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Show HN: Maestro – 3-in-1 Kitchen Appliance, Blend, Chop and Mix
Around Thanksgiving of last year, I was preparing a huge and elaborate meal and struggling to utilize my small apartment kitchen space effectively. Because I cook a lot, I have all of the best tools and appliances, and because I am space-limited, some of those tools and appliances sit on my counter.
During this frustration, I had the idea to combine a blender, food processor, and stand mixer. I thought it was simple, it's just a motor with some sort of working implement attached.
Over the last 6 months, and many 3d printed prototypes I have designed and developed a solution to my problem.
Features:
- 3-speed concentric output planetary gearbox that allows you to hit the highest end speeds for blending and the lowest end speeds for mixing.
- Universal Motor High-fidelity electronic speed control.
- Blender Attachment (Large Blades, particularly good at cavitation-related blending)
- Food Processor Attachment
- Bowl Mixing Attachment
Future Features:
- Juicer Attachment
- Milling Attachment
- Grinder Attachment
Because this is "hardware" there isn't a great way to play around with it, but I've linked a quick 3-minute explainer video, and there are some other marketing-related materials I've made recently.
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- DemocracyFTW2 2y agoDude I grew up in the 60s when my mother had this bad boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA It's called the Braun Küchenmaschine (kitchen machine) and you could slice gherkins, grind coffee, knead dough, mix banana milk, 1000s of things. You can still buy these things (well their updated versions). This was a real tank; I sold it later and wouldn't be surprised if it's still alive and kicking (or kneading, as the case may be); at least the proud mom-of-a-grownup who bought it from me on the flea market had that glad acquisitive glint in heir eyes when handing over the money.
- connorkapoor 2y agoThere was definitely a lot of retro inspiration for this project, GE used to make some pretty cool built-in countertop appliances like this as well.