8 Shopper-Loved Appliances for Beating the Heat

During the summer, I’m all about cooking meals that require very little, well, cooking. I eat a lot of hearty salads, ice cream, fresh fruit, ice cream, burgers, more ice cream … you get the idea. The rest of the time, I lean heavily on air fryers, blenders, and the like to keep my kitchen cool and my spirits high. 

And guess what? Thousands of Amazon shoppers agree with my strategy. Read on to shop the eight most popular picks for beating the heat, starting at just $15. From the Ninja Creami to a Vitamix blender, these summer kitchen deals are up to 50% off — and you’ll want to keep using them into the fall.  

Best Amazon Cooling Kitchen Products 

• Yonanas Classic Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Maker, $39, originally $50 
• Ninja Creami Deluxe 7-in-1 Ice Cream Maker, $200, originally $230 
• Ninja 4-Quart Air Fryer, $90, originally $130 
• Vitamix Ascent Series 64-Ounce Smart Blender, $374, originally $650
• Phinox Ice Cube Tray with Lid and Bin, $15, originally $27
• Instant Cold Brew Electric Coffee Maker, $35, originally $70
• Cuisinart Pulp Control Citrus Juicer, $23, originally $30
• Crock-Pot Large 8-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker, $70, originally $100 

Yonanas Classic Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Maker

This soft serve maker by Yonanas is a shopper favorite with more than 12,800 five-star ratings. Customers are simply “obsessed” with how easily they can transform frozen fruit into a creamy dessert in “mere seconds.” Feed your slightly thawed bananas, berries, or chocolate down the chute and watch it come out the other side with a soft serve-like consistency. It’s as close to magic as we’ll ever get.   

Ninja Creami Deluxe 7-in-1 Ice Cream Maker

With over 10,000 units purchased in the past month, the Ninja Creami is the number one bestseller in ice cream machines on Amazon for good reason. Its “creamify” technology whips any frozen base into ice cream, milkshakes, sorbet, and more with just the press of a button. Snag yours, along with two pint containers, while it’s $200 for a limited time. 

Ninja 4-Quart Air Fryer

An air fryer offers all of the flexibility of roasting or baking without any of the oven heat, and this 4-quart model by Ninja is one of the best on the market. It’s known for its consistency when it comes to roasting, air-frying, reheating, and dehydrating anything from chicken Parmesan to chocolate brownies. The only thing that could possibly make it better is that it’s on sale for under $100 for a limited time. 

Vitamix Ascent Series 64-Ounce Smart Blender

Vitamix blenders are a Food & Wine favorite for their consistency, versatility, and power, and more than 1,200 Amazon shoppers agree. Use yours to keep cool this summer with homemade smoothies, freshly whipped hummus, ice cream, and so much more. It’s worth the price, especially when it’s 42% off. 

Phinox Ice Cube Tray with Lid and Bin

If your freezer doesn’t come with a built-in ice maker, this shopper-loved pick is a great place to start. It comes with a dust cover, two ice cube trays, a bin for storage, a pillar plate to easily release the ice cubes from their slots, and a scoop for serving. One shopper called the “compact” tray an “all-around winner,” noting that the ice is “easy to press out.”     

Instant Cold Brew Electric Coffee Maker

Instant’s electric coffee maker churns out cold brew in less than 20 minutes for those busy summer mornings when you’re in a rush, but couldn’t possibly stomach drinking something hot. Simply customize the strength of your coffee based on your preferences, then brew, store, and serve it in the included 4-cup pitcher. Not a coffee drinker? Fill the basket with your favorite loose-leaf tea instead. Grab yours while it’s 50% off.  

Cuisinart Pulp Control Citrus Juicer

You know a product is worth buying when it has over 15,000 five-star ratings on Amazon. Shoppers love this Cuisinart juicer for its compact size, low price point, and easy-to-clean design, in addition to its pulp-filtering technology. I don’t know about you, but fresh orange juice with a side of pancakes in the morning sounds pretty good to me.  

Crock-Pot Large 8-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker

Another great tool for keeping cool in the heat is this Crock-Pot slow cooker. You can braise pork shoulder for barbecued pulled pork, simmer white bean stew, and even make sour cream cheesecake all without turning on your stove or preheating your oven. One shopper called it the “perfect” summer appliance because it “doesn’t heat the whole kitchen.”