5 of the best-designed kitchen accessories of the year

Off-the-shelf blenders and toasters can be useful, but as products they aren't often all that inspired.For people who want to take their kitchens intoa more stylized realm, the International Design Excellence Awards, put on by IDSA, area good place to start.The awards showcase dozens of products that have achieved feats of design, including consumer gadgets, industrial tools, children's toys, and more. Only a fraction of those won tophonors for their ingenuity and beauty at this year's show in August.Here are a handful of the kitchen accessories IDSA considered worthy.SEE ALSO:The best designed products of 2017Tupperware's MicroPro Grill lets users bake, grill, and saut foods directly inside the microwave. Technology inside the grill turns microwaves into direct or convection heating devices.Buy it hereThe Ember mug gives coffee drinkers ultimate control by letting them determine the exact temperature of their beverage. Twisting the dial can make it colder or hotter by as small as one degree.Buy it hereBreville Oracle Touch is an automatic espresso machine that handles grinding, dosing, tamping, and milk texturing ' all from a handy color touch screen. The walk-thru guides are meant to help novice home baristas hone their skills.Buy it hereSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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