Re: turbo ovens cheap at the flea market

[Guest guest]

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Could that be because the ovens suck? I've been sort of interested

in them, but not enough to look further yet.

>if anyone's looking to try a turbo oven a' la Mercola,

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>http://www.mercola.com/forms/turbo_oven.htm

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> I saw three of them this morning at the flea market. Would be a

>promising place to look if you have a good market nearby. A new one,

>unused, with all the paperwork but no box was only twenty dollars.

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[Guest guest]

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> Could that be because the ovens suck? I've been sort of interested

> in them, but not enough to look further yet.

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It could be, but not neccesarily. I've bought Le Creuset, Descoware,

(my personal fave) a Wustof carving knife, stick blenders, a

KitchenAid mixer, Simac gelato freezer, a new-in-box, nine-cup

Cuisineart food-processor with oodles of accessories, three Excalibur

dehydators, a smoker--and all for next-to-nothing, except the

KitchenAid, which was unused--but splattered with some sort of

batter--for $100.

AFAIK, most of this stuff comes from auctioned-off storage units. The

ovens may just show up regularly because they are impulse buys/gifts

but people don't switch over from their microwaves. Microwaves would

be difficult for an SADer to give up, I reckon. Or maybe they were

used in dorms/RV's. And most of them are used, some well-used.

Now that my own curiosity is piqued, to make things interesting--for

geeks like us, anyway--I'll buy one next week--if I see a good

one--and run it through some tests.

B.

/nerd up

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I'm new to NN, but have been following the Foodsaver and turbo oven

discussions with great interest since I have both.

I have a Flavorwave oven (there's more than one brand of turbo oven)

and love it. They cook very fast and the meat is extremely juicy. I

love being able to cook meat frozen (when, on those rare occasions

that I forget to take something out of the freezer) in roughly a half

hour, and that almost the whole thing goes into the dishwasher. It

uses a halogen light to cook the food.

Enjoying all these discussions .....

Regards .... Pat

[Guest guest]

On 11/20/05, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote:

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> > Could that be because the ovens suck? I've been sort of interested

> > in them, but not enough to look further yet.

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> It could be, but not neccesarily. I've bought Le Creuset, Descoware,

> (my personal fave) a Wustof carving knife, stick blenders, a

> KitchenAid mixer, Simac gelato freezer, a new-in-box, nine-cup

> Cuisineart food-processor with oodles of accessories, three Excalibur

> dehydators, a smoker--and all for next-to-nothing, except the

> KitchenAid, which was unused--but splattered with some sort of

> batter--for $100.

That is quite a kitchen, but where is the Vita-Mix, Juicer, and the Flavorwave?

I bought a complete set of Wustof knives, best knives I have ever used.

--

" It is no crime to be ignorant of economics,

which is, after all, a specialized discipline

and one that most people consider to be a

'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible

to have a loud and vociferous opinion on

economic subjects while remaining in this

state of ignorance. "

-- Murray Rothbard

[Guest guest]

> That is quite a kitchen, but where is the Vita-Mix, Juicer, and the

Flavorwave?

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> I bought a complete set of Wustof knives, best knives I have ever used.

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I knew someone was going to go there...

A vintage Vita-mix was gifted to me by a client who upgraded. He also

gave me an Omega single-gear juicer which I sold when I was given a

GreenStar by another client who purchased it, never used it, then

decided he'd prefer if I made juice for him, and charged for it. I

have been most fortunate that way.

I have seen Vitamixes and single-gear juicers here and there as

well, but never needed one. If I had more NN/NT friends, I would just

pick up as gifts.

Flavorwave/turbo oven is something I've never considered before, but

for all this chit-chat on NN.

I'm incredibly envious of your knife purchase, since I have scoured

fleamarkets for years looking for fine cutlery and never found

anything but the single 10 " carving knife I mentioned ($7). It's

strange to me, because I've found about *every other thing* you can

think of (caskets! a pair of Shaq's shoes!) but never, ever, good

cutlery, which makes me all the more determined to find some. The

carving knife and stand mixer were gifted to my dear mother.

B.

[Guest guest]

On 11/20/05, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote:

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> > That is quite a kitchen, but where is the Vita-Mix, Juicer, and the

> Flavorwave?

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> > I bought a complete set of Wustof knives, best knives I have ever used.

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> I knew someone was going to go there...

Glad to be of service.

> A vintage Vita-mix was gifted to me by a client who upgraded. He also

> gave me an Omega single-gear juicer which I sold when I was given a

> GreenStar by another client who purchased it, never used it, then

> decided he'd prefer if I made juice for him, and charged for it. I

> have been most fortunate that way.

Oh yeah, I remember now you were giving a juicer away. I love my

Vita-Mix. Does many wonderful things (soups, shakes, sauces, whole

juice, etc.) and does them quickly. And it makes the most fantastic

ice cream. All you do is throw in some frozen bananas, turn it on,

serve, and no one can tell the difference. You can add berries and

cream but its fantastic on its own.

> I have seen Vitamixes and single-gear juicers here and there as

> well, but never needed one. If I had more NN/NT friends, I would just

> pick up as gifts.

I don't have any NN/NT friends/family in my local sphere. The closest

would be my sister and brother in law, just because they like good

food and he is an Italian Chef. I have had many friends like that over

the years cuz I have been friends with a lot of folks in the upscale

restaurant industry, but they just like great food/wine which was

easily NT, but they weren't in the least hardcore like me.

> Flavorwave/turbo oven is something I've never considered before, but

> for all this chit-chat on NN.

Well I was impressed by one of those late night informercials (or

maybe it was the weekend) for the Flavorwave but was a little leery as

to its safety. has assured me its okay.

> I'm incredibly envious of your knife purchase, since I have scoured

> fleamarkets for years looking for fine cutlery and never found

> anything but the single 10 " carving knife I mentioned ($7). It's

> strange to me, because I've found about *every other thing* you can

> think of (caskets! a pair of Shaq's shoes!) but never, ever, good

> cutlery, which makes me all the more determined to find some. The

> carving knife and stand mixer were gifted to my dear mother.

Hmmmm....fleamarkets, thriftstores, etc., that is the domain of my mom

and middle sister. They are champions when it comes to that kind of

thing! My sister essentially outfitted her new restaurant that way

(along with some incredible buys off of ebay). As for me I don't

normally have the patience for that kind of thing but since I'm

currently on a beer budget with still active champagne tastes I have

visited a few as of late. Actually I don't have the patience for

shopping period, unless its a bookstore or wine shop, in which case I

can hang for hours.

All that to say I bought my knives retail. I got seven of them and the

block. That is all I'm going to say. $7 ???? Sheeez. Did I say that is

all I'm going to say? Like I said that is all I'm going to say. All.

Nada. No more. $7 ????? Sheeeeeeeeeeeez.

--

" It is no crime to be ignorant of economics,

which is, after all, a specialized discipline

and one that most people consider to be a

'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible

to have a loud and vociferous opinion on

economic subjects while remaining in this

state of ignorance. "

-- Murray Rothbard