NuWave 20326 Pro Digital-Controlled Infrared Tabletop Oven, Black

Comment: I absolutely love it, call me lazy but this is my life. I bot this product for my wife for her birthday and we love it. There is not a day where the nuwave is not in use. I love the quick refrence card that tells you how long what ever your putting the nuwave takes. This is are oven and stove we love to cook meats one of it's primary uses in our household. But there is so much more the nuwave can do.

Comment: The product works very well on hamburger chicken ect but I have noted roasts ect need to be defrosted or they come out very tough.
The meatloaf an meatballs are wonderful.
I wouid like to see more recipes for this product IE more recipe book options to explore its possibilities. I have enjoyed the few things I have made.

Comment: I bought this product after reading many reviews. I wasn't happy with it and e-mailed the company I bought if from to find out how to return it before 30 days.

This is their answer, wich I find incredible if you want to try something out and want to send it back. "Thank you for writing. The item must be brand new, never used, packed back in the original retail packaging exactly as you received it. Items not in this condition can not be accepted as a return and will be refused. If your item meets these conditions, your RMA # and must be clearly written on the return address label underneath our Company name as shown below. We always recommend using a shipping method that provides you tracking and insurance as we are not responsible for items lost or damaged enroute back to us. Please print out a copy of this email and include it with your return to avoid any delays."

Be careful if you go to NuWave's website to order as you have to give them your credit card before you check out the information.

So I'm stuck with it.

Comment: I got this oven last week after seeing it advertised on tv. I really thought the oven would be helpful and convienient to me so I looked up some reviews online and most people seem to like it so I purchased it for a total of $145.95 which included the oven, cooking rack, instructional dvd, pizza kit with cutting board, pan, 2 recepie books, 25 recepie cards, stand to hold the dome, and travel case. I really really like this oven so far. As of now, I have cooked chicken breasts, corn on the cob, steak, choc. chip cookies, hot dogs, potatoes, and breakfast sausage. With the exception of the cookies, everything came out just right. Meats were cooked juicy and moist. The cookies were a bit too overdone and hard. Everything cooks very quickly, much faster than a regular oven and comes out just right. Unlike a regular oven, the nuwave oven cooks inside out and doesn't burn the outside while the inside is still raw so it cooks very evenly. You can even put frozen food into it and it will cook quickly and perfectly. I truly couldn't believe how easy and quick it is to make dinner. I was literally done with chicken breasts, and corn on the cob in 30 minutes.
I recommend this to families of 4 or less or you may need to purchase the optional extender ring kit to accomodate more food inside the oven. I also wanted to comment on the fact that they do say this oven can grill, bake, air fry, etc. There is no controls on the oven that let you change how you are cooking, but it kind of automatically does it itself. Also, the infomercial states that you will be taking in less fat with your food and although I did see the fat come off the steak and drip into the bottom of the pan, I didn't see it with the other meats so I don't know if that part is actually true. I guess the only way to find out is if we start to loose weight later on.
Overall, this oven really does do what its supposed to and I think it is very worth the money I spent for it. It's so easy to use that even children or teens can operate it making basic foods. The dvd was somewhat helpful as is one of the cookbooks, but I use the included cooking chart the most as this tells you how long to cook your food whether its frozen or fresh in both english and spanish. It also tells you whether you should put your food on the top rack, or bottom pan. (There are two layers you can cook in). The 2nd cookbook isn't really helpful to my family as we like basic american, italian or hispanic fare, but it is more for gourmet cooks or people who like to experiment with fancier foods. Busy moms or people on the go will truly love this thing!

Comment: This thing actually does what the informercials tell you that it does!!
I've cooked a 14-lb turkey (not stuffed) in it. It came out perfect, was nice and juicy, and cleanup was SOOO much easier than cooking the thing in the oven! And I had plenty of fat and juices in the bottom pan for my turkey gravy. Also, the skin was nicely crisped. I have another turkey that I will cook soon; this time I'm going to stuff it and see how that works.
It is almost completely silent. If you stand right by it you might hear a faint whisper of air rushing in it.
It cleans up easily. The dome fits over the water tower in nthe lower rack of the dishwasher and the extender ring fits nicely in the top rack. They leave enough room for a fair amount of other stuff.
Why only 4 stars? Well, there's a couple of things they don't show you in the infomercial. First, this thing is really big! You can't leave it out on the countertop (unless you have LOTS of counter space!), so you need cupboard space for it. That means when you want to use it you have to get it out, find counter space for it and assemble it. Not hard, but a bit inconvenient.
I've cooked steaks and the turkey in it. But -- the instructions say to turn them over halfway through cooking them. Easy with steaks, awkward with turkey (the first half you cook the turkey upside down). I don't know how that would affect a stuffed turkey, though. Also, my turkey didn't fit in completely flat, but that didn't seem to bother the final result.
It works well with both thawed and frozen t-bone steaks. The meat is tasty and juicy even though a lot of fat drips off. I found that for medium doneness you need to cook steak about one minute longer per side than their instructions suggest. However, because of the way this thing cooks, your steaks won't have the crisp (burned) outside that grilling or broiling gives you.
Like other reviewers do, I recommend putting foil over the bottom pan. Crimp it on to the pan, too; otherwise the air circulation in the unit can lift the foil well above the pan.
I haven't had it long enough to rate its durability. I haven't tried vegetables, frozen pizza or other meats yet, but for what I've done with it, it works as they say it does.