I actually have a book of electrical things for boys
to make which
suggests makine a sausage cooker that simply connects said sausages
across the (110V) mains. Hmmm....
You really need a scanner - I'd love to see
that :-)
When I was in university (70s), I had a hot-dog cooker which cooked
weiners by connecting them across the 110v AC mains. This was a
commercially produced device.
[snip]
that's fantastic! :-) (someone should start a website for general oddball
engineering/electrical gadgets...)