Can I use the oven to cook regular meals? Or is it just designed to bake?
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I'm not sure what you mean by " regular meal " but from my experience so far almost two years into cooking with it have been mainly one pot meals such as 15 bean soup, chili, meat loaf, barbecue chicken and an occasional bread baking. I have not tried to use the sun oven in any other way of cooking besides what's been mentioned is because the built in design requires the glass door to be closed completely in order for it to heat up. Opening the glass during cooking time will lower the cooking temperature by at least ten degrees. And it will take at least fifteen minutes to recover the temperature loss. I'm not sure what you mean by " regular meal " but from my experience so far almost two years into cooking with it have been mainly one pot meals such as 15 bean soup, chili, meat loaf, barbecue chicken and an occasional bread baking. I have not tried to use the sun oven in any other way of cooking besides what's been mentioned is because the built in design requires the glass door to be closed completely in order for it to heat up. Opening the glass during cooking time will lower the cooking temperature by at least ten degrees. And it will take at least fifteen minutes to recover... » Read More I'm not sure what you mean by " regular meal " but from my experience so far almost two years into cooking with it have been mainly one pot meals such as 15 bean soup, chili, meat loaf, barbecue chicken and an occasional bread baking. I have not tried to use the sun oven in any other way of cooking besides what's been mentioned is because the built in design requires the glass door to be closed completely in order for it to heat up. Opening the glass during cooking time will lower the cooking temperature by at least ten degrees. And it will take at least fifteen minutes to recover the temperature loss. « Show Less
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We use it for all kinds of meals. Here is a blog that has some recipes: http://www.sunoven.com/archives/category/daily-solar-cooking-recipeOnce we got the hang of using it, we started cooking whatever we wanted in there.
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I've only used it few times. I believe it will cook anything. Why? Because all cooking in my opinion is about reaching a certain temperature for certain amount of time. The ability to reach and maintain a temperature is up to your skills, plus a little help from the weather. I wouldn't cook on a cloudy day and I wouldn't cook anything that would require the door to be opened. Especially on a cloudy day. On a sunny day I would assume that you could get a frying pan preheated up enough to cook.
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My Mom uses the sun oven to cook many full meals, from fish to chicken, sweet potatoes, etc. They come out very moist and flavorful, as opposed to dried out from a regular oven. Hope that helps.
341260
It can be used as a toster oven I have baked in it before the oven temp go's up to 425. So you can cook anything that would fit in a small casserole dish as long as it do not need to be cooked over 425. no need to preheat. I will say it's not the best though and LG warranty blows on this item
323203
Yes, this oven does cook premade junk food breaded or battered up nicely. I do cook frozen fish and chips in it a lot. It comes out excellent.
869507
Yes u can- however it does take quite a while for the oven to heat up- I was hoping to replace my counter top toaster oven with this- but it takes twice as long because of this.
1661815
I like to bake healthy breads and I do it often. I would not bake it in this oven, though. Nothing against the oven, I like it. But not for baking bread.
827429
There is a removable mini baking tray included to use inside the oven. Hope this answers your question.
2255768
Yes you can bake biscuits, and breads. I pretty much bake anything that will fit in it. It browns meats as they cook, but there is no broil feature.
655408
I don't know. The paperwork that came with mine mentioned everything but oven. However, at a kitchen specialty store here in town where they were selling these same items (at a somewhat higher price) the salesperson said they could go in the oven. I'd double check with the manufacturer though before doing so.
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no, it is a toaster oven. but you can bake in the bottom and steam vegs or warm bread in the top at the same time. the rotisserie was fun, but not worth the effort. doesn't really get hot enough but very handy if you don't have an oven or if you don't want to heat up the kitchen.
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Sure. Just set the temperature, and the amount of time you want them to bake. We use the oven for a lot of things besides making toast.
1525050
Yes you can bake anything in the oven if the pan fits. Its great for all sorts of baking when you don't want to say heat up a full oven to make 4 biscuits for example. I hope this helps. Frank
260660
Not really. Just remember to reduce cooking time by about 20% for regular oven times. Great to have the option to use as MW or convection oven - or both!
32437
I have never used it in the oven. I use it for stove top, that is what I bought it for.
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Yes, you can bake anything. It's not just a convection oven. It has a bake setting too, along with broil and rotisserie.
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Yes, you can bake in this oven. The meat will brown just like in a regular oven. I LOVE mine and have used it to bake meatloaf, lasagna, and many casseroles. I have not make a cake or baked bread in it yet, but think it should work just fine. Hope this helps.
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No. I've always baked in them with no special considerations. Just be careful not to cook on the top or bottom oven racks. The bottom will burn, or the top will brown too quickly. Most recipes should say middle of oven.
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Yes...I use it all the time in the oven. I think that's what it's purpose is, as a baking dish.