Format – mini, features – maxi: Oursson MO2610 Mini Oven Test

Mini ovens at the tip of the popularity scale. These gadgets are bought for country houses, rented apartments, and often as a second small stove in the kitchen. It is not logical and economical to heat up a 70-liter oven because of a couple of hot sandwiches, and a small oven is indispensable here. But the possibilities of a small oven are much wider it can bake, roast, and heat. OURSSON MO2610 oven, in addition, can be easily converted into a grill and cooks perfectly grilled chicken or roasts on a spit.

Oursson MO2610 Electric Mini Oven

VOLUME:26 l tray size 349,5×250 mm.

POWER: max. 1500 Watt.

MODES: top heating, bottom heating, top + bottom heat, top heating + rotisserie, internal illumination.

TEMPERATURE: Infinitely adjustable from 100 to 230 ˚C.

CONTROL: Mechanical, three rotary switches modes, temperature, timer , audible signal to end of operation, indicator light, automatic shutdown.

FEATURES: Heating time 5-10 min.,two baking tray positions Tray, grids, handles, spit, fish basket can be washed in dishwasher at a maximum temperature of 60 ˚ C

COMPLETE: enameled tray, Grid, handle chapel for the grid and tray, spit handle, spit, removable crumb tray, fish basket.

SIZES: 489x340x322mm.WEIGHT:7,14Kg.

WARRANTY: 1 year. SHELF LIFE:3 YEARS.

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: China.

PRICE 6990r

Appearance and equipment

The Mini Oven immediately catches your eye with its lush, rich color.Similar in size to a medium-sized microwave oven.When you want to eat, the oven immediately gives a red signal – always ready to cook!

In addition to the tray and grill, the set includes a spit, which can accommodate a whole chicken or a piece of meat weighing about 1.5 kg.

There is a special basket for cooking fish, but it is not quite clear how to use it properly. No recommendation on its use in the manual.

I was very pleased with the special handles and spit, which can be used to quickly and safely remove the tray and skewers from the hot oven.

Rotisserie handle is a very useful accessory: it can be attached to the rotisserie in one-touch and then the rotisserie and the cooked meat can be taken out with one hand! It’s little things like this that make this appliance especially enjoyable to use.

We study the construction

Oven stands firmly on its feet. The door is all-glass and easily tilts forward, wider than 90 ˚C, so it does not interfere with loading a tray or a rotisserie with a large chicken.

The tray is flat and deep enough to be easily cleaned. In general, it is very nice that all components can be washed in a dishwasher. Before cooking it is necessary to wipe the tray with oil, so that the food does not stick to it.I would have liked it better if it had a non-stick coating, but this is a matter of taste.

The tray and rack, depending on the mode selected, can be installed on one of two levels, in special grooves, rails are not provided. The crumb tray is easy to remove and put back in place, making the oven much easier to clean.

Evaluation of the control

Control is mechanical, each switch has a function: lower switch controls the time, upper switch controls the temperature, and the middle switch controls the modes of operation. When you turn on the timer, the device starts to work and the red indicator light comes on. Timer keeps count backwards. After the set time, the oven switches off automatically.

Of the disadvantages of such simple and logical control I would note the dimness of the symbols on the switches. With my short-sightedness I have to stoop down to see the symbols.

Check out the features

This mini oven is capable of cooking a variety of dishes. It has two heaters, one at the bottom and one at the top. They can work individually or both together. With the bottom heater turned on, the manufacturer recommends roasting potatoes, stewing vegetables. With the overhead heat, you should bake meat, cook uncooked meat, fry wings. When both heaters are on, the oven can roast cutlets, cook fillets of meat, legs, hams, fish, hot sandwiches and croutons, bake pies and muffins, pizzas and casseroles.

A generous 26-litre capacity is just right: It’s big enough to cook a very large dish like a whole chicken or duck, but it’s also suitable for heating up a couple of sandwiches or a pizza.

Temperature range is very wide – from 100 to 230 ˚C. The oven can therefore be used for both heating and roasting. But for cooking yogurt, raising dough, drying herbs it is not suitable.

Testing

Of course, I wanted meat grilled on a spit, with a crispy outside and juicy inside. Roasting chicken seemed trivial and uninteresting, so I decided to roast a turkey breast on a spit, pre-marinated with spices. A breast weight of 1kg400gr is very impressive.

I was able to secure the meat to the spit, tying it with string to assemble it more compactly. It was a little awkward to secure the skewer with the meat in the already hot oven, but the system for setting the skewer is clear and simple, so it didn’t take much time. I chose the skewer mode, set the temperature to maximum, and turned on the timer for an hour. Enough power to rotate the spit with such an impressive piece of meat.

The sight of cooking on a spit is very appealing. It’s impossible to take your eyes off the spinning meat, illuminated by the light of the lamp. Even my cat, who had forgotten for a minute that he was not allowed to climb on the table, was intrigued by the sight.

After an hour, the buzzer sounded, and the oven automatically shut off. But an hour was not enough for such a big breast, so we had to add another 20 minutes. With the special handle, it was easy to take out the skewer even with such a large piece of meat – very convenient

Conclusions.Despite the modest size of the device, even large portions can be cooked in it. The power of the rotisserie is enough to rotate heavy products. But one hour on the timer is not enough for some situations.

It is clear that the important work of the oven is to bake pies, rolls, cakes. I decided to test the oven by making bread. I made dough in the baking oven, formed the bread and put it on the tray in the mini oven, selecting the mode of simultaneous operation of two heaters. The temperature was 180 ˚ C, and the bread was put in the already warmed up oven. After 40 minutes, the fragrant bread was ready

Conclusions.The bread baked through, but of course it’s hard to guess the timing the first time. I kept the loaf a little too long, and the humidity was not enough, I should have put a bowl of water downstairs.

In the street it is dangerous to buy shawarma and it is not good to eat it, but at home my kids love to wrap pieces of meat with lettuce and cheese in pita bread and eat it for an afternoon snack. The oven was the place where the ready roll was heated, and the lavash itself was even toasted a bit.

To summarize, draw conclusions

Making all sorts of sandwiches, burgers, etc.d. The mini-oven is the most convenient. No need to heat up a large volume of stationary device for this, it requires little time, and to wash the mini oven is much faster than a conventional one.

Oursson MO2610 mini oven is easy to handle even complex cooking tasks, can replace a stationary device, and compared to many gas ovens bake better. The presence of the spit allows you to cook delicious delicacies, and in winter the oven can serve as an apartment grill.

Advantages

Brilliant design, easy care

Variety of cooking modes

Useful accessories included

The rotisserie.

Demanding price

Disadvantages

Not very bright symbols on the control panel

Short timer programming time

The lower temperature limit is high – 100˚C.