Interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooker

All of the saved energy will go to manufacturing ferromagnetic cookware that will work on it.

Toss out your aluminum. Toss out your ceramic. Toss out your regular stainless steel. Toss out your copperware. Toss out your Pyrex glassware.

It apparently works with your grandma's cast iron stuff. You still have some of that, don't you? Ferromagnetic stainless steel will work.

...just checked the price. The wife will stick to other plans:

That's what light bulbs are for --- 90% efficient at heating. They are the baking element in E-Z-Bake ovens.I can understand why, since few U.S. residents eat that much rice. In Hawaii, where they do, it is sold in 50 pound bags.

The first item cooked in a microwave by mistake: a chocolate bar.
The first item cooked in a microwave on purpose: popcorn


That WAS her say, based on info to date. My first search on induction cooktops brought up the expensive one. Now, if I could only get used to shopping at Sears. I haven't had much luck with that chain.

Still pricey.


"Samurai Delicatessen" January 17, 1976 - Mr. Dantley (host Buck Henry) waits as The Samurai makes a sandwich by severing ropes on hanging salami, slicing tomatoes in midair, and splitting bread with his skull while apparently carrying on a pleasant conversation despite it being in two separate languages.

Wife's SECOND answer: "If I paid that much for a stove, I couldn't afford to cook anything on it."

That would be Sears' answer for a portable cooktop: a riding ELECTRIC lawn mower containing a cooktop and a power cord.

Saturday Night Live went after them with Try-Hard pacemaker batteries. "Picks up where your heart left off".

That also goes back to more Saturday Night Live combination uses:


Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. The primary line phone in the computer room (which uses the 2nd line) has a dial on it. It's very good for NOT pressing 1 if you are being robbed, press 2 if your house is on fire, press 3 if you want Russian or Serbo-Croatian

After all, the phone company still charges EXTRA for touch-tone after all of these years, which is simpler technology. In July, 2006 they finally got rid of the 3% Federal Excise tax put in place to pay for the Spanish-American War. Other fees were piled on, including reimbursement for a tax that doesn't start for another year. The Honolulu Phone Company wanted to charge extra for "new" equipment, until a newspaper reporter found out that it was stuff that San Francisco was throwing away. I was also there when the speed limit was reduced to 55 MPH to save energy. Hawaii had to RAISE the speed limit on the H-1 "Interstate", which was only 50 MPH at the time.

Grump mode: In 1992 I applied for a job at the office of the Attorney General of Texas. They wanted all post college experience to be with personal computers. I asked them what I was supposed to have done for eight years UNTIL THE PERSONAL COMPUTER WAS INVENTED??!!!?!!!??
Can you say "age discrimination"? I knew you could. I still have the job description notice.

Lawyers: Can't sue 'em. Can't eat 'em. Just throw 'em back.