Perhaps this cast iron casserole by the crème de la crème in cookware could make my cookery less trick — “Voila, crème da la pew!” — and more treat!…

Called the Le Creuset Pumpkin Casserole, this pumpkin-shaped(!), flame-colored dish lets you prepare, cook and serve your seasonal noms with a visual flavoring of festive flair, and even comes complete with a quirky off-center knob to imitate nature’s inconsistencies.

Ideal for presenting sumptuous soups, stews and casseroles for dinner guests on Halloween, to celebrate pumpkin-season or simply for a bit of cheery year ’round fun, the Le Creuset Pumpkin Casserole performs well on all heat sources, includes a lifetime warranty and is available now from the wonderfully rebranded Wayfair.com (formerly CSN Stores) with FREE shipping for $159.95.

Everybody loves a good BBQ! But, like most things in life, nobody likes to clean up the mess that’s left when the “fun part” is over.

When the party’s over, all you’re left with is a grimy, greasy grill that you’ll need to clean if you don’t want next week’s chicken wings to taste like last week’s burgers.

When all the baby back ribs are nothing but a pile of bones in the trash, and all your guests have fled to their own homes to rest their meat-packed stomachs – the Electronic BBQ Grill Brush will become your best friend!

Featuring an ergonomic handle to reduce wrist strain, this motorized brush is equipped with rotating brass bristles and a built-in stainless steel scraper – quickly removing the sticky grime and residue from any grill. Once your grill is grime-free, you can remove the brass brush for easy cleaning.

The Electronic BBQ Grill Brush requires 8 x AA batteries (not included), comes with an extra brass head, and is available at LatestBuy.com for $45.95.

Most waffle irons can only make ONE waffle at a time. But let’s be honest: who, in his right mind, can resist having more than ONE waffle? Show me a man who eats a single waffle for breakfast and I’ll show you a liar!

If you’re tired of your breakfast getting cold while waiting for that second waffle to come out, then the Double Belgian Waffle Maker is perfect for you!

This waffle iron will simultaneously make two thick, evenly browned, restaurant-worthy waffles in 3 1/2 minutes — each 7 1/2″ in diameter and 1″ thick. The iron rotates 180º to fill the empty spaces in every pocket, and the 1,400-watt heat element ensures your waffles are crisp on the outside and moist on the inside.

A beep and LED indicator lets you know when it’s time to rotate the iron and when your waffles are done, and the stainless steel exterior and non-stick waffle forms can be cleaned with a damp cloth. Better still, with 1″-deep pockets, your waffles can hold a significant amount of syrup, creamed cheese, peanut butter, or whatever topping you like best.

But enough waffling on…the Double Belgian Waffle Maker is THE way to prepare perfect waffles for breakfast, and is available now from Hammacher Schlemmer for $99.95. Get ’em while they’re hot!

No more freezer-dogs. The Corn Dog Factory gives you home-made corn dogs any time of the year…

For those of us who look forward to the State Fair just to indulge our craving for fried food, we need never wait again. The Corn Dog Factory makes up to 6 corn dogs in minutes, and includes the skewers and a recipe booklet to make them right.

Since you’re the chef, why not make them your own and spice up your dogs with some peppers, or relish, or even BACON right in the batter? Any batter you make is a better batter to bake. And why stop at just corn dogs? With the Corn Dog Factory you can also try your hand at deep-fried Snickers, Twinkies or even Pepsi, just like at the fair – or experiment with completely original fried delights.

Taking up less than 1/3 sq ft of counter space and folding up neatly, the Corn Dog Factory is easy to clean, easy to store and weighs only 6 pounds – letting you make corn dogs anywhere you can find a conventional US 110v outlet.

Visit ThinkGeek.com and bring the fair home with your new Corn Dog Factory for just $24.99.

Wish there was a way to make breakfast a little more fun? Fed up with the same old toast popping up from your regular toaster? Tired of having to use the force force your kids to eat a healthy breakfast?

I don’t know about you, but staring into Darth Vader’s eyes while having a balanced breakfast always puts a smile on my face. 

The Darth Vader Bread Imprinting Toaster is an officially licensed Star Wars product, that literally burns Darth Vader’s image onto every piece of toast. Explore the “darker side” of your toast with its adjustable temperature setting and its standard two slot pop-up action.

Make a nutritional breakfast much more fun by biting a huge chunk off the Sith Lord’s head, or letting your kids spread some butter on his dark, evil-looking face.

Available at ThinkGeek for $49.99, the Darth Vader Bread Imprinting Toaster is the perfect appliance to make every balanced breakfast come to life.

Forget artificial preservatives and flavor enhancers. If you have a soft spot for smoked foods, but not the time or space for a traditional smoke pit (below) – you can now enjoy the taste of authentic barbecue smoke flavored meats and cheeses quickly and easily, thanks to the Only Indoor Pressure Smoker.

Cooking barbecue brisket in just 1 hour (five times faster than traditional methods), the Only Indoor Pressure Smoker combines a pressure cooker and a smoker in one convenient appliance. Increasing internal pressure by 15 psi, the cooker causes wood chips to release their fragrant, flavor-enhancing smoke – imparting authentic barbecue smoke flavor onto your foods.

The Only Indoor Pressure Smoker requires just 3 to 5 wood chips (not included) to smoke everything from sausages and ribs, to a whole chicken, and contains all smoke tightly inside the vessel until you release the pressure (hit your exhaust fan if you’ve got a sensitive smoke alarm).

Including a digital timer, and an adjustable 4 level rack that holds up to 4 lbs of food – the Only Indoor Pressure Smoker also cold-smokes cheese or fish, can be used to sear foods before smoking or as a traditional pressure cooker, and is available now from Hammacher Schlemmer for a smokin’ $199.95.

Source: Hammacher Schlemmer
Traditional smoking pit image courtesy of Kaufmann Mercantile.

Bye-bye bulky coolers! Say hello to the Inflatable Salad Bar…

Easily handled and highly portable, the Inflatable Salad Bar chills beverages, and food for any gathering small or large. Featuring a 12″ x 42″ interior, this capacious chiller can keep multiple serving bowls and bottles on ice simultaneously.

Light-weight and easy to clean, with a fully inflated size of 24″ x 54″ (which fits most folding trestle tables), the Inflatable Salad Bar is perfect for both indoor and outdoor use and is available now from Taylor Gifts – on special for just $9.98.

Forget hand-grating with cheese mills or simple hand-held holey cowbells. At under a foot tall, the Frieling Stainless Steel Electric Cheese Grater has no short supply of convenience. And the puns stop here.

Frieling’s electric grater is perfect for all hard cheeses, stands at 8″ tall and is made with stainless steel – plus it will not only fit under your cabinet, but will match the shiny surface of all your modern appliances too.

The Frieling Stainless Steel Electric Cheese Grater is battery powered (batteries included), so there’s no pesky electrical cords at risk of being sliced and is available now from CSNStores.com for $64.95.

Everyone loves to grill in the summer months, but sometimes it can be tough to find the time or space to fire up a barbeque. Thanks to the The O-Grill 3000 Portable Gas Barbecue Grill, the grill goes wherever you do – guaranteeing you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite tastes wherever you are.

The O-Grill weighs just 24 lbs, but packs an impressive amount of firepower with its 225 sq. inch grilling surface and 9450 BTU stainless steel burner. Measuring 20.5″ x 8.5″ x 23″ the grill is able to cook for up to 4 hours on a single 14.1 oz standard cylinder of propane, and thanks to a special clamshell design with convenient grip handle, retractable legs and carrying case – it can be easily carried in one hand. Perfect for use at the beach, park or campsite, or for your deck, patio, garden or yard.

The O-Grill 3000 Portable Gas Barbecue Grill is the perfect way to enjoy the delectable taste of grilled meats and vegetables when you’re on the go and is available now (rated 4.5 out of 5 stars from 21 customer reviews) with FREE shipping from Amazon.com for $159.99.

Who likes cupcakes? Everyone likes cupcakes. If you don’t like cupcakes, you have no soul. Even if you’re diabetic, cupcakes are more than worth forgoing stable blood sugar control for. Yet as great as they are, there is one thing even better than a cupcake. That’s a giant cupcake. Fancy one? Great news: you can make your own with the Giant Cupcake Pan from IWOOT.

How big is a giant cupcake? How about 16cm tall with a diameter of 17.5cm? The only way that isn’t giant is if you’re actually a giant yourself. Then it would be a normal sized cupcake. But if you are a giant, eating a (relatively) normal sized cupcake is probably a novelty anyway.

Of course, cupcakes are all in the icing, and the neater and swirlier the better. With that in mind, the Giant Cupcake Pan comes with a separate icing mould that will help you achieve a consistently neat and swirly topping.

Get the ultimate sugar rush and gain 100 pounds for only £14.99. What better way to work on your muffin-top?!