This Dacor Double oven makes some of the best food we've ever had
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Hey, I'm Peanuts Ry Crist and I'm here at the Dacor Renaissance 30 inch Double Wall Oven. Hey, I'm Peanuts Ry Crist and I'm here at the Dacor Renaissance 30 inch Double Wall Oven.
And this is an oven that promises powerful performance and flexible cooking. And this is an oven that promises powerful performance and flexible cooking.
And we've put it through the test with all sorts off recipes and indeed It makes some delicious food. And we've put it through the test with all sorts off recipes and indeed It makes some delicious food.
Everything we made in this oven just tasted fantastic, it tasted much better than anything else we cooked in any other oven. Everything we made in this oven just tasted fantastic, it tasted much better than anything else we cooked in any other oven.
It was in a league of its own throughout all of our tests. It was in a league of its own throughout all of our tests.
Now that level of premium performance doesn't come without a premium price tag, and in the case of the Renaissance, that's a whopping $5,000, this is a very expensive, very luxurious oven. Now that level of premium performance doesn't come without a premium price tag, and in the case of the Renaissance, that's a whopping $5,000, this is a very expensive, very luxurious oven.
But you are gonna get really good tasting food. But you are gonna get really good tasting food.
I just can't stress that enough. I just can't stress that enough.
So aside from making great dishes, let's take a look at what else the Renaissance has to offer as an oven. So aside from making great dishes, let's take a look at what else the Renaissance has to offer as an oven.
It's got two chambers, and you'll be able to control them both independent of each other up here from one design. It's got two chambers, and you'll be able to control them both independent of each other up here from one design.
The Renaissance also promises not to leach flavor from one cavity to the other, and we tested this out by roasting garlic in the bottom chamber, while baking sugar cookies in the upper chamber. The Renaissance also promises not to leach flavor from one cavity to the other, and we tested this out by roasting garlic in the bottom chamber, while baking sugar cookies in the upper chamber.
No one could tell that I had baked them at the same time as that roasted garlic. No one could tell that I had baked them at the same time as that roasted garlic.
There wasn't any flavor crossing over. There wasn't any flavor crossing over.
It did a great job in that test. It did a great job in that test.
If we take a look inside the oven, we'll see that it has a pretty roomy four point eight cubic foot capacity. If we take a look inside the oven, we'll see that it has a pretty roomy four point eight cubic foot capacity.
And that's the same on the top and the bottom. And that's the same on the top and the bottom.
You'll also find this glide rack. You'll also find this glide rack.
You get four of these, and they have ball bearings, they come out really smooth and easy. You get four of these, and they have ball bearings, they come out really smooth and easy.
If you have a heavy dish on them, it's no problem to pull it out. If you have a heavy dish on them, it's no problem to pull it out.
It makes it a lot easier. It makes it a lot easier.
But I will say that taking these glide racks in and out of the oven, what your gonna need to do when your running a cleaning cycle or when you're rearranging things. But I will say that taking these glide racks in and out of the oven, what your gonna need to do when your running a cleaning cycle or when you're rearranging things.
It can be a little difficult, you sort of have to jimmy it, you have to shake it a little bit. It can be a little difficult, you sort of have to jimmy it, you have to shake it a little bit.
I don't like that cuz their expensive, and I don't wanna bend anything. I don't like that cuz their expensive, and I don't wanna bend anything.
But still a very good rack. But still a very good rack.
Now if we take a look at the back of the oven, we've taken the vent off of this fan. Now if we take a look at the back of the oven, we've taken the vent off of this fan.
We can show you it's spinning as we turn it on. We can show you it's spinning as we turn it on.
And the interesting thing is, is that unlike other convection ovens, this one actually pulls air in. And the interesting thing is, is that unlike other convection ovens, this one actually pulls air in.
It doesn't blow hot air out. It doesn't blow hot air out.
And Dacor claims that makes for more even dispersal of hot air throughout the oven. And Dacor claims that makes for more even dispersal of hot air throughout the oven.
It circulates air better. It circulates air better.
It does a better job of the performance boost that you get from convection. It does a better job of the performance boost that you get from convection.
Dacor performs fantastic, and they say that's the reason why I'm inclined to believe them. Dacor performs fantastic, and they say that's the reason why I'm inclined to believe them.
Aside from that 2200 watt convection heating element in the back, you've got the broil element on top, and also the baking element on the bottom. Aside from that 2200 watt convection heating element in the back, you've got the broil element on top, and also the baking element on the bottom.
And if you take a look inside again, the baking element is actually hidden beneath this bottom of the oven, so if you spill anything, if you have any grease that drops or you drop a slice of pizza, whatever it is, it's not gonna land on your heating element, on a set of coils. And if you take a look inside again, the baking element is actually hidden beneath this bottom of the oven, so if you spill anything, if you have any grease that drops or you drop a slice of pizza, whatever it is, it's not gonna land on your heating element, on a set of coils.
It's gonna be a lot easier to clean. It's gonna be a lot easier to clean.
All in all, these features are nice and add up to a very good oven, but most of them are features that you can find in less expensive ovens. All in all, these features are nice and add up to a very good oven, but most of them are features that you can find in less expensive ovens.
The convection fan, the gliding racks, the hidden heating element, those are all things that aren't unique to Dacor. The convection fan, the gliding racks, the hidden heating element, those are all things that aren't unique to Dacor.
The only really unique feature is that reverse convection fan. The only really unique feature is that reverse convection fan.
But that said even though it's not the most feature rich or the most flashy oven it just performs great. But that said even though it's not the most feature rich or the most flashy oven it just performs great.
That's your chief concern, if you wanna have a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, this is an oven you really can't go wrong with, if you've got the money. That's your chief concern, if you wanna have a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, this is an oven you really can't go wrong with, if you've got the money.
For CNET I'm Ry Crist. For CNET I'm Ry Crist.
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Hey, I'm Peanuts Ry Crist and I'm here at the Dacor Renaissance 30 inch Double Wall Oven. Hey, I'm Peanuts Ry Crist and I'm here at the Dacor Renaissance 30 inch Double Wall Oven.
And this is an oven that promises powerful performance and flexible cooking. And this is an oven that promises powerful performance and flexible cooking.
And we've put it through the test with all sorts off recipes and indeed It makes some delicious food. And we've put it through the test with all sorts off recipes and indeed It makes some delicious food.
Everything we made in this oven just tasted fantastic, it tasted much better than anything else we cooked in any other oven. Everything we made in this oven just tasted fantastic, it tasted much better than anything else we cooked in any other oven.
It was in a league of its own throughout all of our tests. It was in a league of its own throughout all of our tests.
Now that level of premium performance doesn't come without a premium price tag, and in the case of the Renaissance, that's a whopping $5,000, this is a very expensive, very luxurious oven. Now that level of premium performance doesn't come without a premium price tag, and in the case of the Renaissance, that's a whopping $5,000, this is a very expensive, very luxurious oven.
But you are gonna get really good tasting food. But you are gonna get really good tasting food.
I just can't stress that enough. I just can't stress that enough.
So aside from making great dishes, let's take a look at what else the Renaissance has to offer as an oven. So aside from making great dishes, let's take a look at what else the Renaissance has to offer as an oven.
It's got two chambers, and you'll be able to control them both independent of each other up here from one design. It's got two chambers, and you'll be able to control them both independent of each other up here from one design.
The Renaissance also promises not to leach flavor from one cavity to the other, and we tested this out by roasting garlic in the bottom chamber, while baking sugar cookies in the upper chamber. The Renaissance also promises not to leach flavor from one cavity to the other, and we tested this out by roasting garlic in the bottom chamber, while baking sugar cookies in the upper chamber.
No one could tell that I had baked them at the same time as that roasted garlic. No one could tell that I had baked them at the same time as that roasted garlic.
There wasn't any flavor crossing over. There wasn't any flavor crossing over.
It did a great job in that test. It did a great job in that test.
If we take a look inside the oven, we'll see that it has a pretty roomy four point eight cubic foot capacity. If we take a look inside the oven, we'll see that it has a pretty roomy four point eight cubic foot capacity.
And that's the same on the top and the bottom. And that's the same on the top and the bottom.
You'll also find this glide rack. You'll also find this glide rack.
You get four of these, and they have ball bearings, they come out really smooth and easy. You get four of these, and they have ball bearings, they come out really smooth and easy.
If you have a heavy dish on them, it's no problem to pull it out. If you have a heavy dish on them, it's no problem to pull it out.
It makes it a lot easier. It makes it a lot easier.
But I will say that taking these glide racks in and out of the oven, what your gonna need to do when your running a cleaning cycle or when you're rearranging things. But I will say that taking these glide racks in and out of the oven, what your gonna need to do when your running a cleaning cycle or when you're rearranging things.
It can be a little difficult, you sort of have to jimmy it, you have to shake it a little bit. It can be a little difficult, you sort of have to jimmy it, you have to shake it a little bit.
I don't like that cuz their expensive, and I don't wanna bend anything. I don't like that cuz their expensive, and I don't wanna bend anything.
But still a very good rack. But still a very good rack.
Now if we take a look at the back of the oven, we've taken the vent off of this fan. Now if we take a look at the back of the oven, we've taken the vent off of this fan.
We can show you it's spinning as we turn it on. We can show you it's spinning as we turn it on.
And the interesting thing is, is that unlike other convection ovens, this one actually pulls air in. And the interesting thing is, is that unlike other convection ovens, this one actually pulls air in.
It doesn't blow hot air out. It doesn't blow hot air out.
And Dacor claims that makes for more even dispersal of hot air throughout the oven. And Dacor claims that makes for more even dispersal of hot air throughout the oven.
It circulates air better. It circulates air better.
It does a better job of the performance boost that you get from convection. It does a better job of the performance boost that you get from convection.
Dacor performs fantastic, and they say that's the reason why I'm inclined to believe them. Dacor performs fantastic, and they say that's the reason why I'm inclined to believe them.
Aside from that 2200 watt convection heating element in the back, you've got the broil element on top, and also the baking element on the bottom. Aside from that 2200 watt convection heating element in the back, you've got the broil element on top, and also the baking element on the bottom.
And if you take a look inside again, the baking element is actually hidden beneath this bottom of the oven, so if you spill anything, if you have any grease that drops or you drop a slice of pizza, whatever it is, it's not gonna land on your heating element, on a set of coils. And if you take a look inside again, the baking element is actually hidden beneath this bottom of the oven, so if you spill anything, if you have any grease that drops or you drop a slice of pizza, whatever it is, it's not gonna land on your heating element, on a set of coils.
It's gonna be a lot easier to clean. It's gonna be a lot easier to clean.
All in all, these features are nice and add up to a very good oven, but most of them are features that you can find in less expensive ovens. All in all, these features are nice and add up to a very good oven, but most of them are features that you can find in less expensive ovens.
The convection fan, the gliding racks, the hidden heating element, those are all things that aren't unique to Dacor. The convection fan, the gliding racks, the hidden heating element, those are all things that aren't unique to Dacor.
The only really unique feature is that reverse convection fan. The only really unique feature is that reverse convection fan.
But that said even though it's not the most feature rich or the most flashy oven it just performs great. But that said even though it's not the most feature rich or the most flashy oven it just performs great.
That's your chief concern, if you wanna have a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, this is an oven you really can't go wrong with, if you've got the money. That's your chief concern, if you wanna have a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, this is an oven you really can't go wrong with, if you've got the money.
For CNET I'm Ry Crist. For CNET I'm Ry Crist.
