Two questions about these multi-purpose cookers

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

I've held off buying one for two reasons. 1. Are they considered toaster ovens. I see a lot of directions that say "Do not prepare in a toaster oven." 2. Why doesn't anyone use non-stick in the lining? Cleaning looks like a giant pain.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@depglass wrote:
I've held off buying one for two reasons. 1. Are they considered toaster ovens. I see a lot of directions that say "Do not prepare in a toaster oven." 2. Why doesn't anyone use non-stick in the lining? Cleaning looks like a giant pain.

@depglass They look like a pain to me. I have a toaster, and I have a convection wall oven that we use. We bought an air fryer and it is bulky, a mess and the oven and the toaster for us is easier. But we are really in the minority.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@depglass wrote:
I've held off buying one for two reasons. 1. Are they considered toaster ovens. I see a lot of directions that say "Do not prepare in a toaster oven." 2. Why doesn't anyone use non-stick in the lining? Cleaning looks like a giant pain.
@depglass They look like a pain to me. I have a toaster, and I have a convection wall oven that we use. We bought an air fryer and it is bulky, a mess and the oven and the toaster for us is easier. But we are really in the minority.

@Sooner we were gifted with an Air Fryer. Everyone I know that has one loves it. I used it twice and put it back in the box.

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

@Sooner I'm also in the "minority" as usual. We have a toaster, microwave and a George Forman grill. I bought a crock pot over a year ago and have never used it. DH keeps eying these air fryers but we have no use for it. And we rarely even use the oven! Happy with what I have!

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

I have a countertop oven and love it. I don't consider it a toaster oven when looking at cooking directions. There are a lot of different types of multi-cookers as in something that has more than one cooking function, so I'm not exactly sure which type of multi-purpose cooker OP is referring to. Some of those do have nonstick coatings. However, some don't like nonstick coatings because of toxicity issues, especially with heat. I know some people don't want a non-stick coating on their pressure cooker pots for that reason.

I also have a stand-alone Air Fryer and prefer it that way since I often want to use it at the same time that I would be using another appliance that might come with an air frying option. It does have a non-stick coating, but the non-stick failed early on. Maybe other models have better coatings, but I'm not going to buy a new one just to get a possibly better coating.

rockygems123 · ‎06-04-2012

@depglass wrote:
I've held off buying one for two reasons. 1. Are they considered toaster ovens. I see a lot of directions that say "Do not prepare in a toaster oven." 2. Why doesn't anyone use non-stick in the lining? Cleaning looks like a giant pain.

@depglass

We have a built in convection oven and microwave. Also have an Oster double french door convection countertop oven that is my preferred appliance. Not hard to clean at all and I use it like a regular oven. It does toast bread but it's not a toaster oven so anything can be cooked in it. They say this model can air fry however it's a convection oven i.e. it has fans that move the air around so you cook at a slightly lower temp and food cooks slightly faster.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@depglass wrote:
I've held off buying one for two reasons. 1. Are they considered toaster ovens. I see a lot of directions that say "Do not prepare in a toaster oven." 2. Why doesn't anyone use non-stick in the lining? Cleaning looks like a giant pain.
@depglass They look like a pain to me. I have a toaster, and I have a convection wall oven that we use. We bought an air fryer and it is bulky, a mess and the oven and the toaster for us is easier. But we are really in the minority.
@Sooner we were gifted with an Air Fryer. Everyone I know that has one loves it. I used it twice and put it back in the box.

@CelticCrafter LOL! You're lucky. We bought one and did the same thing. It is just something that doesn't work for us. I guess it is what we eat that is why we don't use it and it's a pain to get out and clean.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@kaydee50 wrote:
@Sooner I'm also in the "minority" as usual. We have a toaster, microwave and a George Forman grill. I bought a crock pot over a year ago and have never used it. DH keeps eying these air fryers but we have no use for it. And we rarely even use the oven! Happy with what I have!

@kaydee50 I guess if you eat a lot of frozen foods, and fried-type foods it would work for you. We bought a smaller cheaper crock pot last summer and do use it often to sort of poach chicken breasts in tomato juice seasoned for taco or taco salad meat. Sometimes beans or peas too. But the cooker is cheap and light weight.

DH bought our Philips air frye years ago after he ate some fries at Williams Sonoma from one, but we never use it either.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

I love my crock pot and enjoy that I can get guaranteed results. I don't fry and the only thing that we would rarely eat is fried okra. I pass a barbecue shop and can pick that up without investing in an appliance. I also would rather eat vegetables without the extra calories in breading.