Date:         Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:50:01 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Frydae Flyer for a Fryer
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At 09:58 AM 3/11/2011, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>antenna that he scavenged from a dump.  Cost a lot less than $700.  mcneely

His probably doesn't come apart and pack into a 9x7x33
dufflebag.  This is a deep one-meter dish with a big enough cooking
area to hold two moderate pots - they say it will feed 5-6 people.  I
personally don't see why it costs 369 euros, up from 299.  And it
takes 10 minutes to put together, all those reflective leaves to
weave together.  But the kicker is that at best it's going to take
about twenty minutes to boil a liter of water (their 1.4 meter dish
is rated at 700 watts and claims to boil a liter in nine
minutes).  For comparison, a Westy stove burner at 5200 BTU/hr is
1500 watts or so (or two horsepower, incidentally).

Yours,
David