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When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Bill Spohn » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:37 pm

Just got the latest Lee Valley mailing and apparently, unknown to me, there is a generation out there who are amazingly inept at keeping a meat patty on a surface, as a special tool has been devised to prevent the mass hara kiri of death seeking patties.

Does this indicate a mass deterioration in hand eye coordination? Or does it fit into the same thread that I started on Alton Brown's useless Amazon food tools? Anyone fess up to owning (or wanting to own) one of these? Will it do anything a pair of BBQ tongs wouldn't?

They also offer double prong skewers (to prevent the dreaded rotation of food strung on the single prong type), a two piece bottle opener with bin below for caps to fall into (another aid for the ill coordinated unable to apprehend a loose bottlecap?) and a telescoping campfire fork, presumably for those unable to bend down to retrieve their dropped weiner from the fire. as well as 'Losable Pocket Knives' in a 5-pack for those who can never remember where they left things.

Did I miss when this company switched over to catering to the geriatric and senescent customer? I expect to see a new product in future catalogues - name tags for gardeners that say "Hello, my name is ______. If lost please return to........."

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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Jenise » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:24 pm

Apparently, there are neanderthals who think standard kitchen tools are 'girlie' but if it comes from a hardware store it's a real tool. This was made for that guy!
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Bob Parsons Alberta » Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:50 pm

This is for your next BBQ!!

https://uk.beefer.com/
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Dale Williams » Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:56 pm

while the burger lift is ridiculous, I've spent years double-skewering shrimp and other items I didn't want twisting while grilling. Actual 2 prong skewers? Might be a buyer
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Jenise » Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:20 am

Dale Williams wrote:while the burger lift is ridiculous, I've spent years double-skewering shrimp and other items I didn't want twisting while grilling. Actual 2 prong skewers? Might be a buyer


I get what you're talking about and used to do that, but I now have cast iron skewers that are jagged and flat--things don't twist. Love them!
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Dale Williams » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:56 am

I've got some flat ss ones (we call them sword skewers) that don't twist.
But I'm also thinking of things like squid where you're trying to keep flat, 2 pronged (flat) skewers would be cool. Not rushing out to buy, but could see utility.
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Bill Spohn » Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:51 pm

I also use flattened skewers, and if I have things that still want to rotate, I just use a pair of them . Just grab the end of one skewer and flip when you want to turn the whole thing.
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Jeff Grossman » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:35 pm

I use bamboo skewers, which the fire will eat if I leave them long enough. I grab the food with tongs to turn them, and the skewers just make sure everything comes along.
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Re: When Your Patty Slides Off Your Spatula.....

by Peter May » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:14 am

Bob Parsons Alberta wrote:This is for your next BBQ!!

https://uk.beefer.com/


Wow....

But one can go to a steak house many times before the cost of a Beefer is reached.

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