Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you’re going to be like me and redo your kitchen in a stainless steel “industrial/commercial” style, understand that it also means any additional appliances you buy will have to match as well. As I’m quickly finding out, this means shelling out an extra hundred or so for the privilege of a stainless steel “commercial” finish…which is why I was surprised and grateful to a caterer/personal chef buddy of mine who turned me on to this Solo S2000 convection oven. For a convection its pretty impressive --especially considering the price, it browns, bakes and crisps much like a regular oven –though it won’t do justice to a bag of microwave popcorn or flash defrost a rock solid frozen steak but its not meant to. On the other hand, if you find yourself in constant need of a spare or second oven to handle real oven chores Solo is perfect. Ours has already handled two 13” lasagna pans way better and faster than I expected it to, and according to my daughter it also did a great job on her grandmother’s brownie recipe. It’s rated to have 1700w of power which in convection land is serious enough to prevent most anything from coming out half baked. From a usability standpoint its very intuitive and oven like—there’s three dials one for temp which goes from 150 up to 500, the second for modes which includes broil, roast, defrost bake and “convection bake” –which lives up to its name at least when it comes to brownies…the third dial is the timer which gives you up to two hours in 5 minute increments. While there’s more expensive “industrial grade” options that will also match my kitchen and needs, I also needed to match my budget and Solo delivers.