Culinary March 22, 2024 Returning My KitchenAid Double Oven Gas Range (Model KFGD500ESS) TL;DR The broiler routinely turns itself off. I’ve owned the KitchenAid Double Oven Gas Range for about 30 days. Each day, I’ve cooked two meals. Some went off without a hitch. Every time I turned on the broiler, though, disaster struck. Last night’s salmon dinner was the final straw. I’m returning the double oven. Its ...
Culinary March 22, 2024 Two Things I Didn’t Like About The KitchenAid Double Oven’s Design (Model KFGD500ESS) I didn’t Like the Grates The first thing I noticed about the KitchenAid Double Oven on display in the store was that its stainless-steel top was scratched to hell near all contact points of the grates. I immediately suspected the grate was, in some crucial way, difficult to handle. Hell yes it is! The range ...
Culinary March 10, 2023 Tips for Sharpening Old Damaged Knives With the Chef’s Choice Sharpening Station In 2015 I purchased my Chef’s Choice sharpening station. The manual was full of information, much of it baffling to a person ignorant of knives. I’d thought of the electric sharpener as a way out of learning sharpening stones, but, of course, one must learn the machine’s operation. This was clear when I’d allow family ...