Why is Idler’s Atascadero Store Moving? And why this is great for you!

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Jan 072012
 
Part 1 — Why Idler’s is moving

Yes, it’s true. After 32 years the Idler’s loca­tion in Atas­cadero will be mov­ing March 1st 2012. We will be split­ting the store between our San Luis Obispo and Paso Rob­les loca­tions.  Idler’s will still be deliv­er­ing, installing and ser­vic­ing appli­ances through­out the Cen­tral Coast and this includes Atascadero.

Idler’s Appli­ances — Atas­cadero Location

 A major impe­tus for the change was the announce­ment that our long-time Paso Rob­les Store Man­ager, Michael Ander­son, and his wife, Devney Ander­son, our long time book­keeper, will be mov­ing out of the area in June of this year.  Both leave very big shoes to fill.  The nat­ural move for Idler’s was to have Shawn Smith, our Atas­cadero Store Man­ager, assume the role of Store Man­ager for our Flag­ship Paso Rob­les location.

 The Atas­cadero Out­let inven­tory will be relo­cated to the Paso Rob­les and San Luis Obispo loca­tions where Idler’s will con­tinue to offer Fac­tory Blem­ished, Dis­con­tin­ued and Over­stock items at up to 50% off retail.  Our Ser­vice Depart­ment and Parts Counter will also be relo­cated to the Paso Rob­les loca­tion where Idler’s will con­tinue in the tra­di­tion of being “The House That Ser­vice Built”, a term coined by Bud Idler some 50 years ago.

Part 2 — Why this is good for you

 As part of our mov­ing process, Idler’s Atas­cadero Out­let loca­tion will be offer­ing HUGE DISCOUNTS on all remain­ing inven­tory through Feb­ru­ary 29th. (Yes it’s Leap Year.) We will be offer­ing builder pric­ing on all of our remain­ing non-blemished floor mod­els as well as “Bet­ter Than Ever” Sale Pric­ing on all remain­ing Fac­tory Blem­ished, Dis­con­tin­ued and Over­stocked items.

 

You Will Save Money

Idler’s sin­cerely thanks each and every one of you for sup­port­ing local busi­ness for all these years. It has been an honor and a priv­i­lege to serve the cit­i­zens of Atas­cadero for decades and we will con­tinue to do so out of our Paso Rob­les and San Luis Obispo Idler’s loca­tions. We look for­ward to the future and stay com­mit­ted in our promise to San Luis Obispo County, that we will Pro­vide the Best Ser­vice at the Best Prices. Guar­an­teed.

 Posted by mikestephens at 1:21 am

What does “Convection” mean?

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Dec 222011
 

“What is convection?”

“Does it really make a difference?”

“Is it worth the extra money?”

We get these ques­tions all the time from our cus­tomers. So let’s dig in and try and demys­tify “con­vec­tion” cook­ing once and for all.

Dictionary.com defines con­vec­tion as “the trans­fer of heat by the cir­cu­la­tion or move­ment of the heated parts of a liq­uid or gas.” So there you have it.

Job done.

Not really.

In regards to most res­i­den­tial ovens, “convection” simply means that there is a fan installed at the back of the oven cav­ity which helps cir­cu­late the air inside the oven.

 

Con­vec­tion ovens can oper­ate at lower tem­per­a­tures than a stan­dard “con­ven­tional” oven (no fan inside) and yet cook food faster.  By cir­cu­lat­ing the hot air around the food, convection cook­ing pre­vents the insu­lat­ing layer of cooler air from cling­ing to the food.  This air cir­cu­la­tion, or convection, also tends to elim­i­nate “hot spots” and cooks your food more evenly.

Most recipes are writ­ten for use in reg­u­lar, “con­ven­tional” ovens.  You will need to adjust your set­tings when using con­vec­tion.  Here is a sim­ple con­vec­tion oven cal­cu­la­tor.

Res­i­den­tial con­vec­tion ovens like the KitchenAid KEBS208SSS offer “True Even-Heat” Convection. 

“True” con­vec­tion ovens still have a fan in the oven that cir­cu­lates the air but, these mod­els, also add another heat­ing ele­ment behind the fan that improves roast­ing and multiple-rack cook­ing performance.

So, there you have it. Con­vec­tion ovens cir­cu­late heat through­out the oven more evenly than con­ven­tional ovens. Bak­ing and roast­ing per­for­mance is improved with the use of con­vec­tion and even more so with “true con­vec­tion”.  Con­vec­tion ovens also allow you to cook at lower tem­per­a­tures more quickly than reg­u­lar ovens and they use less energy (this saves you money).

Idler’s Appli­ances offers a wide selec­tion of Con­vec­tion, True-Convection and Con­ven­tional ovens. Come in to one of our Cen­tral Coast loca­tions as check them out for yourself.

 

 Posted by mikestephens at 11:51 pm

Myths & Facts — Laundry

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Dec 222011
 

Recently the Whirlpool Insti­tute of Fab­ric Sci­ence posted an arti­cle on the Myths & Facts of laun­dry bleach, deter­gents and dry­ers caus­ing shrink­age.  Their find­ings were:

 

1)Myth: Bleach mixed with deter­gent helps clean and whiten at the same time.

Fact: Adding bleach with deter­gent coun­ter­acts its effec­tive­ness. Instead, add bleach dur­ing the last five min­utes of the wash cycle to ensure that the clean­ing agents work best. Some wash­ing machines have auto­matic bleach dis­pensers to elim­i­nate the tim­ing guess­work and make sure your whites are dazzling.

 

2)Myth: Using the dryer leads to shrinkage.

Fact: Sur­pris­ingly, it’s not the heat from the dryer that causes clothes to shrink; it’s the lack of mois­ture. New dryer tech­nol­ogy actu­ally mea­sures the mois­ture in the fab­ric and auto­mat­i­cally shuts off to pre­vent over drying.

 

3)Myth: Treat the stain head on.

Fact: Always treat the stain from the back of the fab­ric to help push it off the gar­ment. Remem­ber to blot the stain. Rub­bing can work the stain into the fibers.

 

4)Myth: More suds equal bet­ter cleaning.

Fact: Excess suds actu­ally hold onto soils and rede­posit them on your laun­dry. Try using a high-efficiency deter­gent with a front-loading wash­ing machine like the Whirlpool Duet sys­tem or the top-loading Cabrio washer.

Find out more at the Whirlpool Insti­tute of Fab­ric Care or Idler’s Appli­ances.

 Posted by mikestephens at 12:20 am
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