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So I heard back from a UK supplier

who has a big ebay site for Kenwood over here, she told all machines are now world machines with a 110/220 switch- Excellent news People, it also probably means that the boards are all interchangeable as these machines all rectify the Mains voltage to a set level before it enters the electronics in the machines. It also means that the boards are okay with 50-60Hz. Hola I didn't get a white elephant in the garage sale!
 
THere are so many fun new appliances out there today I could easily go broke. I've never seen so many mixers and cookers and what nots . Months back I saw this multi cooker / air fryer on Amazon for a remarkably low price of about $75 Cdn, it was also on the US site for about $50 so why the heck not . It's called the Cook-a-riffic by Gourmia. A 10 in one stirring cooker. It heats the pan from below but also convection cooks by blowing hot air thru a channel and over the top of the dome. You can do stir fry, bake things, fry etc by removing the stirring paddle. I really like it and more surprisingly almost a miracle, Larry my partner, has even been using it. The only fault is that that dome doesn't come off for cleaning but with the hot air blowing over the dome it doesn't seem to get very dirty. I've seen other robot stir fryers on Amazon but none this cheap.., hopefully it lasts.

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Friday I was puttering around through a couple of thrift stores and saw this T-Fal Optigrill on the shelf for only $20. It looked virtually unused so of course I wasn't going to let it sit there. Once home I made a grill cheese sandwich in it and it worked well but it does squish the wonder bread.. Last night I made a couple of thick hamburger patties and they turned out excellent. No guesswork on how you want it done. Now I'm ordered to get rid of either it or my trusty old Breville Panini grill.I think I'll keep the opti grill and send the Breville over to my sisters LOL.

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That TFal OptiGrill went for close to $200 at Bed, Bath and Beyoncé a year or so ago. I was intrigued by it and I did see the infomercial about it.

That Kenwood mixer looks amazingly versatile. I did spend some time last night reading the cookbook for it. I was impressed by what it can do and also the attachments that one can get like that coveted “ dicer” . I keep telling myself that I do NOT need another mixer since I have three now...two KA mixers and a Sunbeam Mixmaster and I will get killed if I got another one.

Petek a question for you....that GE Profile smoothtop range you have, how do you like it? Reason I ask is that we are planning on moving to Florida this summer into a new home and I have a GE gas range that I adore but can’t bring since there is no gas lines where we are going so it has to be electric. I was looking at the Electric version of my range and the model you have.
 
I'm on my 3rd Tfal Optigrill. The first one only lasted a couple of months and then the electronics went wonky. Sent it back to TSC and they replaced it. The 2nd one arrived dead so back it went and they sent a 3rd one. It has worked for a couple of years but now every so often the electronics go wonky on it as well. All the selection lights start flashing sequentially and it won't let me select anything. When it does work, it does a great job of grilling without having to constantly check the doneness.

Gary
 
Cooking seems to be more and more a matter of using special appliances instead of cooking on a stove. I'm intrigued by some of those appliances and have a few myself too, but I hope the skill of cooking stays. The Thermomix is one of those appliances that is very versatile and has a lot of recipes in the machine. You connect it to Wifi and the recipe database can be updated regularly. It has become very popular, you can see it on Youtube too. All those Thermomix cooks thinking they are the best cooks in the world. There are especially a lot of videos in German, you get the impression half that country is cooking on Youtube.

I'm impressed by what the Thermomix can do, but it's very expensive and it's very LOUD! And a lot of Thermomix addicts are buying the newest models all the time so the previous models appear on auction sites pretty soon after the introduction of a new model.

Bosch is bringing out a similar cooking processor, the Cookit, probably in the same price league as the Thermomix6.



So far I think you made a good choice Jon with the Kenwood Cooking Chef. Hope to see more dishes you made with it.
 
So far have only heard from the Thermomix folks that they plan a "virtual" demo-whatever that is.Would like to see the machine for REAL if they are asking 1500bucks for it.In person you can see what the machine really does-Would Kirby,Rainbow try to sell their vacuums with "virtual" demos?This machine is in the Rainbow and Kirby price class.For these thermal mixer-cookers we are limited in power to go to them-its like mix or cook but not together?Its like these machines need a 20A 120V line or a 15A 240V line.15A can be put in for home workshop tools.Would be nice in a kitchen!
 
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Tapioca Dream pudding -WOW in under 10 minutes. Too fast, I was rushing to keep up and get the egg whites whipped in my neglected KA mixer LOL! 

 

Pearl tapioca , vanilla a ton, sugar, egg yolk, all in my Woody. Fold in egg whites at the end. Yum. Its so easy with Woody!

I wonder if that Westinghouse could stir through risotto?

 

Although Thermomix has always intrigued me , and the Bosch looks so cool I think Im very happy with my Kenwood  Woody  and a pressure cooker or two. 

 

Mike you're moving to FL? Retirement? Yay. What part??

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Mike. I'm very happy with the GE Profile induction. I would have preferred dial controls over the push button type but they don't have that now, perhaps in the slide in models. It is super fast at boiling a post of water and it can maintain a very low temp for melting, particularly on the smallest back right burner.Controls are instantaneous, faster reacting than gas. The small center burner is a keep warm only, 3 setttigs, and not induction. The left two burners can sync together for a griddle which I bought separately. The front right power burner is huge and can handle a big big stewing pot etc. Noise from the induction fans etc are minimal if any. My portable induction was noisier No edging around the glass makes it easy to clean. The oven has regular clean or light clean where you put some water on the bottom, haven't tried that. The 3 racks are not chrome, but enameled sort of like the oven walls so they can be self cleaned in the oven. I find the oven heats up very fast, faster than the previous Kitchenaid it replaced. It is wifi capable. Download the app and you can check on the cooking, change temps, times etc or shut it off remotely. You cannot turn it on remotely unless you have pressed the wifi button before leaving the house. It signals you on your phone when the timer is done etc all that kind of stuff,,supposedly can work with alexa but I haven't got the app to work yet and probably won't bother . I was comparing it with a Frigidaire before buying and the GE seems much sturdier . Don't regret the purchase, I'd buy it again.

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Can someone provide the link to whomever is selling the Cooking Chefs on Ebay? I can't find it for some reason.

I'd be like Jon having a ton o fun mixing this and mixing that.

Louis; there does seem to be a lot more robotic multi cookers selling over there than what you an find here. I saw an All Clad that marketed as Moulinex in Europe. One of the least expensive I can find here is the Bellini something or other for around $400 but some of the reviews aren't very kind, saying it seems cheaply built. Oh and I was in the Dutch store the other day and picked up a small bottle of Hela Curry Ketchup to try.. I think I'm in love. I wonder why Heinz and Frenchs here don't sell such things.
 
Knobs vs. touch pad induction on GE's;

I've never seen one with knobs. The slide in model is all touch. They debuted back in the early 90's as a 36 inch drop in counter top surface unit type. No knobs then either.
 
Thanks Pete for that review of your GE range. I love the looks of it and its very sleek and has to be easy to clean.

Jon we are looking at a 55+ community north of Tampa called Cloverleaf Farms in Brooksville FL. We will be in a semi rural setting and no more flight path like I am in now with Logan. Today has been brutal with the air traffic overhead are in Lynn. When the winds are coming from the south, the flight path into Logan is over the ocean from Marblehead, Salem, Lynn, Revere and then into Logan. They fly directly over the house every 4 to 5 minutes. And they are not the small planes either. I am looking forward to the quiet and a different pace of life...much like when you moved to the Cape.
 
Pete

I love induction, ever since John Lefever introduced me to it 30+ years ago. He gave me my first drop in cooktop which is a Kenmore. Wont live without it now. So I am glad to say my 25+ year old JennAir is biting the dust down here! And coming home soon will be a new Samsung slide in induction range and this one has knobs!! KNOBS!!! And the front burners have a cool blue led light that bounces off the pots so it looks like gas !! I heard from Gansky that his customer has the same oven and loves it, says its the best oven shes ever used.  What has saved me these past 3 months is the one burner Iwatani unit I kept from the shop that is  sitting beside the JennAir, its so fast I can cook a whole meal for me quicker than using the 4 S L O W burners on the Jenn Air.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...ction-stainless-steel/4892504.p?skuId=4892504
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Here is the very first induction home cooking device 1971

Westinghouse had the first unit and first patents on home cooking induction. The unit had to be completely sealed so the controls were little magnetic carts that moved a potentiometer below the surface.  The test unit built for  a Texas home show was voltage controlled had one burner, the later 100 units in the photo used a frequency control to adjust power output.

 

They made 100 units and cost $1500 each in 1971, $8399.00 today.

 It came with a complete set of magnetic cookware that was designed for the unit. 

Sears made by Sanyo of Japan, introduced its cooktop not long after and that sold for several years.

 

<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Below in the link</span> under the history section is some cool info.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking
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Pete I am looking at the model Profile that is like yours minus the induction part. I just want the smooth top with ribbon elements under the glass. The reason being is that I have a pacemaker and with induction coils after a certain wattage being used , I can feel the energy being applied to the pot/pan in the leads that screw into my heart. The higher the wattage , the worse it is. Even with the replacement pacemaker I have , there are limits to what it can mask. Its always something...lol
 

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