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Kitchen with a fireplace! BBQ in the new kitchen? If the hood is working and the fireplace is going at the sametime, makeup air design is very important so you don't recirculate CO into the living area. dcarch

Not what I said. I said every other outlet (110V). The oven should be hardwired not a plug-in outlet. The oven may be 220V, but the ground may be common to 110V. If the ground was wired incorrectly, then it may be wise to check all the other 110V outlets. BTW, 110V can be using the same wiring as 220V. 220V is made from 110v + 110V from the same panel. Just MHO. dcarch

Does not sound right to me. Ground or no ground, it should not have any impact to the main wire. If your main wire was hot, then you might have a defective wiring installation, too much ground leak without the breaker tripped. A very dangerous situation. In anycase, if they say it is fixed now, then it is fixed. Unless you want to go to HD and get a cheap wiring tester ($10?) and check every outlet in your house and see if your wiring is safe. dcarch

Unless it is hollow ground, which requires much less need for thinning. The best thing for those who do not like to sharpen knives is to get two knives. Have one sharp one only for slicing and the other duller one for chopping. You will almost never need to sharpen your knives. dcarch

Yes, it can be used, if you are sure of the following: 1. How healthy you are - I have been to many areas where people's health are used/(adapted?) to eating rotten meats. 2. How healthy the turkey was - how and where the turkey was raised, killed and how long it has been out before it got to you. 3. How safe is your refrigerator - A surprising number of refrigerators are way above 40F. 4. How far is your nearest hospital. dcarch

Don't worry too much about not being able to keep an exact angle while sharpening. The worst it can happen is you will get a desirable convex edge. I still think wet/dry sand paper is worth considering for OP. Nice thing about sandpaper, besides they take no room to store, last a long time, inexpensive, you can get a whole range of grits, from 80 to 10,000. Showoff time: My home made sharpening machine. The reason for the machine is that I can use any regular stone, diamond stone, big or small, and it had multiple adjustments for bigger knives. dcarch

Possibly look up "Sharpie Trick" "magic Mark" trick on youTube for knife sharpening? dcarch

Love is a many splintered thing? To sharpen an expensive Japanese knife, first find out if it is a single or double bevel, find out the exact angles, then hold those angles absolutely while sharpening. you will also need a set of stones worth about $1,000. I made my own "Japanese" knives, and I made my own sharpening/system machine. So I have not really worked on a Japanese knife. dcarch

"---- So for example, if they do $100,000 in renovations (you may or may not be given an allowance by the landlord - money they're willing to invest to fix up the building at their expense), they will spread that cost out over the terms of the lease at a certain interest rate. ] ----" Talk to a commercial real estate broker. Cost you nothing. dcarch

A matter of definition. I said, "not a dull knife". To me that means relatively sharp for most non-sushi chefs. " If you have decent knife skill you need sharp knifes" If you have decent knife skill, sharpening knifes is generally not an issue. "Unless you are very skilled you will just mess up the edge using a stone." Not really, unless you try to sharpen a $1,000 Japanese knife. "Having consistently sharp knifes is easy." Exactly what I am trying to say. Don't let all the fancy talks from knife nuts scare you. " You just need to invest in a quality sharpener." Quality is good, but quality may not mean effectiveness. Read reviews before buying is important. You can buy a few sheets of wet/dry silicon sandpaper of varying fine grit. They last a long time, take no room to store, they are wonderful for sharpening knives quickly. dcarch

Cornish hen eggs? dcarch

Are you a professional sushi chef? No? then you don't need a razor sharp knife. Do you need to have a relatively not so dull knife in your kitchen? Yes! Here is how you sharpen your knife if it gets dull: Hold the knife more or less at the same angle relative to the sharpening stone. Push up, and push down. Repeat if necessary. I hate it when people make sharpening a knife such a mysterious high art and you must have a surgeon's scalpel in your kitchen. dcarch .

Very true. However, differential hardening, may also need differential tempering. All will add additional cost in machining. The pictures shows cracking of the metal, which would seem to me that the metal is too brittle. dcarch

That looks like a throwing knife. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=960&bih=537&q=throwing+knives&oq=throwing+knives&gs_l=img.3..0l10.3786.10250.0.10624.15.10.0.5.5.0.229.1052.7j2j1.10.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.15.1085.mNYQoEFgXuM dcarch

For knife metal, the harder the metal, the longer it will remain sharp. The problem is that the harder the metal the more brittle it becomes. That is probably what happened. Cuisinart in trying to make the blade sharp longer, and used a very hard metal. The replacement blade is probably a very soft steel blade. So don't expect the blade to be very sharp very long. dcarch

Two more related tips : #6 Why? No one has mentioned bacon? Microwave is great for making bacon. #7 If you make bacon in a MW, or other oily food (MW French Fries), it is a good idea to put a paper towel over the food to prevent oil from splatter. There is a thin square piece of mica shield that covers the wave guide. Oil can get on it and accumulate. Overtime that thin layer of oil can get very hot, carbonize and become electrically conductive and a fire can start and burn out the shield. dcarch

Audio scales are different than power scales. Each noticable (3 dbs) increase in volume requires doubling in power (1 watt, 2 watts, 4 watts, 8 watts ------ ). That's logarithmic scale in human hearing. dcarch

Tip #3: Don't leave the door open. The inside light will go on if the door is open. All light bulbs have short life span. It is almost impossible to replace the light bulb. Tip #4: Do not MW fine china that has gold / trim silver designs. Tip #5: When you throw away CDs/DVDs which may have private information. MW them a few seconds. 100% destruction. dcarch

It is possible to use induction to heat up aluminum, but that requires ultra high frequency technology which is not what this CIO oven uses. Anna N is correct on how this Panasonic oven works. I am curious if this oven will be good for cooking larger meals. Your electric outlet can support only about 1800 watts of cooking power. Divide that by half for the top heating elements, and half for the bottom induction cooktop. By definition, infrared electric heat inside an oven is almost 100% efficient, and induction is some what less efficient because part of the power goes to driving the induction electronics. In this case another part of the power will be needed to heat up all the metal inside. dcarch

Two tips: 1. Be careful making hot water in the MW. Google "superheated water". 2. quick sanitizing kitchen towel. Wet towel and MW. dcarch

Made Hollandaise sauce using sous vide. Sous vide is the perfect method for making Hollandaise. It allows perfect temperature for 100% food safety without cooking the eggs into scrambled eggs and not too cold that the sauce would break. Got some nice flounder filet, on napa cabbage to go with the Hollandaise color. Homegrown Oyster mushroom for aroma, and black garlic sauce to counter the sauce’s acidity. Plating was a mess, because everyone was dipping their bread into the sauce. Still, plated the dish on a chrome plate. Chrome plate? Why? Because ------ There is no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise. Happy Holidays to you all! dcarch

Do you feel that in 20 years, 69 failed out from 8 million sold garbage quality? Really? No one talks about good products. Bad ones get on the news. dcarch

Mango ice cream. The rest for dehydrated mango chips dcarch

Mechanics use impact wrench to loosen stuck nuts and screws. You can try using a hammer drill to drive out the stuck screws. Or use this tool, a tool that is designed for stuck screws: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-schwaben-parts/impact-screwdriver-kit-6-pieces/pcs2800/?gclid=CLj7zdrt8tACFUpMDQodn7IJKQ dcarch

That is correct. All induction motors are line frequency dependent by definition. A dual voltage induction motor is not that much more expensive and no bigger in size. A stepup transformer is extra cost and a pain to have around in the kitchen just for spinning. dcarch