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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Get an Instant Pot if you want to do both. To add to this, because they're so popular a ton of recipies are tailored specifically to them. Because you can't really stir things around and taste during the process I think it's more important here than in traditional stovetop type of cooking.
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VelociBacon posted:Because you can't really stir things around and taste during the process Yes you can. You can cook stuff with the lid off too.
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I. M. Gei posted:Yes you can. You can cook stuff with the lid off too. I mean yeah sure it's possible to use it as an electric pot, but you're ignoring the point that once you begin the pressure cooking process it's incredibly inconvenient to stop the process and restart it if you need to
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Zorak of Michigan posted:I've been happy with my Breville for years now. Thank you! Taking a look at their stuff. I've got lumpia to fry
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Fart Car '97 posted:I mean yeah sure it's possible to use it as an electric pot, but you're ignoring the point that once you begin the pressure cooking process it's incredibly inconvenient to stop the process and restart it if you need to I guess it doesn't lend itself very well to improvisation, like you're going to want to follow a recipe to get consistent results because you can't muck around with stuff midway through the cook. the flipside of that is that you don't actually have to stand over a pot, you can go back to watching a movie or getting your dick sucked or conducting medical experiments on a helpless monkey tied to some pvc pipe
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Mar 4, 2022 07:13
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:the flipside of that is that you don't actually have to stand over a pot, you can go back to watching a movie or getting your dick sucked or conducting medical experiments on a helpless monkey tied to some pvc pipe The real joy of the instant pot is efficiency, which is why I combine all three
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Would an induction burner provide enough energy to heat a pot full of enough oil to fry a turkey? Just wondering if that would be a safer method of frying one instead of messing with propane and open flame.
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Mar 4, 2022 15:25
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My impression is that trying to fry a turkey is incredibly loving dangerous basically no matter what and isn't worth attempting
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Mar 4, 2022 15:33
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I've got an electric turkey fryer and it struggles to come up to temp when cooking a brined bird. If having the heating element immersed in the oil can't do it, I can't hold out much hope for induction. If that burner can draw more than the 1500 watts or so available to countertop appliances here in the US, your results might be better than mine.
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Mar 4, 2022 15:59
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The Midniter posted:Would an induction burner provide enough energy to heat a pot full of enough oil to fry a turkey? My new induction cooktop has a setting that's intended to maintain even frying by automatically adjusting power settings to hold the temp steady so I would assume so. I haven't tried to use it for frying yet and I wouldn't ever fry a turkey in the house though so..
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:My impression is that trying to fry a turkey is incredibly loving dangerous basically no matter what and isn't worth attempting If you let it thaw completely and don’t overfill the pot, it’s not dangerous. An induction burner is probably a lot safer than a gas burner though.
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Anne Whateley posted:Most of the time of cooking isn't in stirring the thing in the pot, it's in prep time. You don't just pour a stew into the slow cooker and take it out when it's hot. You wash and cut up the celery, you peel and cut up the carrots, you wash and cut up the potatoes, you peel and dice the onions, you season the meat, you get out 3 bay leaves and finish the jar and write them on the shopping list, you find the bottle of Worcestershire and measure out a tablespoon. Slow cooking is great, but it's not literally pour and pres butan. Sous vide is nice and easy too but cook time can be a problem, if you are going from freezing you want to do more like 2 hours cook time. And it’s a lot of plastic. But it basically turns means into “entree in bag”, and then maybe throw some veggies into the pressure cooker steamer basket ten minutes before mealtime, and then just dress everything. From fridge temps it’s usually an hour though and fish is quicker than that, it’s about 20 or 30 minutes at temp for salmon. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Mar 4, 2022 |
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Mar 4, 2022 20:31
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:My impression is that trying to fry a turkey is incredibly loving dangerous basically no matter what and isn't worth attempting Death is inevitable. Glory is not.
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Well my KD-8000 scale is finally kicking the bucket. It's not zeroing out right anymore and it doesn't reset to zero when even tiny amounts of pressure are applied and then removed from it (like my fingers reaching into a cup to remove a pinch of protein powder from the top of my milk) and in fact it's actually ADDING weight when that happens. It's also adding weight whenever I accidentally tap whatever is on it with my finger, like 20 or 30 grams of weight or more. I just sat an empty blender pitcher on it and tared it to zero, then went to grab something from the fridge and when I came back it was showing 3 grams despite nothing being added to it; I only looked away for a few seconds. So... It looks like it's time for me to pick up that Maestro scale SymmetryrtemmyS hocked awhile back and find out if it lives up to the hype.
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First instant pot cook was “meh”. Second instant pot cook was “above average”. Looking forward to third try. Thanks again for the recommendations friends!
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A “meh” curry adapted from a chicken curry. It ended up watery and half way between chili and curry. Second time I pushed it more towards curry spices, didn’t add any stock, and added more cream. Worked better, still not great. But the instant pot did it’s job marvelously 😎
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Mar 10, 2022 17:39
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My dishwasher is busted The repair man I called said it’s not worth fixing because it’s a Roper and I guess that brand was bought by Whirlpool and dissolved? Anyone wanna recommend a brand? My kitchen is white so I think I want a white one too
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Mar 11, 2022 02:53
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Steve Yun posted:My dishwasher is busted Bosch. Good luck finding one. I had to wait 6 months for mine but maybe they're caught back up with production.
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wandler20 posted:Bosch. Good luck finding one. I had to wait 6 months for mine but maybe they're caught back up with production. I'll second Bosch. All the appliances in my house are turning into Bosch stuff as the old ones fail. They just seem to be better made and offer more at only a slightly premium price point.
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I had a full Bosch kitchen and because of it I now know how to repair pretty much anything that goes wrong. As a bonus their service people would come out, look at something that didn’t even turn on, make a bunch of excuses and then say it worked fine and leave.
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Chemmy posted:I had a full Bosch kitchen and because of it I now know how to repair pretty much anything that goes wrong. So are you for or against Bosch
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I'm the same with Whirlpool--I know I can easily get parts either online or at the local overpriced parts warehouse. Do I love the products? No. But I can always fix it which hasn't been the case with Bosch, LG, Samsung, or Lennox nonsense.
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I have a 3.5qt lodge enameled dutch oven. Is there any reason to upgrade to a le creuset larger one, vs just a larger lodge one? Like 80 bucks versus like 400? (estimates), but can Le Creuset be that much more special? Does the extra money make it better? I know kitchen stuff is definitely you get what you pay for, but when it comes to straight up iron cooking devices, is it worth it?
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By the accounts ive read the lodge ceramic stuff is good, but it won't last literally forever. A well cared for lecruset is something you can pass down for generations.
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Go to TJ Max, Marshall’s or Home Goods and they’ll usually have an enameled 5 or 7 quart for $80-120 from a decent brand like Tramontina or Cuisinart
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Steve Yun posted:Go to TJ Max, Marshall’s or Home Goods and they’ll usually have an enameled 5 or 7 quart for $80-120 from a decent brand like Tramontina or Cuisinart Is Lodge considered like a lesser, to those? I don't mind really. An heirloom dutch oven is a pretty sweet idea. I don't have kids, but I could probably give it away when I die the lodge ceramic is all scratched up because i did not take any care of it whatsoever, but it still does the job. But a 3.5 quart is kind of limiting, even for a household of one. Like if I felt like hauling it, I wouldn't hesitate to throw it on a campfire to get the poo poo done and cooked. Im close to the stage of throwing away most of my pots and pans since I've ruined most of them anyways.
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I had a lodge that the enamel cracked on very early in its life so I avoid them personally.
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Jonny Quest posted:I'm the same with Whirlpool--I know I can easily get parts either online or at the local overpriced parts warehouse. Do I love the products? No. But I can always fix it which hasn't been the case with Bosch, LG, Samsung, or Lennox nonsense. I had no trouble getting Bosch parts locally once I found the right local appliance repair store. I just unfortunately became a regular.
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I just bought a place with Bosch washer/dryer please don't tell me these things. The oven and dishwasher are whirlpool at least. And the oven is convection, and one of those ones where the heating elements are hidden or not at the bottom or something so your bottom rack goes like pretty much all the way down to the floor of the oven, seems wild to me. e: actually anyone have any recommendations for maintaining ceramic/glass stovetops? It's this one if it matters:  Seems crazy to me to have the bottom rack like that (if the heating elements are still on the bottom) but the space is appreciated. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Mar 12, 2022 |
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blight rhino posted:Is Lodge considered like a lesser, to those? I don't mind really. An heirloom dutch oven is a pretty sweet idea. I don't have kids, but I could probably give it away when I die Basically all the cheap enameled are made in China so you have the QC that goes along with it. I have some T name one from sears that is still going after a decade but the enamel has not held like my parent's Frenchie that's a lot older.
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blight rhino posted:I have a 3.5qt lodge enameled dutch oven. Is there any reason to upgrade to a le creuset larger one, vs just a larger lodge one? Keep an eye out for sales. Made In just put their Dutch oven out, it runs $200 but they do 20% off sales a couple times each year. Le Creuset goes on sale a bit less frequently than Staub, which is the other classic high end French brand.
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There's actually a sale right now at Sur La Table for top end brands like Le Creuset, Staub, All-Clad, etc. I went with Lodge for my first dutch oven recently, but only to see if I'll actually use a dutch oven enough.
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VelociBacon posted:I just bought a place with Bosch washer/dryer please don't tell me these things. The washing machine’s metal latch is held down by a plastic bracket. That breaks and you can’t get the latch to engage. To fix it you need to remove the door, and also remove the seal (which is a nightmare). They don’t sell that plastic bracket and it’s part of the door assembly despite being on the frame of the washer. The door assembly was $300. For a plastic bracket that holds the latch in place.
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sounds like german appliances are like german cars in that they break if you breathe on them, they are a pain to take apart, and the parts are laughably expensive. why bother going for one at that rate
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My Bosch dishwasher is good.and I love the fridge too. But I’ve only had them a year.
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The dishwasher was the only thing we had from them that didn’t break down in four years.
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VelociBacon posted:e: actually anyone have any recommendations for maintaining ceramic/glass stovetops? I use a razor tile scraper to scrape off stubborn caked-on residues that scrubbing with a glass top cleaner won't remove. I haven't had any issues with scratching the glass.
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I can vouch for that as a solution as well
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Thanks, have one of those already so glad to hear it.
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