Farberware Electronic Ultra Chef Model 355
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Wow.. looks like fun and/or a neato laser gun. How did the meal turn out from your video?
frontaloadotmy
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We must know how the vittles turned out. Where do the "23" minutes enter the
picture? Do you add those after the first five get "the chef" preheated?
Did the Ebay contact ever come through with a copy of the recipe book?
We must know how the vittles turned out. Where do the "23" minutes enter the
picture? Do you add those after the first five get "the chef" preheated?
Did the Ebay contact ever come through with a copy of the recipe book?
So THATS how the Farberware cooking machine works!How novel!Kinda neat.Just don't drop the container!
Ultra Chef
I have emailed Jan to tell her that I will be glad to copy my ultra chef cookbook for her but haven't heard anything back about where to mail it. Have had my ultra chef for many many years. Somehow I got 2 cookbooks and am willing to share. Marion
I have emailed Jan to tell her that I will be glad to copy my ultra chef cookbook for her but haven't heard anything back about where to mail it. Have had my ultra chef for many many years. Somehow I got 2 cookbooks and am willing to share. Marion
It appears Jan popped in to start this thread exactly three years ago today and hasn't been heard from since.
Don't count on successfully making contact, and don't beat yourself up if it doesn't happen. It was a kind gesture.
Don't count on successfully making contact, and don't beat yourself up if it doesn't happen. It was a kind gesture.
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Ultra Chef
Was at a thrift store with my friend and the Contraption got my eye so I bought it ,I guess I was curious on how it worked and what it was and the price was only $20.00....even the lady at the thrift store didn't know what it was.....well we knew it was some kind of cooking device, but I had never seen one in my life and I'm 56......I guess im lucky also to have the cook book which was stuck inside the glass dome.I'm using it again tonight .......it works well.
http://ultra chef
Was at a thrift store with my friend and the Contraption got my eye so I bought it ,I guess I was curious on how it worked and what it was and the price was only $20.00....even the lady at the thrift store didn't know what it was.....well we knew it was some kind of cooking device, but I had never seen one in my life and I'm 56......I guess im lucky also to have the cook book which was stuck inside the glass dome.I'm using it again tonight .......it works well.
http://ultra chef
Super
cool unit! I'd love to find one!
cool unit! I'd love to find one!
The link is not working for me. It flashes for a second then states cannot display.
Jon
Jon
I own one of these!!
OK, folks. this was an ill-timed appliance from Faberware - designed to save time and steps, it came out in 1984 at a price of around $400 - which is what the first microwave ovens cost. Needless to say, it wasn't a success.
There are four settings - 1 is a low heat, roughly 265; 2 is medium, roughly 325; 3 is the typical cooking mode, roughly 350, and 4 is for frying, roughly 400. the way the system works for cooking is you put in the food and set the timer for the time specified in the manual - example, Osso Bucco has a setting 28 on heat 3, but it actually takes about 40-45 minutes to fully cook as there's no pre-heating.
I have found it's a little difficult to adapt other recipes to this (though I finally figured it out) - it's not a full seal, but a close one, so you use less liquid, and also fewer spices as everything gets concentrated. The probe actually senses that the desired temperature has been reached which is cool in that everything is that temp, so they were right - versus an oven, this is faster, and versus a saute, there's no stirring required.
Multi-function appliances are having a comeback - there's a new cooking blender from Cuisinart, a multi-function cooker (with stir tower) from Kitchenaid, and of course the Bellini Kitchen Master (and the Thermomix units from Germany). But yes, the Farberware 355 was quite unique for its day - and still is. By the way, it does a great job.
OK, folks. this was an ill-timed appliance from Faberware - designed to save time and steps, it came out in 1984 at a price of around $400 - which is what the first microwave ovens cost. Needless to say, it wasn't a success.
There are four settings - 1 is a low heat, roughly 265; 2 is medium, roughly 325; 3 is the typical cooking mode, roughly 350, and 4 is for frying, roughly 400. the way the system works for cooking is you put in the food and set the timer for the time specified in the manual - example, Osso Bucco has a setting 28 on heat 3, but it actually takes about 40-45 minutes to fully cook as there's no pre-heating.
I have found it's a little difficult to adapt other recipes to this (though I finally figured it out) - it's not a full seal, but a close one, so you use less liquid, and also fewer spices as everything gets concentrated. The probe actually senses that the desired temperature has been reached which is cool in that everything is that temp, so they were right - versus an oven, this is faster, and versus a saute, there's no stirring required.
Multi-function appliances are having a comeback - there's a new cooking blender from Cuisinart, a multi-function cooker (with stir tower) from Kitchenaid, and of course the Bellini Kitchen Master (and the Thermomix units from Germany). But yes, the Farberware 355 was quite unique for its day - and still is. By the way, it does a great job.
I suspect
This would be one of those appliances which is brilliant, absolutely irreplaceable at one or two recipes and no-better-than at everything else.
But for those one or two, probably there's somebody out there who has had hers recapped and makes sure to plug it in often enough to keep things going.
Saw an RR10 at a thrift shop the other day with everything carefully packed inside. Had to be dragged away physically - and that's the same thing: Great for one or two things and that's it.
This would be one of those appliances which is brilliant, absolutely irreplaceable at one or two recipes and no-better-than at everything else.
But for those one or two, probably there's somebody out there who has had hers recapped and makes sure to plug it in often enough to keep things going.
Saw an RR10 at a thrift shop the other day with everything carefully packed inside. Had to be dragged away physically - and that's the same thing: Great for one or two things and that's it.
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