[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'150370\' date=\'Apr 17 2007, 12:05 PM\']
Yeah, they've come up on Food Network a couple times. I dunno how well the cheap ones work (though, it's a heating element and an auger; really it's a pretty simple system), but I know the professional-grade ones work, and they're actually really cool.
(I don't know if I'd pour just any chocolate into one, though...they make special melting chocolate for those things, I'm thinking it would be wisest to stay with those.)
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I'd hate to spend the big bucks on the good one, though, since they seem even less practical than keeping a fondue set around. But it's cool to hear they work. I wonder if you could fill it with gravy for Thanksgiving (presuming your gravy is lump-free).
And in case this is veering away from game shows, it just dawned on me that this is the kind of thing that could be the home shopping element on the new "Temptation."