The usual option is Chinese crap. There are Le Creuset outlets here with prices that make your head spin, not paying $400 for a glorified frying pan. We also have Williams Sonoma stores which have some rather spiffy stuff.
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I have one sat in a storage box. What would I use it for ? Whats the advantages?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:12 pm A US made 10.25in Lodge cast iron skillet. This one is new & the finish is a bit rougher than the really old ones that I think disappeared with the ex wife.
Anywho, I know how to get them seasoned (with proper lard, not that Crisco stuff) & up to snuff, so that will take place on Tuesday when no one else is around. Once I get this one sorted I might just start buying & restoring old ones again. Back in the day I did quite a few for friends. I can pick up loads of them from the thrift stores etc (skillets, not friends)
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Steak, fish, vegetables...Jody wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:39 amI have one sat in a storage box. What would I use it for ? Whats the advantages?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:12 pm A US made 10.25in Lodge cast iron skillet. This one is new & the finish is a bit rougher than the really old ones that I think disappeared with the ex wife.
Anywho, I know how to get them seasoned (with proper lard, not that Crisco stuff) & up to snuff, so that will take place on Tuesday when no one else is around. Once I get this one sorted I might just start buying & restoring old ones again. Back in the day I did quite a few for friends. I can pick up loads of them from the thrift stores etc (skillets, not friends)
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They don't melt on open fires / BBQ's
Less likely to contain harmful chemicals (PFOA's etc)
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First thing it to get it cleaned & seasoned correctly. Plenty of videos on YouBoob etc
Cake, cookies.. in fact just about everything & it can be used on any heat source.
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https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/lea ... prod190798
Some MTBing body armour. My 661 is too snug, too hot and too restrictive to breathe properly.. so it's gone.
Some MTBing body armour. My 661 is too snug, too hot and too restrictive to breathe properly.. so it's gone.
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I also just bought this, just in case. I like to have options
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Good luck, and get plenty of resin*. You'll need it.
*water washable resin is less of a faff
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Gonna buy a Ninja....
Not the Kaw variety, the 6 in 1 airfryer version with the two separate doodads. Been looking for a couple of months & that's the only one that doesn't seem to come with factory fitted defects & issues.
I looked at a Cuisinart one, read reviews & discovered the plastic knobs melt. Looked at another make that looked rather spiffy, but it's made from bare steel, not stainless & turns rusty within a month.. & that was the two most visibly desirable ones.
Calizuela has a law where purchases such as this can be exchanged at the store for 12 months, even if the warranty states it has to be returned directly to the manufacturer after 30 days. I realized I'd going back to Target store every 3 months for a new one if I got the Cuisinart.
WallyWorld has the *same* Ninja cheaper than Target, but that version is a 4 in1 as it comes without 2 of the features of the *identical* one sold everywhere else.
Not the Kaw variety, the 6 in 1 airfryer version with the two separate doodads. Been looking for a couple of months & that's the only one that doesn't seem to come with factory fitted defects & issues.
I looked at a Cuisinart one, read reviews & discovered the plastic knobs melt. Looked at another make that looked rather spiffy, but it's made from bare steel, not stainless & turns rusty within a month.. & that was the two most visibly desirable ones.
Calizuela has a law where purchases such as this can be exchanged at the store for 12 months, even if the warranty states it has to be returned directly to the manufacturer after 30 days. I realized I'd going back to Target store every 3 months for a new one if I got the Cuisinart.
WallyWorld has the *same* Ninja cheaper than Target, but that version is a 4 in1 as it comes without 2 of the features of the *identical* one sold everywhere else.
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Got one. They're fooking brilliant
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Recently bought a Buzz Rack Eazzy 2 bike folding and tilting rack (BRP722) for £236 inc. delivery. Mounts on a towbar and is rock steady, used for the first time today by Mrs irie who carried her 2.8" FS MTB 29er on it. Made in Taiwan and is very well made, and amazing VFM.
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I like the idea of these expanding hoses but the ones I've bought before have never lasted and the cheap fittings have broken etc. Do not confuse this hose with a cheap market one. This is a quality hose with quality brass fittings. Not often I'm impressed with things these days but I'm certainly impressed with this. The actual spray attachment is a cheap one, but I have a decent one of those anyway.
www.t-hose.com
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Just bought a similar one, but it also has an oven proof probe that you can leave in the meat while it cooks & it beeps when it reaches whatever temp you set it for. This one:
Today I bought another cast iron skillet. This time the bigger 12in version... which is perfect as I also got a couple of recipe books that are designed to be concocted in a 12in skillet. The smaller one I've been using pretty much every day for the past week or so has already turned a very nice semi gloss black instead of the dark slate/gray look it had when new.
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Front lift stand for the Abba. Very handy kit.
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This:
Noticed one of the headlights on the Merc had a bit of delamination cropping up, so bought said kit. 10 minutes per headlight, starting with the 800 and working up until you get to the pad and compound. Having it on a drill makes light work of it. Workes so well and was so easy I did the neighbour's son's Golf as his were far worse than mine and I'm just a nice guy. I wish I'd taken before and after photos, just so that I could bore people with them.
Only downside is there's a lot of spatter. Dustsheets over the engine and wings would have saved a fair bit of cleaning up.
Noticed one of the headlights on the Merc had a bit of delamination cropping up, so bought said kit. 10 minutes per headlight, starting with the 800 and working up until you get to the pad and compound. Having it on a drill makes light work of it. Workes so well and was so easy I did the neighbour's son's Golf as his were far worse than mine and I'm just a nice guy. I wish I'd taken before and after photos, just so that I could bore people with them.
Only downside is there's a lot of spatter. Dustsheets over the engine and wings would have saved a fair bit of cleaning up.
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Got my self this RST Evo R textile jacket https://www.sportbiketrackgear.com/rst- ... le-jacket/ £110 down from £190, I have been after a new jacket for a while, last year I ordered a Dainese Super speed 3 leather jacket and after a few rides hated it, not sure if it was slightly too big for me but the shoulders rose up and kept hitting the chin on my helmet, plus it felt quite long in the body and that did't help, so hated it and could not return it as I got a tiny scrape on the shoulder pad, anyways sold it and last week started looking for a new jacket, after ordering 3 jackets in various sizes settled on this one, first textile jacket in about 4 years and feels great, I've used and crashed in RST trousers before and have been fine (touch wood). its going to only be used for commuting so very happy
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