Kitchen Gadgets…
Warbirds
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I do love some gadgets but I may have gone over the top here.
Hopefully you get a laugh out of it.
My electric cooktop developed some sort of bug where burners would randomly not turn off. My wife not amused by this, decided we needed to get a new cooktop & she picked out a fancy new “induction” cooktop.
I installed it & learned it has wifi & Bluetooth…..
Here is where the gadget part really comes in.
We are now the owners of a “Smart Pan”.
Its called the Heston Cue.
Well turns out my cooktop has an App, and this frying pan has its own App as well. You read that correctly, it requires two separate smart phone apps to use…..
Alright with two apps downloaded its time to cook something, almost….
Alright, 2 new Apps & a software update for the pan & Im off to the races… I tell the pan I am going to fry 2 eggs.
Then the pan, heats the cooktop to the appropriate temp
Then it told me to cook the eggs & when to flip them.
I didn’t take any pics of that because I assume ya’ll know what a fried egg looks like.
The pan also has all kinds of recipes and will adjust times, temps & send you notifications - So far, this feels all very unnecessary but here I am.
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Joe and his cronies will be happy to know how you like your food, as well as what you and your family talk about while you're eating.... Scary, scary stuff.....
just, oh wow
The future is stupid.
Awesome amazing how far appliances have come too much new fangled controls for this old fellow
I remember my family in tennessee had the basic cook and heat stoves
just toss in a lump of coal or a couple sticks of wood and good to go my inlaws still had old cast iron cook stove in a closed in porch they still used when they were still with us .
And I thought I'd moved uptown when I got a gas stove with electronic ignition!!!
I cooked three soft boiled eggs for breakfast this morning. The pan is well over 50 years old and was my Grandfather's. He taught me how to cook with it when I was a youngster. Boiling water, 3 minutes and perfect eggs !
If it got any more technical than that, I would find a way to screw it up !!!!! 🙄
Just wait, it will probably have messages that you are eating the wrong things or keep track of your carbon footprint from the production of those eggs. If you cook beans it will probably give you a methane warning and the gov't will charge you by the fart. Bob
I’d owe the government a fortune if that was the case.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
All ya need is a can opener. And a spoon.
Well enjoy your new toys... meanwhile I cooked, ate and washed the dishes while yours was loading the apps...🤣
And I am afraid my Smart TV is spying on me.
Don't be afraid, be certain!
I bet it make perfect tacos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😁
My LG fridge spy's on me. When the ice filter gets full a little light comes on the top bar, I usually don't see it right away, but the fridge sends a message to LG and I get emails from them to buy ice maker filters. This is so weird, and sure enough the change filter light is on.
Wait until you get an email from your toilet seat maker...
The only messages I get come from my bathroom scale. The last one said, "ONE person at a time" 😲
My grandmother only cooked over a wood cook stove. She lived in a modern house with electricity, city gas, and had hot running water and flush toilets. But she kept her old wood fired cook stove, she said it cooked better than new electric ones did.
We are putting a forced air electric HVAC system in our guest house, and the sale tech asked if I wanted a smart thermostat that I could control from my phone. I asked for the dumbest thermostat they had.
Will never understand controlling everything in the house from a phone. Apparently, I can control by clothes washer and dryer, open my garage doors, and control my lawn irrigation from my phone. Never felt the need to wash or dry clothes when on vacation. Regular garage door opener that clips to the sunshade works just fine, and the sprinkling system has a clock and timer built into it.
Good luck with your stovetop. I would never be able to figger it out.
Brad Steele
When it starts telling you to put beans into chili, that's when you know you got a lemon.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I have been impressed by our Air Fryer. Great for reheating left over pizza the next morning.
I tried cooking some Tuna Steaks in it. Online Recipe said 380F for 2 minutes on a side. That resulted in sushi. I had to repeat that about 6 times and finally got a nicely cooked Tuna steak out of it.