BonJour Professional Chef's Torch
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: BonJourBrand: BonJour
Release Date: 2004-03-19
Model: 53341
Color: Chrome
Product features:
- Pro-style handheld butane kitchen torch, Ideal for creme brulee
- Also useful for browning meringues, melting cheese, roasting peppers
- Adjustable, anti-flare flame for even caramelization; equipped with safety lock
- Cool-touch metal body with black and red accents; removable rubberized stand
- Extra-large 40-milliliter fuel capacity for over 3 hours of caramelizing flame
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of BonJour Professional Chef's Torch
Customer Review: Inconsistent
Summary: 1 Stars
This torch seems to work just fine about one time out of twenty or so. When it does work, the flame is long and easy to control, but most of the time, I find that it tends to randomly shut off, as the reviewer below described, or worse, it just sort of runs out of gas. The flame will start out fine, then over the course of ten seconds or so, it runs completely out of juice. You can fill it ready to burst, and it still does this. Unfortunately, I haven't found a hand torch that works any better, but if you're in the market, look around and try these out in person if you can. I think the next one I buy will be one of those huge industrial-strength models from the hardware store.
Description of BonJour Professional Chef's Torch
The BonJour professional creme brulee torch features a powerful flame that quickly caramelizes sugar, browns meringues or melts cheese toppings. This torch has a large 40-milliliter fuel capacity for over 3-1/2 hours of burn time. Customize the intensity of the flame for various cooking projects. Features a cool touch metal body and rubberized stand. Butane not included.Crème brûlée, a classic restaurant dessert, is simple enough to make at home with BonJour's powerful Professional Crème brûlée Torch. Other uses for the torch include browning meringue-topped desserts, melting or browning cheese on onion soup or casseroles, and blackening peppers and tomatoes for smoky salsas. This sturdy torch is made of brushed silver-tone metal with black and red accents; the stay-cool body serves as the grip while the flame is controlled with a simple thumb-activated button at the top. A removable rubberized stand allows the torch to be stored upright in a cupboard.
A safety lock prevents unintentional ignition and snaps back into place each time the ignition button is pressed. A simple slide button adjusts the length of the flame, while flame width can be altered with a sliding air-control lever; these two functions allow the user to focus the flame as tightly or as broadly as necessary. The BonJour Professional Crème brûlée Torch has a 40-milliliter fuel capacity, which allows more than 3-1/2 hours of burn time. Butane fuel is not included; it can be purchased at gourmet, hardware, or convenience stores. The torch comes with detailed instructions for fueling, igniting, and adjusting the flame. --Garland Withers
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