10 Best Dash Kitchen Appliances (2025), Tested and Reviewed

“Max” is not a word often applied to Dash products. But in its way, this Multimaker Max is still remarkably compact, a full-sized hinged waffle maker with options to swap in nonstick griddle and deep-dish plates. The result is a versatile cooker for waffles, pancakes, meat, veggies, and kinda whatever. It is a ticket to a mostly pan-free life—and a hell of a multicooker for dorm-dwellers and others who don't have a stove or range easily accessible.

There are five cooking plates: Two waffle plates, two shallow griddle plates with about a half-inch of space between them, and a “deep dish” bottom plate with two-inch sides. There's no on-switch. Just plug it in and the device will heat its griddle surfaces to around 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cleaning is easy. Cooking is easy. The temp is a good temp for most veggies—and also for pancakes, waffles, and quesadillas. But don't expect a hard sear on meat. You won't get it. That said, the limited temperature will keep you from screwing up the nonstick coating by overheating it, so the device is kinda foolproof. It's a lazy or beginner cook's dream device. Just … remember to unplug it when you're done.

This little puppy was a big surprise. Dash's portable rapid cold brew device is among the many contenders that use pressure or agitation to speed up the classic, slow, many-hour process of making smooth, refreshing cold brew coffee. I had little confidence Dash would succeed where others failed.

And yet, here we are: This truly weird little device makes surprisingly good 15-minute cold brew. There are a lot of parts, and it makes just one drinking-strength cup. But the results are admirably smooth, low in acidity, and free of the tannic bitterness that afflicts most quick cold brews. Basically, you put 8 to 12 ounces of water in the reservoir, fill up the little filter basket that drops into the device, then attach an additional tube and rechargeable vacuum device that buzzes like a vibrator. The Brew2Go will then create a vacuum to siphon coffee and release it, over and over, in a principle similar to the VacOne air brewer WIRED received positively a few years ago. You'll see this visually as liquid is sucked up the vacuum tube then released back to the carafe. It's wild to watch.

If you stick to 8 ounces of water, you can then rapidly cool the water with ice from room temp to chill and still have about 10 ounces of drinking-strength cold brew. The results are a little turbid: Some coffee fines get through the filter. But if you're drinking immediately, this isn't a problem. It's mild, and quite pleasant—not as subtle or aromatic as the kind that takes 12 hours, but as good as most packaged cold brew.