Alternatives to the oven at the dacha: what to use for cooking?

Roaster or mini oven

A roaster can completely replace an oven. You can bake fish and meat in it, bake pies, cook pizza and hot sandwiches. The mini oven has a grill suitable for cooking meat and vegetables.

This device is based on two heating elements. The upper one produces a grill effect, the lower one provides heating, and two heating elements working simultaneously completely replace an oven. There are models with different body shapes, from a traditional parallelepiped to a cylinder and even a cone.

Air grill

Air grills are based on convection. Fans installed in the body move hot air from the heating element, and a tight lid retains heat and prevents odors from spreading.

You can cook meat, vegetables, bake chicken, and bake biscuits and homemade cookies in an air grill. Some models have the option of smoking, cooking soups, and deep-frying. If you prefer this option, keep in mind that an air grill consumes a lot of electricity, and food takes longer to cook in it than in an oven.

Multi-oven

A multi-oven is similar to an air grill, it also works on the principle of convection. Products placed in such an oven are heated evenly, since the heating elements are installed on all sides.

You can make shashlik, cook a steak, bake bread and any homemade pastries in a multi-oven. In fact, this is a more advanced and compact “relative” of the air grill. And thanks to its small size, it can easily be taken to the country.

Multicooker

You can cook almost any food in a multi-cooker: fry or bake meat, vegetables, cook soup and porridge. It is also suitable for baking, but the dough has to be added in small portions.

From a technical point of view, the device is similar to something between a steamer and an air grill. A serious advantage of a multicooker is that it does not require supervision. Even if you forget about cooking, the food will not burn in it.

Microwave

Almost every home and many have a microwave oven at their dacha now. It is not the best replacement for an oven, since its operating principle is not to supply heat, but to affect the liquid inside the product with microwaves.

However, if you buy a microwave oven with convection, you will be able to cook homemade baked goods in it, and models with a grill allow you to bake meat, fish and poultry.

It is not difficult to do without an oven at the dacha today, but if there is an opportunity not to limit yourself in cooking your favorite dishes even in the countryside, then why not take advantage of this. The main thing, when choosing a replacement, consider the operating principle of the device, the choice of possible recipes and, of course, the taste preferences of your family.