Im not, Im looking for a permanent solution - the last thing I want is the wife cooking in the kitchen and wanting to add something to the shopping list, only to find the iPad MiA.
And a HomePod can do that without having to have a screen. I add things to my grocery list all the time with Siri. Maybe read up on what Siri can do before assuming it can't? 
You aren't telling me anything I dont already know - I'm not going to put an iPad and HomePod Mini in the kitchen - that's just wasteful.
You assume the HomePod has to be in the kitchen...
My wife and kids use our Kitchen Echo Show 8 to check the weather and shopping list frequently. I dont need a "show 8" replacement anywhere else (we only have one Show 8).
If Im to get rid of the Show, it has to have equivalent functionality or I'll be aksed why I bought a new solution that cost hundreds of dollars more than the old one, and delivers less functionality.
PS, yes I know the iPad has more functionality, however I would like to keep my wife and kids happy.
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Any iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or HomePod can "check the weather and shopping list frequently" and do a TON more. You just clearly want to shoot down everything anyone tells you and be negative so I'm just going to save myself some time and quit replying now.
I'm not being negative, I'm merely politely stating our requirements, which are not compatible with many of options you have proposed.
I'm not attacking you or your ideas, I'm merely providing my rationale based on our requirements. Everyone has different requirements, and sometimes that leads to a narrow set of options to meet them.
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For another perspective... I have an Echo Dot and a HomePod Mini near the kitchen — neither of which have a screen — and I wear an Apple Watch. So I have both Alexa and Siri available. I use Alexa to add items to my shopping list because if the item is already there Alexa will tell me that and not add it again. Siri will happily add the same thing multiple times, which I find annoying. On the other hand, I use IFTTT to copy anything added to my Alexa shopping list over to my iPhone shopping list for when I actually go to the store. I find the Alexa shopping list to be incredibly annoying and hard to use with its insistence on moving things around and offering me "deals" that don't work in the stores where I shop.
In other words, both Alexa and Siri are good at some things and not so good at other things. Whatever works is the right solution.
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it all depends on the app you use for your grocery list. I use "AnyList" on my iPhone and Siri will only add an item once. If I tell Siri to add it again it increments the quantity. AnyList, by default, categories your list by item type. Dairy, produce, meats, etc. I think you can also customize this. I can also have more than just a grocery list on AnyList. I also have a "Home Depot List", "Walmart List" and "Target List".
Ah. Yes, I use the Reminders app. Just because I have for years and I'm used to it. And I could send my Alexa list over to my Reminders before I had a HomePod Mini or an Apple Watch.
I used Reminders before I found AnyList. Give AnyList a shot the Siri Shortcuts are built in.
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Poor Alexa might start to feel left out. 
ETA: I just looked at it. I'm not really wanting to add yet another subscription-model app. Reminders may not be as full-featured, but it's free.
I don't pay a single thing to use AnyList.
It looks like that is only if you also want it for pc/mac/Apple Watch, not if you are just syncing your shopping list from Siri and Alexa.
Correct. Siri Shortcuts work without paying a cent.
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I don't understand the nuance. I'm using the community HomeBridge and the door locks and garage work great. My understanding is that I would lose that functionality if I moved to the native HomeKit integration. True? False?
True
It’s because Hubitat is working on getting certified as an official HomeKit bridge. Apple doesn’t allow certified bridges to function with certain classes of devices.
Homebridge, as an uncertified bridge, doesn’t have to follow the same limitations.
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This is what happened to me. I really loved my HTC One x-plus but as the updates for programs came out, and att wouldn't release firmware updates to the phone, the phone became unusable. As far as phones go, I'm firmly entrenched in apple.
As a network engineer I work in both windows and linux, but for primary use I use windows. Windows has been pretty stable for a long time. I cant even remember the last time I'd seen a blue screen (much like the rarity of seeing a bomb on mac). It is easier for me to lock down systems under windows at the client level than it would be for mac's. And I so love my XPS 13 w/ oled screen.... 
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My XPS 14 has become my "desktop" computer while my M1 MBP is my travel computer. I use Wireguard and RDP to do Windows type things when remote. The combo works really well. Also have an older NUC running Fedora...
So completely off topic but am using an opensource KVM app called "Barrier" to share my mouse/keyboard between systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS). Have also used "Synergy" as well.
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