"D.Currie" > wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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>> My parents had one that always seemed to be the tool of choice for making
>> bacon. I have no idea why. It was a bitch to clean because you couldn't
>> get the handle & plug area wet, and naturally, they got as greasy as
>> everything surrounding the skillet itself. Why they didn't just put a pan
>> on the stove is beyond me.
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> I always thought of them as something that was trendy way back when, but
> apparently I just wasn't paying attention. Seems like they've been selling
> them all along, and I just never got on that bandwagon.

Donna, there IS no bandwagon.