Turn your old iPad into a dedicated kitchen tablet

23.03.2012

The App Store is stuffed with apps for planning out meals, organizing grocery lists, and discovering new recipes. So it's little wonder that so many home cooks consider the iPad as indispensable a kitchen tool as a good chef's knife. So why not take the next logical step and turn that aging iPad into a dedicated kitchen tablet? All it takes is a little bit of planning to find the hardware and software to fit your specific culinary needs.

There are plenty of , from portable stands to wall-mounted systems. If you tend to move around a lot in your kitchen and want the iPad to move with you, Belkin's $40 is a good option to consider. Since the stand comes with a stylus, you won't need to use any greasy fingers to navigate your kitchen iPad.

There's a drawback to portable stands, though: They tend to keep your iPad in the splash zone, where they're susceptible to splatter from whatever you've got cooking. You can always waterproof your iPad with other accessories (). And Belkin's $50 is another moveable option that will hang from your cabinets, above the counter mess.

If you know exactly where you want your iPad to live in your kitchen, there are screw-in wall or cabinet mounts that will give your iPad a sleek look while you're mixing ingredients and frying up your latest meal. This is a good option if you want to use your iPad to play music or videos while you're cooking, or you're the type of person who doesn't need to constantly look at a recipe while baking or cooking (like I do).