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Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by fuckstick »

rando14775 wrote: post #121
vel0city wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Americans largely don't use electric kettles because Americans largely don't drink tea at home and thus don't use kettles as often as the rest of the world. Most households I know don't even own a kettle. Not a stovetop one, not an electric one. If you were to ask most Americans why they don't have an electric kettle at home they won't say "because I only have 120V outlets in the kitchen." They'll say it is because t…

You sure? Germany is a (shit) coffee country and everybody has had electric kettles since the 90s.

What do they use the kettles for? For most non tea drinking households in the US there is no essential use for a kettle.

They do sell them here, people buy them, they are usually tea drinkers.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by kavaruka »

antisthenes wrote: post #62
mertd wrote: post #24

You can reduce the energy consumption drastically by boiling way less water than "a large pot" as every packet recommends. Just enough to cover the pasta + some evaporation margin is good enough.

Is that something that even needs to be said? Does any functioning adult actually cook pasta in such a way as to use way more water than necessary?

easy to say if you are not italian

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by blamazon »

thfuran wrote: post #118
theCrowing wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

I'm not exactly sure what point you're trying to make.

I think they're just clarifying that it was not the 145 year old pasta company that had the idea, did the engineering work, etc, which may not be lost on GP

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by fedeb95 »

This device isn't really needed. When the water boils put in the pasta and turn off the heat, with the lid on. Wait the usual amount of time. This doesn't work well with pasta that has lots of starch (barilla hasn't much).

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by doublesocket »

rando14775 wrote: post #121
vel0city wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Americans largely don't use electric kettles because Americans largely don't drink tea at home and thus don't use kettles as often as the rest of the world. Most households I know don't even own a kettle. Not a stovetop one, not an electric one. If you were to ask most Americans why they don't have an electric kettle at home they won't say "because I only have 120V outlets in the kitchen." They'll say it is because t…

You sure? Germany is a (shit) coffee country and everybody has had electric kettles since the 90s.

It was weird how before that they only ever had wall mounted Wasserkocher (water boiler) and then en-masse discovered kettles.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by [deleted] »

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.

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Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh »

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.

Agreed. This has instantly become one of my favorite examples of software eating the world.

Cyberpunk isn't (fully) here yet, but until then at least we can tide ourselves over with pastapunk.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by askvictor »

thefounder wrote: post #98
jiggawatts wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

After installing an induction stove, I did a side-by-side test on boiling water on it vs kettle. The kettle won, both on power consumption and time. This is for a ~2000W kettle.

Re: Barilla passive cooker

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Post by version_five »

theCrowing wrote: post #95
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.)

What does it mean for something to be a company's idea? The company isn't sentient, it's always a person or group that has the idea. If they have it while in the pay of the company, it's normal to say it was "the company" and would also be valid to credit the human inventor, but certainly a less relevant headline when discussing it in the context of a company's promotion
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