Monday, January 5, 2009

Got a new convection oven because Frigidaire killed my Christmas

On Christmas day I wanted to make a turkey and i had spent the few weeks prior getting ready

The turkey was going to be rubbed with adobo and the stuffing was going to be chorizo and sausage, the side dishes were the regular fare, potatoes, greens, maybe something sweet .

but wait

We need to go back a week before Christmas day.

A loud beeping sound got me out of the couch, it sounded like it was coming from the kitchen, so i checked but by the time i got there the noise had stopped, the microwave display read 20 seconds left, the coffee pot was off, nothing out of the ordinary there until i looked to the stove, the time was changed to 1200 (it was about 10am) on the clock and next to it where the temperature is displayed an F11 was flashing, i had to look up the instructions of the new stove, is only about 6months old and i found out it was an error message but it didn't say how to fix it, i tried everything , i held the ''clear'' button for a minute and nothing happened so i unplugged it for a while then plugged it back in and that seemed to do the trick, beeping stopped and i was able to re-set the time.

forward to cooking day

Turkey had been cleaned, rubbed, stuffed and was ready to go on the oven when my wife asked if i had pre-heated the oven , did i mention this was my first time making turkey? i told her that i hadn't and walked over to set the oven, pressed on the -bake- button but nothing happened, so i pressed on the -temperature- button and nothing happened, so i started pushing numbers and nothing. the oven was dead.

new oven, electric display, no knobs to turn on the oven and throw a match in it, just a black flat touchscreen display that had broken a week before and a turkey on the counter that was ready to be baked.

Has anyone ever cooked a 14pound turkey in the microwave?
We did.

so we bought a convection oven because the Home owners assoc. needs to contact frigidaire for a service tech to come out.

yesterday i baked a caked