On 1/21/2019 5:24 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 12:44:39 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I am waiting to hear positive reviews about them. I have a penpal who
>> bought one a year or two ago. They used it frequently for a while and
>> apparently now it sits in a cupboard.
>
> I cooked some chicken thighs last night in the thing-a-ma-bob. It was okay. These things would probably work better for folks that like to bake/roast small quantities of food with little or no oil. It's quiet in operation and has digital readouts so you can probably get consistent results once you get a hang of timing and temperatures. My chicken got scorched at the top because of the close proximity to heating element i.e., there's too much radiant heat being given off.
>
> In my case, I'm a fan of frying and like to use a lot of oil when cooking so there's not much of an appeal for me here. Some folks might enjoy using it but as far as I can see, it's not doing anything that can't be done in a good convection toaster oven.
>

For chicken thighs I just season, put in a shallow pan, toss the pan in
a 375 to 400 oven. Crispy skin, tender meat. Pretty simple and no
space taking appliance.