Remoska cookers (merged)

groatie_queen

I use the standard moska for baking bread - I just do what it says in the recipe booklet and shape two oval shaped loaves - works well.

When my two daughters were teenagers they used to tease me whenever I bought something from Lakeland - but they didn't compain about the food!! I agree with everyone that their sales and service are excellent, no one else comes close.

mummysaver

ksh123 wrote: »

I am getting more and more tempted by this thread but am so terrified of the outlay - unless I am lucky enough to find one on Freecycle.....

I have a gas oven but its on its last legs and doesn't cook evenly anymore. Re energy consumption does the remoska work out as cost effective when compared to a gas oven?

There are some earlier posts about costings on this thread, but it'll be a nightmare to try to find them I should think! But the remoska is meant to use about a fifth of the electricity of a normal oven, and as gas and electric aren't that different in price at the mo, well not where I live, perhaps you could use that as a guide?

I know that my electricity bill is a whole lot cheaper since I bought my moski, and that's the only difference. The oven only gets used now once a week when I do a huge roast, but the moski is in constant use for everything from shepherds pie to cakes and soup.

When I got in from work in the wee small hours I realised I'd forgotten to ask dd2 to whip up some cakes for the lunchboxes, so I mixed up the stuff, bunged it in the cases and 20mins later the cakes were all done, no messing about waiting for ovens to warm up.

I recommend it to anyone who likes to cook and even who doesn't but uses the oven!

champys

shopndrop wrote: »

I had tried that with my grand but found they didn't get very warm. How long do you find you need to have them under the Moska for? I only put 2 plates under mine but found that the bottom plate was cold, even after swopping them over - it only takes a couple of minutes for the top one which was lukewarm to go cold again.

shopndrop - I just put them under when I started the Moska (I did a veggie bake which took about 45 mins). But as it is a Standard, the feet of the Remoska stand on the top plate, so they also convey some heat to the plate. There are only 2 of us, so 2 plates work fine - I might try putting a tea towel or cloth under the bottom one to insulate even a bit more at the bottom. They don't get very warm, definitely not oven-warm or dinner-party warm, but at least it gets the icy farmhouse cold off which is quite nice.

ariba10

shopndrop wrote: »

Do you mean actually inside it or balance them on the lid?

Just rest them on the lid. Works for us.

ksh123

trying-very-trying wrote: »

I was talking about remoakas! The woman who gifted me mine, said that it had been in her garage for a couple of years, she had only used it once. It came with a recipe book as well. I have used it every day since I got it.
I haven't actually baked in it yet, though I do plan to. A bread tin wouldn't fit in my standard remoska, but I think it fits in the grande, and people are very happy with their bread and rolls.
I would also say I find the standard deep 2litre pan plenty big enough for us, feeding between 3 with leftovers -5 with no shortage.

That's brilliant, :j lucky you. Im definitely putting a wanted on now tho it may take more than one try I guess. Still it would be worth waiting for Thanks trt.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi all

So far today I have done jacket potatoes for lunch, then made a casserole that we will be having later -and I have just knocked together some scones -with dried cranberries instead of sultanas -just had 1 hot and they are nomnomnom

Im also in shock :eek: ... im sure most of you know that i ordered my 1st remoska about 8 weeks ago -the 1st parcel went missing, then the 2nd one went missing :mad: so I spoke to someone last friday and they were going to send a 3rd one out (tracking it this time)... they have just rung my mum to let her know that they posted out the 3rd yesterday
Well the 2nd parcel arrived a couple of days ago -I didn't ring them as I assumed the 3rd was allready on its way, so was waiting to make sure it got here -then we were to refuse to sign for it and it would return to them.. well the lady has told my mum to tell me to keep it for having been patient :eek: :j .. so I have another standard remoska, 1/2 pan, foil and free melamine utensils on its way...:T
I have always loved lakelands customer service -but this has blown me away

Amarillo

I have been lurking on this thread for ages dithering about whether to buy one or not. Then Eon sent us one of those Electricity monitors recently which spurred me on to do something each time I saw the consumption of my oven.

Finally reached a decision yesterday and have gone for a mini oven instead which is 650 watts, like https://www.bridgendcamping.co.uk/default.aspx?CategoryID=55&ItemID=OV1410 this one. I got mine from an Ebay seller and it came to £36 including postage. Have made an apple crumble in it which DH says is good (I haven't tried it) and he is heating up some vegetable grills.

The instruction manual shows a picture of a roast chicken but I'm not convinced one will fit in so will do mine in the slow cooker. My piece of pork in the freezer will fit and it will be handy for those times when I'm doing sausages, chops, chicken breasts etc for tea. It does get very hot on top so you'd have to be careful with small children. And it works by setting the temperature, then twisting the timer knob for how long you want it to cook for, which results in a ticking noise that could annoy some. Early days yet but so far so good

I hope no one minds me posting this, I just wanted to put this as a sort of alternative for anyone who didn't want to spend as much.

deeana

We have just given up our house and moved into a motor caravan and are living full time in a much smaller space than our 5 bed farmhouse! Have had to eliminate a lot of cooking equipment, but went and bought a Remoska to save on the bottled gas - using campsite electricity instead. Cannot believe how good the Remoska is. Cooking in it is the simplest imaginable and everything tastes better than when cooked the conventional ways. I think every family should be bought one by the government, and then perhaps Britain would get back to home cooking again. You don't really need to be able to follow a recipe, and things like chops, sausages, chicken pieces etc just cook themselves. :T

newleaf

Having recently discovered the joys of Remoska cookery for myself, I am keen to get my mum one for Christmas. She is a pensioner, lives alone, never cooks for more than one, doesn't like to use much electricity, so I'm thinking a baby 'moska will be just the job...
But, she's umming and ahhing. Asking all sorts of difficult questions about how and what. So I said 'why don't you borrow mine for a bit and have a play? See how you get on with it'. Not thinking, of course, that I will have to be without it for a while. And judging by the way her eyes lit up, I think I've just lost my moska :rolleyes:

annie-c

I've taken the plunge and invested in a grand!

I'm sooo scared of scratching the pan though, they are so expensive for what they are!

Please can I check - what do people use to line it. Is it the non stick bakeing tray liner or the oven liner?