Art and performance meet

First of all, I'm a born skeptic. I don't take anyone's word for anything until I've tried it first. But I gotta tell ya, this little tabletop oven does EXACTLY what it promises to do, in spades. In short... I LOVE THIS OVEN!!! It's a gem, a real "must have." I didn't even use the kitchen to cook my first complete meal in. I just placed it on my coffee table, and watched TV as it cooked my entire dinner as I watched it bubble and brown right before my eyes. It was kind of cool seeing the whole process unfold right there in my living room.
After I'd spent all day researching similar convection ovens, I noticed that they all have major issues, particularly the ones hawked on TV. Mainly, they were extremely cheaply made compared with this unit. The fact that this model had a heavy glass top that lifted easily without having to place it on a table or on a special lid holder was a big "plus." The quality looks fantastic, but let's see if it holds up well over time. If it does, I have definitely found cooking Nirvana, and for a lazy bachelor to get such incredible results with this oven the very first time at bat, well, let's just say that I'm feeling like Superman. Emeril step aside, you're looking at the artiste of roasting a whole roast chicken. BAM!!! It was so easy that I felt like a culinary genius. The chicken came out exactly right -- perfectly browned on top, the meat perfectly cooked and tender -- and to realize that this was my VERY FIRST TIME OUT, something of a small miracle. I just can't say enough about this Secura oven! Spraying the inside of the bowl with some Pam cooking spray prior to cooking more messy items is also a great idea, guaranteed to make your clean up a breeze (I used it when cooking some hamburger patties. All I had to do was wipe the bowl clean with some paper towels).
I exactly followed the superb roast chicken recipe supplied by Chef Kevin Stanton I found on page one of these reviews, but I'd like to add a few personal "improvements" of my own that I hope everyone will like.

Review Update: The vendor was willing to work with me on this one. Therefore, I am raising the rating from one star to three stars. I did perform some additional testing. I really tried several options to get it to work properly. These included cooking with no food and setting the temperature lower. I found that it operates normally without food at any temperature setting. I also found that after about 45 minutes of cooking, the food the lamp will stay on and no longer cycle burning the food. I tried setting the unit to 350 degrees. After about 45 minutes with two average size potatoes, the lamp will stay on without the fan and burn the surface of the potatoes. Even after the timer ends and the unit should shut off, the lamp will remain on with the fan off. I am a bit concerned that this could result in a fire hazard. Early on, I experimented with cleaning the unit with water in the bottom. In general, I believe that in this case steam (and not temperature) is the culprit. I would like to try another unit of the same model because I purchased all of the accessories. Of course, this time I will keep the temperature setting at or below 450 degrees and avoid cleaning the unit by adding water. I plan to limit cleaning to the dishwasher for the bowl and accessories and wiping the unit down with slightly damp cloth after it is completely cool. I also recommend that a card be included in the box for other customers recommending updated cleaning instructions that will hopefully reduce the risk of failure.

I read some good reviews here on Amazon and bought this convection oven. This is our second convection oven, the 1st one looks more like an ordinary toaster oven with a convection fan on one side. The food facing the fan side always cooked crispier than the other side. But this "popular side" had very limited quantity. I was thinking they should design a new convection oven with a rotating base, so all 4 sides will face the fan in turn. Well maybe an appliance like this is already available, but not that I have heard of. The idea of having the convection fan on top of the food is brilliant or I should say the right thing to do. Unfortunately most other convection oven just put the convection fan at a place easy to install. Aerodynamics or fluid dynamics is definitely critical factor to consider. Well apparently the design of this convection oven makes a lot of sense. The cooking results I would say absolutely as expected. All the surface facing up now are crispier than my old convection oven does. It takes similar time to cook small items but with better results. As for bigger item, like a whole chicken, my old convection can not handle it because of the space issue. Occasionally we can squeeze in a smaller size chicken, but it never fully cooked before the outside got burned. But this secura oven can cook a whole chicken, we have not tried whole turkey yet though. Make sure to use extender ring, even you can put the chicken in without an extender ring. Cook anything big with an extendering.
Cleaning is indeed easier. We can wipe the glass bowl as we did with our old toaster oven. The glass bowl has a bigger opening and the opening is on the top, while the old toaster oven is not that easy to reach the corners. And you can do a complete cleaning of the secura oven, bringing to sink and rinse it inside and out. But can not do this with my old toaster oven. I read some reviews complaining about the oven hard to clean. It's like complaining your F-150 takes longer to unload simply because it has a larger cargo capacity than your Focus.

This is the best and the most used cooking appliance so far. We love the design and quality of this Turbo Oven. It blows hot air right from above, making the surface perfect and crispy, just can not imagine a better way to cook a fresh and crispy low fat meal, or just a snack.. The glass bowl is easy to clean just by dry wiping. And if you have to, you can remove the glass bowl to do a deep clean. Most other ovens, you need to reach inside to clean the interior. So cleaning is much much easier for this Secura Oven.
When we ordered this, we did not think too much, it just a countertop oven to replace our old one. To our pleasant surprise, it arrived well packed as seen from those high end appliances (this is a high-end oven) and came with beautiful gift packaging. Can not wait to order one for my parents.

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