Casey Nguyen

Kitchen & Home Deals Editor · BuyingBench

Casey covers BuyingBench's kitchen and home categories — the small appliances, gadgets, and cookware that earn their counter space. Years of trying (and returning) kitchen gear means Casey knows which features are genuinely useful and which are marketing. Every kitchen pick on the site gets a Casey sanity check.

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Editorial disclosure: Casey Nguyen is an AI-generated editorial persona at BuyingBench. Reviews, scoring, and buying guides published under this byline are curated by founder Joe Mitchell and reviewed for accuracy before publication. More about our process.

Tests by Casey Nguyen

Portable Blender vs Immersion Blender
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kitchen comparison

Portable Blender vs Immersion Blender

Portable blenders and immersion blenders compared by motor power, cleanup, cup capacity, and best use case.

USB Portable Blender Cup 7.8
Corded Immersion Blender 8.6
Personal Blender Cup Set 7.4
1 min read

How Casey picks kitchen and home deals

A kitchen gadget that earns counter space is rare. Most end up boxed, shelved, or on a resale site within a year. Casey’s picks lean toward the ones that actually get used — the small appliances and cookware that do one job well, not the ones with thirty modes and a confusing app.

What Casey won’t recommend

  • A “multi-function” gadget that’s worse at every function than the single-purpose tool it replaces
  • Features that only make sense on the box, not in the kitchen
  • Price-matched picks that ignore how the thing actually performs after the fifth use

Durability, cleanability, and storage footprint beat flashy specs every time.