Tracey, if you are limited to the GE Advantium be aware that there is a 30" 240v version and a 27" 120v version. They are not identical. Make sure you understand the different features. The Miele speedoven has a broil element. I think only one of the GE's can broil and I'm not sure if it uses a conventional element or quartz lights. I don't own either one so don't take my word for it, just be sure you and your builder know which one you are talking about. Of course for the 240v version the electrician will have to run another 240v circuit in addition to the oven circuit. I plan to get the E'lux Icon speedoven when we replace our wall ovens. The E'lux is more affordable then the Miele, but it doesn't have the broil element but that is okay. And of course the e'lux won the infamous baked potato race so hey... gotta get it!

Artemis, kind of off topic, but I have to admit I have no idea what 'pakoras' is, so I googled it yesterday. Found there are a gazillion (or so it seems) different definitions and/or recipes. Would you please share your recipe? It sounds like something I would like to try, but I have no idea where to start. Thank you! Rusty

I'm with everyone else. I just roasted a chicken last night and did what I do for turkeys. Plopped the cut off tail, heart, neck, and gizzard into a small pot with some water to begin a stock. After the chicken had cooked and was cut up, I added all the collected drippings and juice. When we finish the leftover tomorrow, I'll put the stock beginnings and carcass in the pressure cooker with some water for making a final stock. And I never use the liver. Unfortunately, none of my cats will eat it -- raw or cooked. So it gets tossed. But I personally love to chew on crispy chicken wing tips, so those are gnawed on and not included in the stock fixings.

I have this fantasy of installing a bookcase / shelves next to a doorway or opening, but placing them 3" or 4" away from the wall. And then slide big flat things BEHIND the shelves (that's why "next to a door," so there's room to slide them out). And maybe install ledges on the back side of those shelves to hold those flat things up off the ground, or maybe make it possible to store one of them higher up (double-deck). What made me think of that was this item from your list: 2 folding tables (when guests come over) Set some deep shelves (as deep as the folding chairs are wide) by the door to the house (if there is one, or any other door) far enough out from the wall to fit those tables, and then install one ledge low down on the back side of the shelves so you can slide one table in to rest on it, and another ledge above it to set the 2nd table on. You could install those big utility hooks I linked to above, or a 7" ladder hook, on the end of that bookcase to hang the 6 folding chairs on, some low and some high. I don't know how many folding chairs would fit in the 7" depth, but it would be one way to keep them from falling over, etc. And they'd be close by the door and easy to use. Not sure if all 6 would fit; you'd probably need 3 hooks, and I don't know how easy it would be to maneuver chairs off the top hook (Most are 38" high--so if you put the lowest set of hooks so the support is about 39 inches above the floor (not to lift so much as to keep them from falling over) and the next set 39" above that, then thelegs of the top set of chairs would be 78"/6.5' from the floor, so most people would be reaching over their head to get them--not so smart from a safety point of view, probably. If there are stairs, you could reach them more easily, maybe. Or experiment with hanging them upside down from the cross-brace, and that might let you control them better when taking them off. EDITED TO ADD: I just looked it up, and most steel folding chairs are 2" thick when folded, so 3 would fit on each hook. Here's a 7" ladder hook. Not so good for bikes because it doesn't have much of a front "lip" the way the one above does. But probably easier to get the chairs off it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-5-16-in-x-7-3-4-in-Screw-In-Ladder-Hook-01219/202305568