I'm honestly not sure, I just know the brand. I haven't yet had someone tell me the specific name on the one I have. I imagine all of them would work pretty similarly, though. > On May 22, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Drew Hunthausen <dhunthau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just looked at the site and am very interested. So is what you have the > "Core Pan"? would be interested how it works as you try more things. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 2:49 PM > To: [cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Subject: [CnD] The RangeMate is pretty handy, sometimes > > Hi all, > My grandmother is constantly buying random things she sees on TV that will > "help" me in the kitchen. Very rarely do they prove to be anything more that > Ebay fodder, but there are exceptions. > > The RangeMate (www.rangemateusa.com) is one. It claims to let you cook > hamburgers, chicken breasts, quesadillas, grilled cheese, and so on, all in > the microwave. Aside from flipping halfway through, you need only put the > item in, put the lid on, and nuke it. > > I was skeptical, but I have to admit that I've had success so far. My > hamburger was good, my grilled cheese nicely done, my quesadillas (once I got > the cooking time down) quite tasty… I expected a different taste or texture, > in the same way food in a slow cooker can taste more steamed than one would > like. This wasn't the case, though. The website lists a lot more > recipes--muffins, oatmeal, eggs, and more--but I haven't tried them yet. > > The RangeMate is a large rectangle made from plastic. The long sides are > slightly convex and sport small handles. Inside, you have a grill pan, > complete with the ridges that will give things grill marks. The plastic sides > extend above the pan a few inches, until terminating in a rubber ring that > goes around the inner perimeter. The lid, which has a knob-like handle on > top, rests on that rubber. It just sits there, no locking mechanism or > anything. Once you put your food on the pan and put the lid on, you place the > entire contraption in the microwave and hit 'Start'. As I said, you'll have > to flip your meal partway through cooking; the small size of the RangeMate > can make this a bit of a challenge, but I doubt most people would have a > problem. > > If you've been considering one of these, or have never heard of it, my > personal--and still somewhat limited--experience is that this thing does what > it says on the box. Give it a try, especially if you have a glass-topped > stove or can never get the timing right when cooking something in a pan. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > >
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