Table-top halogen ovens

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Hi reeree,

I've added your thread to our main one on halogen cookers where you'll find lots of advice.

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reeree

meg72 wrote: »

have had mine 2 or 3 months now and would not be without it.Useit most days.

what would be the best size to get, we are a family of three in the week but have the family over for dinner at the weekends

Kyresa

rinabean wrote: »

I wouldn't recommend it if you have a real oven, unless you're struggling to fill it. It's good, but it's just a small fan-assisted oven (so remember to adjust your cooking times from an ordinary electric or gas oven). It's difficult to bake in as you can't accurately preheat it. Better than a microwave with a built-in oven, as long as you have the room for it, but nothing on a proper oven.

Absolutely disagree with this!

It cooks quicker, and you cook at less temperature. You don't need to preheat - the heat is instant

The meat cooked in it is far superior to that dried oven taste - it stays as juicy as rotisserie chicken.

I think all the comments here about how people wouldn't be without theirs says it all!

I know our electricity has gone down £120 in a year, and the only thing we do different is use the halogen oven much more than our regular oven!

rinabean

Kyresa wrote: »

Absolutely disagree with this!

It cooks quicker, and you cook at less temperature. You don't need to preheat - the heat is instant

The meat cooked in it is far superior to that dried oven taste - it stays as juicy as rotisserie chicken.

I think all the comments here about how people wouldn't be without theirs says it all!

I know our electricity has gone down £120 in a year, and the only thing we do different is use the halogen oven much more than our regular oven!

Preheating is absolutely essential for baking and impossible when you have to open the lid of the oven. It's great for other food, I agree, but if anyone has managed to bake in one, I'd love to know how!

Raksha

rinabean wrote: »

Better than a microwave with a built-in oven, as long as you have the room for it, but nothing on a proper oven.

I was a big fan of my infra red, especially in the summer where it's great for cooking without heating up the kitchen even more - makes a great roast chicken, grilled chicken breasts or salmon, sausages, burgers.

BUT certainly not better than a microwave with a built in oven.
I can use my m/wave for proving and baking bread, small batch baking, grilling, combi roasting etc. Additionally, my m/wave doesn't have to be stored when I'm not using it (the infra red is bulky to leave on a worktop or to put in a cupboard)

Combi m/wave for me every time!

meg72

reeree wrote: »

what would be the best size to get, we are a family of three in the week but have the family over for dinner at the weekends

I have a small 7.5lone as I live alone, but it comfortably does for two
when I have a guest.

pulliptears

Hate mine with a passion, meat is either dry and tough or raw. Went back to my oven within 2 weeks. The Halogen is in the cupboard now and will probably never see light of day again. Ill stick with my electric oven.

Kyresa

pulliptears wrote: »

Hate mine with a passion, meat is either dry and tough or raw. Went back to my oven within 2 weeks. The Halogen is in the cupboard now and will probably never see light of day again. Ill stick with my electric oven.

Did you follow the 10% rule? 10% less time and 10% less temperature?

pulliptears

Kyresa wrote: »

Did you follow the 10% rule? 10% less time and 10% less temperature?

Yep, tried several times, kids hated the roast potatoes it made too and asked if we could please go back to the roasting tin.

Kyresa

pulliptears wrote: »

Yep, tried several times, kids hated the roast potatoes it made too and asked if we could please go back to the roasting tin.

What make of oven did you get? sometimes that can have a bearing too!

we do jacket potatos... 5 mins in microwave, the 30mins in the halogen and they are the fluffiest inside and the crispest outside we've ever had :beer: