Thanks everyone!.  I did order a few spare parts (spatula, extra butterfly, etc.) from the place in Florida but they are totally out of manuals or any recipe books for the machine.  faffa_70 has been a great help in getting some manuals/recipe books and I have been going through those and converting some of the recipes i want to try to US measurements for the US model TM21.  I am not absolutely sure that my wife enjoys all the stuff I am making or if she just tells me it is wonderful because she doesn't have to cook as many meals anymore :-)  I have spent more time in the kitchen over the past few weeks then I have done in my entire life but it is fun to experiment with the TM.

i will check out the U.K. cookbook link and mysterysusan, i agree, finding one of these in the U.S. is quite a chore but I was fortunate as well in finding one in great condition.

Thanks again to everyone for he help and information!

Dan

Ok judydawn and Zan,

Thanks!  Now that I understand how that works I am going to give this thing a try today.  Looks very interesting, see how my first cook turns out.

Dan

I am a new owner of a TM21 and have downloaded a UK Manual for it.  Being unfamiliar with the unit and with this type of cooking in general, how does one figure out when the temperature has reached the setting on the Varoma dial?  I see no readout or any indication when the desired temperature has been reached.  This is a US model so it is in degrees F not C.  If a recipe tells me to cook at 100 C for 15 minutes at speed 3 does that mean I need to manually read the temperature with an external thermometer and when it reaches 212 F set the timer for 10 minutes.  Seems there should be some sort of indicator when the unit has reached the proper temperature.  Or perhaps it means to set the temperature dial for 212F and let it run for 15 minutes but I don't think it will come up to 212F in 15 minutes.

What am I missing here?  Be gentle, I am not much of a cook....yet!

Thanks!

Dan

Hi,

My name is Dan and I just received a barely used TM21 (unfortunately without any manual) and I will be seeking some help from other TM21 users or former TM21 users to figure this thing out.  It is a USA 120 volt model  Very nice forum with a ton of information/recipes!