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42. A grill that can quickly cook pretty much anything

Otto Wilde OFB Grill, available at Williams Sonoma, $1,195.95

The $1,200 Otto Wilde OFB Grill is my new favorite cooking appliance, although it's admittedly very expensive. It gets up to about 1600 degrees Fahrenheit, which has allowed me to sear everything from scallops to steak, and it has outdone every pizza joint in the borough of Brooklyn (*dodges rotten tomato*), all within a tiny corner of my backyard. Cooking most things takes a matter of two to five minutes, and cleanup is super fast and easy thanks to the drip tray (tip: always remember to fill it with water). —Owen Burke, senior reporter

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