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Hotel pans are sized according to a EN standard, EN 631, called universally "gastronorm", which is in turn based on slightly older US practice. A full sized hotel pan is a GN 1/1, and is 530 mm x 325 (that's a 1/4 mm less than 20 7/8 x 1.1 mm less than 12 3/4 inches, for those playing along in US units.). they're subdivided into 1/2 (325 x 265; 12 3/4 x 10 3/8) and 2/4 (530 X 162; 20 7/8 x 6 3/8 ). Those measurements are the outside of the pan, the interior is somewhat less (25mm less, according to standard, which for those playing along is just very slightly less than an inch). 2/3, 1/3 , 1/4, 2/8, 1/6 and 1/9 pans also are specified and are the expected sizes (1/4 is 1/2 pan cut on the short side, 2/8 cut on the long). the spec also covers tapers so that pans nest properly, and don't get jammed in equipment, depths, and probably what you're allowed to curse when you drop one out of the oven. there's a different standard, called "euronorm", which is used for baking sheets, that's 600 x 400 mm for the 1/1 size. (That's almost, but not quite, the standard full sized US sheet pan...).

The new product shelf had a new variety of Joe-Joe. Neapolitan joe joes https://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/neapolitan-joejoes They're not bad. Vanilla and chocolate cookies are the same as they are elsewhere, the filling tastes of strawberry, and is only 50% too sweet (To my taste, any way, I had a few, and put the box out at my office where it was devoured.), not as sweet as I recall the regular ones being.

It's also discontinued.

max width of the clamp, with the rubber bits installed, is about 11/16". The screw and rubber tip on the screw come right out, which gives you about 3/4". The rubber bumper on the other side comes off, which gives you a bit more. It is enough that you can shove it with a great deal of effort, over the lip of a Cambro food pan. But the required amount of water is so high, you can't actually use one, because adding food causes it to over flow. the top of the clamp, which limits how far it can go into a container, to the minimum water line is to short to be useful. Total fail. -5 of 5 stars.

Which makes it four point loads of 12.5 pounds each. Again, not much of a load, and way less than the expected loads on a pantry shelf. I might worry about sagging over time, but it sounds like the stiffeners the OP has installed would take care of it.

50 pounds is nothing for a pantry pull out. Think what a shelf full of canned food weighs.

I have mine on a filing cabinet type thing. I have it sitting on two pieces of 5/4 deck board, running front to back. To change the oil, I slide it back so the drain is off the edge, and when I'm done, I just push it back. The boards have felt stickers on them, which makes it easier to slide.

I don't need three sous vide circulators. I miht have kept it, if the clamp came off.

I have one in my basement. No, wait. I have two in my basement, one of which is going back. What do you want examined? I doesn't come off. I looked at it, and was worried it would break if I poked at it too much. I'll take some measurements tomorrow.

People with bluestar: Does anyone know how hot do the sides of the range get? I'm in the market for a range, and the way our kitchen is arranged, the left side of the range is open to the room and the doorway to the kitchen. I'm worried someone (like my four year old) will burn themselves on it.

The deals aren't in the data [laces like CCC can get (without scraping the screen).

I have an assortment. I use cheap utility brushes (of black china bristle) for thick gloppy stuff (bbq sauce, etc) and better natural bristle brushes for pastry stuff where precision is important.

I spent several hours in the kitchen today, doing pretty mindless work that I've done before, I got to thinking about stuff that's in the kitchen (or at least used there) that wasn't specifically intended for kitchen use. Some things are pretty obvious, like a decent paint brush instead of a crappy and expensive 'pastry brush', or a plumber's torch for setting stuff on fire searing and browning. I've got a few things, like industrial filter cloths for sieving, but I wonder what others have and use. Here's the particular tool that got me thinking about this. Albion are a maker of stuff for dispensing caulk; I believe this is a tool for smoothing and shaping caulk joints. (I didn't buy it, I found it on a windowsill while walking around). I mostly use it as a screed, to strike measuring cups and spoons level.

the big advantage is that you can turn the faucet off, but leave the taps on. When you need to spay something, you just grab and squeeze. Works great, uses little water, and is generally superior to the normal set up (like you have, or an old-fashioned side sprayer) where you have to leave the water running out of the faucet to be able to use the sprayer. I expected my wife to hate the one that is currently installed (it came with the house), because I had tried hard to get her to let me replace the old places faucet with a pull down or pull out faucet, and she wouldn't let me. She decided she likes it, though she thinks the roto-flex behemoth in the basement is silly. (I fully admit it is overkill, but I got a smoking good deal on it, because it was old stock, not low-lead certified, and can't be installed in a commercial kitchen. we don't drink out of the faucet, so I don't care. It works great for all the utility cleaning things you do at a basement utility sink.)

I need to replace the faucet at our kitchen sink. It's currently got some unbranded chinese faucet, with a separate prerinse sprayer. I'm considering replacing it with a real commercial unit, possibly this one. I have a different style (mine has an add-on faucet) in my laundry sink, and really like it. Anyone have one in their home kitchen? We don't have a huge sink (two bowls, about 30" wide), so I think one with a short hose would be a good choice.

I had knife rack in cabinet door. Nothing ever fell off, and i'm not terribly gentle about closing them.

Inside an upper cabinet door?

@weinoo Looks great!

A roofer who was working on the roof of the shop I used to work in said "They are two kinds of flat roofs. The ones that leak today, and the ones that leak tomorrow."

In almost every market, you will not get your money out of doing repairs or upgrades. In some market conditions, a few small changes (paint is the most common, easy one) will make a house sell faster, but probably not for more money. If there is something like a leaking roof, though, fixing that will prevent damage, and is a selling point.

A magnetron that will work with an inverter power supply costs more; the power supply is somewhat less reliable. I think there are also complications with the fan that changes the resonance of the chamber (it exists to prevent hot spots). Panasonic's patents may still be in force, which complicates other manufacturer's efforts. I have one, and went to some effort to get one. I'd get another if it broke, but I'd replace it if I could find one that had a door that opened to the right...

Wait, you don't go to parties to talk about dielectric unions? You're missing out.

Walmart has good data people telling them what they can overcharge on. You think they have low prices, so you'll buy things without actually checking. Many places that advertise their low prices, or which have a reputation for having good prices, do the same thing.

The difference is that you probably drank the milk from one (or a small number of cows) cow. Commercially distributed milk is the commingled milk of many hundreds or thousands of cows. One infected cow contaminates the whole batch.

Don't show her these: http://www.highendhardware.ca/Scalimera-Toe-Kick-Ladder--BLACK-POWDER-COATING_p_21.html (I've been in a kitchen that had something similar in several places. The person who'd buiit it was very short, and she used them to use the counters!) We have a little two step folding step stool, stored next to the fridge, which is useful for me to get stuff off the top shelf in the panty (~7 feet, and I'm going to install another set on the other wall, above the door, which will be 7'6" or so.). My wife uses it for the lower shelves, too. My three year old uses it to reach the counter.