Mini oven

Counting_Pennies_2

hi all,

I am having major work carried out on my house and will be without a kitchen for a while does anyone have any suggestions on the best mini oven out there for me to purchase to set up a mini kitchen in my dining room?

What features would be best?

Thanks

thriftlady_2

Don't really know much about mini ovens, but a Baby Belling is a reliable brand.

squeaky

Before you go out and buy something, you might find that with a bit of planning and what you have to hand that you can work round it. See this thread for ideas:-

HELP!! Kitchen Help - cooking without a kitchen (merged)

HTH

angchris

why dont you invest in a combination microwave?:D you can use it as a normal oven :j

Anne_Marie_2

Rather than go ahead and invest in a mini-oven, which you probably won't use again when your kitchen is up and running, see what you already have that you might be able to use. You probably have something lurking that you rarely use which might just come in handy at this time. If you do have to buy anything, it would be much more practical if you could use it in the long term.

Slow cooker - loads of recipes on this forum.
Microwave oven - combination or one with a grill would be handy.
Electric food steamer - Argos have a Cookworks one for just under a tenner.
George grill or similar
Electric frypan/multi-cooker/electric wok.

Was thinking if I was in your shoes what to go for, if I had to buy & had nothing...think I would go for the combi microwave, steamer and a George type grill and a slow cooker or multi-cooker.

Combi micro - well you can do all that you normally do in a microwave, but also you have the benefit of a small oven.

Steamer - all your veggies can be done at once, also good for doing chicken, fish, steam puddings, rice and a host of other things you would usually use your hob for. (Also good for keeping things warm if wrapped up in tinfoil).

George - grilling obviously, make toasties, paninis, roast veggies. (Also if you have a slow cooker, brown/seal your meat on the George before bunging in the slow cooker).

Slow cooker - you can do casseroles, soups and a host of other things - others on this board will give you better ideas, I don't use mine enough. :rolleyes:

It's not just the cooking...if you don't have a kitchen sink available!

Good luck....don't envy you at all, but think will be in same situation in a wee while....

recovering_spendaholic

We have a new really huge Aldi opening by us next week and today we got a mail shot with opening offers in and one of them is a mini oven. I have been really tempted to get a Remoska after reading all the rave reviews on this board, but I just can't justify the expense at the moment. The mini-oven in the Aldi leaflet is only £17.99 and is only 41cm x 29.5 x 21 and is 900w with a 9L capacity.

I need to reduce the usage of my electric fan oven and thought this might be good but I have never used anything like this before. Does anyone have a mini-oven like this?

recovering_spendaholic

I have been hankering after a Remoska after reading the thread on here but have been put off by the price and the comments about the non-stick. I was watching QVC last week and they had a Cooks Essentials mini oven and rotisserie - it is a grill and also works as a convection fan oven. I bought one and it came yesterday and I have to say that so far I have been impressed with it. It is quite a good capacity and has three shelf positions, variable temperature (up to 250) and timer and slow cooker functions too. It was £44 so cheaper than the remoska, but it is an entirely different thing I know BUt my question is this: it says that it is 1300w so is this cheaper to run than a normal oven?

GreenandThrifty

I bought one of these last year to use for camping, but can't get the hang of it - everything burns!!!
As it uses a quarter of the electric that my big one does I thought I ought to find out how to use it properly and use it at home as well!!

Its the type with a heating bar at the top, and one at the bottom, and shelf sits in between. You can have top bar on, bottom bar on or both! Which ever way we tried on holiday the food just burnt!!! I tried foil but that just burnt the food quicker

Can anyone help with how to use them or should I just give up and buy the remoska????

penguine

I had one of these when I lived in the US and loved it. I would bake lots of things in it, especially cakes and small batches of muffins, because it heated up so more quickly and used less energy than a regular sized oven. It sounds like the thermostat on yours might be wrong. You could try buying a small oven thermometer (you should be able to get one for just a few quid) and testing the temperature on your mini oven, then if it's wrong adjusting accordingly.

savingforoz

Yes, I have the Cookworks Signature one, and love it. I've had no problems, so it may well be the thermostat that's faulty. Is it still under guarantee?

You are welcome to PM me if you want to ask anything specific, I'd be happy to help.