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Default Convection ovens

On 7/29/16 7:12 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> ZZyXX wrote:
>> On 7/27/16 8:27 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
>>> ZZyXX wrote:
>>>> On 7/27/16 12:46 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Oster-Desi...-Oven/13729291
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Oster allegedly has convection and it is a model I looked at,
>>>>> but ATK and other reviews chose either the Cuisinart or the
>>>>> Breville. I expect price to reflect something about quality so
>>>>> I'm not sure the Oster and other $100 models are capable of
>>>>> actually circulating air like a convection should, and lasting. The
>>>>> question was asked in the hope that somebody has owned some of
>>>>> these things.
>>>> well I own the Oster and it works just fine for my kitchen needs
>>>
>>> It wasn't clear from your post that you owned one. I had doubts
>>> about the convection flow because reviews always choose the one with
>>> the most even browning and none of the reviews ranked it highly. How
>>> is it for evenness?
>>>
>>>

>> the oster is also about 15/16 inches deep
>>
>> and if you are so moved you can get a large turkey and have the
>> butcher cut it down the backbone, over a certain size turkeys are
>> mostly meat and this way you have one you can freeze

>
> I saw the model at Target and it's big enough, but I was curious about
> why ATK didn't even mention it as a "value buy option" when they tested
> them for even cooking.
>
>

might be interesting to send them an email and ask them. FWIW I haven't
had any problems with it, although occassionally I wish the timer would
go for more than 90 minutes