Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Follow-ups set to r.f.equipment
>
> I've got $30 to spend at Kohl's and "I've always wanted one since I was
> a little girl."
>
> What all can I do in one that would be better served with use of a TO
> than doing it in my range oven?
>
> Whaddaya say?

I've only tried one, a Black and Decker "Toast-R-Oven".
I've had it for about 32 years so far. I first bought it to heat
convenience food for lunches at my first job, around 1975 or so. It's
pretty ugly now, but it still works.
It has proven handier than a microwave oven for foods that should be
browned or crisp, and I recently slow-roasted a 2 pound beef roast in
mine. It wouldn't hold anything much larger than that without the food
being too close to the heating element.
I'd guess it consumes less electricity than a full sized oven.
Don't expect it to make good toast, though. That requires more heat,
generated faster, than my toaster oven can produce.

Off-topic, I was just going through my closets, and found that I had
four 12-meal boxes of MRE packets... Around 17 years old! The garbage
can is going to be unusually heavy next week..!
I might keep the "Accessory Packs" for camping trips - The toilet paper,
matches, and plastic spoons can't go stale at least, and the instant
coffee (vitamin C added!) couldn't GET any worse than it was when fresh.