They live under your bed and in your basement, your garage and probably in that weird cabinet above the fridge that requires a stepstool.
Alton Brown calls them unitaskers: the tools and appliances that aspire to do only one thing and do it well. Pasta makers and juicers are the classics, but they exist outside the kitchen, too. Do you really need to own a post-hole digger? Seasonal candle molds?
