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-

On Sep 19, 10:18*am, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> 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-

i have a krupps convectiion toaster oven. it was pricey, but i really
enjoy using it to bake up small items. the krupps is the size of the
small microwave. imho, this would be a supplemental item to the
microwave, if a large oven was not available.

harriet in critters

On 9/19/2010 12:18 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
> 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-
>
>
We are on our second Sharp microwave/convection oven. Bought the first
one in 1981, replaced it with the newer one about six years ago when the
tube went out on the old one. Get the carousel version, makes everything
cook much thoroughly. I've had to replace the carousel motor once since
we bought this one. Looked at a manual online, ordered the eight buck
part online, replaced it myself just as easy as anything. Good rig for
cooking about anything. I've done twelve-pound turkeys in it, broiled
steaks, roasted a chicken, have done whole meals in the thing when I
didn't want to fire up the big stove. Wouldn't be without one. Never
owned a toaster oven so can't compare the two.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Steve Freides" > wrote:
>
>> 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-
>
> I have an Oster brand combo convection/toaster oven. It does not
> have a microwave function.
>
> I like it and it works very well for me!

So far, no one is suggesting a combination convection and microwave,
e.g.,

http://www.bestcovery.com/best-combi...onvection-oven

-S-

On 9/19/2010 7:18 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
> 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-
>
>

I ordered one of these for a kitchen remodel recently. That sucker cost
$900 with a service contract. Expect to pay $600 and up for a convection
microwave unit. When we got the oven, it looked like someone drove a
forklift through the side of the box and the oven was dented. We
returned that and since time was important, we grabbed a $300
non-convection unit. A microwave/convection oven is a cool appliance but
on reflection, I think that we wouldn't really use that feature much.
Get one of those if you have the cash. Alternatively, you could get a
over-the-stove mounted microwave or a toaster oven that mounts
underneath a cabinet to save some space - personally, I think that
mounting these up to near eye level greatly increases their utility.

On Sep 19, 2:25*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> On 9/19/2010 12:18 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>
> > 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-
>
> We are on our second Sharp microwave/convection oven. Bought the first
> one in 1981, replaced it with the newer one about six years ago when the
> tube went out on the old one. Get the carousel version, makes everything
> cook much thoroughly. I've had to replace the carousel motor once since
> we bought this one. Looked at a manual online, ordered the eight buck
> part online, replaced it myself just as easy as anything. Good rig for
> cooking about anything. I've done twelve-pound turkeys in it, broiled
> steaks, roasted a chicken, have done whole meals in the thing when I
> didn't want to fire up the big stove. Wouldn't be without one. Never
> owned a toaster oven so can't compare the two.

If I had to choose between the two, I'd keep my toaster-oven. As for
the mike, I could make do with the teakettle, as I only use the mike
to heat water, and once in a while, a reheat of leftovers.

The t.o. I use at least twice a day - for toast, topbrowning, baked
spuds.

I seem to be the only one who actually had a combination microwave
convection oven. Mine was in the motorhome we sold a few years back (the
one I hated). Here's what I found to be the problem with it: You have
to preheat it to use it as an oven. It blasts a bunch of heat back into
the room while it is doing this (unless you have a way to vent it)

I did not care for it at all because of the warm up time and the heat. I
have a friend who has had one for many years and she loves hers,
however, so there are people who do find it useful. I didn't.

I have the convection feature on my Cuisineart toaster oven and I use it
on convection quite often. It makes cooking a little faster and uses a
lower temp. It doesn't take as long as the microwave/convection to heat
up and it doesn't spew blasts of heat into my kitchen.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:18:12 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:

>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-
>

First figure out what you use the most, microwave, convection or
toaster. Which one could you do without.

We have a microwave/convection oven. Rarely use the convection part
even before we bought the range with regular/convection stove. We use
the toaster oven all the time. Convection oven does not toast or
broil.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"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.

Kent

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.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>
>
>
A true toaster oven is a small tabletop oven that has horizontal cooking
elements above and below the grate that you're cooking the food on. It cooks
exactly like an old fashion toaster, except there is a couple of inches
between the heating elements and the heating elements are horizontally
positioned above and below the grate. The true toaster oven must have this
configuration to be called that. There isn't any product that has the
toaster oven as above combined with a microwave heating element. There are
microwave convection and microwave grills and microwave convection grills.
None of them have the required above and below grate heating elements.

My primary reason to have a true toaster oven is because that is the only
way to reheat leftover pizza. Nothing else works. You have to have heat from
the bottom and from the top. The cheese melts on top, and the crusts regains
its crispness on the bottom.

Kent

On 9/19/2010 3:22 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>> In >,
>> "Steve > wrote:
>>
>>> 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-
>>
>> I have an Oster brand combo convection/toaster oven. It does not
>> have a microwave function.
>>
>> I like it and it works very well for me!
>
> So far, no one is suggesting a combination convection and microwave,
> e.g.,
>
> http://www.bestcovery.com/best-combi...onvection-oven

I have a Sunbeam Express Meals combination toaster/microwave oven--no
convection. It works in both functions but heats unevenly in both modes
and the microwave function is decidedly underpowered.

I dunno if newer models are more satisfactory, however generally a
do-it-all tool does everything less well than separate tools that are
purpose-made.

If you have a satisfactory microwave and a satisfactory toaster oven
already I can't see any good reason to spend money on an all-in-one.