Surprising ways to repurpose 10 kitchen gadgets and tools

Waffle irons can be repurposed as sandwich makers.Business Insider

• Waffle irons can be great sandwich makers.
• You can use a cheese grater to grate cold butter into flour for baking.
• Kitchen tongs can be used to open bottles and juice lemons.
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It can be hard to justify buying single-use kitchen gadgets like egg slicers or waffle irons. If they're only functional for one purpose, how often will you really use them?

Surprisingly, more than you might think. Even items that seem like they're only good for one thing can be used a number of different ways.

Here are 10 alternative uses for kitchen gadgets and tools that you may not have thought to try.