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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4040 on: February 01, 2016, 12:02:38 pm »
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4041 on: March 07, 2016, 08:25:40 pm »
Ordered this new Chef knife today.





I've had this Chef's knife for a few months now but forgot to post up a pic or review of it. 

It's an expensive knife, no question about it.....but it will last me for the rest of my life so I don't mind paying the price.  The solid Masur Birch handle is incredible, solid, and very well balanced to the rest of the knife.  As for the blade, it's fawking ridiculously sharp.  I am not well versed in steel like Jaeger is, but it's made from Carbide MC63 powdered steel (which again means absolutely nothing to me).  Very very happy with the purchase over the last couple of months, would certainly recommend. 



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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4042 on: March 07, 2016, 10:23:52 pm »
That is nice!


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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4043 on: March 08, 2016, 06:41:24 am »
Trust you are gonna use it for more than paring your toenails........................What BUTCHERING are you
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4044 on: March 08, 2016, 05:17:04 pm »
Ordered this as a surprise for my sweetheart.  He buys me fresh flowers every few weeks, and his dad is currently in the final stages of passing away from cancer.  He loves to cook (like me) and has always wanted a pressure cooker.  I thought this might be a nice way to offer an equally thoughtful gift for no reason at all, and I'm hoping that this new toy will be a helpful distraction for him.

There's a lot of junk out there, and I don't buy junk.  I chose this model based on the testing done by the folks at America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated (a show I watch every week).  It ended up being their Best Buy/Highly Recommended.  Can't wait to see how he likes it!  It should be arriving before the end of the week.

The testing:  https://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment_reviews/1398-stovetop-pressure-cookers

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4045 on: March 08, 2016, 05:20:51 pm »
Noooooooooooooo


Brig, u shoulda got him one of those fancy japanese or korean electric pressure cookers!

Apparently many guys find the recorded voice masaage very charming! (Its female voice)  :rofl2: :rofl2:

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4046 on: March 08, 2016, 05:30:34 pm »
Noooooooooooooo


Brig, u shoulda got him one of those fancy japanese or korean electric pressure cookers!

Apparently many guys find the recorded voice masaage very charming! (Its female voice)  :rofl2: :rofl2:

 :rofl2:  My voice is sexier.   ;)

And besides... here's what America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated had to say about electric pressure cookers:  https://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment_reviews/1399-electric-pressure-cookers

No thanks. 

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4047 on: March 08, 2016, 06:10:15 pm »


And besides... here's what America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated had to say about electric pressure cookers:  https://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment_reviews/1399-electric-pressure-cookers

No thanks.

Too bad they didn't actually test the good ones!

With the ones they tested, I'd take a stovetop model over those too.  But I'd take an Instant Pot over a stove top model every time.

Instant Pot Pressure cookers are among the best of any pressure cooker on the market and routinely score better than stove top models.  Plus it has a "crock pot" mode if you do any crock pot cooking.  IMO, the only thing I don't like about electric cookers is they take longer to release the pressure.  But, by the same token, that means more of the heat is stored making it ultimately more efficient.  Plus they are easier to keep at your desired temp and you're able to have consistent cooking time and time again.

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What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4048 on: March 08, 2016, 06:14:16 pm »
Ron, are any of them made of cast metal?
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4049 on: March 08, 2016, 06:21:11 pm »
Ron, are any of them made of cast metal?
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It's unsafe to make from cast iron, actually.  If somehow you over-pressure, stainless steel ones will expand.  Cast iron ones would explode like a bomb.  Cast iron doesn't stretch...it cracks.  You can find used, old style pressure cookers made of cast...but I wouldn't use one.  Ever.  Would be a nice kitchen decoration, however.  And they look boss with all of the old-timey tightening knobs on them!

The Instant Pot is stainless.  A nice perk with the Instant Pot is you can brown your meats INSIDE the Instant Pot or do a mirepoix before you start your pressure cooking.  Or you can take the inner pot right out and use it as a stove top pot.  Other electric ones you have to brown your stuff outside the cooker, then transfer it in.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4050 on: March 08, 2016, 06:54:09 pm »
Dad had one of the cast aluminum ones with all the 'boss' fittings on it. He made it into a still with the condenser lines coming out of the pressure relief valve hole. ;D
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4051 on: March 08, 2016, 06:57:25 pm »
WOW!!

How much does that baby weigh?  :o


And I think you should use it as a still.   ;D

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4052 on: March 08, 2016, 10:41:22 pm »
To each their own and YMMV.

Yup.

And I don't recall asking for advice.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4053 on: March 08, 2016, 10:43:02 pm »
To each their own and YMMV.

Yup.

And I don't recall asking for advice.

And I don't recall giving any....as you wouldn't listen anyways.   :rofl:

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4054 on: March 09, 2016, 07:33:01 am »
PSSSSTTTttt this is gettin' steamy...time to BLOW OFF...........................bought a new modern safe pressure cooker 2 years ago spouse refuses to use it...KABOOM she thinks ..my Mom used one of those olde cast iron one for years ONLY lost 2 kids ;D ..I loved flippin the pressure valve and watching the scalding steam caress my stubby fingers...... :rofl:

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« Reply #4055 on: April 05, 2016, 04:13:59 pm »
Picked this up today.   Hopefully a fun toy.

PS.   I have to be the only LX owner to be towing things like this lol.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4056 on: April 05, 2016, 04:17:44 pm »
Picked this up today.   Hopefully a fun toy.

PS.   I have to be the only LX owner to be towing things like this lol.

Well if you want to get rid of the LX.... :-)

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4057 on: April 05, 2016, 04:19:32 pm »
Nice.  My dad has a similar sized John Deere with a front loader.  He ended up getting some meaty tractor tires, filled them with liquid ballast, and also added a bucket on the back of the tractor that attaches to the hitch and filled it with lead tire weights (about 250 lbs).  Significantly improved the tractors traction with the loader on.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4058 on: April 05, 2016, 04:24:57 pm »
Nice.  My dad has a similar sized John Deere with a front loader.  He ended up getting some meaty tractor tires, filled them with liquid ballast, and also added a bucket on the back of the tractor that attaches to the hitch and filled it with lead tire weights (about 250 lbs).  Significantly improved the tractors traction with the bucket on.

How were the wheelstands?   ;D

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #4059 on: April 05, 2016, 04:44:20 pm »
Nice.  My dad has a similar sized John Deere with a front loader.  He ended up getting some meaty tractor tires, filled them with liquid ballast, and also added a bucket on the back of the tractor that attaches to the hitch and filled it with lead tire weights (about 250 lbs).  Significantly improved the tractors traction with the bucket on.

How were the wheelstands?   ;D

Believe me, as a kid I used to try  ;D.  Dad bought the tractor in 1989.  Uses it regularly and it still runs good.  I should check the hour meter next time I'm there.