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Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Thrift Store Scott - 02-02-2020
My trusty old wind-up Sunbeam cooking timer has gone wonky after only 25 years of service... I tell ya, when ya pay three whole dollars for something, you expect it to last better than that! :oldfogey:
Seriously though, are there any significantly better types of timers out there now or should I just get a brand-new version of the old one?
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Sarcany - 02-02-2020
I use an Amazon Echo Dot.
"Set a 10 minute potato timer."
"Set a 30 minute casserole timer."
"Cancel the casserole timer."
"Set a 5 minute egg timer."
Voice commands are pretty useful in the kitchen.
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Rick-o - 02-02-2020
I use SIRI.
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - NewtonMP2100 - 02-02-2020
......does the ol' fashioned way still work........???
.....using spouse.....'honey........tell me when 5 minutes is up'.............
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Sarcany - 02-02-2020
Rick-o wrote:
I use SIRI.
Problem with Siri is that it can only have one active timer.
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Rick-o - 02-02-2020
Sarcany wrote:
[quote=Rick-o]
I use SIRI.
Problem with Siri is that it can only have one active timer.
Hasn’t been a problem with me yet. Do you think Apple will fix it eventually?
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Sarcany - 02-02-2020
Rick-o wrote:
[quote=Sarcany]
[quote=Rick-o]
I use SIRI.
Problem with Siri is that it can only have one active timer.
Hasn’t been a problem with me yet. Do you think Apple will fix it eventually?
Short of Walt Mossberg coming out of retirement to yell at Tim Cook over it, no.
Apple's just not into details anymore.
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Thrift Store Scott - 02-02-2020
Sarcany wrote:
I use an Amazon Echo Dot.
"Set a 10 minute potato timer."
"Set a 30 minute casserole timer."
"Cancel the casserole timer."
"Set a 5 minute egg timer."
Voice commands are pretty useful in the kitchen.
That's convenient timer functionality, but I'd rather not voluntarily bring listening devices with God-only-knows who on the other end into my home just to time how long my vermicelli cooks.
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - Sarcany - 02-02-2020
Thrift Store Scott wrote:
[quote=Sarcany]
I use an Amazon Echo Dot.
"Set a 10 minute potato timer."
"Set a 30 minute casserole timer."
"Cancel the casserole timer."
"Set a 5 minute egg timer."
Voice commands are pretty useful in the kitchen.
That's convenient timer functionality, but I'd rather not voluntarily bring listening devices with God-only-knows who on the other end into my home just to time how long my vermicelli cooks.
What do you do in the kitchen that's so sensitive?
Re: Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology? - SteveG - 02-02-2020
My microwave has a timer I use all the time.