Remoska cookers (merged)

consultant31

I'm so pleased to see that this thread is stil current. Many moons ago I found it and made a huge list of recipes for my Mum who has had a Remoska for some time and never really got the hang of it.

The recipes I showed her have turned up regularly ever since, and I have to say, they've been lovely

I have now bowed to the inevitable and bought my own (my children know me as the gadget queen). Can't wait for it to arrive and I'm desperately hoping that this thread is going to continue with more recipes and hints that I can make a start with.

Come on ladies (and maybe gents as well) don't keep those nuggets of brilliance to yourselves.........share them, please

msb5262

I cook Delia's recipe for roasted red peppers (with tomato, garlic and anchovies inside each half) in my Remoska and they're always delicious. It must save a fair whack on the electricity as I don't have to heat up the whole oven!

Pitlanepiglet

Is anyone in the West Dorset/East Devon area looking for a second hand Remoska? Mine has been used once, I bought it when I was working away in the week and living in a bedsit but I didn't get on with it. I've got the standard model with raised grill thing, the food separator and the book. Will eBay it if no takers but trying to avoid the aggro!

Jim_Ford_2

I've had a Remoska for a couple of years and whilst they're handy I have a couple of issues with them:

1) They're claimed to be more economical than a conventional oven because they are rated at less than 1kW, whereas a conventional oven is usually around 4kW. BUT - bear in mind that an oven is insulated whereas the Remoska is not. This means that the oven thermostat switches off the electricity supply when it reaches temperature and only cuts in periodically to make up for heat loss. The Remoska runs continuously. This means that on a killowatt hour basis (what you pay for!), an efficient conventional oven may in fact be more economical than a Remoska!

2) The uninsulated Remoska represents a serious burn hazard such that its use probably wouldn't be permitted where health and safety rules apply. A conventional oven is insulated and much safer. The Remoska is downright dangerous with children around!

Don't get me wrong - I find the Remoska handy, but it's not the wonder cooking appliance that many people consider it to be.

Jim

P.S. I've just noticed the 'Alert Newbie' notice. Ignore it - you can be as critical and nasty as you like. My back is broad!

;^)

tenuissent

My daughter and I used remoskas for years and found them very good with a few problems. But then we discovered the halogen oven! They are SO much better: Cheaper to buy Time control dial Heat control dial with thermostat, so it only uses electricity intermittently Lovely bright light cheers up the kitchen in the winter months (though the noise of the fan is a bit irritating) They'll cook anything a remoska will, it is reassuring to know they will switch themselves off if you forget them, and it is marvellous to be able to turn the heat dial right up to crisp roast potatoes or give a tasty singe to roasting peppers etc etc. A remoska heats up rather slowly to its maximum heat, and there is no way you can turn it down, or speed it up. One disadvantage in the remoska is that if you turn it off and leave the lid on to keep the contents warm, the condensation damages the heating elements and it dies. I also have to say that a Czech friend dropped in and spotted ours and nearly fell over laughing. Apparently only penniless old grannies still use them there. I don't agree with this attitude at all, I am just reporting his surprise and disbelief!

[Deleted User]

I used to have a halogen oven and now have two remoskas, which I much prefer. I used the grande today and did hm frozen part roast potatoes on the bottom, then added hm burgers, also on the bottom but on a bit of fat absorber that lakeland sell. I put the rack on top and later added 2 small trays of mixed veg to roast (courgette, shallot, garlic and little tomatoes with a bit of rosemary and drizzled with olive oil ) all in one pan and cooked to perfection. The flavours stay in the remoska. If a timing is a problem then just use a plug in timer

Angelina-M

I have to admit i'm very curious about the halogen ovens, but I do love my Remoska. Well I love the Remoska concept, the Remoska itself is cheap and tacky and I wonder when it will blow my fuses again which it does if I don't immediately take the lid off the second its turned off!

I only bought it because Lakeland do the forever guarantee so when it breaks down its going back. I've now bought the Tefal Roast and Bake which is a more solid unit and I can leave the lid on when its turned off and its perfectly fine. Its a big unit and I use that for big meals and the little Remoska for a small meal.

I do use them quite a lot but on reading the posters information above about it not being moneysaving then it makes me think. I use it because I think it is more efficient than my big oven.

Frugalsod

crana9 wrote: »

uh, nothing, but you can't really make some things in there now can you.

being as at the moment i have 2 plug-in electric hobs and a microwave (shared with 3 flatmates), i thought it might perhaps be a cunning way to extend what i can eat. although I don't really NEED it. it was just a thought anyhow.

I would have thought that a combination microwave would cover many of these needs. I even bake my own bread in my combination microwave.

penrhyn

Lakeland have discontinued the Remoska, Remoska have an improved version out which is more energy efficient.
I'll be giving the R21 a test run over Christmas.

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Jim_Ford wrote: »

I've had a Remoska for a couple of years and whilst they're handy I have a couple of issues with them:

1) They're claimed to be more economical than a conventional oven because they are rated at less than 1kW, whereas a conventional oven is usually around 4kW. BUT - bear in mind that an oven is insulated whereas the Remoska is not. This means that the oven thermostat switches off the electricity supply when it reaches temperature and only cuts in periodically to make up for heat loss. The Remoska runs continuously. This means that on a killowatt hour basis (what you pay for!), an efficient conventional oven may in fact be more economical than a Remoska!

2) The uninsulated Remoska represents a serious burn hazard such that its use probably wouldn't be permitted where health and safety rules apply. A conventional oven is insulated and much safer. The Remoska is downright dangerous with children around!

;^)

I agree with you on both points and I have two remoskas, which I use but will not eventually replace, ah I see that I cannot anyway. There is no way I would have had one on with children around plus I hate the fact that the non stick is still dropping off

I did look at the food through the lid, the new one does not have that facility so would be minus points anyway