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Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by almog »

sulam wrote: post #53
riffraff wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pasta needs to reach something like 80 degrees to "cook", if you just soak it at 35 it will not be the same result. The method described here (which has been around for centuries) instead gets you the same result as cooking in constantly boiling water, saving a lot of gas/electricity.

Couscous is pasta and “cooks” just fine for in a cold soak. Doesn’t even take that long.

True but unlike most pasta, store bought couscous is usually pre-steamed/cooked. That plus its small size (large surface area) makes it perfect for cold soak.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by oliwary »

I do something similar to boil eggs:

1) Put eggs in pot, cover with water.

2) Put pot with lid on stove on full heat.

3) Wait for the water to boil, then turn off the heat.

4) Wait 6 minutes (for eggs with slightly soft interior)

5) Cover eggs with cold water, wait one minute, peel.

Perfect eggs every time, and I am sure this saves a bunch of energy. They peel really well too.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by seized »

jansan wrote: post #57
unpythonic wrote: post #37

The claim: reduces CO₂e emissions by up to 80%* The asterisk: water boiling phase excluded When I boil pasta, I use full heat to get the water boiling, drop in the pasta, then let it come back up to a boil, then drop the temperature as low as possible to keep a slow boil going--about medium-low. Guesstimating that the boil takes about as long as the time to cook the pasta, I'd say that the pasta cooking portion only…

Guesstimating that the boil takes about as long as the time to cook the pasta, You need an new stove. Edit: or a new pot

Or he is stuck with an electric coil stove that he can't replace. Those suck.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by hakanensari »

paxys wrote: post #30

A 145 year old pasta company just published open-source 3D printing models, Arduino circuit layouts & code and a bluetooth-enabled smartphone app on its website, that too with a decent sized marketing push. All so that you can build an overengineered kitchen timer from scratch in your bedroom. This is exactly the wild future I imagined as a tech enthusiast building cheap PCs two decades ago.

That part is tongue in cheek. Cute and smart.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by theCrowing »

paxys wrote: post #30

A 145 year old pasta company just published open-source 3D printing models, Arduino circuit layouts & code and a bluetooth-enabled smartphone app on its website, that too with a decent sized marketing push. All so that you can build an overengineered kitchen timer from scratch in your bedroom. This is exactly the wild future I imagined as a tech enthusiast building cheap PCs two decades ago.

It wasn't Barillas idea. Looking at the quality and stuff used it was most likely thought up by a "Creative Technologist" in an ad agency with the sole purpose to win awards.(...and some PR but trust me it was done for the awards.)

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by AaronFriel »

jiggawatts wrote: post #63
unpythonic wrote: post #37

The claim: reduces CO₂e emissions by up to 80%* The asterisk: water boiling phase excluded When I boil pasta, I use full heat to get the water boiling, drop in the pasta, then let it come back up to a boil, then drop the temperature as low as possible to keep a slow boil going--about medium-low. Guesstimating that the boil takes about as long as the time to cook the pasta, I'd say that the pasta cooking portion only…

A better way to save energy is to use an electric kettle to get the water up to boiling. This is about three times as energy-efficient as a gas hob. Combined with passive cooking it could save real money… Technology Connections on YouTube has a good video about how electric kettles are the superior way to boil water: https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

Alec, of the Technology Connections YouTube channel, shows it's not just energy saving, but faster and cleaner. Even with US outlet power limits a kettle will boil a volume of water much more quickly than a gas stovetop, and my indoor CO2 sensor won't spike by hundreds to a thousand PPM of CO2.

While the time savings is modest, if you have an electric kettle it's a no brainer to prefer that over gas.

Though induction stovetops can be faster yet, and just as clean.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by thefounder »

jiggawatts wrote: post #63
unpythonic wrote: post #37

The claim: reduces CO₂e emissions by up to 80%* The asterisk: water boiling phase excluded When I boil pasta, I use full heat to get the water boiling, drop in the pasta, then let it come back up to a boil, then drop the temperature as low as possible to keep a slow boil going--about medium-low. Guesstimating that the boil takes about as long as the time to cook the pasta, I'd say that the pasta cooking portion only…

A better way to save energy is to use an electric kettle to get the water up to boiling. This is about three times as energy-efficient as a gas hob. Combined with passive cooking it could save real money… Technology Connections on YouTube has a good video about how electric kettles are the superior way to boil water: https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

For some reasons I thought most of the people switched to electric induction cooktops.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by askvictor »

jiggawatts wrote: post #63
unpythonic wrote: post #37

The claim: reduces CO₂e emissions by up to 80%* The asterisk: water boiling phase excluded When I boil pasta, I use full heat to get the water boiling, drop in the pasta, then let it come back up to a boil, then drop the temperature as low as possible to keep a slow boil going--about medium-low. Guesstimating that the boil takes about as long as the time to cook the pasta, I'd say that the pasta cooking portion only…

A better way to save energy is to use an electric kettle to get the water up to boiling. This is about three times as energy-efficient as a gas hob. Combined with passive cooking it could save real money… Technology Connections on YouTube has a good video about how electric kettles are the superior way to boil water: https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

Americans don't really do electric kettles, largely on account of using 110V mains, which limits power to around 1100W, making it a lot slower than ~2000W electric kettles in the 200+V world.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by Gigachad »

xaduha wrote: post #61

Don't cook on gas if you really care about that kind of stuff.

I have a gas stove because it just came with my apartment, but I went and got a $70AUD ikea portable induction stove and I'm very surprised, it's significantly nicer to cook with, the heating range is both lower and higher than what my gas stove can achieve. Boiling a pot of water on the induction is so much faster than on gas. For pasta its a no brainer.

Eventually I want to replace my gas stove with a full induction one but unfortunately it's quite expensive.

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