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Toaster Oven

Can anyone recommend a toaster oven to use in the coach? We are not having much joy with the factory micro/convection unit and would like to remove it.

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I replaced my factory sharp with a GE advantium which we really like. We do our broiling on the grill outside

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Quote from: Old Hippie –
Can anyone recommend a toaster oven to use in the coach? We are not having much joy with the factory micro/convection unit and would like to remove it.

What aspects don't you like about the OEM Sharp?  That will help with what to look at in a toaster oven (or possibly identify a problem with the Sharp).

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My wife wanted an oven that would hold a full size cake pan. She got a Waring that does conventional backing and also convection backing. I do not remember the model number, but do know that it was not cheap. She also has one that she bought, but she did not think it was big enough. It is barely used. Still have it in the original box.

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We got a Wolfgang Puck countertop pressure oven to replace our microwave and it also does a good job toasting. So far, we love it!

http://www.puckoven.com/ps_b4/index.aspx?SID=GS_BR&gclid=CjwKEAiAlvilBRC5ueCzkpXb4kgSJADxop1BkxPImV6DFCF2DSCR-o6dNGXfC4n-Qi4LI10DUNkLwBoCqFbw_wcB

We got ours at Bed Bath and Beyond with a 20% off coupon while we were in Oregon so it ended up costing $199.

Tys and Don

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We have the same Panasonic toaster oven as Toyman and like it as a toaster/tuna melt maker.

Steve replaced our Sharp convection micro with the latest 120V GE Advantium. 

Advantium 120 Microwave Oven

The newer Advantium models have 2 full-size racks and a 13" turntable so you can bake 2 9x13 casseroles at the same time if you wanted to (and not worry about the turntable).  It also sort-of does toast, but nowhere near as well as the Panasonic.  The one thing that the Sharp did better than the Advantium is pizza.  I think it's a temperature control issue; the Advantium doesn't seem to get the pizza stone higher than 380 F even though I set it for 450 and let it preheat for an hour.  Steve got me a custom Baking Steel for Christmas this year so hopefully that will be the pizza solution.

BTW, I've tried the speedcook mode in the Advantium and it really see an advantage to it for the types of cooking I do. 

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This is Don...
I want to add that we never used the microwave, except to sterilize sponges and dish cloths (call us paranoid about the effects of microwave radiation, but we never liked what the d#$n things did to the food anyway). Anyway, I removed the still working old Sharp Convection/Microwave, and put the Wolfgang Puck designed-to-be-a-countertop oven, and put it in place of the old one. I gutted the original (being 15 years old and having bounced down the road for 160K miles, I didn't think it would be worth anyones labor to use it to replace a non-working one in their coach), and used the case with some added support to provide shell around the new oven as well as a shelf to support. As I was in a campground with minimal toolage, it was to be a temporary solution. However, now I think I will just add some trim and a small louvered oak cabinet door next to it to give it a true built in appearance. The carcass of the old Sharp serves as a heat barrier for the wall behind and wood cabinets around it. I had been looking for a long time, and there just aren't any built in conventional and or convection ovens that are designed to fit in that space. I considered a Waring Pro convection oven, but the half sheet versions is practically square and would protrude into the head space of anyone cooking on the stove. The Quarter sheet version could be made to work, but it would still stick out about another 3", not counting the space they want you to leave behind it. This Woflgang Puck oven is basically a Quarter sheet size, but it is shallower in depth and even leaving a bit of space behind, it is flush with the cabinet. I leave it to Tys to talk about the cooking aspects of the new oven, but here are some of the features I like about it: Door swings sideways towards the fridge. The door has double pane insulated glass. The oven has a light inside. No real electronics to worry about. 2 hour mechanical timer with a stay on function. While not a convection oven, in pressure mode, I think it may be even faster than convection ovens. It toasts. Large, easy to grab knob controls. Not a perfect solution to a Microwave replacement, but a workable one. And, we get a bit of extra storage beside for tall items like our thermoses.
Don
Quote from: acousticart –
We got a Wolfgang Puck countertop pressure oven to replace our microwave and it also does a good job toasting. So far, we love it!

http://www.puckoven.com/ps_b4/index.aspx?SID=GS_BR&gclid=CjwKEAiAlvilBRC5ueCzkpXb4kgSJADxop1BkxPImV6DFCF2DSCR-o6dNGXfC4n-Qi4LI10DUNkLwBoCqFbw_wcB

We got ours at Bed Bath and Beyond with a 20% off coupon while we were in Oregon so it ended up costing $199.

Tys and Don

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I took out the washer/dryer and built a shelf in there for the Waring half sheet oven. My wife likes it and so do I as now she can bake a cake just like being home in the house.

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We have a older 6 slice Delonghi which has been great, but the current version gets bad reviews on Amazon.

We occasionally use our Sharp convection microwave  (new one) for baking, but mostly use the toaster convection oven.

This is one that gets excellent reviews from other RVers:

Amazon.com: Breville BOV650XL Compact 4-Slice Smart Oven with Element IQ:...

And the bigger one:

Amazon.com: Breville BOV800XL Smart Oven 1800-Watt Convection Toaster Oven...

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. They gave me some ideas to think about.

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OH don't give up on the convection microwave.  Like Michelle, we use ours a lot for everything from cookies and cakes to bread, even a meatloaf. If we are doing burgers or stuff like thatbwe use out grill outside.

What are you having trouble with?  Maybe we can offer suggestions.  I would be hard pressed to give up the microwave component.

I like the Wolfgang Puck oven though.

Roger

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We have not had very good results so far. Following the oper. manual is not very user friendly and can cause loss of Zen. We have had canned and homemade biscuits, roast (we now use a crock pot for this), enchalladas, etc. none of which turned out very well. We think we would like a more conventional type oven. When we were looking for our FT we saw one that had a built in oven that the owner just raved about, now I see why. Probably not practical for a 36 footer.
thanks

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Quote from: Old Hippie –
We have not had very good results so far. Following the oper. manual is not very user friendly and can cause loss of Zen. We have had canned and homemade biscuits, roast (we now use a crock pot for this), enchalladas, etc. none of which turned out very well.

What mode are you using to cook?  Ignore the "mix" operations, which combine microwave power and convection.  Our best results were preheating the oven to the temperature called for just like you would a "regular" oven then baking for the time listed in the recipe.  It does take quite a while to get to the top temperature of 450.  I even made popovers in Santa Fe, NM and had great results with that oven.

One caveat, the ventilation works best if you have a window cracked a little, especially for things like roast chicken.

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I kinda liked the idea of a pressure oven, until I read the reviews on Amazon.  This is an electric pressure cooker in box form.  It comes with all the safety issues of pressure cookers, steam and explosions.

I used to have a plastic pressure cooker that cooked inside the microwave. If it does release steam or explode, it is contained within the microwave.  I'd go back to that rather than take out my Adventism and replace it with a Wolfgang Puck.