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Toaster / Convection mini-ovens

thedanfan

thedanfan

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I'm usually cooking for one these days and putting on the main oven seems really wasteful for the quantities involved. I'm considering buying a Toaster / Convection mini-oven. Does anyone have any experience of these appliances? Is it worth paying the extra to get the fan driven convection function?
 
I have the sage oven pro, bought it 5 years ago when my kitchen was done out and didn't need a large cooker/oven as its only myself in the house. Brilliant bit of kit that has worked faultlessly and is used everyday.
 
thedanfan said:
I'm usually cooking for one these days and putting on the main oven seems really wasteful for the quantities involved. I'm considering buying a Toaster / Convection mini-oven. Does anyone have any experience of these appliances? Is it worth paying the extra to get the fan driven convection function?
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What do you want to cook in it?
 
thedanfan said:
Whole chicken or thighs - Pizza - Pies - Chops - Pork Belly - Chips & Roasties.
Daughter has an air fryer which she uses loads but it would be too small for most of the above.
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Ah OK. I was going to recommend a £20 toaster... o_O
 
My wife uses a Remoska (from Lakeland) for a lot of our cooking now - she originally got it to use in the motorhome but liked it enough that she got one of the house as well.
 
thedanfan said:
Whole chicken or thighs - Pizza - Pies - Chops - Pork Belly - Chips & Roasties.
Daughter has an air fryer which she uses loads but it would be too small for most of the above.
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What's your budget? I have an Anova steam oven and it is one of the best things I've had in the kitchen in a long time. About the size of a large microwave. Can do anything form Sous Vide to fabulous sourdough. Chicken with no requirment for covering (steam keeps if from drying) and cooks very quickly. They are around £550 but I have pretty much stopped using the conventional oven that we have since getting it so for me used a lot so worth it.
 
SteveG said:
My wife uses a Remoska (from Lakeland) for a lot of our cooking now - she originally got it to use in the motorhome but liked it enough that she got one of the house as well.
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Likewise. We got the small Remoska for the old motorhome but eventually moved that to the house and got a big one for the motorhome. That works for us , since the new (continental) MH has a rubbish oven, while a UK motorhomes generally have better ovens.

Our home oven is pants and broken and we use instead one of the big Panasonic multi oven-grill things at home. Hence the small Remoska is more useful in the house. We will get a new kitchen next year.

Of course Calour gas refills are no longer around in this country now, so any electric solution in a caravan or motorhome is a big plus.
 
I have a nice benchtop oven/grill. Fantastic thing. Heaps of settings, heats to set temperature in a trice. Perfect for my tiny kitchen and a single me.

With this and a microwave I have almost no use for my stove, which has become something of a bench extension. It'll be hoofed when I get around to the kitchen reno and replaced with a couple of inset hot plates.

https://www.breville.com/nz/en/products/ovens/bov850.html
Prolly not available in the UK, though.
 
Durmbo said:
I have a nice benchtop oven/grill.
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Thats branded as SAGE in the uk, I have one as mentioned above and its brilliant.

Have to admit to being a sage fanboy, got their espresso machine, coffee bean grinder, rice cooker/steamer/slow cooker, toaster, kettle, food processor
 
I have an air fryer, quite a bit one and big enough for a whole chicken. It's great. It's as you suggest, a small oven that has a timer and consumes very little power. Last weekend I put a packet of sausages in there with a few onion wedges and set it going. A shake after 15 minutes or so, back in, dead easy. Cook some veg, an easy dinner.
Oh, and it's dirt cheap. About £40.
 
Durmbo said:
I have a nice benchtop oven/grill. Fantastic thing. Heaps of settings, heats to set temperature in a trice. Perfect for my tiny kitchen and a single me.

With this and a microwave I have almost no use for my stove, which has become something of a bench extension. It'll be hoofed when I get around to the kitchen reno and replaced with a couple of inset hot plates.

https://www.breville.com/nz/en/products/ovens/bov850.html
Prolly not available in the UK, though.
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I have a Breville toaster oven in the US. Brilliant things.
 
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