Recent content by Ray J.

I wonder if they couldn't tell the difference between a blade grinder and a burr grinder. Chefs often use a blade grinder to grind spices, choloate, etc. Perhaps they were watching a cooking show and saw them grinding chocolate with a blade grinder and thought "why not".

Maybe experiment with a more robust coffee bean? I don't usually drink drip coffee but I am fond of United Airlines drip coffee which they use Illy coffee beans. Pricy but it beats cheap diner coffee.

It's been a tradition in our family as my mom gifted my wife with the K45SS for our wedding shower (almost 40 years ago) and my wife did the same for our daughter in law. The grand daughters come over on occassion to help my wife bake during the holidays. My professional 600 has been less...

I have the K45SS model. Good to know about getting a smaller bowl for the 6qt mixer but then I would need new mixer attachments.

We have both a 4.5qt Hobart tilt head mixer and a 6qt Professional 600 lift mixer. When my wife makes macaroon's she uses the 4.5qt mixer as she says that it whips up the batter better due to the smaller bowl.

My intent was not to convert anyone over to cold brew, I was expressing my experience with OXO being well designed and built cold brew maker.

Agree that using hot water it is no longer cold brew. I was making a correlation using a mason jar with hot water to eliminate a drip coffee maker as it was mentioned using a mason jar with cold water to eliminate a cold brew coffee maker.

I guess that it is another item to clutter up my counter top/cabinet. The OXO cold brew machine is similar to a drip coffee where as the water is poured over the coffee grounds in a controlled manner to get the grounds to bloom and when done it drains the cold brew in a controlled manner. I...

I steeps the grounds (ground courser) in room temp water overnight which makes a concentrated coffee that you dilute before drinking. It must also be stored in the fridge. I like to use cold brew coffee when brewing a beer with coffee added, makes a "smoother" coffee beer. It is also...

I have an OXO cold brew coffee maker that I rarely use, great design with no complaints.

Thanks for the tip on the Costco Pizza, I will need to pick one up next time. I had a history of back problems, the first time I saw a Chiropractor which did nothing for me after multiple sessions. The next time when I threw my back out (really bad) I went to the emergency room. The nurse gave...

I was thinking of adding a beverage cooler.

Thanks for your valuable input JKalchik.

That would certainly be an option. Not being familar with offset fireboxes, would they not be ideal for searing?

I was looking not to add complexity (air dampers, augers, etc). It is amazing on how long the weber kettle grills last, no expensive/obsolete electronics to worry about.