Alcohol (ethanol) is less dense than water, so 50mL of pure alcohol weight about 40g. Wine has 12% alcohol, so 98g for 100mL seems pretty realistic. With the whisky its even greater of a gap cause its around 40% alc.

When Baz said "We've had some terribly dangerous gadgets" I was expecting a clip of the coconut shredder.

For cooking oil, we add cheap rolled oats to absorb the oil/fat, and a bit of honey, then put it outside on bird feeders in the garden. You can also add a little bird seed to the oats.

The density of whiskey is 0.94. That means 100ml = 94 grammes. 45 ml is 42 grammes. So the gadget was measuring it correctly. Water density is 1, so 100ml = 100grammes.

I wanted to let your boys know you had a great gadget a few weeks ago. It was the veg peeler that fits in the palm of your hand. I have limited mobility, and I bought one after seeing your review of it. I absolutely love it! Thank you for the help! (I know At 63, I am not your target audience, but I love watching you all.)

13:04 About a year ago I took a chunk out of my right middle finger with a kitchen mandolin, and when we went to urgent care they told us they see several mandolin injuries every day. This thing is like someone looked at the mandolin and said, "nah, that's way too safe."

In a crisis, there are 2 wolves inside Jamie: “I don’t do colours” and “I’m left handed.”

The mandolin grater thing is actually terrifying! They’ve taken an already generally risky gadget and made it significantly more dangerous 😂

COCONUT SHREDDER! That will always be iconic. James "Ben is not worth it!" Is now on par with ramsay's WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE?!

It's funny, the oil powder is a common and cheap item in Japan (even sold at their version of dollar stores). Companies like fry away add in some English packaging and quadruple the price. It works well, but it definitely isn't a new product.

"Can we have a look at the box?" *slams box to the floor* 🤣

I love that Ben and Barry were cringing when Jamie was using the mandolin and then Jamie and Barry were cringing when Ben was using it and I was cringing 😬🫣through the whole process 😂, I hate mandolins and this one was atrocious and not worth the stress of watching some of our favourite people trying to use it ❤❤

For FryAway, use pure stearic acid (it's a fatty acid) instead. It's made from plants, usually by adding hydrogenating fats from soy or palm, but is also a naturally occurring saturated fat in meat products, like beef tallow. It's an ingredient in make up, and some processed foods, to solidify fats or act as an emulsifier. The solidified fat can be composted. The more you use, the more solid the fat will be at room temperature. Use less, and the fry oil becomes more like an animal fat that kind of sets up at room temperature. Some place very common you see this behavior is when a small bit of palm oil is added to peanut butter for a no-stir peanut butter.

Maybe try the "cornstarch slurry to clean oil trick" or others to show folks how they can clean & reuse oil. Or show what kind of meat drippings you can save, and how they should be stored and used. It seems simple, but I bet lots of folks could use pointers.

Just wanted to mention about the "sipper" gadget. You were measuring weight and the machine was pouring mL (volume). The density of alcohol is not the same as water. 100 mL of whisky is not 100 grams on balance.

I was about to say "all that fish, we're gonna see some more fish recipes soon" but after seeing them 'skinned,' I'm less confident 😂

Time to use a James quote: *”It’s the coconut shredder all over again…”*

Rather than buying branded oil solidifiers like FryAway, it's much cheaper to just buy stearic acid. It's commonly used in candle-making and soap-making, so it's readily available both online and at hobby stores. As an added bonus, it's typically packaged with less waste. That's what companies like National Geographic and Consumer Reports recommend.

Fry Away: To disposse oil, you can put it in the refergerator and solidify it before you put it in a bag for disposal. Also flour helps to solidify oil, or make it a paste, and it is much cheaper. This I only do in an emergency, because it is wasting food.

The alcohol dispenser is very similar to something from my past. Many, many years ago, I worked at a mechanical/electrical engineering company. A potential client came to us with a request to design and build something for him. He was the owner of a several very large and popular bars and clubs in the area. He said he was losing lots of money due to his bar and waitstaff over-pouring drinks - or even giving away free ones. He wanted us to design toppers for alcohol bottles that would poor exact measurements of drinks, as well as only pour if it was rung up. It was definitely doable, but the cost of engineering the product to a professional standard was too high and it never happened.

I spent years going to the dump with my father and this is the first time I have ever heard of a cooking oil recycling place.

When the man who used the coconut shedder with little fear is scared of a gadget, you know it is a no go for me.

Y'all should do a compilation of all the dangerous gadgets you have tested with a round table discussion. That would be a lot of fun for y'all and for your audience! Love the show!

The fact that no one lost a hand to that janky mandolin is nothing short of a Christmas miracle

That fish skinner thing is just a proper disaster 😂

Just a point about the last gadget, both wine and whiskey have a lower density than water (0.99 and 0.94 g/mL from what I can find) so the device was pretty much spot on in both tests with the volume of liquid it had dispensed.

10:04 The pride on Barry's cheeky face during this line delivery is absolutely well deserved!! A+ Barry, A+. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😂😂😂

22 quid for a packet of flakes to turn make oil more easy to throw in the trash... I don't know about over in the UK, but lye sells for about 2 euro a kilo here. Pass that oil through a strainer with a bit of paper kitchen towel in it, to get out the solid bits. Then add it to 300ml of water and 200gr of lye per litre of oil, mix it properly and voila soap. Also turning it into soap can be done with cold oil and cold water. Just put it in a lye-safe bucket and leave it to sit. The last and most convenient option for me, is to just take it to my neighbours who have a Vietnamese food truck and they get paid by the litre of used oil by a company that then turns it into "bio" diesel.

I’m fortunate in having chickens to recycle most of my organic wastes through. Surplus cooking oil just gets mixed with the other organics that I feed them. However, I rarely or never indulge in deep fat frying, so I don’t have large quantities to dispose of.

Lol as a nurse, the 2nd gadget I instantly thought "skin grafting"..

the fact that there is a tool for idiots to remove the tastiest part of a fish tells me all i need to know about that tool.

"4 blades that do clip in really easily..." immediately falls out.

Thank you for uploading videos for those of us who can't watch you live

The millilitre function on a scale generally just works from the density of water, which effectively means the "ml" mode is just the same as "g" at low volumes. Wine has a density of about 99% that of water, so 100ml would read 99m. So combined with the dribble, it was probably more accurate than you made out. Whiskey and Tequila have a density that is about 94-95% that of water, so 45ml of whiskey would measure about 42-43ml on a conventional scale. So reading 43ml on a scale would be about accurate. In the future I would recommend using a measuring jug/cylinder if making measurements of volume, scales will only be accurate with room temp water. (If you wanted to be super accurate, a burette would be best, but is a bit overkill in a kitchen environment)

My dad just pours used oil onto birdfood and the birds thrive in his garden. He gets dozens of different species visiting ❤

As somebody who's had a mandolin incident, that moment with the third gadget made my heart jump out of my mouth.

I didn’t see anyone say anything, but they are likely wrong about the measurements of the last product being off. Alcohol is less dense than water, which would lead to a lower weight per mL. So, when they wanted 45 mL and got a weight of 43 it was likely close to being correct. It would need to be tested with water if they wanted to do weights easily or with a graduated container.

So the fryaway, can it go to the oil recycling? There are companies that make diesel, soap and other products, so can it still be used like that? Also it would be great to take camping! It’s hard to handle oil when you are trying to pack out! The oil from bacon for example!

Have used the Fry Away when I deep fried once. Works exactly as advertised. I could see the sipper device, not in a bar but in chain coffee shops for the non barista trained staff to measure out milks, iced teas, mixes..etc for consistency and to keep food cost down.Thanks for extra video today along with the Washed Up weekend.

"Fry Away" is not new, but I am happy it's spreading to more markets. I personally don't know how well "fry away" specifially works, but the brand I've used for years is from Japan and works amazingly well. This concept has been around for a long time.

Gadgets are my favorite format! Yay! Thanks For this Guys! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

You're a star, keep shining bright!

i owned the mandoline and used it when I was at uni while learning to cook, (brought by my parents as it was a multi function tool) my hand slipped cutting potatots it took off a large cut of my palm below my thumb that had to have eighteen stitches to hold the flesh onto my hand, a good section of flesh was removed.

Stearic Acid can be used to solidify oil as well for a fraction of the cost. Stearic Acid is often used in making bars of soap

You can use spent oil to proof wood, i.e. for garden use, or you can pour it into your oyster mushrooms substrate (if you are growing oyster mushrooms at home). Easy and - in my opinion - much better ecologically.

6:17 "Skin Zit" is not the most appetizing brand names ...

fry in lard which automatically solidifies into a solid. in belgium we have fry oil disposal bins near most shops so we just pour our oil warmly into a plastic bottle and drop it there when we go shopping

When you have a small amount of hot fat left, add oats. Let it cool, then mould and put out for the birds.

Ben's talk of taking used oil to the dump must be a British thing. Here in my part of America, I just keep an old pasta sauce jar around, and when it's filled up, wrap it in plastic grocery bags _then_ add it to the trash. Though to be fair, I only shallow fry and put bacon grease in the jar.

Your videos are a breath of fresh air, always enjoy watching

I’ve watched the videos on IG of the shredder/slicer thing so many times and I really wanted to get it but I wasn’t sure it could possibly be as easy as they make it look. Thank goodness you guys tried it!

Most councils in the uk take a bit of used oil soaked into kitchen roll in the composting waste. For large amounts you can take it to the dump (where it’s used to make biofuel) but it is biodegradable and will breakdown over time in a composter.

Never forget the skinny legend that started it all: The Electric Coconut Shredder Happy Sunday, everyone!

I wanted to jump in and comment about the FryAway. I've used it a couple of times already at home and it is amazing. But something that they got wrong is FryAway is designed to go into your household trash in addition it is compostable. Here in the states its about $15 for the 20 scoops basically. I used to shy away from any recipe that required frying because I never wanted to deal with the fry oil afterwards. It hasn't driven me to fry a significant amount more but now when I do fry I have the confidence that cleanup will be easy, safe and environmentally sound.

For me, at 54, a mandolin is not about skills I haven't learned but about helping me work faster in the kitchen despite having an autoimmune joint disorder. Definitely MANY other options available that are better and easier to use than the one you tested today. That one was dangerous!

Several comments already about arthritis users needing some kind of mandolin type thing to help. I would love to see you guys review a few of the best options maybe with a disabled guest, it would be super helpful and wholesome!

Jamie looks very GQ❤️ Love listening to Barry.

Similar product to Fryaway have been used in japan for a long time. So might be able to find cheaper alternative

I was so scared Ben was going to cut his palm open. I know he was being careful, but **shudders.**

There is a small company here in Sweden who upcycles discarded frying oil into soft soap. I love it! Oily and buttery utensils, bowls, you name it, are so easily cleaned and leaves no residue behind. Ovens, bathrooms - tiled in particular - are a breeze to clean. It’s perfect for massive wood floors, decks and, to a degree, flagstone floorings, as it can be used to impregnate them. They have just launched their detergents as well. And they smell nice. Yup, I love their products 👌🏼

"whats wrong with a knife and a board" AMEN! The amount of gadgets that come out to 'solve' issues that a knife has been doing for hundreds of years blows my mind. I understand accessibility tools are glad they exist, but your average joe can just use a knife.

Video idea kush vs Ben vs a normal cooking an ostrich egg

There is one gadget that I have never seen on any „gadget show“ ever and I remember that when I was a child I thought it must be the most ingenious idea ever: This powdered sugar mill thing my grandmother constantly used to use when she made waffles or cakes or pancakes. It was a Tupperware item and you could dust everything you wanted with a very consistent layer of powdered sugar or cocoa. It is the only kitchen item I kept when she died and I have never seen it anywhere else. I would love to see it tested somewhere (although it would probably be a very boring test…)

The "fry away" stuff has been sold in Asian supermarkets for ages, glad to see it's getting popular

You guys are getting hosed wherever you got the oil solidifier. I’ve been using a different brand for about 2 years. $15 (£12) on Amazon for enough for 50 cups of oil.

I don't thinking asking if it's a "cleaning product" is "miles away" when it's a product thats LITERALLY used to clean old oil 🙄

Yeah... I lost a corner of my thumb to a mandolin and when I had to go to urgent care and then explain to my primary care, she mumbled "those thing should be illegal".

The fish skinner - I grew up using one, but a manual version (That you crank like a can opener). You would want the 'head' portion, cut on an angle, and you feed the angle into the skinner. You also dont want to use it on large fillets, as its more so for perch and panfish. Having fresh fish, with the scales still on it, is what it was made for.

Regarding the oil, my grandmother always thought me to use a pinch of gelatin in the frying pan right after cooking. She would keep packs of like strawberry gello next to the stove for just that purpose. Then scoop right into the trash. 20 years later I've changed to lemon. It doesn't smell as bad as the strawberry mixes into the oil. 😂

Household sewage systems are not meant to process non digested food stuffs. Dumping things in your household drain is a good way to promote vermin in your city sewers and increase biological load on your local sewage plants remediation systems. Furthermore all oils and fats are subject to becoming solid in a sewar system leading to "fatbergs" which can and do regularly cause blockages. Collect your used oils in the containter in which you purchased them and take them to the dump yourself, or purchase an oil rememdiation kit like the one being shown. Others include powdered milkweed fibres and corn starches.

For a small handheld mandolin to rival the industrial coconut “shaver” in danger levels is impressive.

We have oil collecting bins next to the paper, plastic, carton (paper-plastic-foil for drinks etc), glass and metal ones. You just collect your used oil in a PET bottle and leave it in the bin for the professional company to deal with. I have also heard strories of people using oatflakes to soak the oil or rather solid frying fat and leaving them for birds to nibble on.

Bruh, for the first product, you are being scammed! Japan has had this product for at least 20 years, and it's cheap af, like 5 pounds top. Someone just took the same product rebranded it with an eco-friendly logo and english, and sold it at a premium.

Put oatmeal in your fat or oil making suet and feed it to birds.

I have literally never heard of a cooking oil disposal site, so that was super interesting to hear about. Everyone I know uses old spaghetti sauce jars to hold the old oil and when the jars get full we close the jars up tight and toss them in the trash can.

Just spent 2 glorious days with these boys in the Live Washed Up... And here I am watching more ❤❤❤

Video idea guys! Ben and kush battle using only Macdonalds products!

I work in a pub and the bar tenders say they that when the glass doesn't have a measure on it, they go by the tine it takes to pour the drink.bits crazy how accurate they are and they do this while maintaining a convo with the patrons.

For the record, fry away is about $10 for the bag here in the US, and we don’t have “organic waste recycling” so this is suuuuuuper helpful!

Man, I love you guys. It would be so easy to make these sorts of videos lazily. For views, you could over-exaggerate either the usefulness or the uselessness of these gadgets. But you take your time and rigorously test them, and then give measured, considered opinions. With the fish skin peeler, I really appreciate that you slowed down and kept looking at videos to see if you could work with it more easily instead of just dismissing it. That kind of thing makes me respect your opinion more because it's clear that you care and you're not just throwing out videos for more views.

Ebbas you rock. Love ur factualness and the way you work... ur team rocks amzing and brings different elements and we loves them all. Nz loves you guys❤

We use the last gagdet in our bakery. We have one for each liquor we need and have it set to the amounts that we need. (or a division for whiskey so we can just multi pump). It's quicker and it keeps the bottles clean. (Might be another version because ours has an button beloow the output that you can hit with a glass to dispense a portion)

more gadget videos. I love these!! Another antique one would be awesome as well.

On the topic of properly disposing of oil, Ben is right on saying fry less at home. We're taught the "Three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" because that's all quick and catchy, easy to remember etc. Rarely do people go into more detail and point out, that is also the order of preference. Reducing usage in the first place has the great positive impact, reusing something as it is after helps too, and recycling is still good but of the 3 it's the least impactful in terms of helping the environment.

10:35 I have a multi-function mandolin with attachments for dicing, slicing, grating, and spiralizing, which admittedly did cost twice what this thing did, but it's got a flat work surface, sits stably on a bench top, and has it's own attached bowl to catch the stuff that goes through it. I love mine and literally paid double what this horrible gadget cost to get a better experience

Watching this during the Washed Up break!

Mystery tin challenge, but after they select their tins and see what they have, make them swap tins.

Good job you did the mandoline slicer gadget before the alcohol one... 👍

That last one reminds me of a type of dispenser we have in a chemistry lab. There is some overlap between lab equipment and kitchen gadgets, you could do one of these episodes looking at lab equipment, and wether they would be useful in a home kitchen, an example could be a hotplate with magnetic stirring.

In terms of oil disposal I always just put some dried oats in any excess oil to suck up the oil while the pan is still warm. That then is a really good bird food especially in winter

The fryaway stuff has been huge in Japan for years! What a great solution

We've always just used an old can (usually from canned tomatoes) and put our used cooking oil and excess fat skimmed off of cooked ground beef into it and kept it in the freezer. When it's full you pull it out, throw it in the trash and off it goes. No mess, no muss, no fuss!

Empty glass jars have always been the go to for my family when discarding used cooking oils.

Grandma used to use oatmeal to soak up oil and then feed to the birds

So something we have always done to dispose of extra oil is 1 cup of oats per cup of oil. The oats absorb the oil overnight and then dispose in the morning in the garage.

For measuring volume, I use hand pumps which throw from one-quarter to one-ounce per pump. Eight colors available, to allow quick selection. Readily available from Amazon, and the local restaurant supply houses for around $1/each.

Maybe my local council (in England) is unusual, but we can just put used cooking oil in a container (eg the plastic bottle it came in) and pop that in the food waste recycling bin for collection each week. Just like the big tanks at the recycling centres, it goes to make biodiesel.

Before I even start watching, allow me to say that was the BEST live event ever! You really did an amazing job (and sorry that last pass it on did not work out so well). It was a great event and made for a very enjoyable weekend!

That Fry Away is actually really helpful for home cooks. Most people use airfryers not only because of the health benefits, but because you don't have to deal with the oil later. But the taste of actual fried food is much better than air fryer.

Jamie: Redeem yourself!!! Barry: *gives Jamie and Ebbers the most dangerous gadget"