Ravella and X
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I was gifted a West Bend Ovenette stovetop a couple of days ago. Being the proud owner and user of an Omnia oven, the first thing I thougt to do was give them both the same job and compare the results. So that is what I did today.
I mixed up some sweet potato sourdough rolls and when they were ready, I baked them one oven at a time. Here are the differences:
Top color: lightly browned in the Ovenette, pale in the Omnia
Bottom color: lightly browned in the Ovenette, crispy and toasted in the Omnia. Almost burnt on the inside edge.
Oven spring: no difference between ovens.
The eating experience: the Ovenette rolls had a thin crisp crust top and bottom. The insides were moist and pillowy. The Omnia rolls had a super soft top, almost like a steamed bun. The bottoms and sides had thicker harder crusts than I'd have liked, but we're still perfectly edible. The insides were moist and pillowy, though maybe a teeny bit less so than the Ovenette rolls.
Both ovens are worth owning. If you can get an Ovenette, that's great. If not, and if you really need to bake like I need to bake, an Omnia will do the job.
I mixed up some sweet potato sourdough rolls and when they were ready, I baked them one oven at a time. Here are the differences:
Top color: lightly browned in the Ovenette, pale in the Omnia
Bottom color: lightly browned in the Ovenette, crispy and toasted in the Omnia. Almost burnt on the inside edge.
Oven spring: no difference between ovens.
The eating experience: the Ovenette rolls had a thin crisp crust top and bottom. The insides were moist and pillowy. The Omnia rolls had a super soft top, almost like a steamed bun. The bottoms and sides had thicker harder crusts than I'd have liked, but we're still perfectly edible. The insides were moist and pillowy, though maybe a teeny bit less so than the Ovenette rolls.
Both ovens are worth owning. If you can get an Ovenette, that's great. If not, and if you really need to bake like I need to bake, an Omnia will do the job.