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A K-4 LOver Needs to Know
The K-4 is very quiet and powerful but it's tinned bowl wears off over time and for people afraid of rust it needs to be retinned. Also the deep and narrow shape of the 4 quart bowl sends the dry ingredients over the edge for a messier mix than a K-45.
The K-4 is very quiet and powerful but it's tinned bowl wears off over time and for people afraid of rust it needs to be retinned. Also the deep and narrow shape of the 4 quart bowl sends the dry ingredients over the edge for a messier mix than a K-45.
Rise and Fall
The cake pan must be heavily greased for it rises like an angel food while in the oven and then settles back to the top rim of the tube pan as it cools. If you don't grease the pan the sides stay stuck and the middle falls causing the macaroon top to shatter. In this maiden run the cake crowned at 45 minutes and then settled to a lower elevation before it was time to remove it from the oven. Total baking time with combi mix was 47 minutes.
The cake pan must be heavily greased for it rises like an angel food while in the oven and then settles back to the top rim of the tube pan as it cools. If you don't grease the pan the sides stay stuck and the middle falls causing the macaroon top to shatter. In this maiden run the cake crowned at 45 minutes and then settled to a lower elevation before it was time to remove it from the oven. Total baking time with combi mix was 47 minutes.
Moist
The cakes texture was very moist but yet it had a fluffy quality not acheived in a regular oven. It is extremely important to wash the interior of the oven before using the heated option so all the microwave splatters don't get cooked on.
The cakes texture was very moist but yet it had a fluffy quality not acheived in a regular oven. It is extremely important to wash the interior of the oven before using the heated option so all the microwave splatters don't get cooked on.
launderess
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Whaaaa!
I want one!
The oven that is, I've got cakes already in the kitchen! *LOL*
Just love the build quality of that MW combo convection, right down to the broiling tray.
Really can appreciate how the lack of a turn table makes for more room to fit odd sized pans.
Am really going to have to look for one of these vintage combo units. So far the modern day incarnations leave me cold. Plus they all have turn tables.
Yes, it does pay to clean off spatters inside before the next use of the oven sets all that grease. Most every single vintage microwave/convection oven I've come across has grease and or food spatters do deep you'd need two cans of Bar Keeper's Friend to shift the gunk.
Thanks for the demo and snap.
I want one!
The oven that is, I've got cakes already in the kitchen! *LOL*
Just love the build quality of that MW combo convection, right down to the broiling tray.
Really can appreciate how the lack of a turn table makes for more room to fit odd sized pans.
Am really going to have to look for one of these vintage combo units. So far the modern day incarnations leave me cold. Plus they all have turn tables.
Yes, it does pay to clean off spatters inside before the next use of the oven sets all that grease. Most every single vintage microwave/convection oven I've come across has grease and or food spatters do deep you'd need two cans of Bar Keeper's Friend to shift the gunk.
Thanks for the demo and snap.
Burned Out Motor
Ralph, your K4 was advertised as "runs but motor makes burning smell". Perhaps because of that it was our good fortune to get it for a reasonable price and for all I can see it runs perfectly. Are you ready to take delivery?
Ralph, your K4 was advertised as "runs but motor makes burning smell". Perhaps because of that it was our good fortune to get it for a reasonable price and for all I can see it runs perfectly. Are you ready to take delivery?
Boss K4's!
I love my K4's but never dueled them before! Kewl!
That looks like a nice microwave but I am attached to my R-R2 Amana, I love the dials. Oh well need to make another whole kitchen somewhere...
I love my K4's but never dueled them before! Kewl!
That looks like a nice microwave but I am attached to my R-R2 Amana, I love the dials. Oh well need to make another whole kitchen somewhere...
Attached to Amana
Sadly, so is Greg. When he saw me trying to sneak his Amana into the trunk of my car, I was sternly advised to put down the microwave and step away. In an effort to get me to leave I was offered this brand new Whirlpool, never unpacked, never plugged in and just waiting for the chance to go to a home that swings both ways, microwave and convection and for 3 ways we throw in the blend. Its incredibly fast, the cavity is large enough to accomodate the largest casserole and there's no PITA turntable. The Whirlpool microwave is just like Greg, grand, upright, powerful and needs a large opening to fit comfortably.
Sadly, so is Greg. When he saw me trying to sneak his Amana into the trunk of my car, I was sternly advised to put down the microwave and step away. In an effort to get me to leave I was offered this brand new Whirlpool, never unpacked, never plugged in and just waiting for the chance to go to a home that swings both ways, microwave and convection and for 3 ways we throw in the blend. Its incredibly fast, the cavity is large enough to accomodate the largest casserole and there's no PITA turntable. The Whirlpool microwave is just like Greg, grand, upright, powerful and needs a large opening to fit comfortably.
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