Summer has persisted across the country, with high temperatures lingering far into the season’s last weeks. Cool food feel like a necessity rather than a luxury. Store-bought pints have escalating prices, fewer choices, and ingredient labels that frequently leave little room for personal preference. A machine that lets you decide every element of the frozen dessert starts looking practical rather than optional. Ninja’s Creami XL 11-in-1 (model NC601), priced at $186.99 after clipping the on-page coupon (was $250), builds on the earlier Creami formula with larger 24-ounce tubs that hold about 50 percent more than the original pints.

Summer heat has a way of pushing cooking indoors, and few appliances handle that shift as completely as the Ninja Foodi Smart XL 6-in-1 Indoor Grill and Air Fryer, priced at $229.99 (was $280). This countertop machine combines high-heat grilling with air frying, roasting, baking, broiling, and dehydrating in one unit, all while keeping smoke to a minimum and taking much of the guesswork out of cooking meat.

When the heat of summer makes it impossible to think of anything other than a cold sweet treat, a trip to the grocery or the ice cream shop line may not appear so enticing. When you can create it yourself at home, it’s a completely different story. The BLACK+DECKER Perfect Pint Ice Cream Maker, priced at $149.99 (was $220), provides a relatively simple solution, transforming a few basic components into a frozen delight in only a few minutes of actual work.