I've never seen or heard of one of these things. What is the gimmick with this system? Is it as fabulous as they claim or a total flop?
Farberware Ultra Chef
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perc-o-prince
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Cool unit- I just took a look at a couple of YouTube vids for it.
Chuck
Chuck
This old AW thread popped up at the top of the hit list from my search.
It sounds like a ridiculous item IMO.
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It sounds like a ridiculous item IMO.
Farberware Electronic Ultra Chef Model 355
Here is a strange beast. I have only seen one other than my own on Ebay, and it sold for 81.00. Mine works fine, but the real problem is finding the cookbook that came with the original purchase. Farberware.com has been no help yet. Did they go out of business? The machine can be set on four...
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If you can use the searcholator, t has been discussed here before. They came out in the mid 70s and almost disappeared before they were on the store shelves.
In 1970's
Everyone and their mother was trying to cash in on the food processor craze launched by Cuisinart.
For those who grew up or were otherwise around during 1970's and 1980's food processors (especially the Cuisnart) was the thing every housewife or those who cooked wanted. Or so they thought they did.....
Some brands came out with inventions that worked, others like that Farberware thing were almost an instant dud.
Ironically here we sit forty-fifty years later and you can get Cuisnart units often compete with all attachments could desire at flea markets, thrift shops, estate sales.. all for very little money. They are right there next to bread machines, portable convection ovens... *LOL*
Was happy to get mine, but cannot say last time hauled the thing out.
Everyone and their mother was trying to cash in on the food processor craze launched by Cuisinart.
For those who grew up or were otherwise around during 1970's and 1980's food processors (especially the Cuisnart) was the thing every housewife or those who cooked wanted. Or so they thought they did.....
Some brands came out with inventions that worked, others like that Farberware thing were almost an instant dud.
Ironically here we sit forty-fifty years later and you can get Cuisnart units often compete with all attachments could desire at flea markets, thrift shops, estate sales.. all for very little money. They are right there next to bread machines, portable convection ovens... *LOL*
Was happy to get mine, but cannot say last time hauled the thing out.
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I guess I've exhausted my lifetime allotment of tolerance for bad production (no pun intended). It's a waste of everyone's time when you don't provide a close-up view of the ingredients before and after the cooking process. From what I can tell based on the view from 30,000 feet, the cooked pork chops took on a lovely shade of gray. There's no telling what the chicken cacciatore looked like, or how all of it was extracted from the cooking vessel. YouTube should start accepting nominations and awarding "Ymmes" (you know how that's pronounced) for this sort of thing across a wide range of categories -- if that's not happening already.
Regardless, the awkward handling of the hot glass was evident in the second clip, and I sincerely hope that every last person on the development team as well as the execs who gave this product the green light were quickly shown the door after the sales figures for this remarkably foolish contraption resembled goose eggs, which by the way I imagine would have been equally unappetizing after a spin through one.
The subject boxed version in the OP has been listed for months on SF Bay Area CL. It's down to $25. Anyone interested can easily locate it, but you're on you own from there. I refuse to be any more of an enabler than that.
I guess I've exhausted my lifetime allotment of tolerance for bad production (no pun intended). It's a waste of everyone's time when you don't provide a close-up view of the ingredients before and after the cooking process. From what I can tell based on the view from 30,000 feet, the cooked pork chops took on a lovely shade of gray. There's no telling what the chicken cacciatore looked like, or how all of it was extracted from the cooking vessel. YouTube should start accepting nominations and awarding "Ymmes" (you know how that's pronounced) for this sort of thing across a wide range of categories -- if that's not happening already.
Regardless, the awkward handling of the hot glass was evident in the second clip, and I sincerely hope that every last person on the development team as well as the execs who gave this product the green light were quickly shown the door after the sales figures for this remarkably foolish contraption resembled goose eggs, which by the way I imagine would have been equally unappetizing after a spin through one.
The subject boxed version in the OP has been listed for months on SF Bay Area CL. It's down to $25. Anyone interested can easily locate it, but you're on you own from there. I refuse to be any more of an enabler than that.
My great aunt gifted one of these and I used it once and once only. What goes in doesn't come out the same way. This works by tumbling the food and the bottom area where it lays horizontally is where the heating element is. The vessel is made of borosilicate///think Pyrex when they used to use it in their products, If I recall correctly I made a beef stew in it...needless to say after 2 hours of tumbling and the vessel being sealed up like a pressure cooker, what came out was mush. Thats the only way to describe it. It was not appetizing to say the least. My aunt raved about this thing and I was intrigued...after using...not so much.
Looks like an early cooking processor that is not very versatile.
perc-o-prince
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Ralph,
I couldn't agree more. No measurements? No shot of the finished product? Of course, I don't think I would have wanted to see those "folded" pork chops having gotten a glimpse of them!
Chuck
I couldn't agree more. No measurements? No shot of the finished product? Of course, I don't think I would have wanted to see those "folded" pork chops having gotten a glimpse of them!
Chuck
