March 29, 2010

If Alton Brown builds it...

...chances are I've made one too. The latest items inspired by Alton Brown is what he called an "oven fish" in I'm Just Here for More Food. It is basically a wooden dowel with notches to push and pull the hot racks of an oven in and out. In IJHFMF, AB explains he made his from a broken broom handle that he whittled a V notch in the top and another notch on the side.

Well after years of wanting my own, I finally made one:

Starts with a stick...



After making the side notch and top notch...



What an excuse to go bake something, just to try it out mind you. :P

3 comments:

Gabriella Moonlight said...

Did you bake anything and are you bringing it to work? LOL actually this is flippin' brilliant in simplicity and design...thanks for sharing it.

vicky said...

LOL!

I've seen a LOT of high school kids make these in wood-shop!

I think my mom has one that my sister made back in the day. :)

luke said...

That's why I love AB. He could have his own line of all his gadgets at Wal-Mart and make millions from all of us who would hastily buy them all. Yet he is happy to just share his know-how. He is happy just to teach.