On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:26:12 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
wrote:

>
>"ScratchMonkey" > wrote in message
. ..
>> "Vox Humana" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > I thought that I might not use the convection feature much and could
>> > do without the senor cook feature and so on. Now that I have used it
>> > for a few months I rarely fire up the full size range. In a way, the
>> > more sophisticated controls and technology makes using the oven
>> > easier. You can put in the food and press sensor cook or senor reheat
>> > and the oven does the rest of the work, calculating the temperatures,
>> > microwave power levels, and timing. The combination of the convection
>> > heat and turntable assures that cooking will be uniform. I would
>> > recommend that you look at the Sharp microwaves.
>>
>> Thanks for the recommendation. I've got a toaster oven that does a lot of
>> my baking for me (undercounter mounted) but a convection combo could
>> potentially eliminate that footprint.
>>
>> Much of my nuking is reheating coffee and warming up pasta so the sensor
>> thing sounds really attractive.
>>
>> I don't see any value in simple time/power presets as I can as easily
>enter
>> those by hand on the rare occasions I'd use them. But a smart oven with
>> feedback sounds much more like something I'd use a lot.
>>
>> Now if only it had WiFi so I could monitor the cooking from my
>computer....
>>
>
>I think that is coming. Sharp has a new model (I'm not sure it is available
>here yet) that downloads the cooking programs for food. It's only a matter
>of time before you can access the controls from the computer.
>

Yeah, and wait until some virus gets in and causes your roast to burn
up that was supposed to be cooking while you're at work!

......Alan. <laughing>


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