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I enjoy cooking a lot.
However, we haven’t yet figured out how to relocate the smoker. Ours is a bit heavier than the typical ones from hardware stores.

So far, I haven’t missed having a Thermomix. The steam cooker is used almost every day. It turns fallen fruit into really good apple juice or apple puree.

Alex85 schrieb:
"Assisted Cooking." This is supposed to be convenient, see Thermomix. The user should ideally unlearn cooking or never learn it at all, so they become dependent on this stuff. Then pay-per-use or exclusive recipes from the manufacturer come with a fee.

I notice there are more men in this group who like to be guided or led astray by technology. Cooking, yes—but only with high-end equipment. Women tend to be more down-to-earth and are able and willing to cook without all the fancy gadgets.

World-e schrieb:
What surprises me is why range hoods are so expensive. You quickly end up spending around 1000€. For that amount, you can get very well-equipped cooktops or ovens. And a range hood is more of an accessory, really.

Pure ripoff, but you don’t have much choice. We have a Berbel – great unit, but the price is ridiculous. Just a bit of bent metal and an off-the-shelf motor.

Müllerin schrieb:
I find cooking annoying. If I could, I’d hire a cook. Honestly, even before a cleaning help.
But a Thermomix will never enter my house.
I’ve grown to love the steam oven though – just put in some potatoes and that’s it, they turn out delicious. I only need to add some butter and salt. Or raclette cheese

Otherwise, as already mentioned, I’m a Miele fan, though the fridge doesn’t have to be from them. So far, I’m not happy with the interior layout.

I really enjoy cooking and will never understand what German soup chefs see in the Thermomix. Basically a completely unnecessary appliance, but marketing wins.

Regarding Miele: their appliances are designed somewhat differently in development compared to the competition, but whether they really last longer is a gamble. BSH is very good too, not comparable to Korean stuff. But I can’t stand all these touch-control cooktops; a stove needs rotary knobs. We bought a 90cm (35 inch) freestanding stove from Smeg, a very nice unit, and back then at 2200 euros it was much cheaper than many pay just for their cooktop...

ypg schrieb:
I’ve noticed there are more men in this discussion who like to be influenced by technology. They want to cook, but only with high-end tech.
The women are more down-to-earth and can or want to do without fancy gadgets.

But you did catch the subtle irony in @Alex85’s post, right? The main buyers of the Thermomix are, by the way, women.

At the beginning of my university years, I cooked a three-course meal using a gas stove and a microwave.

Kitchens with stoves, ovens, drawers, and all the rest are basically unnecessary. But marketing wins. People feel they have to have a kitchen, even if they hate cooking.

No one misses what they have never known. The Thermomix is often found, sometimes several of them, in many fine dining restaurant kitchens. However, not for guided cooking. As I mentioned above, you can do a lot with it without ever using the recipe function. But first, you need to master classic cooking without all the bells and whistles.

Obstlerbaum schrieb:

I really enjoy cooking and will never understand what German soup chefs see in the Thermomix. Honestly, it’s a completely unnecessary appliance, but marketing wins out...

What does that have to do with marketing? The device is simply extremely high quality and can steam, blend, grind, cook, and knead dough. There's nothing better for baking.

We also prepare complete meals with it (beef roulade, sliced turkey, fish...). Usually, though, it serves as a helpful assistant.

I’m a big fan of the machine, but I think that’s true for all owners — only those who don’t have it find a thousand reasons why it’s unnecessary.

No reason for that