If you think weird modern kitchen gadgets are useless take a look at the ones inventors were popping out between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
There are contraptions designed for grooming, instruments for travelers and office workers, and medical devices that either did “nothing at all” or were “more dangerous than useful.”
There’s also plenty of stuff that was used in the kitchen and at the dining table, from practical inventions like butter makers and coffee brewers to silly tools like fork cleaners and spoon warmers.