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    Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron

    Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)

    MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky

    Alton Brown: Kitchen Gadget Judgment Calls - Yea or Nay?

    Alton Brown: Safe and Scary Kitchen Hacks

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    Food Network's Alton Brown Talks to Giz: Caribbean Adventuring With a Garmin, an iPhone and a Shload of Cameras
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    Everyone needs a stick blender. You'll make the most awesome single-serving smoothie/milkshake ever, with like zero cleanup.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    Its not on the list, but one of my most valued pieces of kitchen equipment is my very well used crock pot. For a working person, its a life saver. Throw in "stuff" before work and when you get home, hot, healthy and DONE.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    Can somebody tell me why I'd want a single induction burner like this when I have a very nice non-induction cooktop already?
    I'm not being snarky, I really want to know why I would need such a thing.
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    Image of Jeff Trovato Jeff Trovato
    11/23/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: great for cooking smoky/messy things outside instead of stinking up the kitchen... For example, searing a steak in a cast iron skillet at a very high temperature
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    11/23/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: There are some dish that you would want to cook outside the house to prevent the odor from spreading indoors.
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    11/23/09

    @ripfire: That's what my BBQ, it's included side burner, and my deep fryer are for?
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    11/23/09

    @ninjamurf: Some who doesn't already have a BBQ may opt for the portable induction cooktop instead of buying an entire grill. Plus, you don't have to use gas.
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    11/23/09

    @Jeff Trovato: Thats the answer I was looking for.
    Gracias.

    #tips
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    11/24/09

    @ripfire: Sacrilege!! What self respecting man doesn't have a BBQ!!
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    I need an immersion blender badly.

    Thanks for reminding me, off to amazon!
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    I would kill for an induction cooktop and a nice set of pans. My current pans are hand me down pain in the neck ridged Calphalons.Good to know you learned better than a knife sharpener. Last Christmas, I got a nice set of Shun knives. Awesome gift, especially since I love to cook. I would never dream of using a knife sharpener on them.
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    11/23/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I finally start replacing some of my old pans. Just got a basic set of the Henckel's pans. They are very nice for the price!
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
    Get a stick blender if you don't already have one. As in NOW!

    Stick blenders are the single-most useful thing when making cranberry sauce and gravies. They're cheap, durable, and a huge pain-saver.
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    11/23/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I bought a fantastic Cuisinart stick blender from Amazon, and it's my single favorite little kitchen doodad, next to my coffee maker.

    [www.amazon.com]
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    11/23/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: To avoid lumpy gravy without resorting to a stick blender, pull out a clean cast iron pan, and start with just oil/butter and flour, no liquids. It is easy to get the flour granules to separate in the oil (and cooking it slightly gets rid of that raw flour taste). You end up with a roux that is easy to make lump free, then when you dump in the stock/drippings, it forms up nicely into a thickened gravy...
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    11/23/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I love stick blenders but I never blend my cranberries. I like a nice chunky cranberry relish.
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    11/23/09

    @maven2k: I made my chipotle cranberry sauce last night (to accompany my cajun turkey with jalepeno cornbread stuffing) and just a half minute with the boat motor turned it into the perfect consistency so it is a spicy spreadable jam for putting on bread - with either peanut butter or turkey.
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    11/23/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That sounds really good. I would love to obtain that recipe, heh.

    #tips
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    09/01/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    And Wilson, as for relying on the Food Network website, I sent you this link on Twitter last week. It's where I go for all things Good Eats related:
    [goodeatsfanpage.com]

    They have the episodes broken down by food and subject, and also have full transcripts of the shows, so you can figure out what Alton said during the episode, which isn't in a Food Network recipe.
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    09/01/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    ANOTHER flippin' food article on a gadget and tech website? What the F is with you guys and food lately? This garbage belongs on LifeHacker, not Gizmodo.
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    Image of Tony C Tony C
    09/01/09

    @Cash907Censored: If you've EVER watched Good Eats or any of Alton Brown on Food Network -- which apparently you haven't -- you'd know that his shows are completely infused with gadgets, gizmos and technology.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/31/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    Maybe some signed copies as prizes at the Gallery?!?!
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    08/31/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    Well, I guess I have plans for October 17 now.
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    08/31/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    Nice. I call him the Bill Nye of the food world.
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    08/31/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    Oh man now I know what I'm asking for for my B-day.
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    08/31/09

    In reply to Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Early Years Selling Now (and Worth the $25)
    Neat. I'll keep that in mind when I actually have some income. In the meantime Good Eats DVR'd on my mom's Fios will do. Keep rockin' Alton, and I'll keep watchin'!
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    08/29/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    I did this recipe not long ago myself. It turned out pretty well with a nice texture. Every one who had some really liked it, but my only problem with it was I could taste a hint of filter. So I think I probably used the wrong filters. Next time I think I'll rig some sort of metal grill to hold the meat.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/30/09

    @HepCat: According to Alton: "If possible use cellulose rather than fiberglass based filters.

    Now, the only downside to this method is that you're not going to want to use these furnace filters in your furnace."

    Alton explains starting at about 4:00 in.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    I just made jerky the other night in the oven at 150, and it came out alright, but very brittle. I think my cutting was the main culprit, plus heat jerky isn't as good.

    I think what I am going to do is take out my router, and get an old cutting board and make a combo cheese/jerky cutter. Alton suggested using one of Elton's guitar strings and mounting it in a cutting board with a groove cut into it, which you can see in the video above after Alton talks to the cute CheeseMonger @ about 8: 15 in. I'm gonna do that, but on the other side of the board, I'm going to make a groove/indent about 3/16" deep so I can place the meat in it, and draw the knife across the board flat. I figure by doing that, I will get identical thickness across all slices of meat.
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    08/28/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_♥'sRenegadeIrishman: Why not grab a wooden mitre box from the lumber yard or hardware store? Get a block of something and a spring clamp to use as a stop to set the width of your strip, and use the mitre slot to guide your knife. That basic trick works for cutting wood to length repeatedly, I don't see why it can't work for meat.

    Or make one with some 1x4; it might be hard to find a mitre box that'll take more than a 6" wide plank.

    I'd do it that way 'cause I find slicing horizontally very awkward. Plus, you'd have the weight of the meat pressing against the knife, making it that much harder.
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    08/28/09

    @torgreed: Well, if you have a sharp enough knife, the weight of the meat won't matter, especially if you use a Santoku knife like Alton recommends. I'd do something like what's pictured above, but I'd rather subtract material than add high edges.
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    08/29/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStren...: Just take apart a meat slicer and mount the tray on your engine block with some duct tape. Then slowly slide the meat through your fan. Easy.
    I've been watching too much Red Green.
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