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Post by Moose on Jan 12, 2016 21:07:36 GMT
We've just bought one of these and are cooking a lamb joint. I'd never heard of them before but they look pretty impressive...
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 13, 2016 0:22:27 GMT
Needs a bit of practice, but it seems to cook a good few things better than the microwave and more economically than a conventional oven. It's a bit like being in a lighthouse once it starts turning the element on and off though!
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Post by tangent on Jan 13, 2016 1:18:01 GMT
It turns the element on and off? *is puzzled*
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2016 8:37:09 GMT
I had to look it up.
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Post by ceptimus on Jan 13, 2016 12:14:50 GMT
It turns the element on and off? *is puzzled* Most (all ?) electric ovens do that. The power is switched on till the temperature reaches whatever you've set it too - then it switches off - the oven begins to cool down and after a minute or so drops below the set temperature so then the element is turned on again. With a 'normal' electric oven you don't really notice as the element only gets up to the temperature where it glows a dull red - but a halogen oven has a much hotter 'element' (it's a sort of giant light bulb) so when it switches on and off it's much more obvious.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 13, 2016 15:24:36 GMT
I find it amusing that there's an indicator light on the top to show when the element is on. It's a tiny neon light, but made rather pointless by the massive light underneath. It's 1300W, but gives off about as much light as a 60W tungsten bulb.
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Post by tangent on Jan 13, 2016 15:28:48 GMT
It turns the element on and off? *is puzzled* Most (all ?) electric ovens do that. Thanks, I thought it operated in a similar way to a microwave.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 13, 2016 15:36:19 GMT
Microwaves turn the magnetron on and off, too, if cooking at less than full power.
The halogen cooker is using the element to create heat so that the food cooks in the same way that a conventional fan-assisted oven does. As the bowl is 11L in size, it is only heating a small area, so creates a lot less waste heat in the process.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 13, 2016 19:27:11 GMT
So does that mean you an't bake/roast something big?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 13, 2016 19:27:49 GMT
My test of an oven is always two things. A pavlova and a sweet yeast dough. If it can bake both those well, then I'm a happy berry.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 13, 2016 19:53:39 GMT
So does that mean you an't bake/roast something big? Still planning to get a proper oven for that.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 14, 2016 9:11:38 GMT
Two ovens? Fancy! You'll be able to make loads of food for all the moots happening at your house.
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Post by Moose on Jan 15, 2016 21:42:26 GMT
Tonight we did chicken .. seemed to work quite well
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