Looking for all-in-one appliance?

Question

Hi All,

I live at home and find that I tend to eat a lot of processed food - I aim for high calories, protein and carbs as I am trying to gain weight, however the downside is they usually either have high sugar, fat or sodium.

I don't do any cooking and don't want to use a stove. What is the best appliance that can do practically everything? I'm probably dreaming but is there something electronic that can indicate how long something needs to be cooked? For example, say I'm cooking fish, and I want it to tell me how long it needs to be cooked.

If not, is there appliances that can allow me to do everything included, steaming, baking, grilling? I've read that portable ovens, usually convection are ideal. So for example say I wanted to make sesame seed crackers, a benchtop oven would be suitable?

Thanks
Jase

Answer 1

These days you can buy pretty much anything, sadly not an appliance that does everything. Stoves these days have newer features, one is coming out that you can put raw meat in the oven part before work and set it to a "fridge timer" that will automatically cook the meat depending when you need it for. you can buy those built in stove grill things too. you can buy a toaster oven and use it as a toaster or oven hence the name. watch hgtv some nights. they have some pretty interesting things on the kitchen shows. check for "i want that". thats pretty much all i can help you with. or go to your local lowes and talk to the appliance people.

Answer 2

You might want to consider two items instead of just one.

Toaster Oven/Rotisserie. George Forman has one, but it isn't powerful enough. Other companies make better ones so shop around. They are great for Broiling, Baking, Rotisserie cooking, heating items up, warming bread (if there is a bread warmer on top), the George Forman model has a griddle on top so you can cook there while you broil below.

The other item I'd suggest is a Crock Pot. These are great. You can place a chicken in it before you go to work, and when you come back home 8 hours later, it's done. I once left a roast in one for a weekend (I actually forgot about it) and when I came back it was still ok to eat, infact the juices turned into an amazing gravy and the meat wasn't dry at all. But other items will work in it as well. You can cook fish, red meat, pork, any ribs turn out awesome, soups turn out great too. The nice thing is you just turn it on and go do your things for the day, then come back home and foods done. Plus you can get liners so that you don't even have to clean up.

Good luck, have fun getting chunky! lol

Answer 3

this crazy thing called an American Harvest Jet Steam Oven... it isn't quite as comprehensive as you're asking for, and as a student in culinary school, i'll honestly say i've not seen anything that is, except for a chef... but it is a great, easy tool that does a lot for the home cook- experienced and inexperienced

My family has gone through about 5 of these over the years

Answer 4

If you eat a lot of processed food, you could try a Crock Pot or Slow Cooker.

Usually, you put all the ingredients in, switch it on and the ingredients cook slowly and about 4-6 hours it is ready.

Answer 5

I have one, it's called a wife.

This is gadget that I screw on the bed to get everything done.

Answer 6

Look on QVC.com. I think they might have what you want.