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2005-10-11 06:49:32 AM
With prices rising, I'm considering some sort of a substitute
for our gas oven when cooking small things. We don't have
(and don't want) a microwave, so it's all we use to heat
things, outside of a summer grill and a two-slot toaster.
So is/has anyone used any type of counter-top oven,
or whatever the proper name(s) is? Are tangible energy
and financial savings realized with them? Thanks.
P. Tierney
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P. Tierney wrote:
except that we used to use them at school to heat things up. You can
cooked things like tater tots in them but they aren't very big and take
a while. I think you can pick them up for under $50 US at almost any
place that carries small appliances.
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"Rose" <Rosenugga@aol.com>wrote in message
oven. I have to watch out or set the heat lower. It heats up much faster,
too. I don't ever have to preheat. DH didn't think we needed a toaster
oven, but I think it rocks! Individual serving sizes of anything baked goes
in there and cooks in half the time. We use it all the time.
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In article <%dC2f.234713$084.215414@attbi_s22>,
"P. Tierney" <silviomossa@insightbb.com>wrote:
than electricity here.
Cooking isn't usually that big a component of energy bills -- the biggest is
usually the hot water system, then heating/cooling the air. At least, that's
the way it is here, but your climate might mean that heating air is bigger.
Our utilities have tips for saving money on their websites.
Another option for cooking is a Sunbeam frypan:
www.sunbeam.com.au/products/product_listing.cfm&p
age=3
You can use it in lots of ways: steaming, simmering, baking, stewing, frying.
--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.
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P. Tierney wrote:
used to have the cheaper small/standard size Black and Decker model,
which I detested. Now I have a T-Fal 6 slice with convection. I can
broil things in it, and it has a separate warmer compartment on top
where you can warm rolls, reheat items, etc. while cooking/broiling
other things. I used it a lot over the summer, and it didn't heat up the
whole kitchen the way using the oven/broiler would have. And in this
apartment we have an older electric stove/oven, so compared to heating
that thing up, I think this appliance is cheaper. It is big enough to
cook a pie or 12 inch pizza. A bigger toaster oven will either be rather
wide or rather tall, so you'll need a reasonable (or unreasonable)amount
of counter space or clearance from the countertop to the cupboard bottom
to be safe. The nicer models have digital temperature controls and
timers. I got mine for I think about $89, which is about midrange for
toaster ovens.
Check out a site like cooking.com or amazon.com where you can see a full
array of sizes and prices, as well as consumer reviews of the products,
which I found immensely helpful. Both the positive and negative feedback
about the products are helpful to pinpoint your issues about what you
want the product to do for you.FWIW, my other choice would have been the
George Forman toaster oven, which also had the warmer thing on top,
which was something I really wanted.
And we've never had a microwave, never will. I think they're
creepy-weird. I don't even like water that's boiled in them, I much
prefer a kettle on the stove, and I reheat things in a pan on the stove
or in the toaster oven. It doesn't take but a few minutes.
-Karen, mom to Henry 5 and William 17 months-
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