Product Description

Specifications: A resourceful roaster. With a 6-qt capacity, and an adjustable temperature control, this Nesco oven roasts, bakes, cooks, and steams to satisfy hunger of a hefty size. The Circle of Heat technology cooks evenly from the sides for moist, mouthwatering results your friends and family will love. When you're done, the nonstick cookwell removes for easy cleaning. Features Include: 750 watts; 16-1/2 inches long, 12 inches wide, 10 inches high Use for roasting, cooking, baking, steaming, slow cooking Holds 6 quarts or large chicken; heat adjusts from 200 to 450 degrees F Removable nonstick cooking pan, with chrome roasting/baking rack Wrap-around heating element for even, moist cooking Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 15.3 x 8.4 inches; 9.8 pounds  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3935 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: White
• Brand: Nesco
• Model: 4816-14-30
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.40" h x 15.30" w x 15.50" l, 9.75 pounds

Features

• Use for roasting, cooking, baking, steaming, slow cooking
• Holds 6 quarts or large chicken; heat adjusts from 200 to 450 degrees F
• Removable nonstick cooking pan, with chrome roasting/baking rack
• Wrap-around heating element for even, moist cooking
• 750 watts; 16-1/2 inches long, 12 inches wide, 10 inches high

Amazon.com Review
Perfect for small households and occasions when a kitchen's oven space isn't sufficient, this portable, 750-watt roaster-oven roasts, cooks, bakes, steams, and slow-cooks any food imaginable at 200 to 450 degrees F. It's big enough for roasting a large chicken, cooking 6 quarts of chili, baking a loaf of bread, steaming vegetables or a couple of lobsters, and slow-cooking a beef stew. Measuring 16-1/2 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 10 inches high overall, the roaster has a removable nonstick cooking pan that is 12 inches long, 8-1/2 inches wide, and 4-3/4 inches deep. An additional 2 to 3 inches of depth is provided by a domed, vented lid. Included is a chrome roasting rack with handles that also lifts casserole dishes and baking pans and sheets off the bottom. A wraparound heating element ensures even, moist heat. A cooking-time guide and recipes accompany the roaster, which carries a one-year warranty against defects and is attractive enough to take to the table for serving. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

NESCO - The First Name in Quality Kitchen Appliances!!
NESCO products have been heavily marketed on the shopping channel, QVC. I bought my first NESCO roaster, a 4-quart model, over 10 years ago. I have since given that one away but now own a 5, 6, 12, and 18-quart roaster oven. I have given them as gifts and every person receiving a roaster has absolutely loved it.

The 6-quart model is NESCO's most popular sized roaster oven. You can easily prepare a meal for a family of four. But what sets it apart is its versatility. You can cook from 150 to 400 degrees which separates it from a traditional slow cooker. You can bake, steam, poach, roast and slow cook. The heating element, known as the 'Circle of Heat' extends around the sides of the unit so there will be no burnt food at the bottom of the roaster.

What can you cook in it? The real answer is: What can't you cook in it? You are only limited by the size of the unit. For meats such as pork, poultry and beef, you will be rewarded with the most moist servings that you have ever experienced. Soups, stews and casseroles turn out wonderfully in the NESCO. One of my favorite dishes is Swiss steak as the NESCO tenderizes lean cuts of beef such as round steak and the 'circle of heat' blends the flavors perfectly.

NESCO also offers several accessories on their nesco.com website. I purchased a lid with a fan and that converts your unit into a convection cooker. There is also an expanded cookbook for the unit and a cookbook that discusses how to use the 6-quart as a convection oven (you'll need the Roast-Aire lid).

In summary, this is one of those appliances that I consider to be a 'Must Buy'. It is a mini oven and for busy families or just busy people. You will wonder how you ever got along without it!!!

Convenient healthy meals that even I can cook
This is a convenient,inexpensive, high quality, easy to clean up cooking unit with a great instruction and recipe book included. More recipes are on the NESCO website as well.

I do not know how to cook. If it weren't for my wife, I would have starved by now. When my son was small, and my wife was sick, he would beg her to get better so he wouldn't have to eat my cooking, which he likened to rubber chicken.

But a few years ago, my wife's aunt gave us a 6 Quart NESCO COOKWELL roaster and voila! I can cook meals that even my son would enjoy.

This is probably the gift for anyone living on their own for the first time, like a college student, since it is extremely easy to prepare and cook healthful, delicious meals EVERY TIME.

If you follow instructions in the enclosed recipe booklet, you can't make a bad meal! My favorite is the lemon pepper chicken with linguine.

The best part is that the COOKWELL roaster pan insert is removable, is used to serve the food and cleans up really easily. The electrical heating part never sees soap and water, since it only serves to surround the cookwell roasting pan insert with a "circle of heat".

This is not a crock pot, although you can set it up as such. Cooking times are usually 45 minutes to an hour and around 350 degrees.

EVERY student going away to college should have one of these. They are easily stored, cleaned and provide inexpensive and healthy meals. And even a lousy cook like myself becomes a gormet chef. You can use the recipes and instructions provided in the booklet that comes with the cookwell or if you are more experienced, like my wife, anything is possible. THIS IS A WINNER!

Great product once "seasoned"
I've only used my roaster once, but the chicken I made in it came out excellent! When I think roasted chicken I think of it dry but this was SO juicy and good. I have yet to try other recipes in it, but so far it's great just for roasting.

The only issue I had with it was "seasoning" it. You have to plug it in and let it heat up for about an hour. Try 3... and in a VERY ventilated garage because the smell that came from this device was horrible! I was told that's normal and that it goes away, which it did. It's just not something you want to do in a smaller, non ventilated area.

I gave it 4 stars simply because of the "seasoning" process. But otherwise, it's a great product and I look forward to using it a lot more.