this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
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What is this thing?

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Oh, and it's LARGE. That's my range it's sitting on, and it covers about 2/3 of it.

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 123 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (17 children)

That is a Crock Grill with the burner and grill missing. I had one back in the early 2000s. The hole is for where the burner plugs into the power supply/thermostat thing. Was actually a great cooking implement, and you should try to find the rest of the parts.

Edit : heres a link to an eBay listing of the model I had.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145671303443?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RH7P2VcDQvi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p2MN37FYToe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

More edit: this looks like your model

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145652002143?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AGL6bCKiRZy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p2MN37FYToe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I had no idea this was a thing. Super interesting, thanks for sharing!

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Basically a countertop upside down electric broiler. I used the hell out of mine until my X-w broke it.

[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love that they call it smokeless. Sure it is, as long as you never cook anything in it! All you need is a drop of grease or juice from your food to drip on the element and it smoked. Mine had an aluminum reflector/liner in the bottom that stained like a bitch. I stopped using it because it was too much of a headache to keep clean.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, so not smokeless, but it was effective. I used mine a lot when I had it.

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