/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>7998657
>Have uncle who was in the navy as a chef
>Was so good at what he did that he would cook for the Admirals at his base
>One time where multiple high ranking officials are visiting the base
>He is put in charge of the dinner/dessert
>he is given a crew that consists almost entirely of non-english speakers, and those that can speak english speak it very poorly.
>Decides to have them make the desserts, since it was just going to be simple shit
>One of the dessert items were Doughnuts
>He takes care of the dinner prep and checks on the dessert crew
>Somehow these idiots thought that instead of making two and a half inch doughnuts they were supposed to make Two and a half foot doughnuts.
>His face when

He managed to salvage it by sculpting them as best he could, dumping frosting on it, and calling them Bundt cakes.

Sup /ck/,

My high-quality toaster oven from grorious Nippon crapped out last week. I put my toast in, turned the timer on, and heard a *POP* about a minute later.

Are these things worth repairing? Any idea what the common failure modes are so I can try to figure out what to fix?

It is the sort that uses those metal bar heating elements, like on electric stoves and ovens, not a nichrome wire type.