OT finding a hot pot

[Guest blsqueaky]

Hello Everyone, trying to find hot pot for Xmas gift, I have master163, but they are not anwersing email and not the phone.

 

Help here

[se_lang]

I see an electric kind in the Chinese food stores here they run about $50-60 my wife always says no she will wait until we return to china to get one.

[MRMC]

Don't the chinese appliances utilize the different voltage. When I was in China I noticed that.

[lele]

Don't the chinese appliances utilize the different voltage.  When I was in China I noticed that.

They indeed do!

 

However, at a local hardware store I was able to purchase a device (it cost my 9$US) which is capable of converting from their electric sockets to my appliances purchased here. My guess is that a converter which goes in the other direction can also be easily purchased for roughly the same price.

[se_lang]

Don't the chinese appliances utilize the different voltage.  When I was in China I noticed that.

yes but I would buy one that uses a seperate burner either electric or gas

[cosmiclobster]

Unless you have an extra 220V outlet for an electric stove or an electric dryer, or unless you are willing to do some (possibly extensive) rewiring of your kitchen, you will not be able to run a 220V device like a hot pot on the 120V available in the US. A shaver or small light might work on an adapter, but the current required of a hot pot will require a transformer that will probably cost as much as a 120V hot pot.

[MoonCarolCafe]

Check the small print on the power unit... I have found that my electric shaver, cellphone charger, laptop, digital camera, and video camera have autoswitching power suppies (chargers) that accept from 50-60Hz and 120-240 volts.

 

My wife's old flat required adaptors for me to plug anything in. Our current (and final) flat does not, the wall sockets accept north american standard plugs.

[turtle]

What about using something like a portable range or broiler? I don't know, we're trying to figure out whether to bring one from China or buy one here.

 

On a separate cooking note, did you all realize that sichuan chili peppers are illegal in the US? I was looking online recently for these (we love sichuan food), and found the peppercorns have been banned here since 1968! Of course I'm sure you can find them in chinatowns, but still-- illegal? That's crazy.

[Guest Gene]

Do a search here on the candle someone was talking about that 6 or 7 months ago. They are illegal because of the Deptment of Agriculture. The Peppercorn bush is in the Citrus family and there is some kind of bug that can be transported here with them and if it were to get loose in our citrus groves it could destroy them. Don't quote me on any of this, but that is the basic gist of it. Just have your wife ask for them at any local asian market they will sell them to her. But if you asked they would tell you they don't have any.

[turtle]

Just have your wife ask for them at any local asian market they will sell them to her. But if you asked they would tell you they don't have any.

Hmm, yes, that's the way it usually works!

[cosmiclobster]

What about using something like a portable range or broiler?

Turtle: Most likely a broiler will "broil" your adapter.

As long as the adapter is rated for the same or a greater amount of current, you will be ok.

Most adapters are only good for an amp or two of current at best, a broiler will use several amps. If it has a switch or setting to choose 120V or 220V, then it's no problem. If not and even if you do put the correct end on the wire to plug it in, your 220V appliance will only work at half power at 120V. Your broiler will become a slow cooker!

[turtle]

Actually I was talking about buying a portable range in the US, 120V. But now it seems an "induction cooker" is what we need. Do a search on google, and there are a bunch of options.

[Guest Gene]

There has to be some where here that sells propane ones like they have in china. With a good hood vent it should not be a problem.

[se_lang]

Do a search here on the candle someone was talking about that 6 or 7 months ago. They are illegal because of the Deptment of Agriculture. The Peppercorn bush is in the Citrus family and there is some kind of bug that can be transported here with them and if it were to get loose in our citrus groves it could destroy them. Don't quote me on any of this, but that is the basic gist of it. Just have your wife ask for them at any local asian market they will sell them to her. But if you asked they would tell you they don't have any.

I believe if they have been heated to a certian temp then it is safe for use in US, however I guess they lose there flavor.

[lele]

Do a search here on the candle someone was talking about that 6 or 7 months ago. They are illegal because of the Deptment of Agriculture. The Peppercorn bush is in the Citrus family and there is some kind of bug that can be transported here with them and if it were to get loose in our citrus groves it could destroy them. Don't quote me on any of this, but that is the basic gist of it. Just have your wife ask for them at any local asian market they will sell them to her. But if you asked they would tell you they don't have any.

I have seen them in the US before. I am not sure if they have been snuck in illegally, or if the seed can be considered safe by somehow going through a process...*tis* sad though! I love eating huge amounts of them.