Anyone Want to Guess - New F/W Products

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Discussion Overview

Participants are sharing their guesses and desires for new products in the upcoming 2009 Fall/Winter season from Pampered Chef. Various ideas for kitchen tools, cookware, and seasonal items are discussed, reflecting personal preferences and experiences.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Opinion-based, Anecdotal

Main Points Raised

  • One participant hopes for more sauces, toaster-size bamboo tongs, and additional blades for the mandoline.
  • Another participant expresses a desire for the Chillzanne to return, though they note that new products are typically introduced.
  • Several participants mention wanting a sturdy cookbook stand, sauces, and different patterns for Simple Additions.
  • One participant speculates that the August cookware special may lead to more new cookware or open stock pieces.
  • Another participant shares a wish for a double boiler and new solid color SA pieces.
  • One participant suggests a cheese cuber, likening it to an apple wedger with a grid pattern.
  • Several participants express a strong desire for a DCB cookbook and additional seasonal pieces.
  • One participant mentions wanting a spice rack that matches SA stands and a turkey roast rub.
  • Another participant shares a wish for more salt-free seasonings and a general-purpose seasoning.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on specific product desires, with many participants expressing similar wishes for certain items like the DCB cookbook and sauces, but no clear consensus emerges on all proposed products.

Contextual Notes

Participants are sharing personal experiences and preferences regarding potential new products, reflecting a variety of ideas and suggestions based on past trends and current needs.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants interested in product trends and community insights may find this discussion relevant as they consider customer preferences and potential product offerings.

I love the idea of a cookbook stand and spice rack out of bamboo!!! More sauces would be nice too...especially with a chipotle kick.

I'd also like to see individual stoneware pie plates. I have some from when the Henn company was still around. They aren't an every day item, but they are always a huge huge huge hit with family and friends every time I use them.

A DCB cookbook would absolutely rock.
 
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legacypc46 said:
More sauces would be nice too...especially with a chipotle kick.

Yes, more sauces. Chipotle would be good and so would something with horseradish like another person suggested.
 
It is amazing how they come up with new and/or improved product. In glancing at the catalog, so much has changed in just the 3 1/2 years I have been selling. The one item that jumps out is the Egg Slicer. This has not been changed in a while. It would be nice if some type of container could be incorporated with it (egg slicer sits on container), so when you slice the items go into the container and the container could have a lid for storage. I love and wish for a cookbook stand. We may also see additional white stoneware, a TTA style unit for our spices, a 9x13 baking pan.
 
Wow....your ideas are all thoughtful and necessary! So glad you take the time to send them to HO...I bet that is how all the great new products come about....so keep it up! If HO listens to you all, then it looks like I better hit my June sales goal because I am going to need all of them! :D
 
Jolie_Paradoxe said:
Wow....your ideas are all thoughtful and necessary! So glad you take the time to send them to HO...I bet that is how all the great new products come about....so keep it up! If HO listens to you all, then it looks like I better hit my June sales goal because I am going to need all of them! :D

Except it's the things we've requested 2-3 years ago that will show up this year....

But yes, HO does listen to us and to our customers. At National Conference, there is a "dream table" that is a big table covered with paper, and we can write all over on it the products that we would like to see! They WANT us to send in suggestions from the field! For instance, The Pineapple Wedger! That is something that people have been asking for for several years...and TADA! We have it and it's a smash hit!
 
I would love to see the cookbook stand and DCB cookbook. B/c I have to email people recipes everytime they order one. I would be a great seller!!!
 
PC is one fabulous company! I totally understand the wait time....designing, working out the bugs and marketing does take time....looks like a PC lifer....too many great items coming up! lol
 
How about a SA seasonal (or not) cookie jar? or even a collectible cookie tin?! (great hostess gift too!)
I've also emailed HO about a new design for the egg slicer, but never heard anything back... (similar to the salad choppers in that it's handheld, but has several blades (like the Quikut blades in size) instead of wires that can break.
I really like the idea of the spice rack and cookbook stand/holder!!!
 
I've had several requests for larger batter bowls and submitted that. I do think that might be big and heavy though, not sure if it would be desired by many.
 
I've emailed them in the past for that SA large round platter cover mentioned. I make a lot of cakes with the torte pans, and they are just a wee bit too big to fit in my tupperware cake carrier.
 
OK- as I was running errands this morning, my brain had an "a-ha!" moment regarding 2 sauce flavors I'd love! And I think they'd be versatile and popular, like the 2 that were introduced this season. One would be savory, and would be fantastic on pork, beef, poultry (especially leftover turkey sandwiches) - Honey Mustard Horseradish. And the other would be a sweet & savory, and would be great for appetizers, desserts or entrees (like the Spicy Pineapple Rum) - Chipotle Raspberry.
 
I emailed the HO a few months back suggesting the following things:

SA Sugar/Creamer Set & SS Tea Kettle (great minds think alike)
Cheese slicer (I don't like the cheese knife!) for cutting thicker slices of cheese.
Larger Bamboo Snack Bowls
Square Bamboo Plates or Round Bamboo Chargers
Re-design Microplane Adjustable Grater to have notches on the bottom like the UM so I can grate Parm Cheese into a prep bowl w/o it sliding around.
And a hamburger patty press for making perfect patties for grilling!

I love everyone else's ideas. Especially the "cute" garlic holder & DCB cookbook!
 
Matching Bamboo Salad bowls would be nice - as in for your individual salad...not the big bowls for the WHOLE salad.Definitely a different Cheese Slicer. I'd also like to see another cheese grating option. I don't like our current options for grating cheese...I always pull out my basic box-grater. I love them for parmesan and such- but not my softer cheeses.
 
I agree on a different cheese grater. I also like the idea someone shared about a cheese cuber. That would be great! Round bamboo salad bowls is also an idea. For personal servings, I'd prefer the round than to the square, just not sure if they like that as a set. It might need to be square to please the look of the set.
 
kristina16marie said:
I emailed the HO a few months back suggesting the following things:

And a hamburger patty press for making perfect patties for grilling!

PC will NEVER make those while these are on the market: http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/tup_show_item.show_item_detail?fv_item_category_code=20000&fv_item_number=P10049001547
 
DebbieJ said:
PC will NEVER make those while these are on the market: http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/tup_show_item.show_item_detail?fv_item_category_code=20000&fv_item_number=P10049001547
If PC did, I bet they'd be alot cheaper than Tupperware (wow! :eek:) - but that's a whole other story! (prices of TW vs PC for similar items)
 
chefann said:
OK- as I was running errands this morning, my brain had an "a-ha!" moment regarding 2 sauce flavors I'd love! And I think they'd be versatile and popular, like the 2 that were introduced this season. One would be savory, and would be fantastic on pork, beef, poultry (especially leftover turkey sandwiches) - Honey Mustard Horseradish. And the other would be a sweet & savory, and would be great for appetizers, desserts or entrees (like the Spicy Pineapple Rum) - Chipotle Raspberry.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You're a genius.
 
Refesh me again; When does the NEW products come out for the customers? Is it Oct or Nov?
 
It's September.
 
WOW September?!?! I was so off....
 
I'd be all for a Power Cooking Cookbook- with more power cooking recipes than we already have! I KNOW people would be excited about that!
 
chefann said:
OK- as I was running errands this morning, my brain had an "a-ha!" moment regarding 2 sauce flavors I'd love! And I think they'd be versatile and popular, like the 2 that were introduced this season. One would be savory, and would be fantastic on pork, beef, poultry (especially leftover turkey sandwiches) - Honey Mustard Horseradish. And the other would be a sweet & savory, and would be great for appetizers, desserts or entrees (like the Spicy Pineapple Rum) - Chipotle Raspberry.

Those would both be soooo good! I can already think of a myriad of ways I'd use them!
 
I LOVE the ideas for the GARLIC KEEPER, SA PIECES IN SOLID COLORS, DCB COOKBOOK, and CHIPOTLE RASPBERRY SAUCE. I was at a new 'wings' restaurant a while back and chipotle raspberry was one of the dipping sauces - it was phenomenal!!

How about . . .

*A PC Apron for everyone not just consultants
*silverware with maybe the chef's hat logo at the top of each piece
*small short tongs (I like the chef's tongs but they are too thick for me. I like the ones I bought at walmart - I think they are aluminum but they are great. Maybe PC could come out with something similar)
 
ITA a DCB CookBook is a must!!!

I also would like some new seasonings & rubs. New sauces would be awesome in some of the flavors mentioned above :love:
And the coffee and teas back!!

I also LOVE the idea of a bamboo cookbook stand!

Although we just came out with the steamer basket, I would LOVE one of those asain type bamboo baskets!

The 9x13 baking pan is a good idea to round out the collection.

Maybe bamboo towels with different prints on them. Like some with different themes like HWC or Wedding shower ect to wear with our aprons.

My SO is dying for a 10in Santoku knife.

The bamboo salad bowls someone mentioned is a good idea too. If they were square to match the bigger ones, that would look really nice.

Maybe a smaller thinner microplane grater, like the ginger ones.

New SA pieces with Apples on them would be really nice....lol....I LOVE apple stuff for the kitchen.

Maybe a piece, not necessarily a SA, but to hold and transport cakes. Like a cake holder, but not glass.

Better scissors!
 
BettieC said:
ITA a DCB CookBook is a must!!!

I also would like some new seasonings & rubs. New sauces would be awesome in some of the flavors mentioned above :love:
And the coffee and teas back!!

I also LOVE the idea of a bamboo cookbook stand!

Although we just came out with the steamer basket, I would LOVE one of those asain type bamboo baskets!

The 9x13 baking pan is a good idea to round out the collection.

Maybe bamboo towels with different prints on them. Like some with different themes like HWC or Wedding shower ect to wear with our aprons.

My SO is dying for a 10in Santoku knife.

The bamboo salad bowls someone mentioned is a good idea too. If they were square to match the bigger ones, that would look really nice.

Maybe a smaller thinner microplane grater, like the ginger ones.

New SA pieces with Apples on them would be really nice....lol....I LOVE apple stuff for the kitchen.

Maybe a piece, not necessarily a SA, but to hold and transport cakes. Like a cake holder, but not glass.

Better scissors!

10" Santoku! Wow, I cannot even do the big one already!
 
LMBO, I know me too.....lol. I love my 5in one. He's a professional Chef, and would LOVE to have a 10in one.
 
I want the stoneware bowls to come back.

I agree that the TTA style rack for spices would be a hit, and a DCB cookbook. Or a power-cooking cookbook.
 
Ok... This is my first time to conference although I have been a consultant for 3 yrs. I'm loving the idea of the rack for the spices. Right now mine sit on the back of my stove and are constantly falling onto the stove while I'm cooking. New Cookbooks would be awesome. I'm telling you though... they add anything that has snowflakes on it, and I'm all over it. My whole house is full of "snowflake" stuff from Thanksgiving to April.
 
Krista Burson said:
Ok... This is my first time to conference although I have been a consultant for 3 yrs. I'm loving the idea of the rack for the spices. Right now mine sit on the back of my stove and are constantly falling onto the stove while I'm cooking. New Cookbooks would be awesome. I'm telling you though... they add anything that has snowflakes on it, and I'm all over it. My whole house is full of "snowflake" stuff from Thanksgiving to April.

Me too, I'm snowflake and snowman addicted!
 
Krista Burson said:
Ok... This is my first time to conference although I have been a consultant for 3 yrs. I'm loving the idea of the rack for the spices. Right now mine sit on the back of my stove and are constantly falling onto the stove while I'm cooking. New Cookbooks would be awesome. I'm telling you though... they add anything that has snowflakes on it, and I'm all over it. My whole house is full of "snowflake" stuff from Thanksgiving to April.

Krista, I know finding storage space for spices can be challenging, but you shouldn't keep them by your stove. Heat and Spices don't mix.
 

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