Kmart 'Makers' - Pie Maker, Crepe Maker, Donut Maker, Popcorn Maker, etc 1/2 Price $6-$9

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alwaysis on 27/12/2012 - 21:06 files.ozbargain.com.au (2657 clicks)

Bought a few makers today for my daughter as they were all half price. There was no sign however did all scan at half price. We were at Southport Gold Coast - I assume it is the same at other stores. They are clearing stock as apparently these are christmas items

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    • +17 votes
      Fancy on 27/12/2012 - 21:15

      Me

        • +12 votes
          TScott on 27/12/2012 - 21:30

          Nope, single guy. I think its more convenient to use the cupcake maker because you don't have to clean the whole oven, clean the trays, use 2KW of power whilst you can do the same thing the cupcake maker in 3 mins to have the same 6 cupcakes with less power (800W).

        • +17 votes
          johnno07 on 27/12/2012 - 22:11

          You must be making some serious cupcakes if you have to clean the oven after a baking session haha

  • +5 votes
    starwarsfreak on 27/12/2012 - 21:16

    people who cant make pies, crepes properly ?

    i was at my local Kmart today and they had 700g roasted nuts for only $2.25, bought 3 tubs.. good for drinking beer and watching tv. they also had honey roasted and vanilla flavoured roasted nuts.

    sorry to hijack this thread, i did see these on sale at the Kmart i was at, everything is 50% off the marked price, mainly xmas stuffs.

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      nikey2k27 on 27/12/2012 - 21:17

      i got nuts yesterday to. they are nice for price.

  • +3 votes
    ofey on 27/12/2012 - 21:19

    At that price, I don't reckon they'd last very long.

  • +1 vote
    Tihocan on 27/12/2012 - 21:27

    I bought the poffertjes maker at $12. Worked well.

    • +5 votes
      StewBalls on 27/12/2012 - 22:07

      Great for takoyaki too! ;)

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        kokita on 27/12/2012 - 23:28

        nice idea!

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        tikei on 28/12/2012 - 04:59

        you almost convinced me to get one :) If only I don't have to go search for the Japanese ingredients…..

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          StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 08:32

          I found a recipe once (using the googlenets) that substituted western ingredients for many of the Japanese ones. The taste was surprisingly very close IIRC. Now, many mainstream supermarkets also have enough asian stuff to fudge it too! :)

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        moolah on 28/12/2012 - 10:35

        I found it too shallow for a takoyaki and went for the muffin maker instead

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          gandhi28152 on 28/12/2012 - 17:23

          Any idea, if i can use this for takoyaki ?

          http://shop.target.com.au/p/cake-pop-maker-mlccm815p/P522533...

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          StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 18:30

          @moolah, I haven't been close up with the Kmart version, but my Target one actually has an Octopus stamped into the hotplate…suggesting that it has actually been repurposed as a poffterje maker! ;)

          @gandhi, I can't see why not…maybe the top plate will make cooking them easier; but myself & every takoyaki maker I've ever seen just flip them with bamboo skewers.

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          TScott on 28/12/2012 - 20:09

          The takoyaki/dutch pancake makers with that weird octopus cartoon moulded on them were also sold at bigw last year around xmas for 7 dollars; i got one myself. :-) But unfortunately the Kmart ones come with a thinner depth plate.

    • +18 votes
      chansthename on 27/12/2012 - 21:53

      These day's extended breathing tends to cause cancer :P

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    Chopel on 27/12/2012 - 22:08

    Do they have ice maker

    • +5 votes
      nikey2k27 on 27/12/2012 - 22:12

      i like sound of that.

    • -1 vote
      Ace on 28/12/2012 - 13:51

      No but they have reusable ice cubes.

  • +2 votes
    Cluster on 27/12/2012 - 22:27

    My local KMart in Noarlunga, SA was getting rid of all Christmas stock at 50% off today. Nothing special about that, but they also discounted all their boxed chocolates and biscuits by 50% too. The Belgian KMart brand seashells and assorted chocolates are actually quite good and at $7.50 for 1kg are a steal (take off another 5% with ING, hehe). I also picked up a few boxes of German Lambertz biscuits. All have a best before date around late next year.

  • +5 votes
    Snoopy113 on 27/12/2012 - 23:21

    Ahhh so many people asking "who buys this stuff". If youve ever used one of those pie makers you wouldnt be asking. They are bloody amazing. So easy to use, clean, so fast. Ours makes 4 at a time, we dont make pies the traditional way anymore because of how good the pie maker is.

  • +2 votes
    NathanDrake on 28/12/2012 - 00:18

    These items are rubbish. They are cheap for a reason and a lot of them get returned. You get what you pay for.

    • +9 votes
      Briggles0 on 28/12/2012 - 00:21

      which one have you tried?

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        StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 10:16

        None, I would wager!

        "You get what you pay for" is the trite catch-cry of the wannabe OzB snob IME.

        • +1 vote
          NathanDrake on 28/12/2012 - 11:02

          I used to work there so i think i would know about the "quality".

        • +2 votes
          StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 11:39

          So the answer to the question "which one have you tried?" is still NONE, I take it…

          I used to work there…

          Big ups for having once worked at Kmart bro!

          so i think i would know…

          Exactly, you only think you would know…thanks for playing! ;)

        • +2 votes
          NathanDrake on 28/12/2012 - 11:47

          So i see more than ten returned daily and i don't know if they're good? wow, enjoy your crappy $6 item just make sure to keep the receipt. I don't see why you have to be all up-in-arms to try and justify these items as good. Thanks for playing.

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          StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 11:53

          wow, enjoy your crappy $6 item just make sure to keep the receipt.

          No problem, thanks for your professional advice…good thing we never had to call the waaahmbulance! :p

        • +2 votes
          bigpallooka on 28/12/2012 - 14:01

          It always comes back to the same issue when you talk about returns to places with generous exchange/return policies. Are you saying these items came back as non-functioning, change of mind, returned gifts, what? I guess if large numbers are returned for whatever reason it doesn't bode well for the usability/quality combination but it is misleading to suggest that returned items don't work. If you are talking solely returned as non-functioning then that would be a very useful statistic that you (as a former employee) could quote with confidence.

        • +2 votes
          StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 15:29

          Agreed, 'why' is always a great question to ask!

          Also, just saying he saw ten/day is a useless number in-and-of itself without knowing how many were actually sold…if they sold 20 it's not so encouraging if the returns were failures, but if they'd sold 1000 then 10 total returned is pissing in the wind IMHO.

          Many of these guys don't know the difference between a number & a statistic…

    • +4 votes
      monicaaar on 28/12/2012 - 16:01

      I've got the Dutch Pancake Maker, Muffin Maker & Crepe Maker and all of them work absolutely fine. So I don't know what you're on about…

  • +1 vote
    orcscar on 28/12/2012 - 07:11

    Do you know if it includes Dutch Pancake maker too? Bought one for $20 some weeks ago, was really crap quality, thinking to return it since still under warranty.

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      Gfrog on 28/12/2012 - 13:30

      i believe it does. saw them stacked up in the same pile as well.

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      skooter on 30/12/2012 - 22:33

      Yep, I got one for $6 today

  • +3 votes
    Snoop on 28/12/2012 - 08:05

    OP said he bought a few for his daughter…
    I just hope she has a decent size kitchen, otherwise they'll all end up at the back of some cupboard like ours!!!
    Ps. The reason I buy pies, donuts & popcorn from the shop!

  • +1 vote
    Tunblor on 28/12/2012 - 08:22

    The popcorn popper might be worth a try as a coffee roaster; worst case scenario it has a temperature trip that needs to be by-passed.

    If you've never roasted your own coffee, you have no idea what you're missing.

    • +2 votes
      wholesaleturbos on 28/12/2012 - 10:16

      could you just use a fry pan instead?

      • +1 vote
        Tunblor on 28/12/2012 - 20:07

        A good question, and yes you could, however even the cheapest and nastiest popcorn popper will roast more evenly, remove the chaff from the green beans, and blow the smoke away (you can use it with an extension lead outdoors) and not set the kitchen alarms off.

        Roasting coffee makes quite a bit of smoke and mess, too much for a range hood to handle. Using the popper will give a much better result than the pan in many ways.

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          garglebutt on 03/01/2013 - 13:43

          Popcorn poppers can be used to roast coffee but as it takes around 20 mins to do a roast you will exceed the recommended maximum operating time. That can get very dangerous.

  • +6 votes
    coco0507 on 28/12/2012 - 09:27

    Don't buy these crappy things. They break easy and end up in landfill!

    • +1 vote
      StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 10:14

      Umm, yeah the end of the world is nigh…

    • +6 votes
      dannyboi on 28/12/2012 - 11:10

      My $15 toaster has lasted for 10 years; my $60 one, bought before the cheap one, lasted a year and a half. Price does not necessarily equate to durability.

      • +2 votes
        Snoop on 28/12/2012 - 12:04

        Agreed… Our expensive car keeps costing a lot more on servicing and repairing than what our cheap car does!
        I don't know if it may be attributed to the fact that it gets used 5 times as much? ;)

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        coco0507 on 28/12/2012 - 16:49

        Maybe you're right. It probably comes down to how you use it and clean it afterwards etc.
        My cheapy toasted-sandwich maker's handle broke in one week, maybe because I put too much fillings in!

  • +2 votes
    seawench on 28/12/2012 - 13:01

    I used my pie maker until it died of old age …I used to make up a big batch of savory mince with mixed veggies ..the buy the bonus size packet of pastry and bingo cheap healthy pies in the freezer …yes they are smaller than a normal pie so eat 2 …..I have no idea what the cost of a meat pie from the shop is . but I recon the pie maker is cheaper than buying 2 normal pies

    • +5 votes
      StewBalls on 28/12/2012 - 15:38

      Damn you, now I want a pie…

  • +2 votes
    samia786 on 28/12/2012 - 13:17

    the pie makers are good for making quick school lunches, savoury and sweet.

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    cookie2 on 28/12/2012 - 17:31

    does anyone know if this is at all kmart stores? I'm in melbourne? thanks

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      Steptoe on 28/12/2012 - 17:59

      Australia wide, so far.

      The size of the donuts, and muffins is a joke surely?

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      boonanza on 28/12/2012 - 19:05

      Yep we are in Melbourne and got a pie maker & donut maker from plenty valley about 2 hours ago for $6 each

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    beejay1177 on 29/12/2012 - 22:03

    Also on sale are other items in the homewares area with the same branding - the Galileo Thermometer and Newton's Cradle were also half price

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wzEmM8W...

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    kelea on 30/12/2012 - 16:53

    Thanks picked up a pie maker this arvo.

    They sure are popular - had to go to 2 Kmart stores to get one and it was the last one!
    Plenty of muffin makers, donut makers etc left though.

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    jessity on 30/12/2012 - 18:02

    Any sightings on a ice cream maker?

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    skooter on 30/12/2012 - 22:35

    Picked up:
    Dutch pancake maker $6
    Hotdog maker $9.50

    Didn't have time to look for other stuff :(

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    JayMoney on 31/12/2012 - 12:13

    At Knox today they were scanning up as $3 each, still quite a few items there

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      TScott on 31/12/2012 - 19:16

      Yep so were they at burwood 24/7 kmart in vic. But their sign said $6, scanned at $3. I couldnt resist so i picked up a donut maker, they had many of those left and a few cupcake makers.

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        tikei on 31/12/2012 - 20:58

        whaaaaaat? I bought mine from there at $6 :(
        P.S. Did they have the dutch pancake makers at burwood vic? I didn't see any but I may have been blind.

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          TScott on 31/12/2012 - 21:12

          Not any i could see this afternoon and i went through the xmas and kitchen department shelves 10 times. :-D

        • +1 vote
          StewBalls on 31/12/2012 - 21:18

          Bear in mind, at $3 they'll only be half as reliable as the $6 ones… :p

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          TScott on 31/12/2012 - 21:50

          =), they might even be $1.50 tomorrow if they half their prices each day.

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      oz-dave on 01/01/2013 - 00:27

      They were $3 each on Sunday and Monday at a number of Sydney Kmarts for most of the range as well ($5 for the Hot Dog maker)

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    ycon on 01/01/2013 - 07:50

    Which sydney stores have stock? Bondi jnct didnt have any

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    wholesaleturbos on 02/01/2013 - 15:59

    Just went by bankstown, they have 2 pie makers at $3 left on the shelf.

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      Miss Dior on 04/01/2013 - 13:25

      Not any more. Said they've sold out. Anyone know of any Sydney stores that still have stock of anything?