[Sca-cooks] Viking ovens

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Dec 12, 2005, at 11:42 PM, <kingstaste at mindspring.com>  
<kingstaste at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Why would you not want one of their ovens?  I thought the Viking
> stuff was for high-end "professional" kitchens.
> Stefan
>
>
> Actually, no, Viking has never been made for professional use.  It  
> is for
> high end domestic kitchens.

It just occurred to me Stefan may be thinking of Vulcan stoves.

Adamantius

>   The blenders and stand mixers rock - if you get
> the stand mixer it has a flap that comes off the top where you can  
> put the
> blender body and get 1000 rpms.  Daiquiri city!  I dropped a food  
> processor
> on the slate floor the first week I was there and chipped the plastic
> hopper, but when it was plugged in the motor hummed along just like  
> nothing
> had happened.   The knives are also very well made with really good  
> balance.
> The range tops have wonderful control knobs - you can set the gas  
> flame on
> 'Low', and it will stay on very low, not go out or sputter, and  
> keep an
> unsupervised stock pot happy for a long time.  The ovens are  
> overengineered
> with too many electronic controls, have hot spots and the broilers are
> tempermental.
> And yes, I work there, although I get nothing for the sale of any  
> equipment,
> unless you are taking one of my classes and buy something then :)
> Christianna
>
>
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