Tips

Fitting a Replacement Halogen Lamp in Andrew James Ovens

In many Halogen ovens, a broken lamp means end of business! Not so with the thoughfully designed Andrew James range. Even a complete duffer like me is able to master this very simple procedure. 1. DISCONNECT THE POWER AT THE WALL SOCKET Simple Replacement for an Andrew James Digital 12Litre Oven First take out … Read more

Beat the Rising Energy Bills

2022 More Price Rises 2022 update : Since writing this is Nov 2013, we now have an even more threatening crisis, looming up. Ukraine and Russia are in conflict, so Russian gas supplies to Europe may be completely cut off by sanctions forcing EU to buy in from more expensive sources. After the effects of … Read more

Advantages of the Halogen Oven in Safe Cooking and some food preparation and storage tips

I don’t want this to sound like a lecture, but if you have a few of these major points in your head, you can easily avoid any danger from bacteria. Under certain conditions they can multiply rapidly and become a hazard. Take a few tips from the professionals and look after your family or party … Read more

10 things to know before buying a Halogen Oven

1 New products with new features Halogen ovens have been around for a long time now and if you opt for the old models you will be missing out for things have moved on. The technology has been refined, new halogen tubes are very efficient, using even less electricity. The newer halogen rings are much … Read more

Halogen Verses Microwave Which is best

The kitchen gadgets keep mounting up, fighting for space on the countertop. Which do I use the most, which is the most versatile? Can I do without one?

The Microwave Pros and Cons

The microwave has been around since its invention shortly after the second world war and cooks by producing the short wavelength radio waves , which were found to make the molecules of high water content of the food vibrate faster and therefore heat up. It is very successful and quick in most cases, in fact a whole industry of pre packed foods and complete meals has grown up aimed at the microwave owning family.

It is however limited. Although it will cook a chicken adequately, visually you wouldn’t want to eat it! It doesn’t brown the food or crisp it at all, making bacon, sausage, chicken look uncooked. Sausage in particular can be a problem, if you overcook even slightly, it turns into an inedible rubber tube!

Holidays and the Halogen Oven

The Halogen cooker is very versatile, it is also very portable. This year I took it camping! We had an electric hook up and it proved to be perfect in the tent. I have always been all too aware that cooking in a tent with the usual gas canister type cooker can be hazardous. I remember too my Dads old parafin stove, that was positively lethal !.

Compared to a simple camping gas stove, the Halogen oven was so versatile, complete and varied menus more or less the same as at home, depending of course on whether I could buy what I needed, in the local shop.

Good Value Products

I am constantly reminded of the throw away culture we live in. My Son recently fetched me some shopping , which included a new washing up bowl. The bowl he purchased is so flimsy it is actually impossible to pick it up , full of water, without it cracking round the rim at the top! Ok it was less expensive than the trip to the Supermarket but it isn’t fit for its purpose…

Chicken and Vegetables Together

The Halogen oven is often promoted with pictures depicting a Chicken cooking with Vegetables underneath. This is possible but will always be a bit of a compromise.

Remember to always allow room around the food for the hot air to circulate.

Cook from Frozen with the Halogen Oven

Cook from Frozen with the Halogen Oven? I can hear all those professional cooks squirming and with good reason. If you’ve ever produced a dish still frozen in the middle, after the proper cooking time, you will know how difficult it is to judge with a microwave. I’ve even had it served up in a fancy French restaurant. Oh the fuss that caused !

The Halogen Cooker though is very very good at circulating the hot air,

Halogen or Infrared Convection Oven?

The phrase ” two countries divided by a common language”, often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, is certainly true for these Halogen Ovens . On Amazon USA and other American seller websites they are described as Halogen Infrared Oven or Infrared Convection Oven or even all three terms together Halogen Infrared Convection Cooker, on the … Read more

Ideal Christmas Present is a Halogen Oven

What to get for a Christmas present for the nearest and dearest? Be original this year, the Halogen Oven is an ideal gift and once the lucky recipient realises just how convenient, efficient and quick it is for everyday cooking, it won’t be one of those gifts that end up in the loft, it will be used every single day.

send a Halogen Oven to a friend this Christmas — Very efficient and great results every time

How to use a Halogen Cooker

If you have never seen one in action, here goes… The lid has a stand ( except the cookers with integral hinged lids ) make sure you have it placed on the work surface ready, when the cooker is hot it is essential to have the stand ready. Also be careful with the hot lid, … Read more

Welcome to Best Halogen Cooker Review Recipe and Tips Site

The Amazing Halogen Oven

2022 Update.

Hi, I hope this site (now in its tenth year) will help you decide about these unusual products, without being conned into buying whatever the local store happens to have piled up in stock. You can read the manufacturer’s own glowing descriptions, then when buying it online, you find it just isn’t what was promised. It’s no good after you’ve bought a lemon, Googling it online at forums and finding hundreds of posts complaining about the same thing. So I decided to do some real research into Halogen Ovens and give you my findings… which is the best value Halogen Oven? I have compiled my findings on the review pages:-

AND since starting this site back in 2011, other major kitchen cooking gadgets have come along, I present my findings on those here as well.

When I got my first Halogen Light powered Cooker I was very skeptical about the performance of a machine that cost so little against my trusty Gas oven which had served so well over years and years of cooking.

Believe! these little units are extraordinary

Save money
Save time
Save time cleaning afterward
Get the very best results every time with very little effort

The halogen oven is as cheap as a microwave oven, but cooks like a conventional oven, browning meat perfectly. It is also as quick as a microwave but doesn’t suffer with cold spots , the heat is distributed very evenly. It will also cook straight out of the freezer! No thawing necessary. Plus there is no pre-heating like your gas oven, it reaches top temperature almost instantly.