Halogen Convection Oven

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Nanfeishen

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So picked up one of these from Game for R399.

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Interesting and innovative cooking.

Electricity usage - the unit is rated at 1400w

Tried out some grilled lamb chops :low rack, temp on 200 Deg, timer to 22 minutes, walked away and came back to 4 browned chops, perfectly done.
Not bad at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=_UqFWjShhf8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgHoXjPiwiI

Cooking times need to played with for those used to conventional ovens, but if anyone has recipes, tips and tricks please post.

Thanks.
 
samr1wp said:
yeah need to see the actual size to judge but its you can make easy over stuff without using too much power then thats good
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You can fit a whole chicken in there + veggies etc. Can easily cater for 2 adults + kid, probably more. Volume wise it's bigger than a #4 potjie pot.
 
ghoti said:
I think its less.
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You'd think that yes. My mom wanted this convection plate with a set of pots to go with it for Xmas cause it uses less electricity etc (nb, they already do most their cooking on gas,I love gas, gas is ****ing awesome to cook on)

So we did a test to see how much elec it takes to boil water vs a normal kettle. virtually no difference

So i'd be interested to see this vs a normal oven. I might buy this if it saves a significant amount on electricity (significant 20% upwards) as I'm living alone and use the oven mostly for my dishes, although I suspect my dishware won't fit in this thingy, so another consideration for one would be: If I cooked x amount of food in an oven, how much can I cook in this, and if I had to do multiple batches because of the size constraint, would that equate to more or less the same amount of electricity usage at the end of the day?
 
My mom used to be a rep for a similar one as you bought, almost 10 years ago. My brother still has it and uses it at times. I don't know if it's the same quality as his, but I know 8 years ago it cost much much more than R400. It was a few K.
 
ghoti said:
I think its less.
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What about those "Induction cooking" plates - the ones that cook your food but the stove is cold and won't burn you if you touch it?

Do they work well, and is the power savings worth it?
 
Keeper said:
What about those "Induction cooking" plates - the ones that cook your food but the stove is cold and won't burn you if you touch it?

Do they work well, and is the power savings worth it?
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I think that's the one Acid was talking about.

AcidRaZor said:
You'd think that yes. My mom wanted this convection plate with a set of pots to go with it for Xmas cause it uses less electricity etc (nb, they already do most their cooking on gas,I love gas, gas is ****ing awesome to cook on)

So we did a test to see how much elec it takes to boil water vs a normal kettle. virtually no difference

So i'd be interested to see this vs a normal oven. I might buy this if it saves a significant amount on electricity (significant 20% upwards) as I'm living alone and use the oven mostly for my dishes, although I suspect my dishware won't fit in this thingy, so another consideration for one would be: If I cooked x amount of food in an oven, how much can I cook in this, and if I had to do multiple batches because of the size constraint, would that equate to more or less the same amount of electricity usage at the end of the day?
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I would think you can use all the recipes used for the airfryers (Philips and Tefal) - don't they work on the same principle?
 
ShaunSA said:
I think that's the one Acid was talking about.
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No a Convection Plate works like a stove (Heat) - I'm talking about these magnetic things (Induction cooking)

Here's a video:
[video=youtube;5zh05F370Yk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zh05F370Yk[/video]



The convection oven Nanfeishen is talking about though, makes excellent boerewors! - I promise you, it tastes better than from a Braai!
 
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AcidRaZor said:
whats the elec usage vs normal oven?
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My standard oven is rated at 2400W, this is rated at 1400W

eg: this evening i did one of the large chicken pies from Woolworths.
In my standard oven i would have had to pre-heat to 180 and then pop the pie in free from all wrapping for about 30 minutes.
In this i took the pie from the fridge , placed it free of wrapping and tinfoil onto the lower rack, set temp to 200 and timer to 18 min no preheat at all, pie emerged browned on top and crisp underneath.
I would say a definite difference in elec usage.

Check out the doc on this page for a rough guide to cooking times and temps versus a normal oven.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/17962910/Learning-to-Cook-With-Your-Halogen-Oven
 
Keeper said:
What about those "Induction cooking" plates - the ones that cook your food but the stove is cold and won't burn you if you touch it?

Do they work well, and is the power savings worth it?
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The ones I've used seem to pulse the heat, or the thermostat is trying to get the heat exact and its not good at maintaining.

Its fine of you're cooking pasta or soup, not so good for eggs and steak.
 
Nanfeishen said:
My standard oven is rated at 2400W, this is rated at 1400W

eg: this evening i did one of the large chicken pies from Woolworths.
In my standard oven i would have had to pre-heat to 180 and then pop the pie in free from all wrapping for about 30 minutes.
In this i took the pie from the fridge , placed it free of wrapping and tinfoil onto the lower rack, set temp to 200 and timer to 18 min no preheat at all, pie emerged browned on top and crisp underneath.
I would say a definite difference in elec usage.

Check out the doc on this page for a rough guide to cooking times and temps versus a normal oven.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/17962910/Learning-to-Cook-With-Your-Halogen-Oven
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Thanks, will have a squiz. My concern is bigger dishes though. Will check it out

Madman88 said:
The ones I've used seem to pulse the heat, or the thermostat is trying to get the heat exact and its not good at maintaining.

Its fine of you're cooking pasta or soup, not so good for eggs and steak.
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+1 Noticed this while i was trying to make a sauce. Wasn't ideal at all. gas is so much better/instant at maintaining and starting out
 
We have had one of those since last year and they are fantastic. The time to cook something is shorter then using a stove/oven. chicken is roasted to perfection. pies are done perfect but the only thing i didn't enjoy was fish as it comes out very dry, I like a tuna steak done in oil in a pan rather. I tried to make toasted cheese in our one 2 nights ago and set the dial on grill but it was taking too long so canned that idea.
 
Just a heads up
the bauer version is on sale at OK furnishers for R249
Ends tomorrow I think
 
Park@82 said:
Wow that is cheap.
Does it come with the extender ring thing?
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No extender ring
Thing is all the units look quite similar, I'm sure they coming out of the same factory. So maybe I'll try and get one from logik, but don't think I need one just yet
 
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