Farberware Turbo Oven

[veg-o-matic]

Anyone got one? I was thinking of getting one (an older one, natch) to use during the summer so I won't heat up the kitchen too much.
Was wondering if they're worth it. I've seen some go for outrageous amounts of money on ebay and others that are identical--to my untrained eye--go for squat or don't sell at all.
It doesn't have to work absolutely perfectly. I'm not a gourmet chef. But if I can bake a pan of muffins without firing up the gas oven, it would be nice.
Plus, it would look kind of cool in the same room with my Radarange!

veg

 

[appnut]

Bob, a friend of mine from church has had theirs for YEARS with a good size family. They love it. I've thought about one myself.

 

[parunner58]

Hi my wifes aunt has one, I do not htink she uses it. I myself have a GE Profile Micro-convection oven above my range and I love using the the straight convection all year round. It is great in the summer because it does not heat up the kitchen. I grew up with my mom having a 30" wide gas range with two ovens, a larger one under and the small one above the cooktop. We did not have AC and the little oven was used heavlily in the summer months. If you can I would get that oven they are handy to have around for the summer and when you just need the extra oven when entertaining.

 

[toggleswitch]

If you are willing to go modern THAT, IMHO, is an oven.

a little easy-off on the SS inside and voila!

Rotisserie as well, and IIRC fits a standrd 1/4 bakers' sheet.

Do it once and do it right! LOL

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[toggleswitch]

so many new toys to try!

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[toggleswitch]

more like a toater-oven and not true convection, but works nicely!

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[toggleswitch]

choices choices choices!

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[toggleswitch]

wow, the old design LIVES!

SICK prices though, considering a full-size 30" free-standing self-cleaner can be had for $400 to $500.

LOL you could always have gas and elecric like I have in my large (for entertaining) kitchen.

Be well, all.

http://www.goodmans.net/get_item_fa-t490c.htm

 

[gadgetgary]

Farberware

My 83 year old neighbor introduced me a few years ago to the joy of the Farberware Convection Oven. From that point on, I was hooked. I have bought several on Ebay as well as at tag and estate sales for friends. I use my Farberware Digital convection oven almost on a daily basis. You can cook almost anything in it without firing up the big oven. It can fit 2 9x13 baking pans in it. It is great for just a couple of baked potatoes, or to warm a muffin or danish for breakfast. I have a woodgrain model 460, two stainless steel model 460's a black model 4800, my digital model, and a model that has three dials on it(one for the temperature probe) that I use for entertaining down in the rec room. They are fantastic and don't heat up the house like the conventional big kitchen oven would. It is great as a second oven when your main oven is full, and the Farberware can go anywhere...is transportable. Love, Love, Love it!

 

[dalangdon]

love those micro-convections!

I've seen microwave/convection ovens on the new Amtrak trains, and they seem REALLY slick: fast heating with "oven" look to the finished product.

When I was in college I worked in a faculty dining room that had really inadequate ventilation, so we improvised on the cooking. One of our menu items was a "char burger" that was intensely popular. If only the patrons knew that we oven-cooked the patties in the convection oven, and threw them on the grill for about 15 seconds a side to give them that "charred" look. It was more like a "burned meatloaf" burger.

Even better was our famouse "Curried Chicken Salad": neither the other cook nor I cared for curry, so we just mixed it up and added curry until we got the color we liked. People would actually ask us for the recipe!

 

[tolivac]

Are the ovens in airliner galleys the microwave-convection type as well?thought the ones on the Amtracs would be the same as those in airliners.Anyone out there that works at the airlines would know-or what type of machine do the airlines use to heat passenger foods?

 

[dalangdon]

As far as I know, airline ovens are strictly warming ovens (although they might be convection warming ovens) They used to not be able to use microwave ovens on planes due to electrical interference, and I don't know that that has changed - but any airline person out there can confirm that.

 

[tolivac]

that makes sense-the microwave ovens could cause interference to the airplanes navigation-electronics systems.

 

[toggleswitch]

Quote: my digital model, and a model that has three dials on it(one for the temperature probe) that I use for entertaining down in the rec room.

Gotta love and use the temperature probe!

 

[gadgetgary]

Model #464

LOL toggleswitch.

Here is the exact model that I was speaking about:

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[toggleswitch]

woooo-hoooo

a probe-a-matic!!! must have one....