Sometimes I Wish I Had Two Ovens

I can imagine how that must've been a real pain for you to operate. At least you persevered with it though and did manage to cook albeit it in a time-consuming fashion.

I'm amazed I didn't burn anything today but everything came out fine and..thankfully, cooked properly. One oven is usually enough for me as I'm only cooking for two.

Oh I never watch the cooking shows and I don't know the answer to this. I never thought about you not being from the US. I don't know if I can explain it..It's a large pan... dutch oven?..kind of like a crock pot...but will hold up to a 24pound turkey. The pan/ liner comes out so you could transport it or even set it on a counter for serving from. It's not a crock pot, you can cook anything in it, it has a temperture control knob that goes from the very low temps to 500 I think. No it doesn't turn like a rotisserie. But now they have a liner that you can put inside it that divides into 3 parts so you can cook 3 different foods at once, or keep the foods hot! Hope that helps. If you could find one, it might help free your ovens up, I wouldn't try baking a cake or bread etc in it but for the main course that takes the time and the oven it would be great. My daughter has shelfs in the garage that she stores all this 'special occasion use' stuff on.

Try this weblink and you will find one like I have. Although I have seen them in the stores cheaper. http://wwweverythingkitchens.com/roasteroven.html it is the Hamilton Beach 22 qt with removeable lid.

Is it like those roasters that I see on shopping channels? I've not seen one for ages as I've not actually watched any shopping channels for ages (they can become addicting lol) but I think I know what you mean when you refer to a roasting oven. Does the chicken turn round in it..I think it's called a rotisserie or something over here. The local high-class butchers has a massive one and the smell is amazing I must say!

Thankfully I got all the timings right today but - usually I don't even have to think about it. My Mum has a double oven but even she only uses one of them most of the time. At Christmas I'm at her house so problem solved with the turkey!

Hiya Janey, Palava no not really. It´s just that I can manage when I want to and make do with other things instead of the proper things. Besides a normal oven here chews up all the electricity as well so I am doing well to not use it and apart from that it was a self cleaning oven that no one else ever cleaned you see so it has layers of muck on it that I will not be able to get off ever. The dozy owner suggested that I try lemon Juice please excuse my ironic attitude but he did not know what he was talking about. I put the Oven on just once and never again it started to smoke you know the fumes from it being so filthy. The People who were here before really mistreated something that was so easy to use and clean they just never cleaned it full stop. So I don´t bother with it, it´s like having an ornament that you never look at it´s completely useless. The thing is I am not prepared to pay for a new oven when I would have to leave it here when we move as the House is not mine it´s rented you see.

That sounds quite a palava you have to put up with my friend. You've got more patience than I have!

I have a feeling though that American ovens (rather like the fridge/freezers) are miles bigger than ours anyway. I could be wrong but I'm probably not lol.

Well mine is not all that big...I'm guessing 30" wide. Now you got me on the fridge. I got a pretty big one, since I only go in to town about once a month to actually do grocery shopping. And I've thought about buying a smaller one and putting it in the garage. But so far, I've only thought about it...

Well I thought I'd be able to cook the fish in the microwave (cos it was in bags) but it said "do not microwave." DOH! What's a toaster oven? You're the second person to mention it and I'm not sure what it is..perhaps we have another name for it over here? They've not called me "boring" as such..just placed catty comments in one of my discussions that weren't necessary. If they didn't like the discussion why bother commenting? I'm sure there are more interesting topics out there...and if they're bored why don't they start a discussion themselves?

A toaster oven is a small appliance, sits on the counter top. It is about as big as a small microwave. You can set it to bake, or to broil, or to toast on both sides. Some can even have convection cooking. They can be fairly inexpensive to deluxe and pricey. Handy to have, for instance, a couple of pieces of fish would have cooked in there. Take the pan out and toast bread on two sides.Etc.

http://www.toaster-oven.net/ they look like several things so just go here...

Glad I don't have one now lol.

No, I haven't got a George Foreman Grilling Machine but I shall bear one in mind, thanks.

Nope, not even...

Did you get the double oven?

Happy weekend to you too. At least I use my single oven on a regular basis. If I DID have a double oven I'd probably complain about that because I wouldn't be using it as much lol.

LOL! I know what you mean, they're usually at eye level aren't they? Very handy. Mum's double oven is a free-standing jobby but mine is single and built into the units with the hob on top of course. I do get sick of all that bending down lol.

The fire actually started outside on the back wall of the porch ( outside ) , and for the most part the firemen was able to save the house, except for the room on the inside which was the wall that caught on fire. However, there was so much smoke damage the insurance said it was a total loss. It went through all the vents and to every part of the house. It smelled awful. So the insurance told us we would have the money to hire contractors to come in and totally gut out the house ( cause of the smoke )except for the walls. After having several contractors out and not liking their plans, we decided to do it ourselves. We wanted to compelety redo the house plans, add another room and so on. So after tearing down mostly all the walls and pre-treating the existing 2x4's with a sealer to keep the smoke smell out, we started built it the way we wanted it. It took us a year, but we came out with a extra room and a lot of small details we wanted. We picked out where we wanted to splurge when it came to the money, just my double oven, and garden tub. Plus I splurged on a ceiling fan for my den. It is a old house, about 50 years old. We still have things that we never finished, a lot of trim work, which is just crazy after all this time. But, we had ran out of time. We had to be out of the house we were renting in a year ( which insurance was paying for ) So, here we are today, things that werent' finished and now faced with small home repairs that needs to be done already. We look at the fire as a blessing in disguise actually. There were so many changes made to our lives because of it, but for the better !

Oh, I'm happy with my oven, I really am. It's only a couple of years old..well, going on three actually BUT it is 100 times better than the one we had before and it's efficient too, which is probably why I was able to juggle times today and get all the food ready at the same time. I was really quite chuffed with myself. What on earth happened with your house? Did it all burn down completely because you say you rebuilt it? Aww!

Wow, three ovens, I'm mightily impressed! I've never heard of a solar oven before, that's a new one on me.

They didn't say the actual word but insinuated it. I'm over it now lol. Mum used to have a convection microwave, it was huge! When I lived there I used to bake biscuits and such-like in it, it was really fun to do. However, she has an ordinary microwave now as it's much smaller and she has the double oven if she's desperate for space! Well, the juggling act worked although the spuds weren't as cheesy as I thought they would be (I blame the Happy Shopper Mature Cheddar Cheese..I really should've bought some parmesan) but anyway, all is well and the food WAS edible, which is good enough for me!

Yes, I can imagine they are!

Is a dutch oven the same as a double oven?

So can I! In actual fact I don't really need one, plus the fact they are way more expensive than the single oven we have.

I go to my Mum's at Christmas (she has a double oven) so I suppose it leaves me off the hook lol.