A 'multi-functional kitchen gadget' or the 'smallest most intelligent kitchen'? Hmm... which ever way you care to cut it the Thermomix has more to it than meets the eye... weigh, chop, bend, mix and cook - no problem - and it will even provide recipes with a sprinkling of know-how; just as well this gadget is confined to the kitchen or we'd all being looking for a new job. German engineering too: 'advancement through technology' as they say.