"Theron" > wrote in message
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> "Debbie" > wrote in message
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>> "Phred" > wrote in message
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>>> In article >, "brooklyn1"
>>> > wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>> [concerning] a second oven... and for the few times a year there
>>>>are inexpensive portable countertop ovens, in fact for most every day
>>>>oven
>>>>uses that's all one needs instead of heating a full size oven.
>>>
>>> I've had a look at those things as available here, and two things
>>> rather put me off them:
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>>> 1. According to the specs (warnings!), they get bloody hot; and
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>>> 2. They look to be pretty hard to clean.
>>>
>>> Are these real issues in practice and/or are there models available
>>> that don't suffer such problems?
>>>
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>> It is an oven, it is supposed to get hot! I don't find mine hard to
>> clean. I don't put my food directly into the dish they provide with the
>> oven. It looked like it would be hard to clean. I prepare what I am
>> cooking in the usual way and then put that dish into the oven in the
>> provided dish. If I think there could be spillage into the bottom dish,
>> I cover it with tinfoil. That way the only thing to be cleaned is the
>> dish the food is in.
>>
>> Debbie
> Go and buy the cheapest toaster oven you can find. I bought my
> Euro-Pro X at Macy's for under $30. It was purchased
> as kind of a toy. I find I'm using it a lot more than I thought I
> would. It's the best for re-heating leftover pizza, better than
> a conventional oven.
>
>

What I would cook in a toaster oven, I wouldn't even think about using the
table top roaster for. I use the roastser for a 2nd meat choice or the odd
time for a large casserole type dish.

Debbie