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What is your most unusual, yet practical, use of a common household appliance?

Posted on 01/17/201201/17/2012 by Backpacking Dad

So, Kenmore has invited me out to visit them and see cool Kenmore things at the Kenmore Blogger Summit. That will be this weekend. In advance of that, though, they asked me “What is your most unusual, yet practical, use of a common household appliance?” Why are they asking me this? Because, I assume, Kenmore is sick and tired of selling refrigerators to people who want to keep food cold, or blenders to people who just want to make smoothies. Where are those brave souls using stand mixers to trim the hedges? The split-level oven as bunk beds for tiny fire demons? Where is the creativity, America?

Anyway, Kenmore is having a video contest: Submit your most creative, but practical, use of an appliance for a chance to win prizes from Kenmore (I think it’s Sears gift cards in varying amounts, like $100, $50, or $25).

To enter:

    1. Be in America. Sorry, un-America.
    2. Record a video of unusual, but practical, appliance use. Cover up any non-Kenmore branding (you can use whatever appliance you want, but they can’t use videos that show another company’s brand. Just stick some tape over the name). If the videos are large, uncompressed Quicktime videos 1920 x 1080, 16:9 those are best, but not necessary. Mine won’t be. But the larger video size the better, they say. I say just shoot it on your phone and send it right away. THIS SHOULD NOT BE STRESSFUL.
    3. Submit a video TO ME, by e-mail: backpackingdad at backpackingdad dot com.
    4. I pick up to 5 good videos, and send them in to Kenmore, but I’m on a deadline, so I need your video sent to me by Wednesday, January 18th, at 5pm PST (Pacific).
    5. Wait, and wait and wait and wait and wait. I actually don’t know how long it will take for them to pick a winner.
    6. That’s it.

How much effort should this take? I don’t know. I pulled out my phone and shot a video in 24 seconds. Don’t think too hard about it. Just send a video in.

Here’s mine.

It’s as easy as that.

 

Again, you have to have a U.S. address to win a prize, so sorry un-America.

6 thoughts on “What is your most unusual, yet practical, use of a common household appliance?”

  1. Eaglesforjack says:
    01/18/2012 at 9:21 AM

    http://youtu.be/GwAkwOQAtB8

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      01/18/2012 at 9:49 AM

      Awesome! Can you e-mail the video file to me? I don’t think they can use YouTube links.

  2. midlyfemama says:
    01/18/2012 at 12:33 PM

    I am more interested in how you poach fish in that there poacher.

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      01/18/2012 at 1:51 PM

      Actually, that’s a real thing. People use dishwashers to poach fish. http://www.winexmagazine.com/index.php/wine/vieweat/dishwasher-salmon/

  3. John_l_krampe says:
    01/18/2012 at 3:01 PM

    I don’t have a video of this but a local taxidermist uses a clothes to rinse and spin dry deer hides after they have been cleaned.

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      01/18/2012 at 3:07 PM

      Run to the shop and shoot a cell phone video!

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