An oven with smarts
(Credit: Sur la Table)When it comes to baking, you're limited to what your oven can handle. If you want to bake more than one thing, you often have to wait to get your baking done. But the Breville Stainless Steel Smart Oven provides the ability to bake in a small space--even while you've got your oven going. The Smart Oven cooks food perfectly with 1,800 watts of power, more than enough to handle even the high temperature needed to turn out a great pizza.
The Breville Stainless Steel Smart Oven can easily be preset: included in its controls are nine customizable presets, as well as a digital display. The Smart Oven is 18-1/2 inches by 12-1/2 inches by 10-3/4 inches, fitting easily on your countertop.
It comes with a 13-inch pizza pan and a 12-inch square baking tray, so you don't have to worry about buying smaller pans that will fit the Smart Oven. It has a retractable crumb tray for easy cleanup and the rack even auto-ejects halfway when you open the oven door, making it easy for you to remove your hot items. The Smart Oven does make cooking much simpler. The Breville Stainless Steel Smart Oven is priced at $249.95.
I have a traditional, large, built-in range, but would much rather do most of my cooking in one of these. I waste a lot of energy cooking small amounts of food, and this convection process takes much less time. I can eliminate my microwave too. This is only slightly larger than my microwave, but much more efficient.