Continuing my awesome ability to find super deals on the Internet, I stumbled across a posting on Craigslist for an unused Gaggenau combi oven for under a grand.  That’s a chunk of change no matter how you slice it, but considering these things go for $3000, it was quite a find.  There had to be something wrong with it.  I went to take a look and heard the story: the guy bought the oven at an auction from an appliance store that went out of business, collecting a wide variety of gadgetry for he and his girlfriend’s dream kitchen.  Then, she left him, and headed back to China.  He was trying to get rid of all of it.  No scratches and everything seemed to look good – so I went for it.   A few days later with the help of my neighbor, and I had it installed and, thankfully, working up above my fridge.

My New Toy: A Gaggenau Combi Oven

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