Kumasi: IF YOU'RE WORKING
TO STICK TO A DIET YOU KNOW ONE
DIFFICULT PART IS PORTION.
PERFECT SLICE BAKEWARE WAS
SELECTEDDED AS INNOVATE I
PRODUCTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
HOUSEWARE SHOW LAST YEAR.
JOINING US NOW IS INVENTOR BECKY
PAR, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP
WITH THIS TO HELP KEEP IT
TOGETHER.
WE MOVED FROM TEXAS TO
MICHIGAN WHEN HI DAUGHTER WAS
30, DON'T RECOMMEND DOING THAT.
IT WAS REALLY HARD.
I WAS SO AFRAID SHE'D SIT ALONE
IN THE CAFETERIA I DECIDED TO
BECOME THE PARTY HOUSE.
I WAS THROWING PARTIES AND
BAKING ALL THE TIME.
BUT THE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN
COMING ALWAYS CHANGED.
SO SOMETIMES I HAD TO CUT 9
BROWNIES OR SOMETIMES CUT 12 OR
168.
SO, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY GOT AN EQUAL SIZE
PORTION, I JUST TOOK MY PAN AND
I PUT INCH MARKS ALL AROUND THE
EDGE WITH A RULER AND A MARKER
AND I HAD A DOUGH CUTTER THAT
WENT ALMOST ACROSS AND I
REALIZED IF I HIT EVERY THIRD
MARK ON A 9 BY 12 PAN I HAVE 12
PERFECT SERVINGS OR CUT THOSE IN
HALF AND GOT 24.
AND I WAS ALSO A WEIGHT WATCHER
AND I THOUGHT MY RECIPE SAYS
THERE ARE 16 SERVING IN THAT PAN
AND BEFORE I HAD A CASSEROLE
DISH.
THIS WAY I COULD STAY ON MY DIET
AND KNEW EXACTLY HOW MANY
CALORIE I WAS GETTING.
HOW DID THAT AND YOUR HOUSE
TURN INTO THIS?
WELL, I WENT TO THE INTERNET
TO TRY TO BUY A SET WHEN THIS
WORK SO WELL.
DIDN'T EXIST.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE LIGHT WENT
OFF AND WAIT A MINUTE, I MIGHT
HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
SO I WENT TO PATTENT ATTORNEY
AND IT WAS PATENTED AND I WENT
TO INTERNATIONAL SHOW AND THEY
OWNED THE COOKWARE INDUSTRY IN
EUROPE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, BECKY
THIS IS GOING THE SELL ALL OVER
THE WORLD AND ALMOST TWO YEARS
LATER IT CAME OUT.
WE WENT TO THE HOUSEWARE SHOW IT
AND WON TOP FIVE MOST INNOVATIVE
PRODUCT INS THE COUNTRY THIS
LITTLE HOUSEWIFE FROM ANN ARBOR.
HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO
SEE,THIS HAS TRANSFORMED AND HOW
IT IS HELPING PEOPLE?
I'M VERY SURPRISED THAT
FIRST OF ALL THAT IT HADN'T BEEN
THOUGHT OF BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS
SUCH AN EASY FIX TO PORTION
CONTROL.
AND EVERYBODY NEEDS IT WHETHER
YOU'RE A HOSTESS OR A DIETER OR
JUST COOK FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
EVERYBODY NEEDS PORTION CONTROL
AND THE INDUSTRY IS EMBRACING IT
AS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE ICE MAKER
DID TO A REFRIGERATOR.
LIKE WHY WOULD YOU EVER BUY A
REFRIGERATOR WITHOUT ONE?
WHY WOULD YOU JUST BY A PAN WHEN
YOU CAN HAVE PORTION CONTROL
ALSO?
AND THESE HAVE A LIFETIME
WARRANTY.
SO IF YOU BUY ONE SET, YOU'LL
HAVE IT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
Kumasi: LOVE IT.
YOU HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT
SIZES HERE, BASICALLY ANY OTHER
PAN YOU'D BUY.
I DO, WE HAVE A ELEVEN BY 14
WHICH IS GREAT FOR COOKIES, I
MAKE SHEET COOKIES COOKIES AND CUT HOW
MANY I NEED.
THE PIE PAN AND CAKE PAN AND PIE
PAN.
THIS ONE COMES WITH A COVER, IT
COMES WITH THE NICE U KNIFE THAT
SNAPS RIGHT IN.
THEY ALL COME WITH THEIR OWN
KNIFE BECAUSE THEY CUT EXACTLY.
AND FOR INSTANCE, WITH THIS
CAKE, IF I WANTED TO CUT 12
SERVINGS, I WOULD JUST HIT EVERY
THIRD MARK AND I WOULD HAVE
EXACTLY 12 SERVINGS OUT OF THIS
PAN.
I CAN CUT 24.
I CAN CUT 68.
I CAN CUT AS MANY AS I WANT.
AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY
CALORIES YOU'RE GETTING, HOW
MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN SERVE.
AND THAT BOY AT THE END OF THE
LINE SET GETS THE SAME SERVING
AS THE ONE IN THE FRONT.
WE LOVE IT.
IT IS SO EXCITING THAT YOU'RE
SHARING YOUR STORY AND HOPEFULLY
MOTIVATING SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS
ANOTHER GREAT IDEA.
IF YOU WANT TO MAYBE BUY ONE OF
YOUR OWN WE POSTED A LINK TO
WHERE YOU CAN BUY YOUR OWN