Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Beehive pizza oven

By: avis

avis — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:36:36 +0000

@Oliver – “When the unitasker is small, like a garlic press or apple corer, using it several times a week can make it worth it’s space.”

I couldn’t agree more. I have an apple slicer/corer (that silver ring with sections)that I use 5 days a week. Could I use a knife? Yes – but it would be a lot more hassle and take more time.

And technically a vacuum is a unitasker. Do you not own one because it only does one thing? No – it’s the only way to do that thing as well as it does so you almost need one. I feel the same way about a waffle iron. It only does one thing but that one thing cannot be done by anything else in the house. If you never make waffles, then it’s a waste of space. If you make waffles on a regular basis, then it’s useful.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:09:59 +0000

Laura, you can solve the too-many-old toothbrushes problem with these:

http://www.eco-dent.com/terradent.htm

By: Adam Snider

Adam Snider — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:33:10 +0000

I have to admit, this thing actually seems kind of cool. I would never buy it, because I know that wouldn’t use it often enough for it to amount to anything other than clutter, but if I had infinite money and infinite storage space, I would totally buy one of these.

By: K

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:44:04 +0000

I was wondering about that! You loathe us!??

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:26:48 +0000

Well, I’ve been able to recycle toothbrushes for use as cleaning brushes– they get into small areas and they are pretty easy to clean up afterwards. Of course the supply of used toothbrushes widely exceeds the demand, especially in a multi-person household.

By: Dan N

Dan N — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:11:07 +0000

That’s more than I paid for my first three cars combined. WOW!!!!!!

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:07:20 +0000

Heh. I think that pulling Unitaskers from Williams-Sonoma is like shooting fish in a barrel.

By: Adam Kuban

Adam Kuban — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:05:53 +0000

Not a unitasker: "... crisp-crusted pizzas and rustic breads to juicy roast chicken with a crackling golden skin ... "

By: Lazy_linchen

Lazy_linchen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:35:46 +0000

We used to have a built in pizza-oven in the kitchen of our last rental. The pizza was great, but it took about 4 hours to get the oven to the right heat.
In the four years we lived there we used it about three times (only when we had guests) and usually in winter (so it heated our flat as well).
When we moved, we thought about building an outdoor one, but since we still life in rentals, it’s not really worth it right now, and since reading this blog I begin to doubt whether I need one at all…

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:21:58 +0000

If this thing was in the $100-$200 range, I would absolutely buy it. Wood-fired pizza? Slow-roasted meats? Rustic breads? Yum! But I like the idea of having one of these built in your backyard for a fraction of the asking price.

Williams-Sonoma is great at overcharging its consumers. I think a lot of rich people (who probably don’t even know how to cook) furnish their homes with WS stuff because it’s a status thing. Kind of like buying designer handbags for the label.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:32:23 +0000

Why would they need to “unsubscribe”? Why not just stop coming here? Wouldn’t that be easier?

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:13:11 +0000

@mhb — ACK!! What a horrible grammar mistake I made!! Please read it from this point forward as “more than our readers DO.”

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:10:30 +0000

I love unitasker Wednesday!

We are lucky enough to have a bake oven in the wood fueled masonry heater we use to heat our home. It makes food taste great. We like to have our fires at night right before bed so we don’t always cook in it as the wait time can be up to three hours for it to cool to the correct temperatures. I would construct rather than buy one for out of doors however.

@ Oliver: A toothbrush is a unitasker, but lives a reincarnated existence in our home. After its first life cleaning teeth, it goes on to be a cleaning brush, polisher, paint brush, etc. (after being clearly marked with permanent ink and stored with the appropriate items so there is no opportunity for confusion).

By: mhb

mhb — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Also, I’m waiting for someone to jump on “we loathe the disclaimer more than our readers.”

If you LOATHE us so much, why do you keep a BLOG???

That was a joke. A joke.

By: mhb

mhb — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:07:44 +0000

@ Erin:
“once again”? How many times has that particular person unsubscribed?

Cool that you do stand-up… if you’re ever in Chicago, let us all know!

And yeah… we’re planning to build an outdoor oven out of cob some day. The cost will probably be less than $100. And it will look better than this thing.