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Curtis Stone item

Krimpette — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:01:09 GMT

Curtis has a wonderful two-sided cutting board. Thawing board on one side and cutting board on the other. Great product! And free shipping today!

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Seabiscuit — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:35:02 GMT

Ive hand one for awhile and its great. I mainly use it for thawing and it works so fast. Great purchase.

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judy0330 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:47:01 GMT

@Krimpette @Seabiscuit I love Curtis Stone's products and this looks great. I'm sure it is different for different items -- but how long would you say it generally take to defrost? Thanks!

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Krimpette — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:00:46 GMT

@judy0330 Hard to answer because it depends on the thickness of what you're defrosting. Something like a pork chop was about an hour (though I didn't really time it). Great reviews on the HSN site.

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Wiskota — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:19:35 GMT

Thanks for posting this. I just went to HSN and purchased it! Went thru Rakuten and got an additional 8% cash back. I do love Curtis' items. One that I use all the time is his two ended masher. Love that - great for breaking up ground beef, etc.

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jlynn14 — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:35:05 GMT

I just purchased one, too! Thank you for the tip.

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Kindaglitzy — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:46:08 GMT

May look into it also. I see he seems to have a new electric skillet available in both 8” and 10”. If I did not already have an 8”, another brand, I would be ordering this one. Nice size for small household.

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Kindaglitzy — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:13:47 GMT

Going to pass on this item as it says “hand wash only”. May not bother some but I might forget and end up with defrost side not usable.

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retiredatlast — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:39:29 GMT

I have been thawing my frozen meat, chicken and fish in a cast iron skillet for years. If you put the wrapped (or unwrapped) food in a cast iron skillet, the cold is drawn out of the food by the cast iron and it thaws really quickly. I can thaw a 1+ inch steak in an hour or two. Sometimes I turn it over if I am around and think of it. This hint really works and is another use for a cast iron skillet or pan.

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noodleann — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 18:11:15 GMT

@retiredatlast wrote:
I have been thawing my frozen meat, chicken and fish in a cast iron skillet for years. If you put the wrapped (or unwrapped) food in a cast iron skillet, the cold is drawn out of the food by the cast iron and it thaws really quickly. I can thaw a 1+ inch steak in an hour or two. Sometimes I turn it over if I am around and think of it. This hint really works and is another use for a cast iron skillet or pan.

Yep. I have a Cooks Essential pan of some sort that may have been designed for this very purpose. Don't know because I got it at Goodwill for 97 cents. But I do know that it helps steaks and chops thaw quickly--same premise, drawing out the cold or the metal transferring room heat into the frozen stuff, I don't know which, but it works.

I already have cutting boards, in fact, a CS bamboo board plus others, so this is an easy pass for me. Do love Chef Stone.