My New Oven

[sueluvshalloween]

We finally got our new oven a couple of weeks ago ... really nice, stainless double wall oven. As I was looking through the user's manual to familiarize myself with all the features, I thought this was interesting ... my oven is equipped with a Sabbath feature for use on the Jewish Sabbath and holidays. Since I'm not Jewish, I have no idea why an oven would have to be operated any differently during these holidays. If I ever convert to Judiasm, or if one of my kids marries someone Jewish and we celebrate Jewish holidays at my house, this will definitely come in handy.

[Andybev01]

If you practice Judaism you are not allowed to perform anything that is listed as work on the Sabbath, that includes things like switching appliances on or off.

You bought a Miele, right?

[sueluvshalloween]

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Andy!

Nope, it's a Frigidaire.

[Andybev01]

I guess it's catching on across the industry. The first one I knew about was Miele which is manufactured in Germany...and the really, really bad jokes started to fly.

[sueluvshalloween]

Oh, I can only imagine how awful the jokes are!

[Pumpkin_Man]

I think I have "oven envy." I have an ordinary oven with a pilot less igniton for both the upper burners and an oven, but it's not a stainless steal, and it isn't any where's near as extravogant as the one you described.

Mike

[Spookymufu]

I told my wife if we are ever in the position to buy a nice kitchen ( ) then I wanted a Viking range...like this one



but until then, like when we hit the lottery, I'll have to envy you Sue

[MacPhantom]

If you practice Judaism you are not allowed to perform anything that is listed as work on the Sabbath, that includes things like switching appliances on or off.

Hmmm.... So, it's a timer you set the day before so you don't have to turn on the oven on the Sabbath? Do you also put the chicken in the night before, and let it sit there for twelve hours before it gets cooked? And how do you take the chicken out when it's done?? Isn't taking a chicken out of the oven work?

Dang. Religion is hard!

[Andybev01]

If you think that's complicated, read up on how food is qualified as kosher.

[Pumpkin_Man]

That Viking looks like an oven you would find in a professional chef's kitchen.

Mike

[Andybev01]

Funny this is, the more burners you get the more you end up needing. The side-by-side ovens would be so handy during the holidays!

[Pumpkin_Man]

When it's my turn to cook Thanksgiving dinner for my family, I use the oven, a Nesco, and some times the barbecue. I'll do a whole stuffed turkey on the barbecue, and a turkey breast in the Nesco, and my niece would come over and use the oven to bake the pies and candied yams. If it's raining, then we have a small problem, but she usualy brings her own Nesco.

Mike

[Spookymufu]

That Viking looks like an oven you would find in a professional chef's kitchen.

Mike

they run about $9k and many professional chefs use them in their homes...it has a grill on it too!

[Pumpkin_Man]

Well it may have a grill on it, and I would love to have a stove like that for my indoor cooking, but the grill is where I part company. Good barbecue requires charcoal or wood, not gas. Lump charcoal is the best, because it gives you the best of both world. My local Wal-Mart will often have lump charcoal on sale, and you can get Oak, Hickory, Ash, Apple, Cherry, and a whole host of others. The smokd really adds great flavor to the meat. Hickory mixed with Maple are my favs when I barbecue beef or pork.

Mike