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Cuisinart Combo Steam/Convection Oven (Part 3)

JoNorvelleWalker

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1 hour ago, Shelby said:

I forget, did you have to de-gunk last time?

 

Yes, and it may be time again.  That or return it under warranty.

 

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44 minutes ago, lindag said:

I can count on three fingers the number of times I’ve used the steam function in my CSO.

i bake all my breads in my big oven since they rise too tall for the small CSO.

For  proofing I use the bread proofing box I got from KAF., it works great.

 

Wow.  I use steam for almost everything.

 

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21 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Yes, and it may be time again.  That or return it under warranty.

 

When I said de-gunk, I meant that you took it apart like I did?  If you did that, IMO you shouldn't have to do that so soon again.  My water is way worse than yours and I haven't had to since that first time and I use steam a lot.

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20 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Wow.  I use steam for almost everything.

 

 

I'm in the same camp as @lindag for bread -- most of what I bake is bread for sandwiches or toast, and I can't get a loaf tall enough for slicing without burning it.

 

But I love it for savory cooking.

 

(Though thinking through this post has inspired me to try focaccia!)

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When I said de-gunk, I meant that you took it apart like I did?  If you did that, IMO you shouldn't have to do that so soon again.  My water is way worse than yours and I haven't had to since that first time and I use steam a lot.

 

Yes took it apart, spilled the water on the floor, and everything.

 

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10 minutes ago, dtremit said:

 

I'm in the same camp as @lindag for bread -- most of what I bake is bread for sandwiches or toast, and I can't get a loaf tall enough for slicing without burning it.

 

But I love it for savory cooking.

 

(Though thinking through this post has inspired me to try focaccia!)

 

Last night's half kg boule was baked in my CSO.

 

Bread12162019

 

 

Though the baguette was not.

 

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19 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Last night's half kg boule was baked in my CSO.

 

Bread12162019

 

 

Though the baguette was not.

 

 

It's a beautiful loaf! How tall is it, though? I find anything more than maybe 3" tall burns on the top. And at that size, I maybe get 3-4 sandwich slices out of the center at the most.

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11 minutes ago, dtremit said:

 

It's a beautiful loaf! How tall is it, though? I find anything more than maybe 3" tall burns on the top. And at that size, I maybe get 3-4 sandwich slices out of the center at the most.

 

Four inches.

 

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1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Wow.  I use steam for almost everything.

 

Yes, I need to up my game.

I cooked some (skinny) asparagus in mine the other night and it kind of shriveled; I should have used steam.

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1 minute ago, lindag said:

Yes, I need to up my game.

I cooked some (skinny) asparagus in mine the other night and it kind of shriveled; I should have used steam.

 

Though I prefer my asparagus grilled on the Philips or simply boiled.

 

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Last night, I heated up some brioche dinner rolls in the CSO and they demonstrate a problem I’ve noticed recently.  When I heat rolls on bake/steam they always burn on top.  These were only in for 7 minutes and I’m not remembering that happening when I first got the CSO:

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15 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Last night, I heated up some brioche dinner rolls in the CSO and they demonstrate a problem I’ve noticed recently.  When I heat rolls on bake/steam they always burn on top.  These were only in for 7 minutes and I’m not remembering that happening when I first got the CSO:

 

What temp are you using?  I usually re-heat rolls or bread @ 300°F for 3-5 minutes on convection bake.  If they are stale and need freshening, I might start them out with 3 min steam-bake and then switch to convection bake, at the same temps. 

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1 hour ago, blue_dolphin said:

What temp are you using?  I usually re-heat rolls or bread @ 300°F for 3-5 minutes on convection bake.  If they are stale and need freshening, I might start them out with 3 min steam-bake and then switch to convection bake, at the same temps. 

Usually 325F.  I'll try your method  next time!  Thank you!

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50 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Usually 325F.  I'll try your method  next time!  Thank you!

 

I don't think 25 degrees is a big enough difference to have a big effect.  Maybe there is indeed something wonky about your oven!

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7 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

When I heat rolls on bake/steam they always burn on top. 

Is it possible you are leaving the rack in the toast position?

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On 12/2/2019 at 10:48 PM, curls said:

CSO chicken thighs for dinner tonight. Delicious!  🙂

Found a corning casserole dish in my cabinets that will fit in the oven — planning to make a small cheese lasagna sometime this week.

 

 

And some pictures of that lasagna...

 

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Had Thanksgiving at the in-laws and was not sent home with any leftovers. CSO turkey breast (1/2 a turkey breast with skin & bones) to the rescue! Had a few turkey sandwiches to take to lunch.  🙂

 

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18 hours ago, curls said:

 

And some pictures of that lasagna...

 

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The reflection in this image fooled my eyes briefly, and made it look like a deep cauldron. I thought "Gee, that's a really impractical pan for lasagna..."

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Amazon's price for the CSO is now up to $292.94.  Quite a change from $99.

 

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On 12/24/2019 at 3:07 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Amazon's price for the CSO is now up to $292.94.  Quite a change from $99.

 

 

Seriously, I saw the $99 post and was about to pull the trigger then saw that...what the hell.

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23 hours ago, Hassouni said:

 

Seriously, I saw the $99 post and was about to pull the trigger then saw that...what the hell.

 

You should have pulled the trigger yesterday...$299.00 at the moment.

 

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