Ronco Inventions ST4000 Showtime Indoor Rotisserie and BBQ
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Ronco InventionsBrand: Ronco Inventions
Product features:
- Large enough to hold two chickens or a 15-pound turkey
- Pause setting permits meats to be browned on spit
- Tray fits atop rotisserie for steaming foods
- Included: 6 kabob rods, flavor-injecting syringe, heavy gloves, 12 elastic ties
- Also included: $100 in coupons for Ronco products, instructional video
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Ronco Inventions ST4000 Showtime Indoor Rotisserie and BBQ
Customer Review: Before you buy, ask where it will live & who will clean it?
Summary: 2 Stars
Before I bought my Ronco rotisserie (an upgraded version) I wish I had asked myself (and had good answers for) those two questions. Prospective buyers would do well to give some thought to them before buying. And BTW, you can purchase a better version of the equivalent of their "injection kit" from Amazon or any well-stocked local kitchen or restaurant supply store.
Retail price for any of the Ronco products is exorbitant, IMHO. For not much more than what the folks at Ronco propose as retail price, you can purchase a new stove! That said--and having answered those two key questions--you are ready to evaluate whether this is a good use of your money, your counter/storage space, and the time you will spend in cleaning it.
ON THE PLUS SIDE:
* This does a truly great job of making rotisserie chicken! (But if you already have a stove, a vertical roaster stores in a lot less space, costs a lot less, and cleans up far more easily.)
* The basket and kebob accessories (not included with this particular model) extend its usefulness.
ON THE MINUS SIDE:
* There is absolutely NO heat shielding--which has two consequences to consider.
* First, if you expect to be using this indoors in warm weather, be forewarned that your indoors will become a LOT warmer when this thing is cooking. There is a single heat setting, which translates to medium high heat; the result is equivalent to turning on a 1250 watt radiant space heater. (It will also tie up an entire electrical circuit, a real consideration if your wiring is more than 10 to 15 years old, when fewer circuits were routed to the kitchen.)
* Second, you cannot safely use this on a counter if the counter has kitchen cabinets above. The bottom of the cabinet will get too hot for safety very quickly. Depending on the cabinet's materials and construction, this may result in buckling, blistering or even fire.
* Despite the famed phrase-- "set it and forget it"--repeated periodically on cue by the audience during their infomercial, this appliance cannot be set and forgotten, as the directions clearly state. Personally, I would not leave the kitchen with this appliance on--not even for a VERY short time--if my young child/grandchild/dog would be unattended in my absence.
* Loading/unloading food is clumsy, in my experience--and you had better not misplace the small plastic stand on which the rotisserie rests, or you will be hard pressed to load and/or unload!
* You will need a place to store the gloves, which admittedly do help in unloading.
* Cleanup of the rotisserie is no fun, even for the high end version with reflector shield. (The gloves are a pain to clean, too.) Without the shield, I can only imagine; what fun--and clean it, you must; the spattered grease makes a "roach buffet" that will attract any roach whose antennae are on the lookout for food.
BEST FIT: If you plan to eat a LOT of rotisserie chicken, AND have a covered patio/lanai/porch with a convenient electrical outlet, AND room for a sturdy small table--NOT plastic!--on which to use this appliance, AND a place to store it between uses, then purchasing this may work out well. (This is especially likely to be true if you and the other adults in the household agree about who will be responsible for cleanup--preferably the same day.)
WORST FIT: If you plan to use this exclusively indoors, have limited kitchen counter space, have multiple small children underfoot, live in a condo with no balcony or electrical outlet or are charging this on a credit card that you don't pay off in full each month, think twice and then think again.
SUMMARY: This is an impulse purchase you can live very well without.
Description of Ronco Inventions ST4000 Showtime Indoor Rotisserie and BBQ
Only Basket is included!!! No Coupons or Accessories.An inexpensive introduction to the delights of rotisserie-roasted meats and poultry, this countertop device is large enough to spit-roast two chickens, a 15-pound turkey, a leg of lamb, a rack of ribs, or six kabobs. Place the spit through the wire food basket that accompanies the rotisserie and it will rotate chicken wings, salmon steaks, or other foods through the roasting cycle. Meanwhile, place the enameled-steel steaming tray atop the rotisserie, cover with its plastic lid, and the rotisserie will steam vegetables or shrimp.
At this price, you wouldn't expect this rotisserie to be restaurant sturdy. But it's not flimsy, either. Measuring 17 by 15 by 13-1/2 inches, it delivers 1,250 watts of cooking power inside an enameled-steel case with a tempered-glass door. Three settings of the spit permit normal rotation, no-heat rotation to keep juices distributed evenly until serving, and pause-to-sear so that meats can be browned. 12 elastic ties to bind foods, a pair of heavy synthetic gloves for removing items from the unit, and $100 in coupons for other Ronco products accompany the rotisserie. Since it stars in an infomercial, the rotisserie also comes with an excellent instructional video. --Fred Brack
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