Cult Flav Is Going Off

Justifying Kitchen Equipment, Kitchen Stories, Cookbook Green Flags

Episode Summary

This week we’re talking about how to make reasonable cookware purchases WITHOUT test data, we’ve got a listener question about our craziest kitchen stories, and we’re following up our cookbook red flags ranking from a couple weeks ago with our cookbook GREEN flags.

Episode Notes

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• Ask a question: https://cultflav.com/community/going-off or call 424-419-3528.

🍿 Cold Open

• Tillamook Waffle Cone Ice Cream Sandwiches: https://www.tillamook.com/products/ice-cream/sandwiches

🧰 Products that are a good price with solid engineering

• Fellow: https://fellowproducts.com
• Vitamix Hand blenders: https://cultflav.com/products/vitamix-immersion-blender
• Made In: https://madeincookware.com
  • Just avoid the wok: https://cultflav.com/products/made-in-blue-carbon-steel-wok
• Heritage Steel: https://www.heritagesteel.us
• Goldilocks Cookware: https://cookgoldilocks.com

💸 Just because something is expensive doesn’t mean it’s good

• Our Place: https://cultflav.com/products/our-place-always-pan-pro
  • Our Place tablewares: https://fromourplace.com/collections/tableware
• All-Clad: https://cultflav.com/products/all-clad-d3-8qt-stockpot
  • Patent expired in 2014: https://www.centurylife.org/a-not-so-brief-history-of-all-clad/
  • Sued for ‘dishwasher safe’ false advertising: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settlements/all-clad-dishwasher-safe-false-advertising-4m-class-action-settlement/
• SMEG - That one Weezer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4

😭 Expensive and over-engineered products

• GE profile: https://www.geappliances.com/smart-stand-mixers
• All-Clad Cordless Hand Blender: https://cultflav.com/products/all-clad-cordless-hand-blender
• Vitamix Ascent Series: https://www.vitamix.com/us/en_us/shop/smart-system-blenders
• Veg-Table by Nik Sharma: https://cultflav.com/products/nik-sharma-veg-table

🛠️ Expensive due to unique engineering

• Hestan NanoBond: https://cultflav.com/products/hestan-nanobond-skillet
  • Culinary Institute of America in Napa: https://www.ciachef.edu/cia-california/
• MannKitchen Pepper Cannon: https://mannkitchen.com/products/the-original-pepper-cannon-pepper-mill
• Peugeot Pepper Mill: https://us.peugeot-saveurs.com/en_us/pepper-mills
• Skeppshult: (No longer selling that pepper grinder)
• Weber Workshop Pepper Grinder: https://weberworkshops.com/products/moulin-pepper?variant=51724360778100
• Chef’s Press: https://cultflav.com/products/chef-bruce-hill-the-chefs-press
  • Chef’s Press Review: https://youtu.be/UH1vMzeahN4?si=WU5esykKYyzjy0D_
• Breville Control Freak: https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/cmc850

💡Our Hyperfixation Products

• Kitchenaid Ice Cream Bucket: https://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop-appliances/stand-mixers/attachments/p.ice-cream-maker-attachment.ksmicm.html
• Wynter Ice Cream Maker: https://amzn.to/4cbBcig
• Lello Musso Pola 5030: https://amzn.to/4hVtt9j
• Behmor 2000AB Plus: https://www.sweetmarias.com/behmor-2000ab-plus-roaster.html
• Aillio Bullet R2: https://www.sweetmarias.com/aillio-bullet-r2-roaster.html

👋 Questions

“I’m curious what your craziest kitchen story is?”

                                                                   - Amy

📚Cookbook Green Flags Mentions

• First Generation by Frankie Gaw: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690431/first-generation-by-frankie-gaw/
• Agak Agak by Shu Han Lee: https://amzn.to/421dIaR
• Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour: https://cultflav.com/products/sabrina-ghayour-persiana
• Diasporican by Illyanna Maisonet: https://cultflav.com/products/illyanna-maisonet-diasporican
• Amrikan by Kushbu Shah: https://amzn.to/4iZdwQc
• Sift by Nicola Lamb: https://amzn.to/3DV105z
• Bravetart by Stella Parks: https://amzn.to/42mwomI
  • Sauces by James Peterson: https://amzn.to/4c86Ugp
  • The Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas: https://amzn.to/4cc1dxZ
  • Pass the Plate by Carolina Gelen: https://amzn.to/4iJLwjR
• Foodheim by Eric Wareheim: https://cultflav.com/products/eric-wareheim-foodheim
• Coconut & Sambal by Lara Lee: https://cultflav.com/products/lara-lee-coconut-and-sambal
• Family Meal by Ferran Adria: https://cultflav.com/products/ferran-adri-the-family-meal
• Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly: https://cultflav.com/products/sohla-el-waylly-start-here
• The Chinese Way by Betty Liu: https://amzn.to/3RnHLEN
• All Under Heaven by Carolyn Phillips: https://cultflav.com/products/carolyn-phillips-all-under-heaven
• Africana by Lerato Umah-Shaylor: https://cultflav.com/products/lerato-umah-shaylor-africana
• A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches by Tyler Kord: https://cultflav.com/products/tyler-kord-a-super-upsetting-cookbook-about-sandwiches

📝Correction: Sohla El-Waylly is an author who came from an organization, (Bon Appetite) and we did think her book, Start Here was a hit.

Thank you to Amy for our question this week! Thank you to all of our lovely sponsors! You know who you are, and thank you for listening!

If you have a question that you’d like us to answer on the show hop into our #going-off channel in our community at cultflav.com/community or call us at 424-419-3528.

👋 Have a great week, we’ll see you next Sunday!