Is a traditional oven becoming obsolete?

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I went to use the oven the other day to cook a roast. It's been so long since I've used it, I kind of forgot how to get it set to desired temp.
Got to thinking, I haven't seen the Mrs. use it much.
Looked around the kitchen and found:
Air Fryer
Toaster Oven
InstantPot

Now those I see the Mrs. using all the time.

Wondering if you still use a traditional oven or do you use other appliances instead.

A couple other notes.
Ours has a convection stove and oven. No idea how to use those.
The roast would have come out better and more tender using the InstantPot.

 

[Mountain trapper]

That's all we have is a traditional stove and double oven. Living off grid we don't have the power for a lot of gadgets.

 

[Snowman]

Pulled the Oven out as it wouldn't werk, found the plug was only Hot in one side... Will change the plug to a 110" and slide the Fridge in it's spot so I can install more cabinets and Countertop... No space for smaller items...!!

 

[Patchouli]

We still use our regular electric oven. I’m uncomfortable with the countertop air fryer/little oven. I burn myself every time I’ve used it. I wish it was a gas cooktop.
Pizzas, cakes, cookies, baked chicken, broil steaks.

 

[zoomzoom]

That's all we have is a traditional stove and double oven. Living off grid we don't have the power for a lot of gadgets.

Is your stove & oven gas or electric?
We don't have gas. Using those little counter top items (air fryer, toaster oven & InstantPot) actually save us on electricity as they only use a fraction of the electricity as the traditional oven/stove.

 

[Amish Heart]

I use the oven, a toaster, and a bread maker, a crockpot the most around here. Our oven is a propane Hotpoint, 9 volt battery ignitor. It's what everyone uses here.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Is your stove & oven gas or electric?
We don't have gas. Using those little counter top items (air fryer, toaster oven & InstantPot) actually save us on electricity as they only use a fraction of the electricity as the traditional oven/stove.

We're on propane here, so no electric is needed for cooking. We probably have plenty of power for just about any kitchen appliance. If we run low the backup generator will automatically start up.

 

[DrHenley]

Our gas oven quit working many years ago and I decided not to get it fixed. We mostly use an air fryer now, and for things too large for it, a large countertop convection oven.

I steam things more often than roast or bake them anyhow. We have a very large stovetop steamer, but for things small enough to fit, I steam them in the rice cooker.

 

[teeceetx]

We have:

Electric convection double ovens
Gas stove
Microwave
Big multi-function Convection Toaster Oven
Toaster

All are used daily, except for the dbl ovens, which I seem to use every few days.

Depends on what I'm cooking ... how large, etc.

 

[sonya123]

LOL I have a Pioneer Princess
( plus 2 propane ovens for baking market bread)
I do have some small electric appliances but could live without them ( toaster, rice cooker, water boiler, blender, mixer) , but if I only use one at a time, they can run on solar too

https://www.discountstoves.net/Pioneer-Princess-Wood-Burning-Cookstove-p/ppul.htm

 

[Tootsie]

I always wanted gas, but have electric. I have changed habits and use the oven rarely now. The toaster oven and the crockpot are used frequently. A hot water kettle is used instead of the rangetop. Our electric bill dropped considerably. An estimated bill two months ago was 160. Actual bill last week was $4, plus 25 for assorted delivery fees.
With just two to cook for, I guess I wouldn’t miss the range if it wasn’t there. No family for big meals or holiday get togethers anymore.

 

[Magus]

True ovens do one thing quite well, put a tasty brown crust on things.

 

[Supervisor42]

DW uses our oven every week... even today.
She gets a 2' long loaf of French-bread for $3 and bakes 6" long slices with butter in the oven.
It makes a wonderful, delicious, 'boat' to put anything on.

You can't do that in a toaster-oven.

 

[Magus]

Pizzabombs! a big glop of spaghetti sauce, shredded baloney and shredded Swiss cheese!

 

[Binky]

I'm kind of a dinosaur, I prefer my oven and stove top for pretty much everything. I have a old-fashioned conventional electric oven that gets used occasionally for roasting and baking large quantities, but most of my daily cooking gets done on the stove top elements. I use the microwave often for re-heating things or thawing and heating frozen pre-cooked items but I never actually "cook" with it. I use a couple of different sized crock pots on a regular basis for batch cooking. I have an assortment of small electric appliances that are all in good working condition but rarely get used anymore. I consider them useful tools to keep handy for if needed. They're all kept under covers on a set of shelves for when I might want to use them for some special purpose. Like cooking and baking for a big Christmas dinner for example.

 

[Haertig]

Over the last few months, here is the what we have used to prepare meal components with, listed from "most used" to "least used":

• Air Fryer - basket style (used for pretty much everything imaginable - meats, veges, snacks, reheating leftovers)
• Range Top Burners (various stuff and things that require boiling water)
• Convection Toaster Over (toast, bagels, English muffins, sometimes meats and veges)
• Microwave (frozen veges, some leftover reheating for wet/moist things)
• Propane BBQ Grill (hamburgers, chicken, salmon)
• Rice Cooker (rice - obviously!)
• Steamer (veges)
• Traeger Pellet Grill (steaks)
• Blackstone Propane Griddle (various things, usually too cold outside now because you have to stay with the griddle when cooking)
• Instant Pot (spaghetti with meat sauce, pot roast, etc.)
• Built-in Double Over (cookies, pies, turkeys, and other large things)
• Vitamix (smoothies)
• Bread Maker (banana bread bread, white bread)

 

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Over the last few months, here is the what we have used to prepare meal components with, listed from "most used" to "least used":

• Air Fryer - basket style (used for pretty much everything imaginable - meats, veges, snacks, reheating leftovers)
• Range Top Burners (various stuff and things that require boiling water)
• Convection Toaster Over (toast, bagels, English muffins, sometimes meats and veges)
• Microwave (frozen veges, some leftover reheating for wet/moist things)
• Propane BBQ Grill (hamburgers, chicken, salmon)
• Rice Cooker (rice - obviously!)
• Steamer (veges)
• Traeger Pellet Grill (steaks)
• Blackstone Propane Griddle (various things, usually too cold outside now because you have to stay with the griddle when cooking)
• Instant Pot (spaghetti with meat sauce, pot roast, etc.)
• Built-in Double Over (cookies, pies, turkeys, and other large things)
• Vitamix (smoothies)
• Bread Maker (banana bread bread, white bread)

NICE!!!!

I really don't do the cooking so my go-to's are the coffee maker and the microwave to re-heat the coffee.

You're list reminds me that I "think" I need a new grill. Actually, I've procrastinated since I don't. My son (a chef) lives next door and we share the grilling on the Weber grill I bought and put at his place.

 

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BTW - I want to talk to y'all about convection cooking. Should we do it here or start a new thread?

 

[Neb]

We had slow roasted roasted yesterday. Favorite of The Princess. We use the oven frequently.

Ben

 

[Mountain trapper]

We use an outdoor Blackstone griddle a lot too. Of course right now it's kind of covered.

 

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We had slow roasted roasted yesterday.

I assume you meant "slow roasted" roast. Exactly what I was trying to do in the conventional oven when I started this thread. 200 degrees for 90 minutes, 240 degrees for an additional 2.5 hours. Beautiful pink inside but not as tender as the InstantPot does it.

@Mountain trapper - are you using the grill under cover in the pic (left side) or the one under the snow? Your current situation is extreme but I also ponder whether it's best to cover a grill (the one on the porch) or leave it exposed? When I cover the grill, "stuff" seems to grow faster on the grates.