Jeff--that's a funny story. Mine's a Waring that Costco had for $60 a dozen years ago. Looks just like the big contraptions in deli's but with a much smaller foot print. I have the luxury of a pantry with storage space for bulky appliances. That's where this, the Food Saver, the waffle iron, the sous vide machine (it's small, but the container I use exclusively for it isn't), and the pressure cooker live. One doesn't need to do French Dip sandwiches for 50 very often, but when you do...!
Bill, re unitaskers: pshaw!!!! That's just bravado! We all have kitchens full of unitaskers. Coffee machine? Vertical toasters? Panini press? And every good kitchen should have a drawer dedicated to the little hand-held, one-job wonders that make food preparation easy and elegant. They would include but are not limited to manual can openers, lemon reamers, truffle slicers, garlic presses, citrus zesters, pinbone tweezers, my famous asparagus peeler, ice cream scoops, dough scoops (I have four sizes!) and the like. Could include your shrimp deveiner, too, if a fork didn't work just fine.