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Pi-day pie plates
Pi-day, the perfect day for pie. While this post is pretty belated, we did celebrate on the appropriate day – for science, of course! This time, how does pie plate material impact the finished pie?...
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Bags of Hot Delicious Meat
Here at the primary testing facility we are always looking for ways to improve how we cook delicious meats. So, when vacuum sealable zip-top bags recently appeared on the market we wanted to see how...
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Sugar and the Shiny Brownies
King Arthur Flour had a very intriguing blog post recently about the steps necessary to create brownies with a shiny and flakey crust. They had some outstanding follow-up questions which we decided to...
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On the Washing of Tea
The Gastropod podcast “looks at food through the lens of science and history”, so it’s only natural that they’ll cover stuff relevant to our interests here at Doing Science to Stuff. The May episode...
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Under Pressure
Low and slow vs a pressure cooker – which will win a taste test? which will use fewer electrons in the effort to turn pork ribs into tasty noms? The Amazonian Christmas elves added a pressure cooker to...
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Sear-iously Delicious Steaks
The passing of labor day may mean the end of grilling season for some, but that doesn’t have to mean an end to delicious steaks. Cooking an excellent steak comes down to three simple things: 1) a high...
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The 1.676hp Microwave Saga: Part 1
After over two decades of faithful service, our trusty 1100W microwave recently failed, giving us the opportunity to upgrade to a more modern 1250W microwave with an inverter. Unfortunately the extra...
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The 1.676hp Microwave Saga: Part 2
While attempting to determine which power level on a new 1250W microwave corresponds to 1100W, some of the data collected was a bit odd. So we needed to take a closer look to see what was going on....
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The 1.676hp Microwave Saga: Part 3
In our ongoing series attempting to determine which power level on a new 1250W microwave is closest to 1100W, we now take a closer look at the oddities of power levels P1 and P2. Initial observation:...
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As luck would have it, a friend recently replaced their microwave and lent us their old 1100W microwave for sciencing, before proper disposal. Until now, the focus of our ongoing series on...
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