The 15 Most Popular Products AT Readers Bought on Prime Day

The 15 Most Popular Products AT Readers Bought on Prime Day

Britt Franklin

Assistant Shopping Editor

Britt is a stargazer and sunrise-chaser with a collection of magic erasers, and a fascination with the fantastic. A storyteller at heart, she finds inspiration in all the small things, and can likely be found singing show tunes, catching up on K-dramas, or going on adventures to satiate her natural-born wanderlust. (Sometimes even all at the same time.)

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I Tested the Tesla of Smart Ovens — And It’s as Impressive as It Sounds (Plus, It’s on Sale for Prime Day!)

I Tested the Tesla of Smart Ovens — And It’s as Impressive as It Sounds (Plus, It’s on Sale for Prime Day!)

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Like many children of the late 90s and early aughts, my Easy-Bake oven was my life. A child of the new millennia, I was instantly enamored by this piece of tech that allowed me to take cooking into my own tiny hands and create sweet treats in minutes. So, you could imagine my delight when I came across a device some 20 years later that seemed to improve upon this idea across the board by allowing you anything (breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert) with the touch of a button. I’m talking about the Brava Smart Oven. Like most smart ovens, the Brava was designed to make cooking fun, easier, and faster. But does it live up to the hype? How hard is it to use? And most importantly, is it worth the $1000+ price tag? After months of testing and dozens of recipes made, dear reader, I’m happy to say this device is the real deal. The best part? It’s on sale during Prime Day, which ends tonight!

So what makes this smart oven different from the rest of the smart ovens on the market today? One word: light — as in it cooks with light. No, seriously. I’ll be the first to admit that when I first heard this, I cocked my head like a confused puppy. Let me break it down: using a combination of both infrared and visible light (courtesy of the device’s six halogen lamps), the Brava cooks with light, heating up in seconds and cooking anything you throw at it in record time. Able to work as an oven, toaster oven, slow cooker, steamer, air fryer, dehydrator, frying pan, sous vide, and grill, it’s designed to be the ultimate easy-to-use all-in-one device thanks to its intuitive touch screen controls and a library bank of recipes that is constantly being updated with new and exciting dishes (don’t worry, you’re not beholden to these recipes; you can customize them and add your own, too!)

To say I was excited to put this sleek, Jetsons-eqsue device to the test would be an understatement — I checked my package room with bated breath waiting for it to arrive and unpacked it with glee. There are a bunch of things that attracted me to the Brava Oven, with one of the main things being its versatility. As someone still building out their kitchen setup, my appliance collection was pretty sparse, so finding a device that could combine all these functions into one not only seemed cost-efficient but small-space friendly (a must for my studio apartment). Now for the fun part: the cooking.

A couple of days after receiving it, I dedicated a day to cooking solely with my Brava. Alongside the oven, I got the sheet pan, a glass pan, and an egg pan so I figured I’d start with something simple for breakfast to get familiar with the device: eggs and toast. After placing the bread and egg on their respective pans, I tapped the “egg sandwich” recipe, chose my desired egg hardness level, and let it do its thing. Not even five minutes later, I had a perfectly fried egg and crisp toast ready to be plated — minus the fuss.

While doing my research on the Brava, I found the most magical promise of this device to be that thanks to its Pure Light Cooking technology, it could cook multiple foods at the same time at different temperatures, each to perfection. This meant I wouldn’t have to worry about adjusting the temperature or pulling out extra pots and pans to cook an entire meal. It seemed impossible, so for my next test, I decided to go all in with something I personally find to be the trickiest to cook: salmon.

Attempting to recreate an image I saw on the company’s site, I put together a meal consisting of two pieces of salmon, green beans, and fingerling potatoes. Following the machine’s preset recipe instructions (but jazzing it up with some of my own spices), I placed each item on its own part of the sheet (each pan comes divided into three sections) and crossed my fingers. To my utter shock, it worked perfectly. The salmon? Tender and flaky. The green beans? Crunchy and delicious. The potatoes? Crisp on the outside, soft on the inside. I was flabbergasted.

The last test was dessert: chocolate chip cookies. While I could always crank up my conventional oven to cook up a batch of cookies, I was really interested in trying it out in the Brava for two reasons: to make a smaller batch and to prevent heating up my apartment on a hot summer night. After putting together my mother’s secret recipe (sorry, can’t share it), I placed them in the Brava, put it in Bake mode (where you manually set the time and temperature like a regular oven), and waited for my cookies — oat milk in hand. They came out at about the same time as they normally would in a regular oven and were exactly how I like them, crisp and chewy. Yep, I was sold.

Now you’re probably saying to yourself, “Sarah, why would I need this oven when I have a perfectly good oven in my kitchen?” to which I would say two things: time and space. For me, time is precious and while I do love a big cooking extravaganza, there are days when I want to do anything but spend hours in the kitchen cooking, monitoring my meal, and cleaning up. With the Brava, cooking on crazy days is less laborious and, for the most part, foolproof (I’ll never make better salmon than my Brava does). It also provides me with the opportunity to save so much space by not having to invest in extra kitchen appliances for my home, which honestly would’ve been just as expensive of an investment. Having a true all-in-one appliance is a game-changer.

Sarah M. Vazquez

SEO Commerce Editor

Sarah writes about all things shopping for Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and Cubby helping you find the best deals and the best products for you and your home. A Brooklyn-born Jersey Girl, she loves a good playlist, a good bagel, and her family (but not necessarily in that order).

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Target’s Deal Days for 2022 Are Here!

Target’s Deal Days for 2022 Are Here!

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Not to be outdone by Amazon Prime Day, Target is running their annual three-day summer sale extravaganza, “Target Deal Days,” exclusively online and in the Target app until the end of tomorrow (July 13). While the deals span several categories, including food and beverage, tech, beauty, toys, and fashion, home decor is a chief category for big savings. And if you love Target’s exclusive in-house brands, you’re going to like what’s being offered up at a discount this year.

The college supplies category also features deals to the tune of up to 25 percent off as does the back-to-school assortment (up to 30 percent off), just in case you want to get a bit of a jump on those shopping seasons. All of the Target Deal Days prices are available to anyone — no membership necessary — and, if available at a store near you, items can be ordered for in-store or contactless pick-up if you can’t wait for shipping.

Danielle Blundell

Home Editor

Danielle Blundell is AT’s Home Director and covers decorating and design. She loves homes, heels, the history of art, and hockey—but not necessarily always in that order.

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Walmart Is Offering Prime Day-Level Prices on Vacuums, Mattresses, and Popular Kitchen Brands

Walmart Is Offering Prime Day-Level Prices on Vacuums, Mattresses, and Popular Kitchen Brands

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If you didn’t check off all the boxes on your spring cleaning to-do list, there’s still time to give your space a new look! There are lots of mid-summer sales going on right now, including Amazon Prime Day and Wayfair’s Warehouse Clearout. However, those aren’t the only big retailers with major ongoing sales. Currently, Walmart is offering rollbacks, or temporary price reductions, on tons of popular household products, including items from some of our favorite brands like Shark, Bissell, Serta, and more. Enjoy the sunshine and summer fridays by treating yourself and your home to new furniture or tools. After all, these low prices are just temporary!

Phoebe Sklansky

Editorial Intern, Kitchn Commerce Team

Phoebe is the Editorial Intern for the Kitchn Commerce team. You can usually find her crafting a charcuterie board or making the most out of her tiny apartment kitchen. She is a student at Vanderbilt and is based out of Nashville and New York.

Amazon Shoppers Swear This Robot Vac Saves So Much Time Cleaning — Score This Early Prime Day Deal for $100 Off

Amazon Shoppers Swear This Robot Vac Saves So Much Time Cleaning — Score This Early Prime Day Deal for $100 Off

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Amazon Prime Day will be here before you know it. On July 12 and 13, Prime members can expect serious markdowns on a variety of home goods (and more!), and lucky for you we’ve conveniently discovered some of the items you’d be smart to keep an eye on. When such major sales come around, it’s a naturally a good idea to pick up some of the more pricey home gadgets and appliances you might’ve been holding off on. Well, all that waiting is about to pay off. One product we highly recommend buying at a time like this is a great vacuum. If we’re being specific, a robot vacuum is just the thing for efficient, hands-free cleaning, and you can snag one on major sale ahead of Prime Day.

The Shark IQ robot vacuum is currently a whopping $100 less than its original price, and nearly 1,000 five-star reviewers can attest to its impressive functionality. “The best robot vacuum I’ve ever used,” one buyer proclaimed. “This vacuum has great suction, cleans in a consistent pattern and doesn’t miss anything.” Be it hardwood floors, shag carpet, or a home with lots of pets, this robot vacuum’s strong suction power will leave every surface spick and span.

Of course, if it was just good at cleaning up, the Shark IQ Robot would be like any other well-built product in its category. But this vacuum also comes with a self-cleaning brush roll that removes hair as it goes along, meaning no more tangled strands in its bristles that threaten to cause damage to the machine itself. Additionally, it has a filter to catch dust and other potential allergens, as well as a large dust bin that you won’t have to empty out at an annoyingly high rate.

As with any smart device, incorporating a robot vacuum into your home cleaning routine takes some adjusting. One previous buyer shared that it took the machine a couple days to learn its way around the house, but from there, it was smooth sailing. The vacuum actually employs a row-by-row cleaning system before navigating to other rooms, ensuring total floor coverage. If its battery runs out, no worries — the Shark IQ Robot will return to its dock and get back to work as soon as it’s recharged.

We can’t overlook that this is a device that cleans without you having to lift a finger! (I think we’ve gotten too immune to the novelty of that aspect.) This is great for those busy days when vacuuming feels endlessly tedious. “I have a 120-lb dog that sheds everywhere and a toddler,” one reviewer shared. “The amount of hair ‘Sharky’ picks up is AMAZING! Sharky does the in-between vacuuming for me so I’m more comfortable with my toddler playing on the floor.”

Not only can you sit back and relax while the robot vacuum does its job, but you can also schedule cleanings on the SharkClean app, or via Amazon Assistant and Google’s Alexa. If you ask me, being able to cross one more item off your to-do list and come home to a clean apartment makes this robot vacuum worth some serious consideration.