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"-----baguette's usual length is about 65 centimetres (26 in), although a baguette can be up to a metre (39 in) long----" So I decided to make a long one. 28" is the longest that I can make in my oven. Diagonal length. dcarch

Why do you have to call them "scum"? They taste very good and they are more like Pâté. :-) I scrape them out with a spoon, and use a blender to blend them with the sauce. dcarch

It makes a lot of sense for baking. The power cuts off when inside air temperature gets to 450F. But it is meaningless to say 500F for broiling because broiling is mostly heating by infrared. As a matter of fact, you can actually burn your food even when air temperature is freezing inside if the IR source is strong enough. They need to give a lot more information about broiling. My oven just has two settings for broiling, high and low. No temperature setting. Does your oven have broiler temperature settings? . dcarch

I can also mean that their 450F max temperature uses less power than one that is 500 F max. My oven goes to 500F. "While baking, the oven can reach 450 Fahrenheit and at broil it can reach 500 Fahrenheit." I don't understand the broiling temperature. 500F temperature of food? or the temperature of the heating element? If that's the temperature of the heating element, then it is meaningless. A regular light bulb's heating element (filament) reaches to about 5,000F. dcarch

Yeah, after lunch on a hot humid day, you go out to have a bowl of sweet silken tofu, then walk around to get some fresh squeezed sugarcane juice and munch on peeled water chestnut on skewers. Desserts to me. :-) dcarch

Chilled silken tofu with syrup is very popular. dcarch

You can have the best original in Macau, Pasteis de nata. dcarch

In the many many many years I have had lunch, dinner with my many many many Chinese friends, I can't remember when was the last time anyone asked for dessert after a meal in a Chinese restaurant. I have had hundreds of Chinese banquets. At the end of the meal, you get almond cookies, red bean soup, or almond soup. Sometimes sliced melon or oranges. dcarch

From their WEB site: " Six Carbon Fiber Heating Elements Achieve superior roast, toast, and broil results with Instant-On elements that are 30% more energy-efficient than traditional designs." But their diagram shows 4 heating elements. 30% more efficient? Isn't that against the law of conservation of energy in physics? By definition, as I understand, all electric resistive heating are 100% efficient. The one way to go beyond 100% efficiency is thru the use of heat pump cycle in refrigeration systems. dcarch

Dessert is not a popular part of meals in Chinese way of eating. Go check out a real Chinese restaurant and ask for the dessert menu. dcarch

You can also use Polyscience Smoking Gun. dcarch

"---However mechanized abrasives will remove a lot of steel very quickly ------" ​The biggest problem with motorized sanding is that you can in fraction of a second, permanently ruin a good knife by de-tempering the thin metal edge. Don't do it. dcarch

Get what you feel are good knives which may cost more. Have someone deep engrave your name/company name etc. on the blade so no one will "borrow" them. Or engrave yourself with a Dremel tool. dcarch

Harborfreight* has good prices. 10" x 12" $699. dcarch *I am not the owner of HF. :-)

I would keep these in mind: Locate the greenhouse and the condenser side of your freezer compressors in a way that you can have free hot air to warm your greenhouses in the winter time. A big compost heap. you will have plenty of stuff from your kitchen to feed your compost heap. You will have the best soil in no time. Save your coffee ground also. Locate your greenhouses in a way that your customers can see them. Great for marketing. You will need electric light inside the greenhouses. Sometimes you need to work inside in the night time. dcarch

In NM weather, looks like you will need electric fans to ventilate and cool them in a very hot sunny day. In a high elevation and dry air location, swamp coolers can be a consideration. dcarch

Everyday, there is a long line for hot dogs here: dcarch

"---heating elements in the June are made up of carbon fiber and, according to Bhogal, go from room to target temperature in 2-3 seconds. The end result is a user of the June oven can put something in the oven and skip preheating.---" Skip preheating? The interior temperature of an oven is mostly a function of the thermal mass of the construction, not that much the mass of the heating element, unless you are using the broiler feature which is heating by IR. What am I missing here? I am steamed! They are not being truthful. dcarch Actually, why not let your oven do everything? So many cars can park themselves. Everyone is racing to make cars which can drive themselves on highways.

Pork rib tips are extremely fatty. As long as temperature is high enough to render the fat. dcarch

Exactly. That's why I don't want to have to pay for all the other "smarty" features they invested in making this product. I need a dumb oven with a good thermometer. Nothing more. No built-in recipes please. dcarch

Interesting for sure, but I have questions: 1. LED light inside is nice, but LED is heat sensitive. So they will need perhaps fiber optics to conduct light from the LED. Why not just a cheap incandescent bulb? 2. Camera inside is too gimicky. A CMOS digital image sensor is also heat sensitive. Anything can go wrong with the millions of connections on the sensor. How much will it cost you to have it replaced? Why do I need to see the image when I can just look into the glass door. It would be much more useful instead of a picture image of the food, have a thermal camera give me the heat distribution on the food. 3. Why carbon fiber heater? It probably will cost you $1,000 to replace the heater. Does it make a big difference for a PID controller if the heater heats in 5 seconds instead of 15 seconds (nichrome wire)? when thermal conductivity of food cannot be changed regardless of heat source? 4. I don't want any appliance to force me to cook my food according to some computer programmer's way. dcarch

It is troublesome to me that I need the oven to tell me that what I just put in the oven is chicken. Also, I would be worried that some cuts of meat you can't ell if it is beef, pork or lamb. When it comes to cooking, the oven can only be as "intelligent" as the computer programmer. dcarch

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Yes, for those who can afford the price. "------- , and egg brokers who supply the California market have been ringing up egg producers all across the country, offering high prices for eggs that meet California's new rules. California's consumers, though, will pay. "We can confirm that egg prices have gone up at least 35 percent. Some have reported going up 70 percent," ---------" Next, free range pigs, free range cows ------- 49 million (USA) poor people? "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!" dcarch

All non-stick cookware can easily be irreparably damaged or destroyed. That's why I have a cheap SS pot for long cooks. When the pot gets messy or has tough burned on carbonized food, I just brush on "liquid Plumber" and let it sit a few hours and wash it off. dcarch