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QVC has Calphalon Quartz Heat Countertop Convection Oven w/ Accessories on sale for $98.87. To earn 2.5% in Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below. Shipping is $7.50.

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  • Note: New customers may save an additional $10 off your order of $25+ with promo code FRIEND (applied during checkout).
Includes:
  • Oven, 12" baking pan, 12" pizza pan, wire rack, dehydration rack , 9 " x 13" cake pan, and 6-cup muffin pan
Features:
  • 1,400W
  • LCD screen
  • Turbo convection
  • Digital control
  • 11 preset functions: toast, bagel, bake, roast, broil, pizza, cookies, reheat, keep warm, defrost, dehydrate
  • Stainless steel finish
  • Measures 11-3/4" x 16-2/3" x 18-3/4"; weighs 17 lbs
  • 3-year Limited Manufacturer's Warranty
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QVC [qvc.com] has the Calphalon Quartz Heat Countertop Oven (a convection toaster oven) for $98.87 + $7.50 S&H. First time buyers can use this coupon for $10 off your first order of $25+: FRIEND.

This is model TSCLTRDG1 and is listed on the Calphalon website [calphalon.com] for $209.99. It has 4.5 stars on Amazon [amazon.com], where it's currently listed at effectively $179 ($199 + 10% coupon). Costco sells a slightly different model for $180 advertised as "Toaster Oven with Air Fry," which appears to be this same unit with an "air fry" setting.

https://www.qvc.com/Calphalon-Qua...50698.html
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people, convection oven is a bigger air fryer.

people paying $50-60 bucks for an airfryer. spend a little more for an all in one like this that does way more
The added air fry setting in the Costco model is probably just marketing. A convection oven is essentially the same thing as an air fryer.
i own this unit so i know it will air fry

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Azrael_the_Cat
04-17-2021 at 01:26 PM.
04-17-2021 at 01:26 PM.
Quote from sitmonkey :
When it comes to convection ovens, there's a few types:
1) Periodic circulation
2) Constant side circulator (roast mode)
3) Air Impingement only
4) Air impingement + Radiant heat

Listed in the order of effectiveness.
The Phillips bucket style air fryers are type 3. This one is type 2.
Less effective theoretically but more important is the size, insulation, and set up of the heating elements.
American homes are limited to 120v at 15 amps (1800 watts) so the heat Flux is the same at max no matter the model.
The smaller the cavity and better insulated, the heat is more concentrated but small units also have the limitation of reduced flow and the possibility of steaming which limits the temperature to boiling. So you need enough space to exhaust the steam.

The speed of the fan won't change the removal of steam if the design of the cavity and vents is the same.
You are operating under a terrible false premise. You are assuming that the heating elements operate at full power 100% the entire cooking cycle which is never the case in any toaster, convection, conventional or air fry oven.

The higher air circulations reduce the thermal impedance between the heating elements and the food tremendously. That's why the work. Insulation of the cooker has VERY little impact on the overall performance and is one of the reasons they don't insulate these very well.

Your comment about limiting the temperature to boiling is also silly. That would imply that the internal temperature of such an oven could never exceed 212F. LOL. Right....Note that once you have steam, you don't have a temp limit anymore as the phase change from liquid to gas has already occurred.

You sounded smartish though in your post, so kudos for that.
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Azrael_the_Cat
04-17-2021 at 01:27 PM.
04-17-2021 at 01:27 PM.
Quote from speas :
You have no idea what you're talking about.
except he is absolutely right.... feel free to prove him wrong with data. Air Fryers (proper ones) absolutely have larger fans that circulate more air, and more evenly.
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04-17-2021 at 01:28 PM.
04-17-2021 at 01:28 PM.
Quote from gallymimus :
Or, maybe it's just that people who have used air fryers get tired of idiots posting fakenews and foolish arguments.

Maybe, just maybe it's not a marketing/sales person conspiracy theory after all!

Re-read my post.

People who own know there is a major difference between air fryers and convection ovens.
That's my point, these fake reviewers and commenters act like this is the same as an air fryer = significantly more sales = higher revenue for SD.

So essentially it is a marketing conspiracy, lying to promote more sales.
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04-17-2021 at 01:33 PM.
04-17-2021 at 01:33 PM.
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So I will say that on the subject of whether air-frying and convection baking are different, that there is some truth to it in some ways. They are both convection baking. One circulates the air hotter and faster. You have to adjust cooking times accordingly. Most of these devices let you set the temperature so the real difference is fan speed. I will ignore the radiant heating in ovens and assume it's not involved when convection baking.

In most cases I'm inclined to say that fan speed is not going to do much for heat exchange. All a fan accomplishes as far as heat is remixing the air around the food being baked. The air cools as it loses heat to the food and creates an insulating layer from the other hotter air. I'm inclined to think that the benefits of blowing faster are negligible. There is certainly a point of diminishing returns and I can't think of why the design for a convection oven wouldn't reach and stop at that point for heat exchange.

Probably the more useful aspect of the higher fan speed is moisture exchange. The higher fan speed will dry food more, helping it crisp. That combined with higher heat settings for air-fry recipes likely results in crispier fried like food in an air-fryer. Is it meaningfully different? A matter of taste I'd think. A convection oven will certainly provide you with crisp food too.
This is absolutely wrong.

Consider some real world examples: Radiator on a car: functions by virtue of high air velocity over the fins.

Another example, computer heat sink/fans. Again, heat sinks work much better with higher air velocity.

So, there is actually science and engineering associated with convection, air velocity and heat transfer. Your "presumptions" are simply wrong I'm sorry to say.

You are correct that there is an asymptotic relationship between air velocity and heat transfer, but it is at a velocity that is far beyond the substantial benefit you get with an air fryer over a traditional low velocity convection oven.


Here is a convection calculator and you can prove (or disprove) it to yourself:

https://www.engineersedge.com/hea...ection.htm
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04-17-2021 at 01:37 PM.
04-17-2021 at 01:37 PM.
Quote from gallymimus :
except he is absolutely right.... feel free to prove him wrong with data. Air Fryers (proper ones) absolutely have larger fans that circulate more air, and more evenly.

Feel free to prove their different.
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04-17-2021 at 02:02 PM.
04-17-2021 at 02:02 PM.
Review from America's Test Kitchen on the Calphalon:

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There was a lot to like about this oven from its easy to clean nonstick interior to its rubber seals which lock in heat. In our recipe for roast chicken, which calls for turning the oven off halfway through cooking, the rubber seals helped the oven stay hot enough to cook the chicken beautifully within the recipe time. It also made golden toast, melty pizza, and well-browned cookies. Our one qualm was its rack positions. Unlike most ovens, which have at least three possible rack levels, this model only had two and the highest one was 3.75 inches away from the broiler element. Unfortunately, this made the oven less effective at broiling; it took about 50 percent longer than other top-ranked ovens to melt cheese on tuna melts or to broil asparagus.
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04-17-2021 at 02:14 PM.
04-17-2021 at 02:14 PM.
I have this oven. We also have the Ninja Foodi grill/air fryer which gets used WAY more often. This oven is not an air fryer. Not even close to the same results as an actual air fryer, and the fan is incredibly weak. In fact, it is pretty much just a small oven, with similar cook times and results.

If you overload this oven (putting a big casserole dish in it, for example), it will take forever to cook, and in some cases we've had to move the dish to the big oven because it just wasn't cooking.

That said, it's nice to have when we need an extra oven for a side dish, etc. I'd say this is just OK, and if you ever need additional oven space, you'd be happy to have this.
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04-17-2021 at 02:25 PM.
04-17-2021 at 02:25 PM.
Quote from DotK4848 :
Nice, already had an air fryer so I don't care about the heated (no pun intended) debate going on in this thread but the toast setting on our last toaster oven went out recently so this came at an opportune time and should look nice on the countertop
Pun should have been intended.
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04-17-2021 at 02:45 PM.
04-17-2021 at 02:45 PM.
If this was an air fryer it would have stated it... The fact it didn't means it's not an air fryer therefore a crappy deal.
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04-17-2021 at 02:56 PM.
04-17-2021 at 02:56 PM.
Thanks! In for one.
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04-17-2021 at 03:17 PM.
04-17-2021 at 03:17 PM.
Quote from baifan :
only thing I don't like - you have to wait around to hit start button again after preheating. If I walk away and forget, the oven gets cold.

You can hit start twice before it preheats and the timer will start going. I own this exact unit. You can let it preheat then hit start, or like me if you are too lazy, add a minute or two to the time, hit start twice and the timer goes along with the heat. No need to hit start again.
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04-17-2021 at 03:41 PM.
04-17-2021 at 03:41 PM.
Quote from baifan :
only thing I don't like - you have to wait around to hit start button again after preheating. If I walk away and forget, the oven gets cold.
I just add a couple more minutes and hit Start twice
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04-17-2021 at 05:29 PM.
04-17-2021 at 05:29 PM.
Quote from gallymimus :
This is absolutely wrong.

Consider some real world examples: Radiator on a car: functions by virtue of high air velocity over the fins.

Another example, computer heat sink/fans. Again, heat sinks work much better with higher air velocity.

So, there is actually science and engineering associated with convection, air velocity and heat transfer. Your "presumptions" are simply wrong I'm sorry to say.

You are correct that there is an asymptotic relationship between air velocity and heat transfer, but it is at a velocity that is far beyond the substantial benefit you get with an air fryer over a traditional low velocity convection oven.


Here is a convection calculator and you can prove (or disprove) it to yourself:

https://www.engineersedge.com/hea...ection.htm
It would appear it all would depend on the empirically determined heat transfer coefficient, which you've asserted is meaningfully different between a convection oven and an air fryer. I speculate that it is not.
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04-17-2021 at 07:51 PM.
04-17-2021 at 07:51 PM.
Quote from ThriftyPear619 :
How does this one compared with the Emerald best buy air fryer oven that is also listed on slickdeals? Just bought the Emerald yesterday.

This is a much better deal.
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04-17-2021 at 10:10 PM.
04-17-2021 at 10:10 PM.
Quote from jenius00 :
It would appear it all would depend on the empirically determined heat transfer coefficient, which you've asserted is meaningfully different between a convection oven and an air fryer. I speculate that it is not.

Can't find any specs on each fan's CFM but just by eyeballing the fan size on a typical convection oven's side fan compared to the standalone air fryer's top fan, the latter's is multiple times larger. This would be enough to speculate there is a significant difference in heat transfer between the two, in favor of the standalone.
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