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Hank D Thoreau

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Set it and forget it !!!!!
« on: December 23, 2021, 05:49:52 PM »
After probably 30 years or more, we pulled out our Ronco Showtime Rotisserie. We stopped using it when we had kids and needed to cook in higher quantities, plus the danger of touching it since it is very hot.

It worked like a charm. Sometimes made for TV stuff really works. Not sure I would buy a pocket fisherman, but I can't argue with the results of this beast. We used to use it all the time.

This was actually our second one. The plastic that held the door broke on the first one.

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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2021, 10:40:38 PM »
Loved all the Ronco commercials.  I have a childhood friend who had the pocket fisherman and he would catch fish with it back then.  He could catch fish with anything though.  It used to annoy me to no end.  Of course, all we caught were perch but a fish is a fish when you are eight or nine.  I should say all he caught was perch but that beat the none fish I caught. :-[
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2021, 11:14:31 PM »
I have a George Forman one. They are very nice things to have. I really like doing duck in mine. just have to remember to empty the grease pan.

I had been looking for a used Ronco close to me for  while as old George is wearing out.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2021, 09:41:05 AM »

 Fond memories.  Reminds me of museums; I can relate to most of the displays.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2021, 11:53:34 AM »
That was Ron Popeil that did the commercials, wasn't it ?
He died earlier this year. He was 86
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2021, 01:27:31 PM »
Quote from: 02ebz06 on December 24, 2021, 11:53:34 AM
That was Ron Popeil that did the commercials, wasn't it ?
He died earlier that year. He was 86

The company name Ronco is based on Ron Popeil's name.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2021, 02:40:43 PM »
Malcom Gladwell's insightful book, What the Dog Saw, has a chapter that's a terrific analysis of Ron Popeil's drive and inventiveness.  The chapter is titled The Pitchman, Ron Popeil and the Conquest of the American Kitchen.

Like all Gladwell's books, it's worth reading.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2021, 06:08:35 PM »
We had one too.  I hated to use it because it was so hard to clean.  But the food was good. Took as much time to clean as it did to cook the chicken (seemed like it).  Also had a pocket fisherman, and caught some Sand Bass on it from a boat.  Just a curiosity, as I was a longtime fisherman with lots of equipment.  Before I took up golf. Now I do neither.  Age ruins everything! >:(
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2021, 12:38:03 PM »
They seem like they would be wonderful small rotisseries!  I would think they would be great for some churrasco style beef!
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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2021, 04:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Bentley on December 25, 2021, 12:38:03 PM
They seem like they would be wonderful small rotisseries!  I would think they would be great for some churrasco style beef!

They come with baskets that attach to the rotisserie. That makes them pretty flexible. They also have a sear mode where you can rotate the basket to face the heating element and leave it there.

You can do up to two fryers which is pretty good. I don't recall what some of the biggest things we have put in it, but I am pretty sure we have cooked a roast.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2021, 06:23:25 PM »
I remember buying the dehydrator, it was my first on, and also bought extra trays. I had 10 or 12 trays and made some good jerky on it, it was a couple of day process not a few hours as there was just an element no fan on them. It did work well.I lent it to someone and apparently they needed it more than I did as it never returned. By that time I had the 80L cabelas unit.
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Re: Set it and forget it !!!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2021, 07:08:11 PM »
It seems that Lowe's and HD still sells them, at $150.......
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