useful countertop oven, is one existed?

useful countertop oven, is one existed?

is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
waste energy.

* able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?


Sushi Fish wrote:
> is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
> the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
> feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
> product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
> feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
> it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
> roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
> waste energy.
>
> * able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie

I also mean high quality / heavy duty product. I don't have good luck
with junks.

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?

On 14 Dec 2006 12:48:51 -0800, "Sushi Fish"
<yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:

>
>Sushi Fish wrote:
>> is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
>> the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
>> feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
>> product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
>> feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
>> it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
>> roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
>> waste energy.
>>
>> * able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie
>
>I also mean high quality / heavy duty product. I don't have good luck
>with junks.

You seem obsessed with the "need" to avoid using your wall oven. If
the Ronco rotisserie
http :// www .popeilfamilystore,com /rotisseries.html?gclid=CKaO-b6dk4kCFQMkNAodKnv7Lw
isn't meeting your needs, my view is that you should just accept the
writing, oops, oven! on the wall and use the right equipment for your
cooking goals.

You seem to have ARBITRARILY decided that this oven is "wasting"
energy: how do you know this? It will do what you need it to do,
which is the first objective. Nothing else seems to have achieved
that primary goal, so you should just accept it and use it!

Or are you the kind of person who thinks that using the car to travel
anyplace is using too much energy? You're certainly right, but good
luck in getting the horse or bicycle to travel a similar distance in
the time you need to cover it.

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?

In article <1166128904.497522.201780@80g2000cwy.googlegroups,com >,
"Sushi Fish" <yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:

> is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
> the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
> feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
> product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
> feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
> it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
> roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
> waste energy.
>
> * able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie

I have a Black & Decker toaster oven with convection oven. I haven't
roasted a chicken in it, but I don't see why it would be a problem if
the chicken was cut up into separate pieces. I have done boneless
skinless chicken breast and some other meats in it with great success.

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?

In article <stan-682E82.00544315122006@newsgroups,com cast,net >,
Stan Horwitz <stan@temple.edu> wrote:

> In article <1166128904.497522.201780@80g2000cwy.googlegroups,com >,
> "Sushi Fish" <yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
> > is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
> > the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
> > feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
> > product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
> > feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
> > it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
> > roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
> > waste energy.
> >
> > * able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie
>
> I have a Black & Decker toaster oven with convection oven. I haven't
> roasted a chicken in it, but I don't see why it would be a problem if
> the chicken was cut up into separate pieces. I have done boneless
> skinless chicken breast and some other meats in it with great success.

I've been having fun with the Hamilton Beach 18 quart one.
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Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?


"Omelet" <omp_omelet@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:omp_omelet-0440FA.01374615122006@news.giganews,com ...
> In article <stan-682E82.00544315122006@newsgroups,com cast,net >,
> Stan Horwitz <stan@temple.edu> wrote:
>
>> In article <1166128904.497522.201780@80g2000cwy.googlegroups,com >,
>> "Sushi Fish" <yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:
>>
>> > is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
>> > the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
>> > feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
>> > product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
>> > feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
>> > it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
>> > roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
>> > waste energy.
>> >
>> > * able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie
>>
>> I have a Black & Decker toaster oven with convection oven. I haven't
>> roasted a chicken in it, but I don't see why it would be a problem if
>> the chicken was cut up into separate pieces. I have done boneless
>> skinless chicken breast and some other meats in it with great success.
>
> I've been having fun with the Hamilton Beach 18 quart one.

We have a new GE Profile Microwave Convection countertop oven. A person can
use "combination" cooking as well. I've done several whole roast chickens
in it, on combination, that came out very well. Crispy on the outside and
super juicy. In the countertop, the convection alone isn't satisfactory for
roasting beef, in my opinion. But I haven't tried it. The appliance is
twice the size of a toaster oven.

(For a standing rib roast I tried convection roast with a probe in our new
BUILT-IN convection oven and became a convert to convection. It was bar
none the best roast I've ever done, and I've done a lot of them.)

Phyllis Chamberlain

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?

On 14 Dec 2006 12:41:44 -0800, "Sushi Fish"
<yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:

>is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
>the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
>feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
>product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
>feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
>it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
>roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
>waste energy.
>
>* able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie

DeLonghi makes a counter-top oven that has a rotisserie and
convectoin fan. It's larger than most toaster ovens. It looks like
the current non-digital model runs around $150. (Model AS1870B)

http :// www .pricegrabber,com /p__Delonghi_DeLonghi_AS1870B_Convection_Oven_w_Rotisserie,__18941651/ut=444d523619c733b1

I have an older one, and about the only thing I don't cook in it is
pizza. It's great for roast chicken.

- Mark

Re: useful countertop oven, is one existed?

I was talking to a woman the other day who used to cook for the family
of four using one of those combi microwave/convection gizmos and she
swore by it. I must say I had always been put off by the idea as
having "splatter" in the MW oven seemed to defeat the objective of
minimum housework. :-)

However, she said cleaning it wasn't much of a problem, and the roasts
came out very good (even roast chook, which is a pretty good test).
Also, because the thing both zapped and heated in some sort of cycle,
it cooked quickly and didn't heat up the whole bloody house like
conventional ovens tend to do. (Heat is a problem here in the
tropics, YMMV.)

In article <oou8o2h7utts46joeiceupje16mv7psvom@4ax,com >,
mmeggs@nospam.iglou,com wrote:
>On 14 Dec 2006 12:41:44 -0800, "Sushi Fish"
><yellowtail_2005@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
>>is there any real small oven one can use to roast chicken w/o damaging
>>the food? I remember many yrs ago, we have a oven with rotisseries
>>feature, my mother cooked roast beef covered with lard (an european
>>product), it turned out consistently good. I bought one with similar
>>feature, and I threw it out since the oven used more heat than produced
>>it, took forever to heat up and ultimately ruined the food. I wanted
>>roasting and got slow cooked result. I don't want to use wall oven,
>>waste energy.
>>
>>* able to cook a small chicken or 2 lbs roast beef w/ veggie
>
>DeLonghi makes a counter-top oven that has a rotisserie and
>convectoin fan. It's larger than most toaster ovens. It looks like
>the current non-digital model runs around $150. (Model AS1870B)
>
> http :// www .pricegrabber,com /p__Delonghi_DeLonghi_AS1870B_Convection_Oven_w_Roti
>sserie,__18941651/ut=444d523619c733b1
>
>I have an older one, and about the only thing I don't cook in it is
>pizza. It's great for roast chicken.

Cheers, Phred.

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