"T" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Not having ever owned or used one, I guess I don't know what I'm missing.
>> I
>> mean, I have a stove and oven and pots and pans that get a lot of use. Is
>> there something the electric skillet is particularly suited for that I
>> can't
>> do as well on the stove or in the oven? Is it worth having one, or is it
>> a
>> waste of space?
>
> They're definitelyh not a waste of space. Particularly if in the way of
> Alton Brown, they serve more than one purpose.
>
> A good electric skillet can be used to re-flow solder on circuit boards.
> Can't beat that.
>

Now that's something I hadn't considered. And it elevates the purchase to
"business expense."

:-)

Donna