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Default A current brand name reliable electric can opener?

On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:46:43 -0800, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 3/11/2021 5:21 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 John Dope wrote:
>>>
>>> No frills, just electric. Something that doesn't wow you, but something that
>>> lasts. You know, not like some cool looking device that seems to work, you
>>> show and tell every visitor, but a month later you throw it away.

>>
>> There's no electric can opener that can compete with Swing-A-Way.
>> Electrics get dirty quickly, are a PIA to clean, and of those I've
>> used get dull and leave a jagged edge. Even commercial kitchens use
>> manual can openers. If you find yourself opening too many cans buy
>> larger cans. Today many cans are going pull-tab. Professional cooks
>> open cans of liquids by whacking a 'v' in the lid with the back of a
>> chefs knife or use a church key and pour.
>>

>
>Are you sure you were in the Navy? You don't know much about restaurant
>cooking either.


Commercial kitchens use this, same as shipboard.
https://rd.bizrate.com/r/1908148221?...ant Store.com