Monday, June 16, 2008

cuisinart is industry leader. I have been using cuisinart for long time. I never had any problem with it .

Mark

Sunday, June 8, 2008

cuisinart brick oven

cuisinart brick oven reviews

I purchased this beautiful toaster/convection oven to use as a second oven for entertaining/holidays and for everyday use to cook for just the two of us.

First of all, it's darned beautiful to look at. It matches my stainless appliances and looks fabulous on my counter. The controls are very easy to use. It comes with 2 racks (although you're only supposed to use one at a time) and a baking pan/broiler tray. But the best thing is that it comes with a baking stone which sits in one of the racks and the oven itself is lined with baking stone material on either side. The back of the oven has the convection fan. All non-stone surfaces are of nonstick material, which makes it a cinch to clean.

In the month I've had it, I've used this amazing appliance to bake cakes and casseroles, broil shrimp, make pizza, roast tomatoes and chickens and even toast an english muffin! It passed every test with flying colors. The oven is large enough to fit a whole chicken for roasting - and did a great job.

I'd say the weak points are that you have to turn the oven around to get the crumb tray out (a minor inconvenience) and both the crumb tray and the baking pan tend to warp when the oven is hot.

To use the baking stone, you must preheat the oven for at least 30 minutes. Not a problem for me, as I preheated while waiting for my pizza dough to rise. Worked out great.

I'm delighted to give this my highest recommendation.

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I love this oven! It is the solution I have been looking for to baking bread in a stone oven, without having to heat a stone for an hour in my large convection oven. This is perfect. I've made several 2 pound loaves with wonderful crusts, and the pizzas are incredible. I use the baking tray that comes with the oven as a "peel", and shape the dough on parchment on top of the upside-down tray. Then I slide the parchment right onto the stone.


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Haven't had much time to use it but the little I have it seems like a very good oven. Just like the rest of the reviews - no digital heat setting and nothing to let you know it reached it's preheat temp. Knowing all that I still purchased it. I do alot of research before I buy ANYTHING (I'm a sick-o when it comes to that) I've been looking at ovens for months now and for your dollar I don't think you can beat this one. I only wanted to spend no more than $150 but went the extra mile and happy I did!!! I hope this helps. 4 stars because of the cons!


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