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Well, over here in the 50s and 60s due to the famous high costs of electricity that is one of the many Italy's pain in the ass, became pretty famous these types of portable oven pots, some were powered by the gas of the stove burner, others indeed with electricity (with a consumption much lesser than a regular oven).....
These kind of pots ovens are called by most people "petronillas" this from the first brand that came out, even when not of the same brand, pretty much the same way people call "windex" all sorts of window and glass cleaner....

They of course are not paragonable to a real oven even though fine to be used for some preparations and alllowing saving....
There were any equivalents sold in your country and or state? If so which were?
This aside from dutch ovens...not being quite the same thing...
Here some examples of how a petronilla looks like, they're still being solld over here and mantained their style unchanged...
http://www.pentolapetronilla.it/main.php?pagina=home&noflash=TRUE
[this post was last edited: 3/2/2014-09:51]
 
I would liken those to roaster ovens over here such as the early Westinghouse models and today's Nesco and Hamilton Beach ones. You can pretty much cook or bake anything in them.
 
In the 1940s and 50s, there were several small bakers that were either electrically heated or were usable on a stove burner or electric element. They were constructed so that the heat came up, not only through the base, but was buffered or baffled so that it rose around the edges for even baking. Club Aluminum and Guardian Service cookware brands were capable of stovetop roasting and baking. As discussed in another thread, the deepwell cookers on electric ranges could be used for small baking jobs. In 1958, I think it was, Hotpoint offered a boxy defrosting oven that sat over the rear 8" element. There were also sheet metal ovens that could be placed over the burner of a stove or camping stove for baking if an oven was not available. Some "oil" stoves of the time did not have an oven and this was the substitute,
 
Yes!!

We had one of those! We had an electric one, with a base that had the heating element on the side. It had a lid with a small window. My mother bought it a while before we moved and she didn't trust the gas oven anymore. It was only used for a while, when we moved she got an electric Siemens oven.

After I moved out, I took it with me. It was my first oven. I baked cakes in it and made casseroles. It worked like a charm. Would love one as a second oven. But they are very rare here now. You see the gas versions more often, but I prefer the electric ones with their own heating elements.

In Dutch they are called "wonderpan" miracle pot. :-)
 
HALOGEN OVEN

I have been using one of these over sized pyrex things for years.
I first purchased one as the electrics in an apartment we had couldnt support a regular electric oven.Although not a great shape,the oven only uses around 1200 watts and also has a fan which blows heat around the bowl.Great bit of kit really.
Of topic a tad,but do any of you lucky people that live in the sunshine use parabolic cookers?
Very cheap and easy to make,and free cooking!
pete
 

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