Set it and forget it!
…it costs how much? Forget it.
“The Achilles heel of the Ronco design is its structural resonance frequency. Allow me.”
Okay, not really. But you say Ronco, and that’s what I think of.
I have had this thing for a couple years now. The oven is great overall, but Woots’ price doesn’t seem that good. I paid $79 at Big Lots for mine. It was around 4 or 5 years ago I think.
Don’t EVER try to order a part for this. If the skewer part breaks, they won’t send you a new one. I’ve been waiting 4 years after 16 phone calls to them and them saying, “It’s back ordered” or “It’s on it’s way”. Throw the whole thing away and buy a Big Green Egg! Little more expensive but your food tastes MUCH better and You can get parts because The BIG GREEN EGG IS MADE IN THE USA!!! In Georgia as a matter of fact.
I have the little george foreman - “baby rotisserie” and for us it’s the perfect size, and I agree everything comes out great. A marinated tri tip on there is to die for. The problem I see with this one is, how many of us want to cook 4 fricken chickens at a time?? I think it’s way too big unless you are doing a lot of entertaining.
My mom bought my wife and I the standard size one when we got married 11 years ago. Became the most used appliance in our kitchen. Have cooked, chicken, steaks, roasts, potatoes, etc. Just about everything. Bought the pro size about 3 years ago. I did the thanksgiving turkey in it this year. Came out Great! I bought the stand and the dust cover from the Ronco website to get it off my countertop. Now sits at the end of the kitchen.
I’ve owner the Platinum Edition of this thing for years. We love it. I turned my father-in-law on to these and he is a serious cooking snob. Turns out a friend of his at work (who is also a serious foodie) utilizes a wide array of these in his outdoor kitchen. Finally the F-I-L decided to try one out and he is hooked, I just ordered this one for him so he can flex his rotisserie muscles in front of his buddy (and make us a huge turkey!)
Hot and moist rotating meat anytime in the privacy of your own home inside or outdoors!
I feel very very dirty now and I am not quite sure why.
“The Achilles heel of the Ronco design is its structural resonance frequency. Allow me.”
Okay, not really. But you say Ronco, and that’s what I think of.
LOVE the futurama reference! Glad I am not the only one there who also thought that when I saw that episode.
for extra points, what was inside of the Ronco safe they were going after?
My in-laws have an older version. My wife and I frankly have never been impressed. We have always thought any poultry cooked on in (chicked or turkey) was dried out. I much prefer smoked, baked, or fried poultry. To be fair, I have never used the device myself so it is quite likely my Mother in-law just cooks the meat too long.
Can I “Set it, and forget it?”
If so I’m in for 3.
A 12 leaf clover inside of a Breakfast Club album Fry hid away from his brother. Turned out his brother Yancy found it in the past (present for Yancy) while getting a record to clear the reception out after the party, and gave it to his son, that he named Fry after his missing brother who he missed every day.
An episode that rivaled Jurrassic Bark in terms of sadness.
On Topic: Looks like a great product, but I just dropped $280 on a full sized backyard smoker. Thanks anyway Home.woot.
How is Ron Popeil these days? I wonder what he would have said all those years ago if someone had told him he’d be wooted.
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To be fair, I have never used the device myself so it is quite likely my Mother in-law just cooks the meat too long.
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Very likely.
The starting temperature of the meat matters – if you take any meat straight out of a really cold fridge and start cooking it, it will turn out poorly.
Remember, too, that meat tends to continue cooking after you remove it from the device.
WOW. An awesome story. Thanks for the link!
I bought one of the small ones a few years ago during a Woot-off. It was a refurb and was only $25. took a chance on the refurb, but it turned out great. I love using it. Chickens always turn out great. Plus it has a very soothing effect of watching the meat going around, and around, and around. I enjoy watching it too much to “set it and forget it”!
I agree. We got one years ago, and it’s still used at least once a week. It’s getting a bit whiny and grindy sounding, but it still works great. While I’m prepping other food, doing sides, using the “other” oven this thing just keeps on spinning, and cooking.
It IS a beyatch to clean. Use a lot of foil to line the bottom, the sides and especially behind the heater bars. I’m getting real tempted to hit the hardware store and getting stove caulking for the internal seams. Sometimes I hit the dollar store for throwaway pans that I can stretch or compress to fit the bottom. Four for a dollar, and it saves me a lot of cleanup time right about … this time of year.
But, everything … is like everything. I leave mine out because I’m almost always just about to use it. Some folk put it away between uses, because it does take up a bunch of room. Other folk … will wait until next year to regift it. Like my big popcorn machine, my two extra crockpots, and my spare bread maker.
I can’t imagine how big this thing must be! I have a little George Foreman rotisserie I bought on Woot quite awhile back. It will hold a 5lb chicken if you’re lucky. I do love it for my small family. This one would be great if you have a lot of people to cook for. I only use mine for cooking whole chickens. I tried a roast once, but it was dry, not juicy.
You must have a huge dishwasher I have what I would consider normal size dishwasher and the door does not fit in dishwasher. And the inside of it gets spatters on it that are tuff to get out. I do think it is a pain to clean up BUT with all that said it is the best way to cook up a lot of the best chicken thighs. YUMMY especially if you like crispy chicken skin and fall off the bone meat.
- for $79 are you sure it is the same size can you cook “Extra width allows you to roast up to 4 chickens at one time or roast a 24 lb. turkey” - You may not have this same model - This is a great price but it does take up alot of room. But the best roated chicken ever. I usually cook chicken thighs in the basket that comes with this.