Remoska cookers (merged)

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wow thanks for that taurusgb. 20 min in the remoska at 470 watts/hour. Thats a usage of 157 watts and ebico charges me 12.11pper kwh so that means that the remoska will cost me at the most 2p for electricity. 15 mins in a pre-heated oven at 4 kwh would be approximately 24p :eek:

I have the shallow pan as an extra and did the whole meal in the standard remoska. Baked potatoes, best sausages, roasted courgettes and peppers sprinkled with herbs. It was divine and somehow the food does taste much better

Horace

I admit to fancying some oven chips for tea. I did them in the Remoska along with a George Foreman Lamb Grillsteak. I just bunged them in for 20 mins - the peas, were 2 mins in the microwave.

My tea tasted better than if I had cooked it in the oven. May just try my hand at bread too.

sallyrsm

I jsut did DS a few oven chips for his lunch... Saturday after swimming is the one day he's allowed chips bless him and as he is only 3 he gets literally half a dozen chunky steak chips. Normally the fan oven would have been on costing Lord knows how much but I find they come out lovely in the remoska - golden on the outside and fluffy inside, even the skinny end chips don't seem to burn like they would in the fan oven. When I am doing chips I use the "cake tin" to raise them towards the element.

CoD_2

Re Remoska

We have a Stanley (like an AGA but is used for hot water/heating and can be easily turned on and off) which runs on oil which is obviously very expensive to run. apart from this we have a breadmaker (panny love it) a slow cooker i've completely stopped using, a steamer and a george. oh and a microwave.

would a remoska be a useful addition? Stanley is used for wedges, chips, cooking eggs, boiling pasta, baking cakes, flapjacks, stews, roasts, cooking ham joints, bolognese, lasagne, macaroni, pizza etc etc. however i try to only use it once a week at most which involves more menu planning. crispy jacket potatoes would be a lovely addition. we don't have gas so it can be difficult when you just want to fry an egg or make panacotta (needs constant stirring so microwave out!) and you have to turn the whole stanley on.

also can you use silicone bakeware in it (if they fit obviously)

thanks :-) the other thing is if i bought this i really don't think i could buy an actifry, am i limiting my options or is this better for general cooking? :cool:

HelenYorkshire

Silly question alert - you know in an oven you'd use trays and tins? Do you in this? or can eg chips just be spread out on the bottom of the pan? Also does cake / flapjack mixture need to go into a separate tin (I imagine getting it out would otherwise be a pain!)?

[Deleted User]

I did flapjacks on a round base of bakewell paper and drew a plastic (lakeland) lettuce knife around. It came out very cleanly and are by far the best flapjacks I have made, much much nicer than in the oven.

I also cut a circle out of a flat piece of baking grade silicone. That worked really well too under some bread. Today I called into cardiff market and bought a couple of 8" round enamel dishes. The white ones with a blue rim. I have baked a blind pastry case for 15 mins and took the beans out and made a broccolli and stilton quiche, which is now baking. Long ago I bought an energy plug, one in which I put the cost per kwh (ebico so I know it is a straightforward 12.72p ) and I will be able to read off the exact cost of using the remoska to make this quiche from scratch and I have finished. The cost is exactly 3.18 pence. That is wonderful as the oven would cost approximately 36pence

I know it is going to seem to take ages to recoup the cost but If I say that 3 cakes/quiches/scones will make a £1 difference and a casserole approx 70 pence. I should think in a week I will save at least £6 so it will take only 3 months and after that I will be in profit :j

weezl74

kittie wrote: »

wow thanks for that taurusgb. 20 min in the remoska at 470 watts/hour. Thats a usage of 157 watts and ebico charges me 12.11pper kwh so that means that the remoska will cost me at the most 2p for electricity. 15 mins in a pre-heated oven at 4 kwh would be approximately 24p :eek:

I have the shallow pan as an extra and did the whole meal in the standard remoska. Baked potatoes, best sausages, roasted courgettes and peppers sprinkled with herbs. It was divine and somehow the food does taste much better

hiya, dumb question here, is the oven you're comparing the remoska to a gas or electric oven? If it's electric, can anyone advise me whether a remoska beats a gas oven?

Weezl x

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I've heard mention several times on here about remoska's.What exactly is so special about them and is it worth the cost of buying them.What can you do with them and do they take up a lot of storage space.Thanks.

Pink.

Hi MrsTittlemouse,

I think Lakeland are the only place that sell Remoskas in the Uk. If you have a look at this link Remoska at Lakelandit will tell you more about them.

From what I've read they are very economical to run and many people are very happy with the way that the food is cooked.

I'll add your question to the main Remoska thread where you can see what people who own one have to say about them.

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Addiscomber

I am seriously considering a Remoska to use for mid-week meals and other times when I don't feel up to a marathon cooking session to fill my fan oven.

We are a family of 4, 2 of whom are young men with large appetites. Do those who have Remoskas think I should get a standard or a Grand?