Rotisserie Ovens - worth the cost???

[Poohlove]

For some time now I have been wanting to purchase a rotisserie oven but they are not cheap. I have visions of the Wolfgang Puck Express meatloaf dancing in my head

Does anyone have a rotisserie oven and if so do you think it was worth the cost?

 

[disney4us2002]

Not sure which model we have but it's the Ronco "Set it and forget it". We use it probably three times a year. My kitchen is small with little free counter space so it's kind of a pain but it makes a delicious whole chicken roaster. We have also made pork roasts and burgers (it comes with a basket/tray for flat foods). If I didn't have to lug it to the kitchen from the basement, I would probably use it more. I'm sure ours is at least 10 years old and still works great. That's a consideration given the price.

 

[smokeyblue]

I had one that was part of my counter top convection oven. I used the rotisserie feature maybe 5 times while I had it. I did chickens, pork loin and a porketta. It did turn out really good. It wasn't terrible to clean up, all the drippings went on the pan and I soaked the spit thing a little and threw it in the dishwasher. Was it worth the bother . . . not so much. I'm fine doing pork in the oven or the pressure cooker and if I want a rotisserie chicken, it's just as easy to buy one already cooked for $6.

 

[tigercat]

I was given one by my in laws. They bought it and then read the instructions before taking it out of the box and decided they didn't want it. My dh was the first of the family to go to their house so he got it. I have used it in the summers to cook things by taking it outside. We get good meals without the heat in the house. But the biggest thing I cook in it is our turkeys. I buy 2 13 lb birds (my oven holds only 15 lbs. but 13 is better) and do them in it. I don't have to use any thing on it to baste it, it bastes itself. I love it for that. But I do have to get it up and that makes it difficult to use all the time.
tigercat

 

[powellrj]

I have one I was given as a gift. I have never used it because I keep it on top of a cabinet and it's too hard to get out.

 

[scrapquitler]

My brother has one (I think it's a ronco?) and he uses it all the time.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

We've had one for maybe 10 years. It's been in the garage for 8. Ha! I don't know if those are the exact numbers, but it takes up a lot of space. Out of sight, out of mind - it never gets used. I think I remember liking the chicken the few times we used it.

 

[Poohlove]

I think I am going to keep my eye out for one at my local thrift store and if it's meant to be I will find one lol.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

For some time now I have been wanting to purchase a rotisserie oven but they are not cheap. I have visions of the Wolfgang Puck Express meatloaf dancing in my head

Does anyone have a rotisserie oven and if so do you think it was worth the cost?

I first got a little one awhile back. It was about $120. I found it was worth it. I must say though that in order to fit the 15 pound turkey advertised, the turkey itself would have to be the perfect shape and I'd have had to tie it perfectly and very tightly. It was more like a 10 pound max and 8 pounds was more like it. I like the heating elements in the back rather than on the bottom. It does any kind of roast fine. I've used the baskets for burgers. They're better than in a frying pan but not spectacular. I only use it when it's too cold to use the BBQ which i have a little rotisserie thing for as well. You mentioned Wolfgang Puck. I haven't tried his combo unit or any of the combo units. In this world of it slices it dices, it chops, it will even wash your car advertising just know that you're buying a rotisserie oven not any sort of genuine replacement for every other appliance you own.

 

[Poohlove]

I first got a little one awhile back. It was about $120. I found it was worth it. I must say though that in order to fit the 15 pound turkey advertised, the turkey itself would have to be the perfect shape and I'd have had to tie it perfectly and very tightly. It was more like a 10 pound max and 8 pounds was more like it. I like the heating elements in the back rather than on the bottom. It does any kind of roast fine. I've used the baskets for burgers. They're better than in a frying pan but not spectacular. I only use it when it's too cold to use the BBQ which i have a little rotisserie thing for as well. You mentioned Wolfgang Puck. I haven't tried his combo unit or any of the combo units. In this world of it slices it dices, it chops, it will even wash your car advertising just know that you're buying a rotisserie oven not any sort of genuine replacement for every other appliance you own.

My main reason for wanting a rotisserie is to be able to do my own chickens, they are convenient enough to pick up at the grocery store already cooked but we could go through 3 in a week because they are so small. I am also trying to watch my sodium intake and have found a really good recipe for homemade rotisserie rub which I omit the salt from and don't even miss it.

I am not at all a fan of meatloaf but for some reason I tried the meatloaf from Wolfgang Puck Express at DTD/Disney Springs on our last visit. It isn't any old meatloaf, it is bacon wrapped rotisserie cooked meatloaf served over mashed potatoes with crispy onion strings and a port wine sauce - it is delicious!!! I have a recipe that looks like a winner but I think that they key is the way it is cooked. Seeing how it is something that I would maybe eat once a year this alone is not a good enough reason to drop that kind of money on a non-essential appliance and I don't know that we would use it for much else.

Decisions, decisions - I guess this could move over to the thread about first world problems

 

[QueenIsabella]

I think I am going to keep my eye out for one at my local thrift store and if it's meant to be I will find one lol.

This is my life philosophy as well!

P.S. I'm sure the Wolfgang Puck meatloaf was delicious, but I'm thinking it wasn't exactly low in calories or sodium. So, maybe if you don't find one at a thrift store, it's God's way of telling you to avoid temptation?

 

[Poohlove]

This is my life philosophy as well!

P.S. I'm sure the Wolfgang Puck meatloaf was delicious, but I'm thinking it wasn't exactly low in calories or sodium. So, maybe if you don't find one at a thrift store, it's God's way of telling you to avoid temptation?

Precisely why it would be a once a year type of meal

 

[manning]

I don't get a chicken at the store anymore when I found out they are loaded with sodium.
It's the solution they inject into them.

 

[QueenIsabella]

Precisely why it would be a once a year type of meal

OT, but a friend of mine posted a picture of Candy Cane Milanos on Facebook. I said it was proof that God does exist, and he doesn't want me to lose weight! It's probably good that peppermint things are seasonal.

 

[Poohlove]

OT, but a friend of mine posted a picture of Candy Cane Milanos on Facebook. I said it was proof that God does exist, and he doesn't want me to lose weight! It's probably good that peppermint things are seasonal.

My daughter loves those!!! See, we are meant to treat ourselves once in a while