"hopitus" wrote in message
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On Nov 8, 2:37 pm, "Yowie" wrote:
"Lesley" wrote in message



Does anyone here use the above or have any experience of them?
We're considering getting one as our oven is really too big for the
two of us

The ad didn't work for me, but I'm assuming its based on infrared
technology. Whilst I've never used one for cooking food, I have lots of
experience with one in an industrial setting.

Yes, its true that it will heat up things very quickly. Its also true that
it will take less energy than a convection oven.

But I can imagine[1] that since it works in a similar way to microwaves
(using particular wavelengths to excite molecules and therefore making
them
heat up) that the food would come out cooked much the way a microwave
does -
that is, cooked but with no browning and little opportunity for flavours
to
blend. I'd also hazard guess that much like a microwave, you'd still run
the risk of having it overcooked onthe outside and still icey cold onthe
inside.

Yowie
[1] I could be horribly wrong, too
--
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.

I agree with what Jo posted. I, too, stay up really late and see
people dragging
delicious looking food out of these hunks of plastic that cost about a
hundred bucks
here. You can do all kinds of tricks in tv commercials, LOL. Outside
of that, I was
thinking ihe thing would make a great little litterbox (no spillage)
if there was a
bottom to put litter in (but then there's the hundred bucks).
There are all kinds of hysterically funny ads on late night tv Like
Yowie, I take
them pulling out perfectly grilled steaks from this item with a big
grain of salt.....
Let the buyer beware.

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Along the lines of taking these commercials with a grain of salt...My sister
once bought a flat griddle of some sort. She said the ad showed that it
would immediately melt an ice cube without any preheating. She found that
it worked perfectly to melt the ice cube, but did nothing for frozen meat or
veggies!!

MaryL