixer Mixer (cooking) A mixer is a kitchen appliance intended for mixing, folding, beating, and whipping food ingredients. Mixers come in two major variations, hand mixers and stand mixers....
Mixer attachments which use a stand mixer motor to essentially create an independent appliance: Food grinder Sausage stuffer Pasta rollers / cutters Grain mill Grain mill Pea pod shucker (no longer manufactured by Kitchen-Aid company) Rotor slicer / shredder Citrus juicer Fruit and vegetable strainer
Nut chopper
Nut cracker
Pasta machine
Pepper grinder
Pizelle iron
Pizza cooker
Plate warmer
Popcorn maker Popcorn maker A popcorn maker is a device used to pop popcorn. Commercial popcorn machines are usually found in movie theaters and carnivals, producing popcorn of the oil-popped type, which has approximately 45% of its calories derived from fat....
Potato Potato The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial plant Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family. The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well.... peeler
Pressure cooker
Quesadilla Quesadilla A quesadilla is a fast-food item in Mexican cuisine, which involves cooking ingredients, most importantly cheese, inside a corn, wheat or flour tortilla or a wrapping of masa .... maker
Raclette Raclette Raclette is both a type of cheese and, informally, a dish featuring this cheese.... maker
Rice cooker Rice cooker A rice cooker or rice steamer is a device used primarily for cooking rice. There are self-contained electrical appliance versions, as well as microwave oven and natural gas variants....
Roasting oven
Rotisserie oven
Salad shredder / rotary grater
Salad spinner / dryer
Sandwich press Sandwich toaster A sandwich toaster is an electrical appliance used to toast sandwiches. Ordinary kitchen units generally consist of indented hot plates, clamped together around the sandwich....
Scales
Skillet Frying pan A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a cooking pan used for frying, searing, and Maillard reaction foods. It is typically a 20 to 30 cm diameter flat pan with flared sides and no lid....
Shrimp peeler
Slow cooker Slow cooker A slow cooker, or Crock-Pot , is a countertop electrical cooking appliance that maintains a relatively low temperature for many hours, allowing unattended cooking of pot roast, stew, and other suitable dishes....
Smoothie Smoothie A smoothie is a blended, chilled, sweet beverage made from fresh fruit. In addition to fruit, many smoothies include crushed ice, frozen fruit, honey or frozen yogurt, although some smoothies are 100% fruit.... maker
Smores maker
Soy milk maker Soy milk maker A soy milk maker is a small appliance which automatically cooking soy milk, a non-dairy beverage made from soy beans. Some soy milk makers can also be programmed to make almond milk and other vegetable-based beverages....
Spice grinder
Steamer / vegetable steamer Steam is produced below the food and rises past the food to cook it.
Steam oven A newer concept for the home kitchen where steam is sprayed onto the food (see Sharp AX-2000)
Stirring pot
Sugar cane juicer (Only commercial models are available as of early 2008)
Takoyaki pan
Tea Tea Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods.... maker There are appliances specifically for hot tea and iced tea.
Toaster Toaster A toaster is a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. A typical modern two-slice toaster draws anywhere between 600 and 1200 Watt and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes....	$0.22 per hour
Tortilla Tortilla This aticle contains information about corn tortilla.For fluor tortilla, see: Flour tortilla For spanish tortilla, see: Tortilla_de_patatas... maker
Toaster oven See also Halogen Halogen \|}The halogens or halogen elements are a chemical series of nonmetal chemical element from Periodic table group International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry of the periodic table, comprising fluorine, F; chlorine, Cl; bromine, Br; iodine, I; and astatine, At.... oven and Convection Convection Convection in the most general terms refers to the movement of molecules within fluids . Convection is one of the major modes of heat transfer and mass transfer.... oven	$0.16 per hour
Vacuum Vacuum A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter, such that its gaseous pressure is much less than atmospheric pressure. The word comes from the Latin term for "empty," but in reality, no volume of space can ever be perfectly empty.... food sealer
Vacuum Vacuum A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter, such that its gaseous pressure is much less than atmospheric pressure. The word comes from the Latin term for "empty," but in reality, no volume of space can ever be perfectly empty.... marinator
Vertical grill / kebab Kebab Kebab refers to a variety of meat dishes in Middle Eastern cuisine, Mediterranean cuisine, Cuisine of Africa, Central Asian cuisine, and South Asian cuisine cuisines, consisting of Grilling or broiled meats on a skewer or stick.... cooker
Waffle iron Waffle iron A waffle iron is a cooking appliance used to make waffles.It usually consists of two hinged metal plates, molded to create the honey comb pattern found on waffles....
Waffle cone maker
Warming tray
Water filter / chiller / heater / dispenser
Wine cooler Wine accessory A Wine accessory is generally any equipment that may be used in the storing or serving of wine. Wine accessories include many items such as wine glasses, corkscrew s, and wine racks.... / wine chiller
Wok Wok A wok is a versatile round-bottomed cookware and bakeware originating in China. It is used especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia. South Asia also uses a similarly-shaped vessel known as a karahi....
Yogurt maker

Personal-care products

appliance	cost to operate	power consumption
Curling iron
Hairdryer or blowdryer Blowdryer A blowdryer or hairdryer is an electromechanical device designed to blow cool or hot air over wet or damp hair, in order to accelerate the evaporation of water particles and dry the hair....	$0.11 per hour
Shaver Shaver Shaver means a person who shaves, or an object which shaves, a Razor.It can also refer to:* a boy, as a slang term for shaveling* Shaver Creek, a tributary of the Juniata River in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania...
(Electric) toothbrush Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that uses electric power to move the brush head, normally in an oscillating pattern, though electric toothbrushes are often called 'rotary' toothbrushes....

Household
Household

The household is "the basic residential unit in which production , consumption , inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonomous with family"....
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appliance	cost to operate	power consumption
(Electric) blanket Electric blanket An electric blanket is a blanket with an integrated Heating element device usually placed above the top bed sheet. Another variation of the electric blanket is the electric mattress pad, which is placed below the bottom bed sheet....	$0.15 per 8 hours
Carpet cleaner
Clock Clock A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell".... / alarm clock	$0.14 per month
Carpet cleaner / shampooer
Fan (ceiling) Ceiling fan A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, which employs hub-mounted rotating paddles to circulate air in order to produce a cooling or destratification effect....	$0.11 per 12 hours
(Electric) Fan (floor)
Heater (convection)	portable (1250 watts) = $0.17 per hour
Heater (fan) Fan heater A fan heater is a heater that works by using a fan to pass air over a heating element. This heats up the air, which then leaves the heater, warming up the surrounding area....
Heater (waterbed Waterbed A waterbed or water mattress is a bed or mattress filled with water.... )	$0.30-$0.90 per day
Humidifier Humidifier A humidifier is a household appliance that increases humidity in a single room or in the entire home. There are point-of-use humidifiers, which are commonly used to humidify a single room, and whole-house or furnace humidifiers, which connect to a home's HVAC system to provide humidity to the entire house.... or vaporiser
iron Iron (appliance) An iron is a small appliance used in ironing to remove wrinkles from fabric.Ironing works by loosening the ties between the long chains of molecules that exist in polymer fiber materials....
Lint shaver
Electric wet mop MOP MOP may refer to:* Master of Puppets, album by heavy metal band Metallica* M.O.P., or Mash Out Posse, an American rap duo* Macanese pataca, the currency of Macau, ISO 4217 code MOP...
Sewing machine Sewing machine A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric or other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies....
Steam cleaner
Steam wrinkle remover
Trouser press Trouser Press 'Trouser Press' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editing/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow The Who fan Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" ....
Vacuum cleaner Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors.Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a vacuum cleaner for cleaning....	$0.08 per hour
Water pump Pump A pump is a device used to move fluids, such as gases, liquids or Slurry. A pump displaces a volume by physical or mechanical action. One common misconception about pumps is the thought that they create pressure.... for in-tub spa	2 hp = $0.31 per hour

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HouseholdHouseholdThe household is "the basic residential unit in which production , consumption , inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonomous with family".... appliances

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Household
Household

The household is "the basic residential unit in which production , consumption , inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonomous with family"....
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