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Ceramic Knife - Good buy
After reading the discussion on ceramic knives here, I decided to get one,
if I could fine a decent one at a not-outrageous price. While I've got some good knives (including some very old hand-me-down knives that might have been handmade) that I like to use, I also like gadgets. Ceramic knives might fall into that category, huh? So, while I was shopping online at an industrial supply catalog place that I used to work for, I checked out the kitchen things, and lo and behold, they had 3 ceramic knifes -- paring, utility, and chef's. What the heck, I bought the utility knife. This place doesn't list brand names, but I know they tend to choose quality, so I figured I'd get something that was decent. The shipment came today, and it was a Kyocera knife. Not bad for $38.15. I also bought a folding digital probe thermometer. Pretty cool. It measures from - 58F to +572 F and does an auto-shutoff when you fold the probe down for storage. Nice big LCD screen, too. I found it selling online at a UK website that had all sorts of lab-type/industrial testing equipment, so it seems like it should be good quality. Google translated the selling price to something like $69 and I paid under $34. So that looks like a decent buy too. It's been a pretty good day. Lunch was leftovers: a little chunk of pork shoulder that I bought on sale. Cooked simply, with some onion and green pepper and seasoned with some Penzey mix -- I think it was the Pizza seasoning that I got as a sample. Some mashed potatoes on the side. No cooking tonight, we're going out. -- Donna |
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"D.Currie" > wrote in message ... > After reading the discussion on ceramic knives here, I decided to get one, > if I could fine a decent one at a not-outrageous price. While I've got > some good knives (including some very old hand-me-down knives that might > have been handmade) that I like to use, I also like gadgets. Ceramic > knives might fall into that category, huh? > > So, while I was shopping online at an industrial supply catalog place that > I used to work for, I checked out the kitchen things, and lo and behold, > they had 3 ceramic knifes -- paring, utility, and chef's. What the heck, I > bought the utility knife. > > This place doesn't list brand names, but I know they tend to choose > quality, so I figured I'd get something that was decent. The shipment came > today, and it was a Kyocera knife. Not bad for $38.15. > > I also bought a folding digital probe thermometer. Pretty cool. It > measures from - 58F to +572 F and does an auto-shutoff when you fold the > probe down for storage. Nice big LCD screen, too. I found it selling > online at a UK website that had all sorts of lab-type/industrial testing > equipment, so it seems like it should be good quality. Google translated > the selling price to something like $69 and I paid under $34. So that > looks like a decent buy too. > > It's been a pretty good day. > > Lunch was leftovers: a little chunk of pork shoulder that I bought on > sale. Cooked simply, with some onion and green pepper and seasoned with > some Penzey mix -- I think it was the Pizza seasoning that I got as a > sample. Some mashed potatoes on the side. No cooking tonight, we're going > out. > > -- > Donna I wouldn't mind trying the knife. Would you mind "sharing" the website url? I bought my Thermapen, which sounds like what you are speaking of, for $85+extra shipping. You gotta deal! I couldn't find it anywhere any cheaper. My day was a day without cooking anything special. (Away from home - more PT appointments this month). But I did have a left-over (homemade) biscuit sliced and toasted and slathered with Italian chestnut honey and some Ceylon cinnamon with black tea this morning. I was wondering what I was going to do with those extra two biscuits. Dee Dee |
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Ceramic Knife - Good buy
D.Currie wrote:
> I also bought a folding digital probe thermometer. Pretty cool. It > measures from - 58F to +572 F and does an auto-shutoff when you fold > the probe down for storage. Nice big LCD screen, too. I found it > selling online at a UK website that had all sorts of > lab-type/industrial testing equipment, so it seems like it should be > good quality. Google translated the selling price to something like > $69 and I paid under $34. So that looks like a decent buy too. It does sound like you got a Thermapen. So where'd you get it? You can't bait us like that and then hold out on the information... :-) -- Hasta, Curt Nelson |
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Ceramic Knife - Good buy
"Dee Randall" > wrote in message ... > > "D.Currie" > wrote in message > ... >> After reading the discussion on ceramic knives here, I decided to get >> one, if I could fine a decent one at a not-outrageous price. While I've >> got some good knives (including some very old hand-me-down knives that >> might have been handmade) that I like to use, I also like gadgets. >> Ceramic knives might fall into that category, huh? >> >> So, while I was shopping online at an industrial supply catalog place >> that I used to work for, I checked out the kitchen things, and lo and >> behold, they had 3 ceramic knifes -- paring, utility, and chef's. What >> the heck, I bought the utility knife. >> >> This place doesn't list brand names, but I know they tend to choose >> quality, so I figured I'd get something that was decent. The shipment >> came today, and it was a Kyocera knife. Not bad for $38.15. >> >> I also bought a folding digital probe thermometer. Pretty cool. It >> measures from - 58F to +572 F and does an auto-shutoff when you fold the >> probe down for storage. Nice big LCD screen, too. I found it selling >> online at a UK website that had all sorts of lab-type/industrial testing >> equipment, so it seems like it should be good quality. Google translated >> the selling price to something like $69 and I paid under $34. So that >> looks like a decent buy too. >> >> It's been a pretty good day. >> >> Lunch was leftovers: a little chunk of pork shoulder that I bought on >> sale. Cooked simply, with some onion and green pepper and seasoned with >> some Penzey mix -- I think it was the Pizza seasoning that I got as a >> sample. Some mashed potatoes on the side. No cooking tonight, we're going >> out. >> >> -- >> Donna > > I wouldn't mind trying the knife. Would you mind "sharing" the website > url? > I bought my Thermapen, which sounds like what you are speaking of, for > $85+extra shipping. You gotta deal! I couldn't find it anywhere any > cheaper. > My day was a day without cooking anything special. (Away from home - more > PT appointments this month). But I did have a left-over (homemade) biscuit > sliced and toasted and slathered with Italian chestnut honey and some > Ceylon cinnamon with black tea this morning. I was wondering what I was > going to do with those extra two biscuits. > Dee Dee > The company is McMaster-Carr and it's kind of like a WW Grainger, if you're familiar with them, but with a lot more products. I thought I gave the name, but I got carried away with the joy of my new toys. hehe. www.mcmaster.com will get you there. 3226A25 is the part number for the knife. 3129K11 is the part number for the thermometer. I looked up the Thermapen and it does look like it, but this is an industrial gray color, and it's got 3 little buttons on the top for C/F temps, high or low readings, and a temperature hold, which I guess you'd use if you inserted the thermometer into something and couldn't read the LCD for some reason, so it would hold the reading. So the "rest of the story" is that I was looking at the catalog because I needed some disposable latex gloves. Bought a box of 100 for about 9 dollars, then added the knife and thermometer. Yup, that was some cost effective shopping. Donna |
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"D.Currie" > wrote in message ... > > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "D.Currie" > wrote in message >> ... >>> After reading the discussion on ceramic knives here, I decided to get >>> one, if I could fine a decent one at a not-outrageous price. While I've >>> got some good knives (including some very old hand-me-down knives that >>> might have been handmade) that I like to use, I also like gadgets. >>> Ceramic knives might fall into that category, huh? >>> >>> So, while I was shopping online at an industrial supply catalog place >>> that I used to work for, I checked out the kitchen things, and lo and >>> behold, they had 3 ceramic knifes -- paring, utility, and chef's. What >>> the heck, I bought the utility knife. >>> >>> This place doesn't list brand names, but I know they tend to choose >>> quality, so I figured I'd get something that was decent. The shipment >>> came today, and it was a Kyocera knife. Not bad for $38.15. >>> >>> I also bought a folding digital probe thermometer. Pretty cool. It >>> measures from - 58F to +572 F and does an auto-shutoff when you fold >>> the probe down for storage. Nice big LCD screen, too. I found it selling >>> online at a UK website that had all sorts of lab-type/industrial testing >>> equipment, so it seems like it should be good quality. Google translated >>> the selling price to something like $69 and I paid under $34. So that >>> looks like a decent buy too. >>> >>> It's been a pretty good day. >>> >>> Lunch was leftovers: a little chunk of pork shoulder that I bought on >>> sale. Cooked simply, with some onion and green pepper and seasoned with >>> some Penzey mix -- I think it was the Pizza seasoning that I got as a >>> sample. Some mashed potatoes on the side. No cooking tonight, we're >>> going out. >>> >>> -- >>> Donna >> >> I wouldn't mind trying the knife. Would you mind "sharing" the website >> url? >> I bought my Thermapen, which sounds like what you are speaking of, for >> $85+extra shipping. You gotta deal! I couldn't find it anywhere any >> cheaper. >> My day was a day without cooking anything special. (Away from home - >> more PT appointments this month). But I did have a left-over (homemade) >> biscuit sliced and toasted and slathered with Italian chestnut honey and >> some Ceylon cinnamon with black tea this morning. I was wondering what I >> was going to do with those extra two biscuits. >> Dee Dee >> > > The company is McMaster-Carr and it's kind of like a WW Grainger, if > you're familiar with them, but with a lot more products. I thought I gave > the name, but I got carried away with the joy of my new toys. hehe. > > www.mcmaster.com will get you there. > > 3226A25 is the part number for the knife. > 3129K11 is the part number for the thermometer. > > I looked up the Thermapen and it does look like it, but this is an > industrial gray color, and it's got 3 little buttons on the top for C/F > temps, high or low readings, and a temperature hold, which I guess you'd > use if you inserted the thermometer into something and couldn't read the > LCD for some reason, so it would hold the reading. > > So the "rest of the story" is that I was looking at the catalog because I > needed some disposable latex gloves. Bought a box of 100 for about 9 > dollars, then added the knife and thermometer. Yup, that was some cost > effective shopping. > > Donna Thanks, Donna. Whatta site. I'm going to have to hide this site from DH. There'll be no money left for my toys. Dee Dee |
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"Dee Randall" > wrote in message ... > > Thanks, Donna. Whatta site. I'm going to have to hide this site from DH. > There'll be no money left for my toys. > Dee Dee > It was madness when I worked there, what with the employee discount and the ease of picking it up on the way out at the end of the day. One day I'd be bringing home hacksaw blades and the next I'd be picking up dishwashing detergent and an ice scraper. And I know how they pick catalog items, so you can be pretty sure that anything you get is good quality. And their return policy is "any time for any reason -- or no reason." But really, that's not why I liked working there. I think it was the Christmas bonus. Let's say that they were overly generous with that and other benefits. If we didn't move across the country, I probably would have happily worked there until I retired. Most things are shipped within a few hours of the time you place the order. And I mean picked, packed and on the truck. Unless you order at night, but if they're open, the orders are processed immediately. The place is a marvel of efficiency and customer service. I took my husband for a tour of the warehouse, and I was afraid I'd never get him to come home again. And here's another little-known tidbit about the company. If there's something you want that they don't specifically have in the catalog, they have a department that will try to hunt it down for you. And they're not allowed to say "We can't find it," they have to at least offer you an alternative. They'd probably draw the line at trying to find things that are too far afield from the things they have in the catalog, but if it's something vaguely similar to what they already have, they'll try to find it for you. They've even gone as far as having things machined for customers if the item didn't exist as-is. That sort of thing is pricy, but if it's just a variation that exists but they don't stock, it's just a matter of them ordering from the supplier. So if you wanted those ceramic knives with the black blade instead of white, they'd get you a price and call you back. Happy shopping... Donna |
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Ceramic Knife - Good buy
D.Currie wrote:
> www.mcmaster.com will get you there. > > 3226A25 is the part number for the knife. > 3129K11 is the part number for the thermometer. > > I looked up the Thermapen and it does look like it, but this is an > industrial gray color, and it's got 3 little buttons on the top for > C/F temps, high or low readings, and a temperature hold, which I > guess you'd use if you inserted the thermometer into something and > couldn't read the LCD for some reason, so it would hold the reading. Wow! If that isn't a Thermapen then I'll eat my hat. (Or at least made by the same manufacturer.) Great find! That's by far the best price I've seen anywhere. The cheapest I've been able to find is about $85. -- Hasta, Curt Nelson |
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D.Currie wrote:
> www.mcmaster.com will get you there. > > 3226A25 is the part number for the knife. > 3129K11 is the part number for the thermometer. > > I looked up the Thermapen and it does look like it, but this is an > industrial gray color, and it's got 3 little buttons on the top for > C/F temps, high or low readings, and a temperature hold, which I > guess you'd use if you inserted the thermometer into something and > couldn't read the LCD for some reason, so it would hold the reading. One question I do have is, does it read a stable temperature almost instantly like a Thermapen or does it take 10-15 seconds to stabilize like a conventional thermometer? This seems like a good way to tell. -- Hasta, Curt Nelson |
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Ceramic Knife - Good buy
The company is McMaster-Carr and it's kind of like a WW Grainger, if
you're familiar with them, but with a lot more products. I thought I gave the name, but I got carried away with the joy of my new toys. hehe. I would try WW Grainger. I know for a fact that they have discontinued all of their cutlery and they are practically giving them away now. Call your local branch and ask them, they will hook you right up. I just bought a $55 set of chef's grade butchers knives for $18. How can you go wrong with a price like that? |
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