Kitchen

[Meowingkitty]

I bought a cupcake maker. It sounded so good on Groupon. It was like 10 bucks and was supposed to make six mini cupcakes. It cooked fine but they got stale real fast. Then I bought a pressure cooker twice. Gave the first one away and a couple of years later bought another one and gave it away and there is the dreaded breadmaker just got rid of that a few months ago after digging it out of the closet to try making bread again. Just couldn't make decent bread.

[kitty4me]

On 3/1/2015 house_cat said:

On 3/1/2015 spud188 said: I bought the dumbest thing on HSN,it looked like toaster,you put meat in these bags,drop in the 2 slots,push a button and your meat would cook in the disposable bags.

Spud, if this were a contest, you just might win with this one.

Um spud188 you aren't alone I bought it too. Never used and it is in the Garage somewhere.

[kitty4me]

On 3/3/2015 denisemb said:

Can you imagine how much we'd make in a garage sale if we could pool all our "stuff" and sell it to some equally good intentioned poor souls???

I have so many QVC Boxes in the Garage and on shelves in the Garage that I have no idea what is inside. I do know I have 2 Electric Pressure Cookers, One Fagor Stovetop Pressure Cookers,Two Food Savers, SO much Lock & Lock, Cookbooks still in Boxes, Cutting Boards way too many, Choppers and Mandolins.

There is so much more I can't think right now. My Husband says when I pass all this Junk his words will pay for my Funeral. I want to add I laughed out loud reading some of these posts.

[Havarti]

On 3/6/2015 Katey1261 said:

On 3/1/2015 house_cat said:

On 3/1/2015 spud188 said: I bought the dumbest thing on HSN,it looked like toaster,you put meat in these bags,drop in the 2 slots,push a button and your meat would cook in the disposable bags.

Spud, if this were a contest, you just might win with this one.

Um spud188 you aren't alone I bought it too. Never used and it is in the Garage somewhere.

I have a different version of this called the Sunbeam Rocket Grill http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-RG72-Rocket-Grill/dp/B002FJ88IU and I just love it! It only has one slot rather than two, but I put the meat in a parchment paper pouch, then hang it in the vertical grill slot like a toaster slot) and it cook wonderful meat (either fresh or frozen) and the fat drips into a channel at the bottom of the bag. Then, I just toss the bag out, with no clean-up. What more could a lazy cook want? I cried when Sunbeam discontinued the item and even bought 6 of them from Fingerhut for $20 each when I discovered all the closeouts went there for final sale. I stocked up with a lifetime supply of parchment bags and I felt like I had won the lottery! I use this grill and I also have a T-Fal Optigrill http://optigrill.t-falusa.com/ which is fantastic! It even tells you when the meat is done. These two grills are all a lazy meat-lover needs to live happily ever after.

[Daysdee]

On 3/7/2015 Havarti said:

On 3/6/2015 Katey1261 said:

On 3/1/2015 house_cat said:

On 3/1/2015 spud188 said: I bought the dumbest thing on HSN,it looked like toaster,you put meat in these bags,drop in the 2 slots,push a button and your meat would cook in the disposable bags.

Spud, if this were a contest, you just might win with this one.

Um spud188 you aren't alone I bought it too. Never used and it is in the Garage somewhere.

I have a different version of this called the Sunbeam Rocket Grill http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-RG72-Rocket-Grill/dp/B002FJ88IU and I just love it! It only has one slot rather than two, but I put the meat in a parchment paper pouch, then hang it in the vertical grill slot like a toaster slot) and it cook wonderful meat (either fresh or frozen) and the fat drips into a channel at the bottom of the bag. Then, I just toss the bag out, with no clean-up. What more could a lazy cook want? I cried when Sunbeam discontinued the item and even bought 6 of them from Fingerhut for $20 each when I discovered all the closeouts went there for final sale. I stocked up with a lifetime supply of parchment bags and I felt like I had won the lottery! I use this grill and I also have a T-Fal Optigrill http://optigrill.t-falusa.com/ which is fantastic! It even tells you when the meat is done. These two grills are all a lazy meat-lover needs to live happily ever after.

I was tempted by the Rocket Grill, but didn't purchase. I have had the T-Fal Optigrill since last November or so. Love it and use it 3 or 4 times a week. Do you ever use PAM or any other spray on the grills? Mine isn't always super easy to clean. I do put it in the dishwasher most of the time.

[Havarti]

On 3/7/2015 Daysdee said:

On 3/7/2015 Havarti said:

On 3/6/2015 Katey1261 said:

On 3/1/2015 house_cat said:

I have a different version of this called the Sunbeam Rocket Grill http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-RG72-Rocket-Grill/dp/B002FJ88IU and I just love it! It only has one slot rather than two, but I put the meat in a parchment paper pouch, then hang it in the vertical grill slot like a toaster slot) and it cooks wonderful meat (either fresh or frozen) and the fat drips into a channel at the bottom of the bag. Then, I just toss the bag out, with no clean-up. What more could a lazy cook want? I cried when Sunbeam discontinued the item and even bought 6 of them from Fingerhut for $20 each when I discovered all the closeouts went there for final sale. I stocked up with a lifetime supply of parchment bags and I felt like I had won the lottery! I use this grill and I also have a T-Fal Optigrill http://optigrill.t-falusa.com/ which is fantastic! It even tells you when the meat is done. These two grills are all a lazy meat-lover needs to live happily ever after.

I was tempted by the Rocket Grill, but didn't purchase. I have had the T-Fal Optigrill since last November or so. Love it and use it 3 or 4 times a week. Do you ever use PAM or any other spray on the grills? Mine isn't always super easy to clean. I do put it in the dishwasher most of the time.

I don’t use PAM or any type of spray, just use the grill as-is. We use ours so much I actually purchased a second set of plates and drip pan so if one set was in the dishwasher, it was still ready to go (I am weird that way, but I need to put everything through the dishwasher). Nothing seems to stick yet and we use it many times per week and have had it about 1½ years. I love that the meat is always cooked perfectly! We often buy really thick steaks at Costco (we love their rib eyes and NY strip steaks) so they are too thick to fit in the Rocket Grill. We just heat up the Opti-grill and throw the steaks on and wait for it to “ding”...take them off the grill, cover with foil for 10 minutes (if we can wait that long) and slice ‘em up. We take them off at rare – the first “ding” and they are perfect med-rare after being tented in foil for 10 minutes. Oh, sooooooooooo good!

[marky]

On 3/4/2015 J Town Girl said:

I believe it was over 15 years ago that I bought a Ron Popeil rotisserie from QVC. I think in all of those years I've only used it once or twice. It sits in our shed collecting dust while I go to Costco and buy their prepared rotisserie chickens. I'm a lazy cook so I have no idea why I ever purchased it.

I love My Ron Popeil rotisserie. We use it all the time. I never thought it would get this much use and I'm thankful that it's not just taking up space. Makes wonderful chicken !!

[brbfromTX]

I really thought our family needed a Yonana!!!

[house_cat]

On 3/7/2015 brbfromTX said: I really thought our family needed a Yonana!!!

I was tempted by that, too.

Did you ever use it?

[gardensla]

I think I would like a motion activated soap dispenser! Less chance of contaminating the kitchen when cooking raw stuff.

ETA: I donated my Sodastream last year. Big clunky thing that I had to store in a cabinet and so never used. We probably drink 2 two-liter bottles of soft drink a month. What was I thinking?