Thread: Cooking with convection ovens

^ My kitchen stayed cool. That was nice. The wife said in the big oven the same pizza takes 25 - 30 minutes.

The M-I-L also "borrowed" $60 from me and she's moving out of town. You reckon I just paid $60 for an oven?

That's good, with ovens you can waste loads of power heating empty space when doing say just a pizza or other smallish snack.

Originally Posted by SKkin

^ My kitchen stayed cool. That was nice. The wife said in the big oven the same pizza takes 25 - 30 minutes.

The M-I-L also "borrowed" $60 from me and she's moving out of town. You reckon I just paid $60 for an oven?

"$60 from me and she's moving out of town" ... BARGAIN !

^Very good point Dave.

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

SKkin, those are the sort available in Thailand and one i am planning on getting so views on its utility will be good.

Have a pkg of chicken wings in the freezer. This thing would be ideal for those. When I do em up I'll take some pics

Lasagne

Bei Otto



Polished it off five minutes ago.


Lovely late afternoon here.

Rainstorm 45 minutes ago has taken the humidity out.

Looks nice, what's the Milk for?

^^That does look good Cy. I'm guessing the "milk" is to dress the salad.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Lasagne

Bei Otto

Looks very good.

Did it last week and didn't quite time it right.

The top was a bit scorched.

The Otto places obvious limitations on the size of the dish you can use, so the approach with the pasta is a bit 'crazy paving'.

My attitude to getting this piece of equipment was very much like the op's.

I was dubious about how effective it would be, and my wife went ahead and bought it.

It's proven itself to be a much more useful piece of kit than I'd expected.

You just have to work within its obvious limitations.

Originally Posted by cyrille

It's proven itself to be a much more useful piece of kit than I'd expected.

The one given to me will be very useful during the hotter months. Big enough to roast a whole chicken in it. Should do a small batch of roasted potatoes a bit better too.

For doing chicken wings in that freebie oven I pictured up above, suggestions for function setting appreciated. Convection, bake or broil? Didn't get a book with it and can't locate that model online.

TIA.

SKkin whats the make & model?

Chef Tested is the make and it was/is sold by Montgomery Wards. Model #FCO25B-CT

1500 Watts

Originally Posted by SKkin

Chef Tested is the make and it was/is sold by Montgomery Wards. Model #FCO25B-CT

1500 Watts

http://imsdm.scene7.com/is/content/i...ionOven_450776

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Originally Posted by cyrille

You just have to work within its obvious limitations.

Round creations work best.

Thank ya sir...I'll explore that link further when I get back on my pc.

Not sure how long M-I-L had it, so it may be a discontinued model.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Thank ya sir...I'll explore that link further when I get back on my pc.

Not sure how long M-I-L had it, so it may be a discontinued model.

Customer services should be able to furnish you one if you tell them your family has been buying Wards for generations, if they don't you'll excommunicate them

Ok...did a test run in the convection/toaster oven with 6 wings and some potatoes. Gave the wings a roll in some olive oil, salt and a dusting of corn starch. Potatoes had oil, oregano, salt, garlic pepper seasoning, lemon pepper seasoning and also a dusting of corn starch. All of that before going in. Tried all of the settings while they were cooking, convection, toast, bake and broil. Started out on 400F and then ended up cranking it all the way up. Still took longer than I thought it would. I had the wings in by themselves first, then added the potatoes in the bottom tray after the wings were close to being done. Then once the wings were done I used the pizza pan that came with it and put some of the potatoes in it and set it on the top rack were the wings were. That speeded up the tater cooking process.



That corn starch really helped crisp up the wings and taters. Here's those done.


Made up some homemade sauce to toss the wings in when they were done cooking. That was made up of Huy Fong garlic chili sauce(heaping tablespoon), soy sauce, sorghum molasses, garlic hoisin sauce and then sesame seeds sprinkled on top. Might have been something else in it, but damned if I can remember what now. Here's the wings.



One grandson had left and I thought he was going to a friends for the weekend. But he showed up about time to eat so we each had only two wings apiece. The boss is at work. I had only bought a pkg of 6 to do a test run. So here's my plate. Plenty of taters so it was enough.



Was disappointed in the length of time spent cooking...but...At least the kitchen didn't get as hot as when using the big oven.

^I guess should have taken a pic of the wings before saucing them...

You put some good stuff up SKin on all of the threads. Green owed.

How was the taste?

I'd have put the chicken in later, after the spuds, but you can never tell with these shitty little ovens. I can do a reasonably good tray of roast tatties in there, but the minute I add another tray of food (chicken, whatever) it's a guessing game.

^Thanks h. Taste was great, the wings were really crisp too. I like that. btw I put the wings in the big oven on "keep warm" while the potatoes finished.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

these shitty little ovens.

Yeah I know, but it was a freebie. Guess I shouldn't complain at that price.

Originally Posted by SKkin

^Thanks h. Taste was great, the wings were really crisp too. I like that. btw I put the wings in the big oven on "keep warm" while the potatoes finished.



Yeah I know, but it was a freebie. Guess I shouldn't complain at that price.

Good stuff, mate. Keep it up.

Some great pics of late.

Nice one Skinny. A masterclass.
Cyrille's lasagne looks pretty good too