In article >,
"Kent" > wrote:

> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
> ...
> > We don't have a toaster, but we do have a toaster oven that makes fine
> > toast, tuna melts, and the like. My favorite use for it is for what we
> > call cheese toast - piece of bread, topped with sharp cheddar plus a
> > little garlic powder and brown pepper, cooked in the toaster oven until
> > the cheese is golden and bubbly, usually at 400 degrees for 3 minutes or
> > so.
> >
> > We have a microwave.
> >
> > My wife says she'd like to have one less of these in our none-too-big
> > kitchen, and directs me to ask here, so here I am. Would, e.g., a combo
> > convection oven and microwave do what we need? I guess one question is
> > really whether a convection oven can take the place of a toaster oven -
> > we've never owned a convection oven.
> >
> > Specific brand/model recommendations appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -S-
> >
> Your question isn't clear, based on what I read above. Do you want a single
> appliance that is both a toaster oven and a microwave oven? If so the
> answer is no. As you know, toaster ovens radiate heat from top and abottom
> heating elements. There isn't any product that does this and is also a
> microwave.

Here's 810 appliances, some of which do roughly what Steve wants:

http://www.amazon.com/Ovens-Toasters...=amb_link_1013
49822_38?ie=UTF8&node=289933&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER &pf_rd_s=gp-center-5&pf
_rd_r=0NHQRR529BY360XZT8S9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=439 471022&pf_rd_i=289913#%
2Fref%3Dsr_nr_p_36_4%3Frh%3Dn%253A1055398%252Cn%25 3A%25211063498%252Cn%25
3A284507%252Cn%253A289913%252Cn%253A289933%252Cp_3 6%253A1253527011%26bbn%
3D289933%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1284951257%26rnid%3D3 86465011&enc=1

The only one I looked at is a convection/microwave oven on the first
page. It has a broiler, so it will make the "cheese toast" that Steve
likes. Of course, if he just sets the oven at 400F for 3 minutes, then
any of the convection ovens will do this.

I would back this up with a conventional two slice toaster, which
doesn't take a lot of space.

I can't answer Steve's basic question, though, since I've never had one.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA