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Speed cooking on a shoestring.(Toastmaster Ultravection Oven)(Evaluation)

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| January 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Fast cooking for anything bigger than a bag of popcorn usually means using a big appliance that can cost more than $1,000. The report on page 48 covers several alternatives. By contrast, the Toastmaster Ultravection Oven TUV48S sells for only $100, fits on a countertop, and claims to cook food up to 60 percent faster than a regular oven by combining convection, conduction, and radiant heat.

Having tested it on a variety of foods, we don't consider this oven a must-have appliance.

It did well with some items, such as frozen french fries, fresh and frozen cuts of chicken, and frozen pretzels. Some of those foods were nicely cooked in about half the usual time.

But the Ultravection Oven did poorly with foods that a ...

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