Hi, Alex. My mom got me one of these from QVC, only it's round and has a silicone insert I can use to steam veggies. There's also a 4 cavity silicone muffin pan that comes with it.
So far I really like mine. I've made meat loaf, hamburgers, several types of chicken and have steamed vegetables with no problem. It is tricky to figure out cooking times, even though the microwave wattage used in their manual is an 1100 watt and that's the same as mine, so there's been some trial and error. Still, it does a good job with browning things and you really can make a grilled chese that's crispy on both sides. You'd never know it was cooked in a microwave. Lisa Lisa Belville lisa...@frontier.com missktlab1...@frontier.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark" <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 4:49 PM 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
