Hmm, as a jerky guy, does that have a comparison of time for vacuum vs. normal marination? 15 minutes = 3 hours in a bag, or whatever?
I have seen 10:1 and also that 20 minutes in the vacuum tumbler=24 hours of regular marination. I ran mine for 30 minutes, because I read that is how long the place I was trying to copy did.
My wife saw this in an ad and really wants one:
Watermelon Corer (angurello):
Here it is in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j649Wkxv5w
I was expecting to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ded9eDB2Eh8
The thing you linked might actually be useful.
I enjoyed the āotherā people in the video hacking away at watermellons with knives like they were wrangling live rattlesnakes. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN!
I didnāt know that watermelons had cores.
Only Peter Molyneuxās do.
Iāve seen her before. All I can ask is, doesnāt that hurt?
Griddle - electric or stovetop? My parents are offering us one for Christmas. Primarily pancakes and sausages, occaisional burgers.
Oh god, I dropped my Anova WiFi Sous Vide to the floor (well, it actually rolled strangely off the counter, after having been sitting there for about 15 seconds - I must have put it too close to the edge).
I hate when things like that happen with electronics with measuring tools and such - Iām always afraid that it looks like it still works but has been thrown off a bit somehow.
Yes, I am a bit nutty here, I admit. :)
Get a Rollie!
(Do not get a Rollie)
This is a better review of it, with shorter, more hilarious video.
Iād suggest electronicāone of the biggest benefits to 'em is super-fine temperature control (you know, if you get one that does that), otherwise you basically just have an extra-large skillet on-hand. Mind, those double-burner stovetop griddles arenāt bad in the size department, but then if you ever get a different kind of stove or whatever, well, who knows.
The other thing is washability. I have an old electric pancake griddle. Itās about 2 feet across and about a foot in the other direction. . . and the metal plate is attached rather permanently to the plastic housing. While the grease tray and cord/temperature knob can be removed, the whole thing is incredibly large and unwieldy (the big plastic feet donāt help), making it an absolute bitch to wash. As such, it almost never sees use.
On the flipside, a couple of Christmases back, I got a Griddler 5-in-1 Panini Machine/Griddle with removable plates, and love it. While the whole thingās not as large (and being split in two means that even when itās folded all the way back to give you two griddling surfaces, thereās still an awkward gap in the middle), being able to take the plates out for a good soak-and-scrub makes it infinitely more usable. That the plates feature both ridged and flat surfaces, and that I also could buy a set of waffle-making plates for it (waffles every weekend? FUCK YES) was an added bonus.
Anyway, to summarize: electricās nicer with the fine temp control, big is great. . . but easily usable/washable is better.
Set it to 100 C and check if water is bubbling. :p
Hmm, the Cuisinart 5 in one Griddler is about $130 CAD and actually looks pretty decent. Iāll run it by the wife and maybe go with that. Thanks
Itās a very serviceable product, and between toasting paninis, wraps, and Zakis on the reg, it really does get almost weekly use for waffles. Iām sure there are things that are better out thereāthereās a ton of cooking crap in this worldāIām nothing but satisfied with it.
I have one of those, and I agree with Armando on the detachable plates. We had a grill before with fixed plates, and it never got as much use because it was a pain to wash. I use it to make pancakes all the time, and did notice that one half (top) is not quite as hot as the other as the pancakes donāt cook at the same rate.
I think mine is the Deluxe so probably a bit fancier but I can vouch for Griddlers being really well made.
Something that Iād love to own but canāt convince myself to spend the cash on:
The Smoking Gun. Home food smoker.
Thatās the first in a series of videos if you are at all interested.
Before I moved I would occasionally use tea and aluminum foil in a large saute pan to smoke various items. My new home has cooking alarms that alert the neighborhood when you open your oven, so this is no longer an option.