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Review on πŸ”₯ NutriChef Convection Countertop Toaster Oven - Versatile Healthy Kitchen Air Fryer Roaster Oven, Bake, Grill, Steam Broil & Roast - Compact Appliance with Glass Bowl & Racks - 120V, PKCOV45 by Michael Gilmartin

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I love convection cookers. not this one

We have been using this type of convection cooker for over 20 years for its simplicity and speed. I can't help but talk about cooking with these appliances and have recommended them to dozens of friends. I'm even helping a dear friend learn how to cook for himself using an appliance I forced him to buy a month ago (another one). I know what I'm talking about. I had three Sharper Image 8217s (love them), NuWave (yes) and two others of varying quality. I understand that all things break after many years of happy use, so I'm fine with buying a new one every three years or so. Unfortunately, I allowed myself to believe that the performance and design of the updated 2018 fryer to match the 8217 would make it a suitable replacement for this venerable but hard-to-find product. These properties are a problem. I believe the specs listed are a piece of impressive fiction possibly created by an aspiring young writer armed only with a photograph of the device and the exact specs of other devices made by groups of mechanical engineers who care more than the team who created 2018's Improved Fryer of the Year". What vision did this up-and-coming talent hope their team could actually achieve? The soul of the new machine When I think of other convection cooker engineering teams (and I do), I think that they should use the kind of silent verbalization that resonated so much in Sam Shepard's portrayal of the imperfect but capable Chuck Yeager in the film "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe His and her dedication to the cause was obvious It didn't take much fuss just to know that one feat - breaking the sound m except or the development of a competent convection oven that simultaneously blows air... and actually heats - reward enough. But I am compelled to contrast the unselfishness of these other giants with the images inspired in my imagination by the miserable failure of this stove. It doesn't heat enough. The air it blows is like the whisper of a summer breeze over a sun-dried wheat field. Breathing. Warm. Useless. While the low fan speed makes it impossible for the device to self-clean after it has "finished cooking", it is also easy to clean by hand due to the same shortcoming. Due to the fan's exceptional softness, it splashes very little in its heavily ventilated (no fan) glass shell. I have to admit the possibility that spatter reduction was the goal of the much-heralded 'renovation'. I envision a group of selfless fraternity boys wracked with boredom awaiting their individual chance to "make real money” on Wall Street, or worthy social media influencers skating down ramps constructed from technical texts . I don't see the dawn for her. Wake up at 11am after wild partying and hooliganism, then erratic arrival at office, legs dragging all the way, shoulders sagging, arms swinging back and forth alternately with each step, eyes rolling at the sheer "injustice" to miss out on an 'epic' weeknight party because their stupid boss said they had to work. But is it possible that since they are selfless they can still have the last laugh? Could they have transferred this heartbreaking task, this daily conscious denial that they are "better" than this job, to a world that had to look after them and everyone who respected them? Could they build a convection cooker (for some reason that cooks when you can only Uber to the SCLOOSHBar) that looks EXACTLY like the best appliance, but miraculously offers absolutely and literally NONE of its features? could they do it Did you dare? Is it possible that they have united to achieve the impossible? No more delays for this steel-honed team of the worthy. At 8 o'clock in the morning. Exit at 10 p.m. More tech talk from home via conference call after quick energy shots. You could do it. Party inquiries go unanswered. Focus so far inexperienced. Breakthrough. What if we pair a low power heating element with a low power fan and connect them to the dependent row so that in any case the heater cannot do anything useful because of the fan. And we still need the same power to do it! Maybe we can use a desktop USB fan. "How many of them were on that team, that group of rebel engineers? I can not know this. But I can't help but feed that fantasy because I can't imagine how this product can look so perfect and yet so useless. That in itself was an accomplishment as he broke through decades of my experience to make me lazily buy the 2018 Upgraded Air Fryer. Yes, I thought it might take the place of its Right Stuff-esque predecessor during the long-awaited Labor Day culinary feast I look forward to every year. this plate. I end it "with the utmost bias". I hate this oven.

Pros
  • Easy Installation
Cons
  • There are more interesting options.