On Sun 12 Apr 2009 03:26:10p, Theron told us...

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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:
>>>
>>> 1. According to the specs (warnings!), they get bloody hot; and
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Ed

We had a Euro-Pro X toaster oven that we bought for $29 several years ago.
We used it every day, but I didn't really take good care of it (I normally
take really good care of appliances). It was so grungy looking that I
replaced it a couple of months ago with a Hamilton Beach for $29.95. It
seems equally good. I will take better care of this one. :-)

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