Vulcanized.
Posted on 08/23/2004 10:06:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
New Fat-Busting Microwave Oven Unveiled
Mon Aug 23, 7:28 AM ET Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo!
TOKYO (Reuters) - Eyeing up that juicy steak but worried about your waistline? Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. (6753.T) says it has developed a new fat-busting microwave oven that can melt some of your worries away.
Unveiling its invention to media on Monday, Sharp said the microwave generates "superheated steam" at a temperature of about 572 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt fat and reduce oil and salt from steak, chicken, fish and other foods.
Osaka-based Sharp said the product was developed to address a growing awareness among consumers about the need for a healthier diet, especially with obesity rates climbing to worrisome levels in many countries around the world.
"Obesity is becoming a global problem," said Itsuro Kato, a director that heads up Sharp's home appliances division.
Sharp said the machine's fat-zapping power derives from a steam generating unit that produces a combination of convective heat and condensation heat so hot that fat liquefies and flows out of the food in a very short period of time.
The company said the new oven can remove eight times more fat off a 200 gram beefsteak than if prepared in a frying pan, leading to a 13 percent reduction in calories.
It can cut nearly 19 percent of the fat off a 100 gram serving of mackerel, compared with about 12 percent reduction when using a gas grill, Sharp said.
Scheduled to go on sale in Japan next month and to be gradually introduced after that in overseas markets, Sharp's new oven can also reduce salt content in fish and limit the loss of vitamin C in vegetables, the company said.
But reducing the fat and calories of your meals will come at a price. Sharp said it expected the "AX-HC1" to sell for about $1,150, or several times the price of a typical microwave oven that might retail in Japan for around $185.
Sharp said it would continue to make conventional microwave ovens and market the "AX-HC1" as a high-end model for health-conscious consumers.
The company said it would start with a monthly production of 10,000 units, but aimed to sell 500,000 worldwide in the business year to March 2008.
Anyone that would put a good steak in the microwave is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.
Well in Japan, it probably still would taste pretty good as their beef is the most fat in the entire free world. The cows get massaged daily so that the fat doesn't aggregate.
PS they allow no beef imports.
Probably something like shoe leather.
probably like the best soy steak you ever had!
Nobody gets fat eating steak.
So many overeducated retards running our collective perspective, it makes me furious.
Hmmm... what about an accessory for the grill?
Well yeah, microwaves have always produced more drippings than conventional cooking methods that sear the surface and seal the juices in.
I wonder how many media idiots think this marketing stunt is actually something "new".
How about a few screws short of a hardware store.
Vulcanized.
Great news for Hillary! I can see her stomping around the well of the Senate with a couple of these strapped to her ass.
Can Muttly have the fat before they throw it away ?
He always orders "extra fat" when he dines out...even at the ice cream store.
No kidding!
A steak without fat isn't worth eating.
Just wait, Willie!
Next year there will be a new "informercial" kiting this thing for "three easy payments of 29.95!"
I can hardly wait....
I don't think it's fat that's causing obesity. It's a calorie issue. Eat more fat and less starch, you will be less hungry and therefore consume less calories.
A couple of tacos short of a "Fiesta Platter".
You're misinformed. Kobe beef is raised in many parts of the world and here in California for most of the cows' life. They ship the cattle back to Kobe Japan for the last year in order for it to be legally labeled Kobe beef.
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