What's New in Kitchen Gadgets?

[quiet1]

2 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

There's a topic devoted to discussion of this over here with a link to a video review.  I haven't seen anyone in the group actually reporting that they've used one yet. 

 

Edited to add that I don't have any counter area with access to an outlet that also has enough headspace to use this since the "fryer" lid is hinged and needs to stand up in the open position when you are using the pressure cooker so it's a no-go for me.

 

 

Ah-ha. It isn’t mentioned by name so it didn’t come up in the search. Interesting lid arrangement. I will have to think about where we’d put it.

[Louise nadine brill]

On 9/18/2014 at 9:45 PM, Kerry Beal said:

I posted the picture over on the Ladies Who Lunch thread here.  

Well...it’s only 6 years later, but I just purchased a used unit for an incredible price. I pick it up tomorrow, and I am really excited! Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of information on how to use/ recipes. So far, it looks like The Ocoo has been adopted by a small group of elite Chefs in Spain - and while I do want to make Black Cauliflower, I am less interested in making a piece of celery look like a vanilla pod (both actual dishes). My hopes are to use it for flavour extraction from fruits for bonbon centers and/or jelly making, as well as performing all the usual tasks expected of a PC.The unit I purchased only has Korean Language on it - I think I can google translate to find out what the general buttons say but I cannot find anything online that is close to being an English user manual/recipe booklet. I came to egullet hoping to find some members who have experience/tips/recipes that they might share? 

[gfweb]

28 minutes ago, Louise nadine brill said:

Well...it’s only 6 years later, but I just purchased a used unit for an incredible price. I pick it up tomorrow, and I am really excited! Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of information on how to use/ recipes. So far, it looks like The Ocoo has been adopted by a small group of elite Chefs in Spain - and while I do want to make Black Cauliflower, I am less interested in making a piece of celery look like a vanilla pod (both actual dishes). My hopes are to use it for flavour extraction from fruits for bonbon centers and/or jelly making, as well as performing all the usual tasks expected of a PC.The unit I purchased only has Korean Language on it - I think I can google translate to find out what the general buttons say but I cannot find anything online that is close to being an English user manual/recipe booklet. I came to egullet hoping to find some members who have experience/tips/recipes that they might share? 

Maybe a good head-on photo would let somebody translate it.

[gfweb]

Lots on Google about this thing. Tempting.....

[Vapre]

The manual looks like Korean/English.

OCOO-2700PRM user manual.pdf

[Louise nadine brill]

1 hour ago, Vapre said:

The manual looks like Korean/English.

OCOO-2700PRM user manual.pdf 8.1 MB · 8 downloads

Thank you SO MUCH! I have been googling for hours and couldn’t find it! Lifesaver! 

[Louise nadine brill]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

Lots on Google about this thing. Tempting.....

Lots about How great it is...not so much about how to use it 😂

[EnriqueB]

7 hours ago, Louise nadine brill said:

Well...it’s only 6 years later, but I just purchased a used unit for an incredible price. I pick it up tomorrow, and I am really excited! Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of information on how to use/ recipes. So far, it looks like The Ocoo has been adopted by a small group of elite Chefs in Spain - and while I do want to make Black Cauliflower, I am less interested in making a piece of celery look like a vanilla pod (both actual dishes). My hopes are to use it for flavour extraction from fruits for bonbon centers and/or jelly making, as well as performing all the usual tasks expected of a PC.The unit I purchased only has Korean Language on it - I think I can google translate to find out what the general buttons say but I cannot find anything online that is close to being an English user manual/recipe booklet. I came to egullet hoping to find some members who have experience/tips/recipes that they might share? 

 

We have had some discussions about the unit here in Spain in a cooking chat group. Some members have seen the presentations by those "elite chefs" and even talked to them, and some bought the unit.

 

My contention has always been -and the owners of the unit could not prove me wrong- that this is just an electric pressure cooker. It just has programs to cook with or without pressure, but those programs (like the ones promoted by the chefs for the black caulifrower and the like) do not advertise their actual pressure/temperature combinations anywhere. There are no physics I can think of that make this any different from an electric pressure cooker where you put your food in a container inside the cooker and steam-pressure cook or at a given temperature without pressure if below 100ºC. In fact some people has been able to replicate the dishes promoted by the chefs just cooking in a glass jar inside a standard pressure cooker (see http://afuegolento.com.ar/2018/04/12/la-coliflor-negra-clon/, in Spanish).

 

 

[gfweb]

3 hours ago, EnriqueB said:

 

We have had some discussions about the unit here in Spain in a cooking chat group. Some members have seen the presentations by those "elite chefs" and even talked to them, and some bought the unit.

 

My contention has always been -and the owners of the unit could not prove me wrong- that this is just an electric pressure cooker. It just has programs to cook with or without pressure, but those programs (like the ones promoted by the chefs for the black caulifrower and the like) do not advertise their actual pressure/temperature combinations anywhere. There are no physics I can think of that make this any different from an electric pressure cooker where you put your food in a container inside the cooker and steam-pressure cook or at a given temperature without pressure if below 100ºC. In fact some people has been able to replicate the dishes promoted by the chefs just cooking in a glass jar inside a standard pressure cooker (see http://afuegolento.com.ar/2018/04/12/la-coliflor-negra-clon/, in Spanish).

 

 

 

This makes sense.

[adey73]

has anyone seen this, the Girovap by 100% Chef in Barcelona, a supposedly kitchen/bar grade rotary evaporator 

 

https://www.100x100chef.com/en/product-chef/1093-30/girovap

 

am hoping @JoNorvelleWalker is interested! 😁

Edited May 18, 2020 by adey73 (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

4 minutes ago, adey73 said:

has anyone seen this, the Girovap by 100% Chef in Barcelona, a supposedly kitchen/bar grade rotary evaporator 

 

https://www.100x100chef.com/en/product-chef/1093-30/girovap

 

am @JoNorvelleWalker is interested! 😁

 

Till I clicked on "see price".

 

[Porthos]

For that money I'd buy a Blue Star range.

[Porthos]

19 hours ago, Louise nadine brill said:

Well...it’s only 6 years later, but I just purchased a used unit for an incredible price. I pick it up tomorrow, and I am really excited! Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of information on how to use/ recipes. So far, it looks like The Ocoo has been adopted by a small group of elite Chefs in Spain - and while I do want to make Black Cauliflower, I am less interested in making a piece of celery look like a vanilla pod (both actual dishes). My hopes are to use it for flavour extraction from fruits for bonbon centers and/or jelly making, as well as performing all the usual tasks expected of a PC.The unit I purchased only has Korean Language on it - I think I can google translate to find out what the general buttons say but I cannot find anything online that is close to being an English user manual/recipe booklet. I came to egullet hoping to find some members who have experience/tips/recipes that they might share?

No offense intended to me it just looks like a super-duper Instapot. Not sure what I'm missing.

[Vapre]

6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Till I clicked on "see price".

 

Here's to hoping Booker & Dax can produce an affordable one.

[gfweb]

Water bath + flask + sink aspirator or vacuum pump = about $200

A little slower because of the lack of rotation.

 

Ebay has rotary evzporators for around $650

 

Edited May 19, 2020 by gfweb (log)

[adey73]

12 hours ago, Vapre said:

Here's to hoping Booker & Dax can produce an affordable one.

 

is this what you suspect too?

[Louise nadine brill]

On 5/18/2020 at 7:37 AM, gfweb said:

 

This makes sense.

 

On 5/18/2020 at 4:17 AM, EnriqueB said:

 

We have had some discussions about the unit here in Spain in a cooking chat group. Some members have seen the presentations by those "elite chefs" and even talked to them, and some bought the unit.

 

My contention has always been -and the owners of the unit could not prove me wrong- that this is just an electric pressure cooker. It just has programs to cook with or without pressure, but those programs (like the ones promoted by the chefs for the black caulifrower and the like) do not advertise their actual pressure/temperature combinations anywhere. There are no physics I can think of that make this any different from an electric pressure cooker where you put your food in a container inside the cooker and steam-pressure cook or at a given temperature without pressure if below 100ºC. In fact some people has been able to replicate the dishes promoted by the chefs just cooking in a glass jar inside a standard pressure cooker (see http://afuegolento.com.ar/2018/04/12/la-coliflor-negra-clon/, in Spanish).

 

 

I would never spend $550-750 on one. I got really lucky and found one for $150 including the voltage transformer - so i was powerless to say no.😂 i have cauliflower in there now...so far nothing has blown up, and i had a lovely Korean voice Come out of the machine and give me instructions (that I don't understand.). Next i am doing apple extract and theN i’ll test pectin levels to see if i can use this for pectin stock for my jams/jellies preserves. After that “onion essence” - looks like it’s drunk as a broth - but i’d like to see if it makes perfect french onion soup attainable. After that...black garlic for sure. After that - not sure other than using it for the same thingS i currently use my pressure cookers for already. 

[Louise nadine brill]

On 5/18/2020 at 3:46 PM, Porthos said:

For that money I'd buy a Blue Star range.

Yeah - no way i’d spend that much on another pressure cooker (i already own 3). I can rattle off at least 5 chocolate/confectionary pieces of equipment I’d spend $700 on i stead. But i got lucky and bought  this For $150 With voltage transformer and couldn't pass it up.

[weinoo]

What's old is new again...

 

 

Grating parmesan.

 

 

Shredding carrots.

 

For ease of use and price value, nothing beats this!

[TdeV]

54 minutes ago, weinoo said:

For ease of use and price value, nothing beats this!

 

What is it?

[weinoo]

14 minutes ago, TdeV said:

What is it?

Made in France, it's called a mouli-julienne. Precursor to the food processor.

 

 

[blue_dolphin]

2 hours ago, weinoo said:

Made in France, it's called a mouli-julienne. Precursor to the food processor.

 

My mom had the old all-metal version.  I have the orange plastic one shown in the video.  I've had it for 40 years (bought it for my first kitchen as a college undergrad) and still use it regularly. 

Edited May 21, 2020 by blue_dolphin (log)

[Smithy]

26 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

My mom had the old all-metal version.  I have the orange plastic one shown in the video.  I've had it for 40 years (bought it for my first kitchen as a college undergrad) and still use it regularly. 

 

 

I'm sorry, and slightly embarrassed, to say that when we moved into our current house over 20 years ago I found one of these in some cranny behind a corner kitchen cupboard. I couldn't figure out its value, and I tossed it.  I wish I could remember more clearly!  Maybe it was just a couple of parts instead of the entire piece?  

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Yep, that's it...it was only a couple of parts, not the whole thing. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 

[Louise nadine brill]

Ocoo adventures day 2. Made black cauliflower. It was black. It was, as expected, mushy. I was not impressed with the flavour. I guess i thought there would be some super Maillard sweetness ..none. I threw it out, and i rarely throw anything out. Today..black garlic in honey. Almost finished it’s 7 hour session. I had not anticipated how strong the smell would be. The cauliflower yesterday wasn’t  pleasant but MAN - Today my whole house smells like garlic. Like no escaping it., and I can tell it’s going to take days to get rid of it.  Makes me think twice about all my fermenting plans.

[Louise nadine brill]

Blarghhh! Yech.  Ok...I am going to stop with the black recipes now. Once again, it looks black..like the pictures say it should but it tasted horrible. I only had a nibble bc i don't want to eat a ton of garlic right before bed. Will try it again tomorrow, with suspicion.