13 Gadgets That’ll Blast Your Thanksgiving Into the Future



Kikkerland Turkey Timer

If you decide to stick to tradition and roast your turkey, no one will complain—especially if you use this $17 reusable pop-up timer. It lets you know when the turkey's done by throwing its legs in the air. Turducken is for the birds! Putting a tiny turkey on top of a larger turkey? That's where it's at. Kikkerland



Kikkerland Turkey Timer

If you decide to stick to tradition and roast your turkey, no one will complain—especially if you use this $17 reusable pop-up timer. It lets you know when the turkey's done by throwing its legs in the air. Turducken is for the birds! Putting a tiny turkey on top of a larger turkey? That's where it's at.

Kikkerland



Anova Precision Cooker

There are several dishes you can prepare with a few airtight bags and a sous-vide circulator, like turkey breast, potato puree, squash, and pretty much any vegetable dish on your menu. The Anova was our favorite of the sous-vide machines we tested last year, and the newer (and cheaper!) version of the circulator is due out in December. $180 Anova



Anova Precision Cooker

There are several dishes you can prepare with a few airtight bags and a sous-vide circulator, like turkey breast, potato puree, squash, and pretty much any vegetable dish on your menu. The Anova was our favorite of the sous-vide machines we tested last year, and the newer (and cheaper!) version of the circulator is due out in December. $180

Anova



Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker With WeMo

If you can't get enough potato casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, or thrice-crocked potatoes, this slow-cooking Crock-Pot makes six quarts of whichever hot dish you desire. Monitor and control the cooking temperature from the other side of the house with a mobile app for iOS, Android, and Amazon devices. $130 Belkin



Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker With WeMo

If you can't get enough potato casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, or thrice-crocked potatoes, this slow-cooking Crock-Pot makes six quarts of whichever hot dish you desire. Monitor and control the cooking temperature from the other side of the house (or the other side of town) with a mobile app for iOS, Android, and Amazon devices. $130

Belkin



Masterbuilt Butterball Electric Turkey Fryer

Deep-fried turkey is delicious and takes less than an hour to cook. The only problem? It's a serious fire hazard and you normally need to do it outside. But all the hot mulled cider is inside, so get this indoor electric fryer. It comes in three sizes—for 22-, 20-, and 14-pound turkeys. When it's not Thanksgiving, use it to make fries, rings, wings, and things. $210 Masterbuilt



Masterbuilt Butterball Electric Turkey Fryer

Deep-fried turkey is delicious and takes less than an hour to cook. The only problem? It's a serious fire hazard and you normally need to do it outside. But all the hot mulled cider is inside, so get this indoor electric fryer. It comes in three sizes—for 22-, 20-, and 14-pound turkeys. When it's not Thanksgiving, use it to make fries, rings, wings, and things. $210

Masterbuilt



Honns Gloves

You have breakaway speed on the backyard field, but those two dropped passes in last year's game still haunt you. And while you take Uncle Fred's annual game seriously, bringing a pair of wide-receiver gloves is a little over the top. These patent-leather gloves have a similar grippy surface, but you can also wear them to the Nutcracker the next day. $98 Honns



Honns Gloves

You have breakaway speed on the backyard field, but those two dropped passes in last year's game still haunt you. And while you take Uncle Fred's annual game seriously, bringing a pair of wide-receiver gloves is a little over the top. These have a similar grippy surface as the mitts the pros use, but you can also wear them to the Nutcracker the next day. $98

Honns



Jawbone Up3

The day after your futuristic feast, start working off all that stuffing. The just-announced Jawbone Up3 is a full-featured fitness band, with a three-axis accelerometer, a temperature sensor, and heart-rate monitor to tell when you've hit the pie-burning zone. It'll even track your sleep habits during nap time. $180 Jawbone



Jawbone Up3

The day after your futuristic feast, start working off all that stuffing. The just-announced Jawbone Up3 is a full-featured fitness band, with a three-axis accelerometer, a temperature sensor, and heart-rate monitor to tell when you've hit the pie-burning zone. It'll even track your sleep habits during nap time. $180

Jawbone



Joseph Joseph Complete Carving Set

Always carve your bird before serving, and always do it with this stylish set. The cutting board—with "meat grip"—is shaped to capture all those gravy-enhancing juices, and the corners are designed for pouring said succulent juices into that there gravy. The 8-inch knife and carving fork slot together into a sheath for storage. $45 Joseph Joseph



Joseph Joseph Complete Carving Set

Always carve your bird before serving, and always do it with this stylish set. The cutting board—with "meat grip"—is shaped to capture all those gravy-enhancing juices, and the corners are designed for pouring said succulent juices into that there gravy. The 8-inch knife and carving fork slot together into a sheath for storage. $45

Joseph Joseph



Joseph Joseph Smasher and Scoop Ricer

Do you like your mashed potatoes lumpy or creamy? There's no correct answer, just the correct tool. The spring-loaded Joseph Joseph Smasher ($17) takes you to chunk city, and the Scoop Ricer ($30) keeps things velvety smooth. The ricer doubles as a shovel to help you scoop the potatoes out of the boiling water. Joseph Joseph



Joseph Joseph Smasher and Scoop Ricer

Do you like your mashed potatoes lumpy or creamy? There's no correct answer, just the correct tool. The spring-loaded Joseph Joseph Smasher ($17) takes you to chunk city, and the Scoop Ricer ($30) keeps things velvety smooth. The ricer doubles as a shovel to help you scoop the potatoes out of the boiling water.

Joseph Joseph



LEM Jerky Cannon

A great way to process leftovers is to make a batch of turkey jerky. It's a cinch with the $50 Jerky Cannon. Pack the meat gun full of seasoned ground turkey, squeeze the trigger, and out come a bunch of raw meat tubes or slabs. Pop those pups into a dehydrator (sold separately), then enjoy your friends' expressions of delight and confusion! LEM



LEM Jerky Cannon

A great way to process leftovers is to make a batch of turkey jerky. It's a cinch with the $50 Jerky Cannon. Pack the meat gun full of seasoned ground turkey, squeeze the trigger, and out come a bunch of raw meat tubes or slabs. Pop those pups into a dehydrator (sold separately), then enjoy your friends' expressions of delight and confusion!

LEM



Molecular Gastronomy Ultimate Kit

Turn Thanksgiving dinner into a lab experiment. Among the goodies included in this $276 chemistry set for gourmands are a silicon mold for creating edible spheres, a long tube for making noodles out of agar jelly, and no fewer than 24 ingredients for making edible gels, powders, and foams. MolecularRecipes.com



Molecular Gastronomy Ultimate Kit

Turn Thanksgiving dinner into a lab experiment. Among the goodies included in for gourmands are a silicon mold for creating edible spheres, a long tube for making noodles out of agar jelly, and no fewer than 24 ingredients for making edible gels, powders, and foams.

MolecularRecipes.com



Perfect Drink

This digital scale comes with a sidecar app that guides you through crafting the perfect cocktail. Place a glass on the scale and add each ingredient, in order, until the app tells you to stop. It has recipes for several hundred drinks, and it'll even tell you how to fix the drink if you overpour (if you believe overpouring is a thing). $50 Pure Imagination



Perfect Drink

This digital scale comes with a sidecar app that guides you through crafting the perfect cocktail. Place a glass on the scale and add each ingredient, in order, until the app tells you to stop. It has recipes for several hundred drinks, and it'll even tell you how to fix the drink if you overpour (if you believe overpouring is a thing). $50

Pure Imagination



Samsung 105-inch UHD 105S9 Curved 5K TV

Whether you're watching one of the three televised NFL games on Thanksgiving Day or reviewing game tape in preparation for your backyard showdown, a TV the size of a football field is what you need. Samsung's 105-incher has a better-than-4K resolution (5120 x 2160), and its simulated refresh rate of 1440Hz will be plenty fast enough to keep up with the action. $120,000 Samsung



Samsung 105-inch UHD 105S9 Curved 5K TV

Whether you're watching one of the three televised NFL games on Thanksgiving Day or reviewing game tape in preparation for your backyard showdown, a TV the size of a football field is what you need. Samsung's 105-incher has a better-than-4K resolution (5120 x 2160), and its simulated refresh rate of 1440Hz will be plenty fast enough to keep up with the action. $120,000

Samsung



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