Most irritating home appliance

[RedHedd]

The coffee grinder because it's so darned noisy - scares the heck out of the cats and I'm always afraid I'm going to chop my fingers off with those sharp blades. I had one go berserk on me and I couldn't turn it off; had to unplug it - it was possessed!

and my Geo. Forman Grill - that's a love/hate thing: Love the way food turns out cooked on it but it's a BEAR to clean!

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by anna_66
I just despise toasters. It doesn't matter how much I spend ($10 or $40) I can't get one that toasts the same on both sides

Have you ever tried Cuisinart? We have a Cuisinart toaster (actually we have Cuisinart everything ), and its an excellent toaster.........does a great job. Our old toaster would always toast one side nicely, and leave the other side soggy, so I know how you feel.

We live in a new house that is less than 5 years old, and the appliances it came with are all excellent quality, so I really don't dislike any of them. We don't have a buzzer on our dryer either. When it ends the cycle, it beeps once, and that's it.............and because the laundry room is away from the rest of the house, we can't hear it too well either.

One thing I REALLY hate is our vacuum though. We really need to get a new one.

[Miss Meow]

Originally posted by catland
Sorry Miss Meow, but I just have to brag - we replaced our old falling apart wall oven last year with a self-cleaning one. It is nice.

Please don't say it's the Miele one, or else I'll have to hate you forever

[Edwina's Secretary]

Dear Redhedd,

Re: Your George Foreman. My husband has one (I gave it to him.... ) and here is how he says to clean it (we use it almost every week night) clean it while it is hot. He has a special brush...same as we use for everything else but only for the GF. No soap, just warm water while it is hot and brush.

L & K

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I USED to hate my deep-fryer - the Delongi one with the rotating basket, because it did not come apart to clean. But I recently replaced it with a new one, which has EVERYTHING removable, so I just take it all apart and bung it all in the dishwasher.

I also LOOOOOVE my new Coffee Percolater - it has a timer so I can set it up the night before, and wake up at 6am to fresh-brewed coffee - bliss!!!!!!!

[K9soul]

I hate our stove. It came with the house when we bought it a few years ago so I'm not too sure how old it is, but the self cleaning function is broken and doesn't work, one of the big burners has to be jiggled sometimes to come on and sometimes will still go off even if the switch is on, and the oven itself has a thermostat that is messed up. I can turn it to 350 and it will heat to 350 and stay there a bit, then suddenly zoom on up to 400 or above and burn anything inside to a crisp. So I have to be paranoid when I use it and keep checking the thermometer we have inside the oven to see if it's staying where it's supposed to.

We really need a new oven range but can't really afford, or at least there are other things that are more needed at the moment.

It'd be a luxury to have an oven/stove that worked right.

[Lillycat]

stoves/ovens are great if they are self-cleaning. My newest stove even has a toasting option....i love it.....i threw away my old toaster!!!

[BCBlondie]

My most irritating home appliance is the telephone... some days it just WON'T STOP RINGING!!!

[QueenScoopalot]

Originally posted by BCBlondie
My most irritating home appliance is the telephone... some days it just WON'T STOP RINGING!!!

And that's the joy of tecnology..caller ID, and shut off options for the phones. Ditto on the aggrevation! When I want to take a rare nap, I turn the phone on, and after the 'dddddddddddddd' it goes off and to voice mail. Zzzzz! Nice options!

[BCBlondie]

Oh..and another annoyance with my phone - when it rains, our phone goes out.. -.-'
It's a fairly new phone too (like a year or two)!! It's just crap lol

[catnapper]

Hand-down... its the electric Can Openener! I simply cannot operate one of them! Brand new or ancient, I can never get it to open a can without puncturing a million holes. I buy pop-top cans whenever possible because of this!

A close second would be the iron. It spits water droplettes when I don't want them and refuses to steam when I do. Then it scorches or isn't hot enough. When will they create self cleaning, self ironing clothes?

As for the dryer, isn't there a way to turn it off? Our buzzer doesn't buzz because we changed the setting... but I know what you mean - my mom's does that and she LIKES it.

[QueenScoopalot]

To think..I have a "hand operated Swing Away" can opener ca:1978, and still in fine operative condition! Yikes...red in color, to match the kitchen, what was I thinking? * as she faints*

[anna_66]

Originally posted by popcornbird
Have you ever tried Cuisinart?

Nope, but now I'll have to

[FizzGiggs_Mommy]

Hand-down... its the electric Can Openener! I simply cannot operate one of them! Brand new or ancient, I can never get it to open a can without puncturing a million holes.

I hate that thing (Can opener) No matter what I do I just cant get it right. The can will fall off of it will spill juices on the counter..... I get so mad at it I just want to get a chain saw and cut the da** can open (It would probally be much easier )


I also dislike the blender! It is so noisy and a pain to clean!

[Fallon]

i hate my aircleaner, it always vibrates against something, but all of my appliances seem to irritate me somehow.