Kitchen gadgets are essential tools for any home cook. Ricers, timers, OPENERS, eggbeaters, mashers, graters, dicers, corers, slicers, parers, basters, peelers, BLENDERS, eggtimers, and tomatoslicers are all examples of kitchen gadgets. Ricers are used to mash potatoes, timers are used to keep track of cooking times, OPENERS are used to open cans or bottles, eggbeaters are used to mix eggs, mashers are used to mash vegetables, graters are used to grate cheese, dicers are used to dice vegetables, corers are used to core apples, slicers are used to slice vegetables, parers are used to peel fruits and vegetables, basters are used to baste food, peelers are used to peel fruits and vegetables, BLENDERS are used to blend ingredients, eggtimers are used to time eggs, and tomatoslicers are used to slice tomatoes.