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March 11, 2006
Shopping
The time came today to round out the appliance buying.
Today I picked out an oven -- one with a convection feature as it will make by baking stuff bake faster. In the past when I wanted to cut my baking time in half I simply cranked up the heat by double. This is more of a trick than it may sound. I've been assured that a convection oven is the better way to go.
All of the ovens I looked at had flat tops with four burners. One had an expandable burner -- if you turned the knob to the right it was a six inch burner. Turn the knob to the left and it was a nine inch burner. The regular burners all went from 1 to 8 and then HI. The expandable burner when from 1 to 6 then HI each way. I told the sales guy I wanted a burner that went to 11. He gave me a look that suggested he was a little young to catch the Spinal Tap reference.
I also got a Space Saver under-the-counter microwave with an oven vent built in. I got the unit with metal racks in it so I could do two levels of microwaving. Or one level of macro-waving (with a special attachment).
When it came to a dishwasher. I picked out a Maytag with Super Quiet Feature 300 which, I assume, is 100 better than the unit with Super Quiet Feature 200. It was something like twenty dollars more.
I spent more time looking at dishwashers than ranges and microwaves put together. At one point I called my brother in Virginia and asked what dishwasher they had. He told me he had one that "tumbles." Tumbles I thought wondering how the hell something like that would work. "What?" I said.
"You know, like they have in the laundromat."
"Dishwasher. Not washing machine." I clarified.
"Oh." As it happens the new dishwasher was sold with the old house. So, I was on my own.
Everything arrives tomorrow. I get a $55.00 delivery rebate.
Posted by delmer at March 11, 2006 11:26 PM