What Can You Do With a Toaster Oven

ten Best Uses for Your Toaster Oven

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We often get questions about cooking in small spaces. While recommending another appliance might not seem like the logical reply, a counter-top oven is actually a peachy solution for energy-conscious, minor-space cooking.

I've been playing with the Breville Smart Oven, which yep, makes toast, only is so much more than a toaster oven. It's just big enough to bake a pie, even a 13″ round pizza. It gets hot quickly and has some bang-up features like a magnetic rack that pulls out when the door is opened. This particular unit would exist a actually good choice for kitchens without ovens (I come across this more than than you might expect in NYC apartments) or for anyone trying to cut back on wasteful energy. Why oestrus up a large gas oven to bake a potato?

Here are a few of the things I employ my toaster oven for. Tell us in the comments how yous use yours.

1. Warm plates earlier serving. Many large ovens just go downwards to 200°F which tin can exist as well high. A counter-top oven goes lower. I like heating plates for five minutes at 170°F.
2. Toast basics. Arrange in a single layer on included pan or a sheet of aluminum foil. 350°F for 10-15 minutes, agitating to turn nuts every 5 minutes.
3. Brand small batches of cookies, muffins, individual cakes
4. Melt side dishes (like stuffing) while the chief oven is occupied with something bigger (the turkey).
5. Roast pocket-size batches of meat: a whole roaster craven, quartered, fits easily, as does a pork tenderloin, a few pounds of ribs, etc.
6. Re-heat left-overs.
7. Defrost frozen ingredients.
8. Bake potatoes.
9. Cook cheese on top of French Onion Soup.
10. Anything you'd apply the broiler for with the added bonus of using less energy and having more command: your broiled nutrient will exist at counter-height with a meet-through window.

The big statement that is always made well-nigh toaster ovens is that they don't brand toast well. This is partly true, although it does vary from model to model. The Breville does a good task, although in more than time than a traditional toaster. Forget toast though, this is about cooking (entirely if you choose) with a counter-height oven. Bye gas bill.

Those with an eye toward replacing a traditional oven should shy away from cheap counter-summit toaster ovens. Look for a counter-top oven with convection and at least 1500watts of power.

And then go alee, tell us why you love your counter-top oven, and be certain to tell us which 1 you have.

Sara Kate Gillingham

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Sara Kate is the founding editor of The Kitchn. She co-founded the site in 2005 and has since written iii cookbooks. She is almost recently the co-author of The Kitchn Cookbook, published in October 2022 past Clarkson Potter.

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