Kitchen Reviews

Unbelievevably, I have actually used two of these over the years. My mother gave me the first one a few years ago when she came to visit. It looked very good, and we started using it to keep olive oil. It is quite handy to have a pouring-ready olive oil container on the counter!

Well, shortly afterwards, we started getting frustrated by the fact that there was a constant ring of oil at the bottom of the can, right over the base (there is a 1mm rim around the base). I would clean it every time I used it - to no avail. Pretty soon we became accustomed to having an oil mark on the counter every time we put the oil can down - to the degree that we would be able to put it right back to where it was by aiming for the base print on the counter.

Of course, I got quite frustrated - I tried everything - cleaning the drip of the pourer every time I used it, cleaning the can itself, inspecting it carefully to look for a leak - nothing doing. My guess is that the welding is not high quality and there is always a light leak, which adds to the fact that every drop of oil staying on the tip when you pour makes it doing to the base and stays on the base ring. Eventually, my wife gave me a very good looking oil can for a birthday and we tossed the old can.

Well, a few years later, I really needed another oil can (so as to have cooking oil at hand on top of salad oil salad oil)- I went browsing and found another one of these for a few dollars- I still can't believe that I bought it. Of course, within a day, I had realized my mistake. I bought another model right away and am waiting to find an opportunity to go to Goodwill to get rid of this one.

So, don't do what I did - learn from my experience - don't buy this oil can, unless you intend to keep it to a decorative use only!

Take care all,

camisdad

This things leaks. I mean it leaked about a cup over night. Do not buy.

...I finally got rid of it, since the cheesy "anti-drip" tip on the spout didn't work, and I always ended up with a greasy spot on my stone countertops. Poor value for the $$

This timer is such a good idea, and it looks great. The color is very pretty and looks wonderful in my kitchen. I am returning it however, because it is inaccurate. I've followed the directions for setting it and checked it against my old timers and the clock, and it is routinely several minutes slow. MINUTES! Plural! I can't cook with that. The buzzer has an unpleasant sound, too, but I could have gotten used to that. This same timer was for sale in the Williams Sonoma catalog awhile ago (they now have a different model), so i figured it was a quality item. It sure looks classy, tho! Sigh.