Tayama Turbo Oven

Grill or bake quickly and without heating up the kitchen
We are a huge fan of this turbo oven. The product works by sending hot air from a fan on top around a glass bowl, cooking food on a rack. The hot air circulating is like a convection oven and cooks food quickly (moving hot air cooks faster as the insulating layer of cooling air around the food is constantly being removed and fresh, hot air is replaced.) The racks (a single low rack or a dual upper rack on a stand that works with the lower rack) drain the fat off food into the glass bowl beneath.

We cook chicken thighs in this, and the layer of fat that accummulates is astonishing. If you were baking or grilling the same pieces, that fat would still be in the food or sitting under it. When we use the Turbo Oven, the chicken pieces have very crispy skin and the meat is less fatty. Steak and chops work very well. You can also bake in this device. As long as you can store it, this might be a good device for RV dwellers (glass needs to be packed well for travel, of course) and...

So Far So Good
We just got this appliance to replace a "turbo" that we had for more than 20 years. We have used it a couple of times and it seems to work just fine. The cooking is quite even. The bowl is large enough with convenient handles. The heating unit itself I find to be well-designed with its handle also doubling as a safety shut off. I cannot vouch for the product's reliability and durability since we've only had it for a short time but at the price, I would certainly recommend this particular brand. It seems to be a safe, inexpensive bet. And for those who have not tried this sort of appliance, I would definitely recommend cooking this way. It's relatively fast, convenient, and drains grease away from the food. We even have good friends who swear that brats cooked this way are the best they've ever tasted.

Tayama Turbo Oven
I bought this unit strictly for just scavenging the top to be used for roasting coffee beans. It works just fine for that .. everything works as expected, if I had one minor complaint, it would be the cheesy knobs on the heat/timer dials. They work, but come off unexpectedly, and seem to be pretty flimsy. The manual is kinda funny to read, as it is written in a sort of "Chiwanese". The temp dial is calibrated in Celsius if that might matter to some folks .. I was, at first pretty disappointed at the unit's heat range until I realized this fact. Overall, it seems to be pretty well made and does exactly what I've expected of it.

Click to Editorial Reviews