Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It took me a few days to actually get interested in using my new oven. The directions are really lacking, so I wasn't sure where to start. There were only two recipes in the instruction booklet - lobster and crispy chicken. There wasn't even a standard instruction booklet diagram explaining the different parts in the box or how they fit together. Fortunately there are many similar models on the Internet, so I found directions in other brand's instruction booklets to fill in my knowledge gaps. One mysterious, extra piece turned out to be a handle to take the racks out when they are hot, but that took some Internet digging to figure out. It wasn't obvious what to use it for from looking at it, and it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the instruction booklet. Other than that, once I got over the where do I even start hurdle, the oven overall works great. Food generally cooks in less time than it takes to cook in our wall ovens, and I suspect at much less wattage. My first dish to try was roasted onions and potatoes and it turned out very tasty on my initial attempt. I love roasted potatoes, but I usually don't have a lot of roasted food over the summer because our built in ovens tend to heat up the whole house, which we try to avoid when it is 90 degrees or more outside. This turbo oven roasted my onion and potato dish well without heating up the surrounding areas in the kitchen. I wish I would have had this turbo oven to use at the beginning of summer. My second dishes to try were chicken breasts and pork chops. Again both came out very good even on my initial attempt. I did leave the pork chops in a bit too long and they got a little dry, but that was my fault and not the oven's. I let them simmer in gravy after taking them out of the oven and they moistened out well. I still have to get used to remembering the shorter cooking times. I made pork chops in my Nesco roaster oven last week before I had this oven and they took 2 - 3 times longer to cook in the Nesco roaster vs. the turbo oven. I debated giving this oven 4 stars, docking it one star for the lame instruction book, but really the oven itself is a great value for the price compared to the infomercial brands that cost over twice as much, so I stuck with the 5 stars. One other thing I liked about this oven is that the bowl is made of glass and not plastic like some of the more expensive brands. Glass just seems healthier and less likely to chemicals into my food.