Caveman Jack's Self-cleaning Oven

We live in a self-cleaning oven. Not literally, of course. We would burn up if we did. Those things get really HOT!

One of the best reasons to consider this type of appliance for your kitchen is that it is easy to find matching products. For example, you can typically find a stainless steel refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, and oven. Of course, if you do not want to pay for all your appliances to be made of this material, you can still match it. This is because there is imitation stainless steel available, offering the same look for a lower price. Additionally, most items that are simply made of metal match this look pretty well, which means that your toaster oven, toaster, coffeemaker and can opener can all match the rest of your kitchen without actually being made of stainless steel.Lights turn on an off on their own, as long as there is somebody there to applaud, which brings me to question the self-esteem of lighting fixtures.Did I mention that Caveman Jack was a sugar sculptor? He carved lovely sculptures of rocks out of sugar. What if one day, while riding the Roman Metro to a sugar sculpture showing, Caveman Jack suddenly had to rush to the washroom?Automated doors at the grocery store open and close even when nobody walks through...except for those few that still function properly.Finally, one of the biggest details of stainless steel appliances is that they can make a kitchen look modern, even if the countertops and cabinets are outdated. This means that you do not have to make over your entire kitchen for it to look newer, saving you money in the long run. Whether your kitchen is large or small, new or old, you can give it a stylish look by going with this kind of material.While homemade food is going to be more cost effective in the long run, most of us just don`t have the time to cook up a hot meal every morning. That`s fine. If you can spare an hour one evening a week, you can make your own breakfasts . . . just make a batch of muffins. If you make 24 and freeze half, you can eat a healthy, cheap and tasty breakfast each morning and still have some ready to go. Try making a different batch each week and you`ll have a nice variety in the freezer after a month.Later that day at the sugar sculpture exhibit, everyone gathers 'round and marvels at the latest offering by Caveman Jack: "Little Rock".Television remote controls, officially called "doodadders", have made legs virtually redundant, except for bathroom breaks. In Caveman Jack's days, they had to get up off their rocks to change the channels. If Caveman Jack had had a doodadder, he might still be sitting on his rock praying that somebody will soon invent a bathroom.Oops. I forgot. Somebody did invent a self-cleaning bathroom. On our honeymoon in Rome, we used the bathroom in a Roman Metro station. As soon as we left the bathroom the automatic door shut and the bathroom was rinsed from sprinklers all around.Lint gets caught in the lint trap. Caveman Jack had to trap his own lint, but then somebody invented the clothes dryer, and people have not had to hunt for lint ever since.The self-cleaning oven is part of the "oven" genus of machines. Households these days also boast a microwave oven, a toaster, a toaster oven, a waffle maker, a bread maker, a popcorn cooker, an auto-shut kettle and several other specialty "ovens". The combined hot air form all these cooking machines could turn any ordinary home into an instant Parliament.Caveman Jack is probably happy that he doesn't have a self-cleaning oven. Too much convenience is not always good for the soul. Besides, there's nothing like an open fire to cook a juicy mammoth steak.Saving money is something that we can do in just about every aspect of our lives. If you want to stay healthy while keeping costs down, make better food choices and plan ahead.Of course, this kind of material is known for its high quality, as it is durable. In fact, many professional chefs outfit their kitchens with stainless steel appliances, as they are known for being longlasting. In general, they are worth the higher price, though of course you can always go for used or overstock products if you want the high quality without the matching price.Breakfast in many households means cereal, but if you look at the price of cereal, you might be tempted to just have a cup of coffee instead. The premade cereals are expensive, sugar-packed and don`t fill you up until lunch. They are pretty much a waste of money!

Saaaay...how about a self-cleaning fire pit?

Author: David Leonhardt