I had been at Lowe's the other day, and took some time to look at things. We're thinking of replacing the refrigerator -- it's about twenty-four years old, which apparently is old, so my wife wants to replace it. I've said that I wouldn't mind one without the freezer on top (the freezer on side is nice; don't know if we have the space for it, though). I definitely don't want one with water access from the front -- we don't tend to drink water or dispense ice cubes from there. In fact, I wouldn't even really want an ice-cube maker -- what, ice cube trays aren't good? -- but I may get overruled on that.
But while we were looking, we came up with an idea that makes a lot of sense, we think, and that we've never seen anywhere. Power-lift ovens.
There are units that contain one small oven and one moderately large one. It gives a certain amount of flexibility, and if you're only heating one, you're (presumably) using less heat than if you were heating a larger one. I don't particularly care, though I do sort-of like the dual idea. My wife pointed out, though, that with one of the ovens effectively at floor level, you have to bend way down to get stuff out-- which would be a pain no matter what, and if you were cooking something big, like a turkey, would be an especial pain. Our thought: a power lift tray for the lowest oven. Open the door, hit the button, and the rack slides out and up.
Take care of that, will you?
Our fridge has the freezer on the bottom, and it's definitely better. And our oven is one of those dual-level things - it's great!
ReplyDeleteIt does use less energy, and it's much quicker to preheat. Most of our day to day cooking is done in the top oven; the lower one is kept for big stuff, like turkeys. And yes, it's a nuisance for the Mrs. (She cooks. I barely know which end of the stove the saucepan goes on...)
Carolyn Ann
You don't find it a pain to have to lift/shift things down in the freezer to get to them? Perhaps I'm just sensitive to that because I don't bend so well...
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