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Nitrousoxide posted:Speaking of discounts. All-Clad is currently having a sale on factory "seconds" or the ones with damaged packaging or other minor imperfections. I bought some stuff from them a while ago and get an email every other week that they're having another sale. For what it's worth nothing I bought seemed to be scratched or damaged or any different than the other All Clad stuff I have.
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I despise my Breville brand instant pot thing. Don’t buy it.
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Feb 16, 2021 22:56
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The weight chef’s restaurant Zero Zero is pretty good. Ate there after coaching a hockey game next door in the before times. Good cocktails.
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Mar 1, 2021 07:04
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Yeah, low conductivity means heat can’t spread wider than the thickness of the pan easily.
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Mar 4, 2021 05:04
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Panasonic microwaves are great, if you have a new house with AFCIs instead of GFCIs you’ll need to buy a Tripplite (or similar) surge protector because the inverter angries up the AFCI. I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000510Z9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_lVn2HQX3p8l8a
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Mar 16, 2021 03:21
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BrianBoitano posted:My only rec is go big as you can afford. When we upgraded to 24" wide it changed our lives in the kitchen! I went 37" x 144" on this cutting board we installed in our kitchen. 
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Mar 17, 2021 20:52
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The butcher block counter wasn't any more expensive than crummy quartz (at least out here). Difference of a couple hundred bucks maybe. We rented a house with an edge grain counter and I liked that it felt warm to the touch when you sat at the island. I went end grain so I can use it a little more seriously and because the price wasn't huge. I'm in California where labor costs are super high, so saving a couple thousand here and there doesn't make a giant dent in the project cost.KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Is that a water bottle filling station in the wall? That's badass. I feel like the thing that always breaks on fridges isn't the refrigeration part, it's the water and ice dispenser, so I ordered the fridge no water dispenser and ice drawer instead of the big chute contraption. Then I put the water thing in the wall. It has a chiller so it comes out at like 45 degrees, it's really nice. Lawnie posted:Couldn’t find anywhere to store the stepladder, though? Still under construction at the time. Vim Fuego posted:Jesus, how many burners you got on that thing? It's a Wolf GR-488. Eight full size burners, full size oven and the little mini oven on the left. They don't do dual fuel ranges with eight burners and I didn't want a griddle or a grill inside. No electronics really, no clock, no circuit boards, I wanted appliances that are going to last. My wife is celiac so when I cook I end up running parallel tasks. I don't want to eat gluten free pasta, so on pasta night we've got two pasta pots going and it's too crowded to do two pasta pots and sauce and maybe a side veg on a normal range, so we went big. Chemmy fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Mar 17, 2021 21:27
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Martman posted:Cmon, get to the part where you explain you removed some extremely crucial load-bearing wall segment to put in the water dispenser or something Through the middle of that room about where the water dispenser is was a load bearing wall. I hired an engineer and we put in a huge beam. It required tearing out that wall that the water is on to build the supports for said beam and also reinforcing that little wall from below in the basement with a beam that I hit my head on once a week.
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Mar 17, 2021 21:45
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GD_American posted:Love the side by side freezer/fridge. We went with that, even without the wall space to actually have them side by side. Yeah it's an air gap switch. Apparently people worry about using an electrical switch with wet hands. It was never an issue previously but that's what the plumbing place recommended.
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Mar 17, 2021 22:37
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Subjunctive posted:What do you find yourself using the left oven for? Do you have adorable little sheet pans for it? It’s not that small. Reheating leftovers, you could probably roast a small chicken in there.
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Mar 18, 2021 02:36
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I just measured it. It’s 12x16 and full height. I use it more than the big oven.
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Mar 18, 2021 03:28
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It took 2.5 years of fighting the city for permits and drat near bankrupted me but I got the kitchen I wanted.
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Mar 18, 2021 03:54
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:That’s why (some of us) said if you want lots of ground pepper get a Unicorn Magnum. Peugeots are pretty but Magnums are workhorses. I own a Peugeot and a Unicorn Magnum. The Peugeot has been empty for more than a decade at this point. It's pretty but it's not even loving close in terms of usability.
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Mar 23, 2021 05:26
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I can’t say that it’s a good value purchase, but my two Le Creuset dutch ovens have been great for the last decade. I’d guess the other ones are fine too.
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Mar 25, 2021 07:25
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Microplane parmesan is fantastic.
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Mar 28, 2021 04:22
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mediaphage posted:what about them do you not like I own a full set of d5 and on the heavier pans the top edge of the handle can be uncomfortable.
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Apr 8, 2021 15:15
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I suppose if it really bugged you, you could mask off the spots where it’s supposed to be steel and sand away on that stripe. It’s probably not very thick I bet it doesn’t take long.
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Apr 9, 2021 00:44
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I have the Breville one and it’s fussy and kind of annoying. Don’t buy it because you want a fancy instant pot. Just buy the instant pot.
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Apr 10, 2021 23:21
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Big vent hood 48” range Enough counter space to butcher a pig Big enough island for guests to get comfortable and also not be in my fuckin way
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Apr 15, 2021 06:22
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We did sliding drawers/racks in all the low cabinets. The sliding is nice but you lose a lot of height from the sliding drawers inside.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:38
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GD_American posted:Huge rear end vent hood. Love my new one, gently caress a recirc. Do a remote mount blower for the hood as well. Our fan for the vent hood is on the roof so you can’t hear the motor. At full power (which required a make up air damper to make sure we didn’t create too much negative pressure in the house) it’s still reasonably quiet. So the hood is just a metal box in the kitchen with controls and the little grease filter traps, and the motors/fan etc are outside the house.
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Apr 15, 2021 16:57
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tonedef131 posted:This is the next project I have planned for my house but I haven’t really looked into it much yet and wasn’t sure how available it was residentially. Do you have any advice as far as brands or things that you would have done differently? Did you do the install yourself or contract it out? Ours is perfect. I had a contractor do it. We went with Wolf to match the appliances.
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Apr 15, 2021 22:43
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Paul MaudDib posted:but I wouldn't want to spend $300 and end up with one of the lovely versions they've watered down their line with, if I'm going to spend $100 on something that breaks in a year then I'll just keep using a handheld mixer. But if it breaks Costco will take it back pretty much forever so who cares? The reason nobody cares about whether it’s plastic or a worm gear or whatever is that the Holy Grail Mixer with Parts Made By God has a one year warranty, and whatever Costco sells for less has essentially a lifetime warranty even if you use it to mix cement.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:28
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I’m fine with a pasta bake but half a stick of string cheese per single noodle is a bad ratio.
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Apr 21, 2021 15:00
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The Midniter posted:Got an email today about All-Clad's new graphite-core fully clad stainless pan. Anyone know anything about this kind of pan? Marketing gimmick or actually useful? The idea makes sense, and it seems neat, I’d guess you won’t see a huge meaningful improvement over their copper or aluminum core pans.
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May 6, 2021 14:58
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I’m not a pro baker (my wife has celiac) but everything I read said dual fuel was better for baking. I went single fuel because my range wasn’t available with the options I wanted in dual.
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May 22, 2021 16:10
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:My parents have a built in sub zero, I really dislike it, the door has trouble closing on its own but requires a ridiculous amount of force to open for some reason. Plus, drawer freezers are really irritating to me. I have a side by side KitchenAid fridge and I love it. It looks cool as hell, tons of room, well organized. I have a side by side 48” Sub-Zero that we put in during our remodel last fall. No complaints so far. We have no door problems. They work like a normal fridge. When I was doing research pretty much everybody said to go SZ or try out True who are big in commercial and moving into home fridges.
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Jun 29, 2021 15:56
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If it’s brand new it probably has something wrong with the relay or electronics. We had the same issue with an Elkay water chiller that took them forever to finally replace.
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Jul 7, 2021 20:15
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I’ve had that one for a decade and it’s still perfect.
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Aug 23, 2021 19:49
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You could buy a cheap one and keep an eye out for an orphaned similar color lid on eBay or whatever.
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Aug 25, 2021 23:29
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Emile Henry salt pig works great. No clumping or salt contamination issues, looks nice. Bee House stuff is nice though, I have a few of their teapots.
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Oct 12, 2021 05:22
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Brother Tadger posted:Any particular recommendations re: pho bowls? Was thinking about just getting a set of 60oz melamine bowls, but didn’t know if anyone had any particular insights I got these for pho: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QPS936M/ and I'm very happy. fake edit: the large ones
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Oct 24, 2021 04:15
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Here’s a four pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077GFYFGD/
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Oct 24, 2021 19:07
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El Mero Mero posted:Any opinions/thoughts about outdoor pizza ovens? A friend recently got this brand and it worked pretty drat well. I'm thinking of getting rid of my grill for it since we're vegetarian and don't use it much. Hit the pizza thread, but I believe they like those. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3441635
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Nov 13, 2021 18:03
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Modernist stuff maybe; but it’s normally small quantity as well. I keep a $10 drug scale in a drawer for precise stuff, and use an oxo scale 99.9% of the time.
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Dec 6, 2021 22:32
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My smaller Le Creuset is 5.5qt and it’s great for most things. I use the big dog for stuff like making 10lb of bolognese.
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Jan 3, 2022 03:44
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Wolf makes hoods with remote blowers. You pick out the hood part that you see and pair it with the blower of the size you want/need. Ours is on the outside of the roof so even at full blast it’s pretty quiet. You hear air rushing but not so much motor noise. We also have a remote air makeup damper installed for the reasons listed above.
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Feb 10, 2022 06:25
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They kinda suck. What do you want to do with it?
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Feb 21, 2022 18:23
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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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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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