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Re:June Intelligent Oven by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @06:35PM (#9688956)
>neither of us knew how to cook it //

TBH I'd YouTube something like this - bet there is at least 1000 videos of cooking salmon. Or look it up in a recipe book.

If you get a device aren't you going to look up how to use it? Well you could just look up how to use a frying pan or grill.

>I'd much rather pay this one-time upfront cost than expend a bunch of time trying and failing or taking classes in order to develop a skill I'm not passionate about //

Fair enough: to my mind the hardest part of cooking a meal is ensuring everything is ready at the right time and fresh and hot for serving. None of these devices appear to help with that(?). Want some boiled potatoes with that salmon then you're going to have to learn how long they take and synchronise the cooking, unless they have a saucepan version that links with the other one to boil your spuds.

Re:June Intelligent Oven by pbreit on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:06PM (#9693678)
> bet there is at least 1000 videos of cooking salmon

That's the problem. And another reason why I like Plated and Blue Apron which narrow the noise dramatically (both offer both video how-tos and easy-to-follow recipes).

https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePlated

https://www.blueapron.com/cookbook