Now I've done it......

I thought it would be nice to use the Flair's "Cookmaster" feature (the one that allows you to put a delay start on the oven or the outlet) to start the coffee au-to-matic-ly on the mornings that the Colonel works. So I set it all up, tripped prettily to the Flair, plugged it into the convenience outlet, programmed the cookmaster, and went to bed.

I got up the next morning when the colonel did to see how it worked. It didn't. So I figured that I just set it wrong. So I went back to bed, and tried again that evening. It still didn't work.

So last night, I spent some quality time with the cookmaster, and it seemed just like that control thought it was an hour off from the clock (perhaps it forgot that it was no longer Daylight Savings Time) so I tried it again.

I woke up this morning and went to look. It still didn't work! so I started to slowly turn the "end time" control on the cookmaster. It came on at about 6, but was also making scary electrical noises, so I turned it to manual. Now neither the outlet OR the large oven works!!!!

But don't despair just yet: I had it on my list to take the front glass off and clean it anyway, so I will do that tomorrow AND take a look behind the scenes. I suspect it may just be a loose wire or bad switch. Worst case scenario, I will bypass the cookmaster entirely. No one will be the wiser (except for you guys, and you can keep a secret, right?)

I'll keep you posted.....