Well, Jeff and I went to Sears and saw one of these. They are the same
size as a microwave and have a microwave built in to them as well as the
halogen light cooking system. We spoke with a person who had been a
pastry chef in a previous occupation and he said that he has seen and eaten
some of the food demo'ed by this machine. He told us that everything he
tasted has turned out very good. (We are going to try to go back to the
store when the demo person is there to try the prepared foods.)
It cooks by radiant heat from the halogen lights which heats the food more
efficiently then the hot air in a conventional oven. To keep the outside
from cooking much faster then the inside it uses medium to low powered
microwave at the same time. A steak gets 50% microwave, bread gets 20% or
less. It has a turn table and 2 lights on top and one on the bottom. Due
to the turntable the size of the pan is somewhat limited.
There are other manufactures coming out with this system of cooking in the
near future. Rather then purchase one right now we have decided to wait
till the 2nd generation comes out and compare more models against each other.
Reggie & Jeff