The Best Prime Day Deals on Kitchen Appliances

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If you’re like me, when you moved into your home, the kitchen was a terrifyingly blank slate. Sure, there was an oven, a microwave, and a fridge, but unless I wanted to live on frozen pizza and ramen (tempting), I knew I needed some more firepower. Prime Day means you can fill those empty counters and cabinets with useful, durable kitchen appliances without going broke. Here are my favorite appliances to turn your any kitchen into a powerhouse of cookery.

The best Prime Day deal on an air fryer

If you don’t have an air fryer in your kitchen, are you even living? From french fries to pot roasts, it’s become an essential appliance. This Kismile air fryer is a terrific, flexible option. It comes with two sizes of (dishwasher-safe) glass bowls for single- and dual-serve options, and it’ll roast, crisp, or just warm up just about anything you need. And it’s 33% off for Prime Day, so you can snag it for just $119 instead of $180 right now.

The best Prime Day Deal on a stand mixer

When I got married, my mother gifted a stand mixer to us, and it was easily the best gift we received. Stand mixers make baking so much easier, and you feel kind of like an adult person when using one. But they are pretty expensive, so it’s one of the smartest things to target on Prime Day. KitchenAid makes some of the best stand mixers around, and you can get the Artisan Series 5 Quart Tilt Head Mixer for 24% off right now—just $380 instead of $500.

The best Prime Day deal on an indoor grill

The world is divided into Grill People and everyone else. If you’re the former, you’ve probably spent a lot of time shivering or dripping in the weather while you grill on your deck or balcony. An indoor grill like this one from Ninja (bonus: it’s also an air fryer) will change the course of your life by making it easy to grill up some burgers or steaks right in your kitchen—and it’s 32% off for Prime Day, magically turning an appliance that’s normally almost $300 into a $190 steal.

The best Prime Day Deal on a waffle maker

If there is one bit of Adult Wisdom I’ve picked up over the years, it’s this: Waffles make everything better. Having a waffle maker tucked away in a cabinet means you can improve any random day with waffles, and the DASH Multimaker is perfect. It comes with a set of plates in different shapes to make fun mini-waffles, it doubles as a griddle so you can make a perfect egg along with your waffles, and it includes a storage case for the plates. Best of all, it’s 34% right now and you can grab it for just $23.

The best Prime Day Deal on a blender

The modern world runs on blenders. Whether you make a daily smoothie, need to chop up some veggies, or make ice cream, having a real blender on hand is a must. If you’re looking to fill the blender-sized hole in your life, the Vitamix 5200 offers a 64-oz. container and plenty of power to chop up whatever you need. Normally an eye-watering $470, it’s currently 26% off for Prime Day at a steal-able $350.

The best Prime Day Deal on a toaster

Toasters don’t get much attention, but if you don’t have a working toaster, the worst thing you can do is to run to your nearest store and buy whatever they have—sure it’ll toast bread, but it won’t last, it’ll burn your fingers, and you’ll probably be limited to two slices. This Proctor Silex 4-slice toaster offers precision toasting, insulated walls so you don’t get burned, and the ability to pop out four slices at a time, ideal for a busy family rushing through breakfast. Grab it at 34% off—just $32.

The best Prime Day Deal on a rice cooker

Being able to cook perfectly-prepared rice in your own home is amazing—and never having to bother with the grocery-store pre-packaged stuff you microwave or cook in a saucepan is even better. I make a batch of rice almost every weekend when cooking dinner, so this thing definitely paid for itself even before it went on sale—and now it’s 36% off, so you can grab it for just $290 instead of the usual $452.

The best Prime Day Deal on a pressure cooker

The day comes when you realize how powerful a multi-cooker like this one from Instant Pot can be. You can cook practically anything in this thing, from soups and stews to eggs or even rice. It’s even got a sous vide function if you’re fancy. But what I think makes it really great is that you can be a relative cooking dummy like me, because it’s really easy to use with a wide range of preset modes that make cooking everything as easy as pressing a button. And you can grab it for 36% off right now, saving $50.

The best Prime Day Deal on a coffee maker

Cooking fancy meals and making healthy smoothies and snacks is all well and good, but for many of us, the first and most important thing our kitchens give us is coffee in the morning. If you’re a basic coffee soul but pod coffee horrifies you, this simple brewer from Braun is 31% off (a $40 savings) and does a near-perfect job of making coffee.

If you’re a little fancier (or want to be) with your coffee, the De’Longhi Magnifico Evo is almost 40% off for Prime Day—a discount of $350. This is a “dummy-proof” espresso machine, so you don’t need to know the advanced physics of coffee-making to produce a credible espresso, cappuccino, or latte macchiato.

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

• Walmart’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. ET through Oct. 12 and includes deals up to 50% off. It’s an especially good option if you have Walmart+.

• Best Buy’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Sept. 27 through Oct. 12, and has some of the best tech sales online. It’s an especially good option if you’re a My Best Buy “Plus” or “Total” member.

• Target’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11, and it has deals going up to 50% off. You can become a Circle member for free.