Everyone Knows It’s Bimby
I like to call it the “Crockpot of Tomorrow,” but Italians know it as the Bimby, billed as “more than 10 kitchen appliances in one compact unit.” At first glance, the Bimby resembles medical or spa equipment. However, it chops, stirs, steams, purees, kneads, crushes ice, cleans and knows what time it is. The perfect guest.
The novelty of the Bimby is that meals once requiring the use of several pans can be prepared almost effortlessly in a single, dishwasher-safe appliance. For those of us who enjoy the drawn-out process of chopping, stirring, tweaking and mess-making that goes along with meal preparation, the Bimby remains more of a curiousity. Nevertheless, its range of uses, making everything from spaghetti and meatballs to blackerry jam does surpass my beloved Crockpot. Using just the Bimby, my friend prepared a wonderful chick pea and pasta soup for us in minutes.
Known outside of Italy as the Thermomix, the Bimby costs about a grand and has limited availability in the United States. Big, heavy and somewhat complicated to use, I won’t be the first one on my block to buy one. But if they add a deep fry function we’ll talk.
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