Comments on: Equipping a Kitchen for $200 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/ Where every man is king. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:08:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Langford http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/comment-page-1/#comment-83433 Michael Langford Wed, 09 May 2007 22:05:35 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/#comment-83433 Gaaah, the comment filter sliced and diced up my last comment. Click on my name on this comment to get a link to a *much* better article on outfitting your kitchen for less than $200, targeted at *new cooks*, and doesn't require finding a restaurant supply store (which is a pain in the ass in my native city of Atlanta). Most of the items you'd buy in a restaurant supply store is going to be unsatisfactory to people who will want to use a diswasher and whom will burn things to pots quite often. The guy is right that name brand stuff isn't necessary to start out, but a restaurant supply store will just frustrate those starting out as many items sold there require a skill that newbies just won't have and won't recognize they need to use the equipment. I'm sure if *I* wanted to outfit *my* kitchen for 200, I could handle cooking on this stuff. But a new college grad? No way, you're just going to teach him/her to eat out all the time. --Michael Gaaah, the comment filter sliced and diced up my last comment.

Click on my name on this comment to get a link to a *much* better article on outfitting your kitchen for less than $200, targeted at *new cooks*, and doesn’t require finding a restaurant supply store (which is a pain in the ass in my native city of Atlanta).

Most of the items you’d buy in a restaurant supply store is going to be unsatisfactory to people who will want to use a diswasher and whom will burn things to pots quite often. The guy is right that name brand stuff isn’t necessary to start out, but a restaurant supply store will just frustrate those starting out as many items sold there require a skill that newbies just won’t have and won’t recognize they need to use the equipment.

I’m sure if *I* wanted to outfit *my* kitchen for 200, I could handle cooking on this stuff. But a new college grad? No way, you’re just going to teach him/her to eat out all the time.

–Michael

]]> By: Michael Langford http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/comment-page-1/#comment-83432 Michael Langford Wed, 09 May 2007 21:58:57 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/#comment-83432 This article totally misses the point: If you need to outfit a kitchen for $200, then the person has nothing kitchen-wise. Barring an experienced cook going through a divorce or house fire. This just doesn't happen. This is a much better synopsis of what you can make out of a kitchen for This article totally misses the point:

If you need to outfit a kitchen for $200, then the person has nothing kitchen-wise.

Barring an experienced cook going through a divorce or house fire. This just doesn’t happen.

This is a much better synopsis of what you can make out of a kitchen for

]]> By: katybear http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/comment-page-1/#comment-83415 katybear Wed, 09 May 2007 17:41:42 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/#comment-83415 KitchenAid mixers are pretty cool - my mama has one with all the little attachments and doodads and she just loves it. But God knows what she had to pay for it. I have a little cheapo Sunbeam hand mixer and wouldn't trade it in for the world. It's compact, easy to clean, doesn't take up much space, and gets the job done. Had it for 7 years and its still going strong. KitchenAid mixers are pretty cool – my mama has one with all the little attachments and doodads and she just loves it. But God knows what she had to pay for it. I have a little cheapo Sunbeam hand mixer and wouldn’t trade it in for the world. It’s compact, easy to clean, doesn’t take up much space, and gets the job done. Had it for 7 years and its still going strong.

]]> By: tec http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/comment-page-1/#comment-83407 tec Wed, 09 May 2007 16:17:00 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/#comment-83407 I still want a KitchenAid. I still want a KitchenAid.

]]> By: AdamOndi http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/comment-page-1/#comment-83394 AdamOndi Wed, 09 May 2007 14:58:46 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/09/equipping-a-kitchen-for-200/#comment-83394 I agree with a lot of what the article says. After all, I got much of my kitchen ware from the local restaurant supply place (for instance: the plastic tupperware-like containers with lids are nearly bulletproof--unlike tupperware--and dirt cheap). However, I have a KitchenAid stand mixer and I use it all the time. Especially for making bread. Kneading dough by hand sucks when you can have the mixer do it for you in half the time. Also, buying those cheap industrial knives seems like a good idea until you realize that you need the whetstone or the electric sharpener because you will have to sharpen the cheap steel all the time. If you invest in a nice set of knives made of really quality steel, then you will only need to sharpen them once a year, and they will last long enough to be passed on to your children if cared for properly. So I agree that a lot of things should be bought at the restaurant supply, but some things are worth the investment for the quality. I agree with a lot of what the article says. After all, I got much of my kitchen ware from the local restaurant supply place (for instance: the plastic tupperware-like containers with lids are nearly bulletproof–unlike tupperware–and dirt cheap). However, I have a KitchenAid stand mixer and I use it all the time. Especially for making bread. Kneading dough by hand sucks when you can have the mixer do it for you in half the time. Also, buying those cheap industrial knives seems like a good idea until you realize that you need the whetstone or the electric sharpener because you will have to sharpen the cheap steel all the time. If you invest in a nice set of knives made of really quality steel, then you will only need to sharpen them once a year, and they will last long enough to be passed on to your children if cared for properly.

So I agree that a lot of things should be bought at the restaurant supply, but some things are worth the investment for the quality.

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