GE Rotisserie Oven

[Kevinpreston3]

Interesting

but I would not buy it at WalMart!

http://www.gehousewares.com/action/browseproduct?content_id=26

 

[jasonl]

Modern day version

You'd think they'd put a roti in the slant-front version in keeping with being "retro". Boxy boxy boxy. I'd get a George Forman rotiss because of the round shape. Round is where it's at.

 

[petek]

I was looking at that GE boxy toaster oven in WM some time back and sitting right beside it was the near identical oven but with a Hamilton Beach or Toastmaster label, only other differences were tweaks to the dials and the color sort of thing.
It seems like a lot of these products made in China are not built and designed for any one particular company and are for sale in varying size lots to anyone or any company, labelled how you like.

 

[jasonl]

FWIW they do work well. My friend had one of those with the rotiss and it works just fine. He cooked a pork roast on the rotisserie and it make excellent pizza. Not all bad.

 

[Brneyedgrl80]

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...

Well, I finally took her for a test bake. I have to say she cooked pretty well.

 

[Brneyedgrl80]

Here we are about halfway through...

 

[Brneyedgrl80]

And we're done

Finished result.

The bottoms were a little bit too done, but still quite edible. I think it's just rack positioning, next time I'll set the rack at the very top and compare my results. What's interesting is that the timer doesn't buzz or anything when it's finished, you just hear the whole unit shut down. It's not a bad sound, you just know that the rotisserie is done cooking.

I love it!

 

[jasonl]

Put the rack up one notch, if possible.

I just ate biscuits for breakfast (Pilsbury Grands Butter Tastin' no less) and they come out perfect in the SS Maytag. Hopefully you'll find the rotisserie and you'll be enjoying the delights of rotisserie chicken.

 

[rinso]

I'm guessing that even back then, one would just "set it, and forget it." Isn't it amazing how everything old is new again?

 

[jasonl]

set it and forget it

I never did think that was a good slogan.

"Honey, what's for dinner?"

"I forgot"

"Oh, you're cooking on the rotisserie?"

"I don't remember."

 

[toggleswitch]

I would love to see rotisseries in full-sized ovens again!
or better yet, in over-the-stove micro-convection ovens.

You-hoo GE, Whirlpool, Frigidaire..snap to it, before someone gets to it first.

 

[rinso]

Set It and Forget It

Jasonl You are so right! It is a crappy slogan, given the dangers of doing that with cooking appliances. It also smacks of short term memory loss syndrome, which seems to be creeping up on me as I get older. I can relate every step of a complete wash cycle in a 1-18, and half the time can't remember where I set my keys down.

 

[launderess]

Do not think the slogan is that bad, nor the appliance "ad men" who dreamed it up were advocating "forgetting" one had started the appliance. Rather, IMHO the fact that the "automatic" age had arrived and Mrs. Average American housewife no longer had to stand over a stove, washing machine or any other applinace and manually fiddle with them at certian times to get the job done.

Some "set and forget it" appliances that must truly have lived up to their slogans:

Fully automatic washing machines that laundered, changed water, spun dry,rinsed and so on with no input from Madame other than setting cycles/water temp. No more wringers, no more changing of water...

Launderess

 

[toggleswitch]

Rule #1: Facilitate your own life.....

and half the time can't remember where I set my keys down.

IIMHO we all have the same issues as we "mature".
I have allocated a top drawer in my bureau for the contents of my pocket and my watch/ring.

2-story home? Allocate a certain bowl, vase that is near the door.

V-AY-Z= <$350
V-AH-Z= $350 and up.

LOL

 

[sudsmaster]

"I would love to see rotisseries in full-sized ovens again! "

My 70's era GE wall oven (in Harvest Gold) has internal connections for a rotisserie and a temperature probe. But the parts are missing. I suppose I could call GE and see if they can provide the accessories, although I don't think I'd make much use of either.

I also don't know if the oven actually has the rotisserie motor installed behind the oven wall. But the oven works great for cooking small batches of cookies, pizzas, etc. It's a small 27" (outside dimension) wide unit, so it's pretty energy efficient.

 

[jasonl]

I know a certain lady who has a FABULOUS black 1959 range that features a built-in rotisserie. Do you know who she is?

 

[toggleswitch]

Oh my the dirt that come out in the wash with good phosphates!

 

[sudsmaster]

"I know a certain lady who has a FABULOUS black 1959 range that features a built-in rotisserie. Do you know who she is?"

Not a clue.

Is she a personal acquaintance, or a TV celebrity?

 

[toggleswitch]

It's a small 27" (outside dimension) wide unit,

OMG, in most of the world that is considered oversized.

 

[toggleswitch]

Hint: There are pix of this at a recent club/site event

 

[retromom]

Who could it be?

Is it Barbara Hale? ;-)

 

[jasonl]

who?

It could be Samantha Stevens, but she owned a Flair, not an Imperial.

It could be June Clever, but I don't think hers was black.

Mary Richards?

Patty Duke?

Venus Wilder?

Carol Brady?

Harriet Nelson?

Who who who?

 

[toggleswitch]

She is a celebrity in MY BOOK.

 

[sudsmaster]

Waht brand range?

 

[toggleswitch]

Frigidaire......IIRC