Meet my $600 toaster oven

[Kaido]

No I like the tech, but what is stopping Anova from just making a full sized version with all the exact same features, just bigger? Package it right into a normal range. Plumb it if needed. I would buy that.

I just came into this thread today for the first time and it sounds great, but I saw that first pic after you just got it and cooked some pork and it looks as dirty as the inside of a regular oven. If I'm going to have to clean it like a regular oven it got me thinking why not just replace the oven/range? Dual compartment would be perfect.

Yeah, I'd buy one too! However, price is a factor. Right now, the cheapest in-wall Combi oven I'm aware of starts at $2,400, and the better version starts at $4,200 (Miele) & goes up to nearly $6k. So $600 is a steal for a home combi!

The oven does get dirty & does need to be cleaned. The door is sealed for the humidity, so it operates a little bit differently than a regular oven. The bottom of the inside has an evaporator plate that needs to be wiped off after use. I rarely do a full cleaning to remove the patina because it just gets dirty again, mostly I just do a quick wipe to get any spills or liquids.

 

[Kaido]

Early Black Friday sale FYI

$510 + shipping

 

[brianmanahan]

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omg that cookie

 

[Geekbabe]

Early Black Friday sale FYI

$510 + shipping

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That sandwich, that cookie! ❤️

 

[snoopy7548]

Dibs on the cookie!

 

[IronWing]

Early Black Friday sale FYI

$510 + shipping

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When your children leave home, they are doomed to disappointment at every meal.

 

[herm0016]

whelp... ours bit the dust.
every time you plug it in, it starts up and then trips the GFI. its the only thing on the circuit.
think they will warranty it? should have lasted more than a couple years for 600 bucks.... if its not resolved they will not get another order. too many issues. had to replace the water tank, needs to be unplugged frequently, temp probe is wacky and off, timer is stupid and does not work in any intuitive way.

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[Kaido]

whelp... ours bit the dust.
every time you plug it in, it starts up and then trips the GFI. its the only thing on the circuit.
think they will warranty it? should have lasted more than a couple years for 600 bucks.... if its not resolved they will not get another order. too many issues. had to replace the water tank, needs to be unplugged frequently, temp probe is wacky and off, timer is stupid and does not work in any intuitive way.

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1 - bummer! yes, it has a 2-year warranty. They are good about service. They can send someone out or have you swap out the unit

2 - they have a shield out for the water tank now FYI

3 - should never need to be unplugged & temp probe shouldn't be off (note, remember to plug it at all times, water in the port messes up the readings). FWIW, I currently have 3x APO's & they are all solid machines!

4 - I just use my iPhone timer, it's more reliable than the single buzz/bing I get from the APO app.

 

[herm0016]

they are shipping us a whole new unit. The little plug did not stay in very well. the oven was 1 year and 6 months old. we use the timer on our regular oven. hopefully its the new version with the tank shield.

 

[Kaido]

I may have posted this before, but I have a tiny half-galley kitchen with an open "pantry". To defend my Kitchen Overlord title, I ripped out the shelves out of the pantry & stuck up a metal cabinet for all of my toys. Can't see it, but my Instapot is behind the microwave up top. The goodie list:

1. (3) Anova Precision Ovens
2. Breville Smart Oven Air (family prefers physical control knobs)
3. Large 1250w inverter microwave
4. 6qt Instant Pot
5. Chamber vacuum sealer

With restaurant, delivery, and food prices being what they are, everything has already paid for itself at this point (I may or may not track my food spending in a spreadsheet lol). It's an ugly setup & my wife doesn't care for the aesthetics of it, but because I do almost of the cooking now, she quit caring Robo-cooking FTW!



Power consumption at my house is another story...

 

[Kaido]

Got into whole wings:



Porkitos: (prosciutto jerky)



Hands-free oatmeal: (20 minutes from cold start)



Back into the cookie business:

 

[Kaido]

Semi-dried pineapple stars are probably my favorite recent discovery. Slice thick & dehydrate for 12 hours. The outside is dry & the inside is concentrated & juicy. Absolutely amazing to eat. I can eat an entire pineapple myself this way haha! You pinch your fingers on the center stem & then eat around the star points. Really really good, I make this weekly now:



I heat up almost all of my baked goods with steam now. So for like brownies...freeze & wrap individually, retherm in the APO, serve with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, whipped cream, ice cream, whatever you've got. Totally game-changing from just eating a standard room-temperature brownie!



Reheating with steam (retherming) has really proven itself to be the "killer feature" of the APO (as Dave Arnold put it). This is some leftover BBQ from a local joint (corned beef eggrolls, bacon-wrapped General Tso's meatballs, and pastrami Mac & Cheese). Reheated to like 95% as good as the original meal:



I tend to do different kinds of pasta in my Instapot once a week. I rethermed the leftovers in the APO with steam & they came out GREAT, which is awesome for leftover pasta! Not gummy at all!



Also do a 6-month retherm successfully with another Instapot pasta dish. Typically gluten only lasts like 3 months (breads etc.) because they get kinda funky after that. This pasta was vac-sealed & frozen in a plastic bag, then rethermed in Sous-Vide Mode in the APO in a plastic bag. Came out pretty dang good:



I've probably mentioned it before, but the APO would be 100% worth the money just for the reheating feature. I get frozen stuff sometimes, especially from Trader Joe's, as well as my own frozen stuff, and being able to come home, push a button, and have an amazing meal from frozen 30 minutes later with zero babysitting is a modern miracle. I suffer from ADHD, so sometimes I literally have cereal for dinner, despite all of my cooking skills, because my brain is just fried at the end of the day lol. This has helped me significantly up my after-work food game!!

 

[Captante]

I may have posted this before, but I have a tiny half-galley kitchen with an open "pantry". To defend my Kitchen Overload title, I ripped out the shelves out of the pantry & stuck up a metal cabinet for all of my toys. Can't see it, but my Instapot is behind the microwave up top. The goodie list:

1. (3) Anova Precision Ovens
2. Breville Smart Oven Air (family prefers physical control knobs)
3. Large 1250w inverter microwave
4. 6qt Instant Pot
5. Chamber vacuum sealer

With restaurant, delivery, and food prices being what they are, everything has already paid for itself at this point (I may or may not track my food spending in a spreadsheet lol). It's an ugly setup & my wife doesn't care for the aesthetics of it, but because I do almost of the cooking now, she quit caring Robo-cooking FTW!

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Power consumption at my house is another story...

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I have the 1100 watt version of that same microwave.

 

[Geekbabe]

Sitting here drooling 😋😛

 

[brianmanahan]

holy cow that dried pineapple looks amazing

 

[snoopy7548]

I would do digusting things to that brownie.

 

[Kaido]

I have the 1100 watt version of that same microwave.

The Genius reheat & the inverter technology for power levels is AMAZING!

 

[Kaido]

holy cow that dried pineapple looks amazing

Details here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombiSteamOvenCooking/comments/tk3jv2/_/i1nu4c5

135F for 12 hours. I've settled on 3/4" thick fresh-cut. Doesn't work with canned. I don't really know how to store it because it's only semi-dried, or how long it will keep. I tried keeping it in the fridge for a couple days, but it's not the best chilled & the texture gets weird. Pretty much just put it in the overnight & then eat the next day. I do the 2 for $5 pineapple sale. Highly addictive!

 

[Kaido]

Sitting here drooling 😋😛

Just got the Mini M&M's for a jumbo cookie!

 

[Kaido]

I would do digusting things to that brownie.

I can't tell you how good brownies come out reheated with steam...life-changing lol

 

[snoopy7548]

I can't tell you how good brownies come out reheated with steam...life-changing lol

 

[Aikouka]

Speaking of kitchen gadgets, I purchased one of the Ninja Foodi grills (IG601). It's a bit different from their other models as it has heating elements on the bottom instead of just being an air fryer that can cook like a grill. I mostly went with it because Target had it marked down to $200 from $350 and they had a 15% off deal on kitchen items. My biggest desire to get something different is that I made the foolish mistake to buy a George Foreman grill that doesn't have removable plates. It's a large model too, so it's just painful to clean even though I have a singular, large sink.

Haven't had a chance to try it yet though, but we're big fans of our Ninja Foodi countertop air fryer (SP301). It essentially serves as a secondary, small oven for us. Sounds pretty crazy when you consider that I have a dual floor-standing oven already.

 

[Kaido]

Speaking of kitchen gadgets, I purchased one of the Ninja Foodi grills (IG601). It's a bit different from their other models as it has heating elements on the bottom instead of just being an air fryer that can cook like a grill. I mostly went with it because Target had it marked down to $200 from $350 and they had a 15% off deal on kitchen items. My biggest desire to get something different is that I made the foolish mistake to buy a George Foreman grill that doesn't have removable plates. It's a large model too, so it's just painful to clean even though I have a singular, large sink.

Haven't had a chance to try it yet though, but we're big fans of our Ninja Foodi countertop air fryer (SP301). It essentially serves as a secondary, small oven for us. Sounds pretty crazy when you consider that I have a dual floor-standing oven already.

I actually preferred my large George Foreman with non-removable plates because it got way hotter than the two removable-plate models I had. That thing got me through college!! Lots of chicken & panini sandwiches lol.

I have a couple friends who have the IG601. It actually does pretty decent with smoke as long as it's not excessive! And being able to hit 500F in a countertop appliance is REALLY nice! There's another nice 500F model that also does sous-vide, which got popular from QVC:

https://www.amazon.com/PowerXL-Indoor-Cooker-1550-Watts-Stainless/dp/B08L3SW8DZ

I do wish the APO had a few extra features:

1. Max is 482F. I have two Baking Steels & can sort of boost the heat that way, but wish it did 500F or 550F.
2. I wish it was just a liiiiittle bit bigger to use standard half-sheet pans. 12x16" are the max I use.
3. It would be interesting if they also had a top-down convection. I dunno how the fan physics would work with the rear fan, and the top broiler works pretty good, but I would be curious to see how that works.

I also have a few friends with the Breville Pizziolo. Price has shot way up ($1,000 now) but it lets you hit 750F INDOORS, which is nuts!

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It's a great time to be a food geek!!

 

[Kaido]

The whole "reheating with steam feature" is really dangerous lol. I had a leftover brownie from Wawa (gas station) & steam-heated it up with a little whipped cream & Hershey's caramel syrup from the squeeze bottle. Le fancy:

 

[Kaido]

A competitor is releasing a compact competitor this summer. $360, but first-day kickstarter price is $199. It's basically a 6-quart airfryer with a steam function for sous-vide. Nice option if you only need to cook for one or two people or just want to reheat stuff. Ships in July:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreo/dreo-chefmaker-combi-fryer