Table-top halogen ovens

pulliptears

Kyresa wrote: »

Just by putting a raw egg in??

Yep

Egg was room temperature btw, perhaps add a further minute for fridge eggs.

mo786

pulliptears wrote: »

Well, I'm going to update...

I went to TJ Hughes and bout a Prolectrix 12Ltr, mostly because it came with all the accessories. It should have been 59.99 but as it was the display model they sold it to me for £49.

Put beef dinner in today with roasts. 2 hours later (on 180 I add) beef is bloody in the middle and so tough me and the kids couldn't eat it. Roasts are hit and miss, some potatoes are crisp, some are soggy, some are warm, some are not. Final result, 90% of the meal went in the bin and OH is heading to McD's. My £6 beef joint is now dog food.

Its going back tomorrow. I'll stick to my roasting tin. Final decision was made for me by my daughter who said "tastes different, and not in a good way".

I have the Robert Dyas one and use it everyday at work.

First time I tried cooking a 2 part meal and had similar results as yourself.

Unfortunalty you will not be able to cook a complete meal in one go as advertised on the sat channels or websites.

Now I cook/part cook in 2 stages and the results are excellent.

veggieblob

My mum's nearly 80 and she loves her halogen oven because it's on the worktop and she doesn't have to bend down to the oven. She says it makes the best cheese on toast!

m33r4

pulliptears wrote: »

Small hint...

Temp 125
Preheat for 2 mins
cook for 10 mins

Perfect soft boiled eggs

Takes me 9 mins maximum in some boiling water on the gas cooker.

m33r4

pulliptears wrote: »

Well, I'm going to update...

I went to TJ Hughes and bout a Prolectrix 12Ltr, mostly because it came with all the accessories. It should have been 59.99 but as it was the display model they sold it to me for £49.

Put beef dinner in today with roasts. 2 hours later (on 180 I add) beef is bloody in the middle and so tough me and the kids couldn't eat it. Roasts are hit and miss, some potatoes are crisp, some are soggy, some are warm, some are not. Final result, 90% of the meal went in the bin and OH is heading to McD's. My £6 beef joint is now dog food.

Its going back tomorrow. I'll stick to my roasting tin. Final decision was made for me by my daughter who said "tastes different, and not in a good way".

I got the halogen as a birthday present and I wanted to take it back the next day too. It does not work like the advert with the multiple stacking. Chicken took forever and was pink in the middle and stuff underneath did not get a look in as regards cooking and this nearly 2 hours later I was still trying to turn chicken pieces over to good evenly. I had the chicken in a pyrex bowl on the lower rack.

I am going to try it again today with drumsticks - some on the lower rack and the rest of the higher rack without any containers.

m33r4

Question: is it better to put the meat directly in the large bowl? I was under the impression (I must have read this in the manual that came with the unit) that food ought to have the heat circulating over, around and under so surely the food needs to be placed on the low rack at least?

Thanks.

m33r4

If the halogen truly works, it would be the best gadget to have in a caravan holiday (with hook ups of course).

Kyresa

We got our latest elec bill in yesterday, they are actually REDUCING the monthly payments by almost £10. That's a lot over a year! ... the only thing we are doing different is using the Halogen for most day to day things and hardly touching the oven...!

pulliptears

m33r4 wrote: »

Question: is it better to put the meat directly in the large bowl? I was under the impression (I must have read this in the manual that came with the unit) that food ought to have the heat circulating over, around and under so surely the food needs to be placed on the low rack at least?

Thanks.

No, that was the mistake I made! Put the meat on the low rack so the air can circulate. Now I'm used to it, I love it. It cooks the nicest crispy bacon in the world

As for the eggs, yep takes a moment or two longer than the hob, but uses much less electricity/gas to do so!

Kyresa

pulliptears wrote: »

No, that was the mistake I made! Put the meat on the low rack so the air can circulate. Now I'm used to it, I love it. It cooks the nicest crispy bacon in the world

As for the eggs, yep takes a moment or two longer than the hob, but uses much less electricity/gas to do so!

I've done the boiled egg, it turned out exactly like had it been cooked on the hob

Now, how do you do the bacon please