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I found a lovely new recipe one day that I'd like to try, but I have a question: where does one find a blowtorch suitable for making creme brulee? I have a feeling raiding the local machine shop isn't going to find me what I need.
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You can get them at your local kitchen supply, like Williams-Sonoma or whatever, but they have very reasonable sets of a mini-blowtorch and four little dishes for making creme brulee at Bed, Bath & Beyond (under $20 last time I was there.)
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Ooooh, thanks, ketchupqueen, that's just what I was looking for (the dishes too!). And thank you to Nell as well. Posts: 2849 | Registered: Feb 2002
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The ones at hardware stores are actually good for cooking. Many chefs apparantly go to the hardware store for cooking gear instead of kitchen supply stores. Apparantly they're cheaper and better quality.
There was an article on tools used by chefs in one of the cooking magazines: putty knives, paint brushes, blow torches, section of pipe, etc. I'll see if I can find it.
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I have used both, and the kitchen ones are better for most home chefs because their size. Professional chefs prefer regular ones because of the volume of Creme Brulee they do....but for most home users the little ones work very well, and will stay fairly dependable for quite a while.
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I have used both, and if I still lived at home I'd be getting Dad's propane torch out of the garage whan I make creme brulee. It's lots faster. Since I don't, I'm stuck with my little kitchen "squirt-torch." (But it works fine)
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I use the one I picked up at a hardware store At any restaurant I've worked at it's always been a hardware store propane torch as well.
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