Tefal Optimo Mini Oven Review

The Tefal OF445840 Optimo Mini Oven is a stylish and highly practical appliance. It has 8 cooking modes for your favourite meals. These are Convection, Conventional, Grill, Defrost, Bain-Marie, Pastry and two Rotisserie functions. In addition to the cooking modes, it has a further two dials which manually alter the settings. The first allows for the temperature to be set from 100 to 240 degrees Celsius, and the second sets the timer up to 120 minutes.

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Included with the Tefal Optimo is a few accessories. There's a rotisserie kit (e.g. for chicken), a reversible grid and a baking tray. You can cook a wide variety of food with ease, including chicken, fish, roasted pork, beef, sausages, chops, pastry, pies, cakes, and much more. You can also cook two dishes at the same time.

About Tefal

Tefal are a major, well known and innovative brand of home and kitchen appliances. They have an extensive range which includes air fryers, deep fryers, grills, rice cookers, multi-cookers, pressure cookers, and more.

Specification

We now look at the features:

• 8 Cooking Modes - There are 8 cooking modes which give the appliance a wide variety of uses. Its modes include convection (chicken / fish), conventional (roasted pork / beef), grill (sausages / chops / gratin), defrost, bain-marie (egg custards / terrines), pastry (muffins / pies / cakes) and two rotisserie functions (chicken).
• Adjustable Settings - There are three dials on the front. One controls the cooking program as per above. The other two control the timer and temperature. The timer can be set up to 2 hours, and will remind you when your food is ready. The temperature can be set between 100 and 240 degrees Celsius.
• Capacity - The Tefal Optimo Mini Oven has a 19 litre capacity. It's perfect for individuals, couples, families, students, offices, etc.
• Power - The oven has a 1380W heating element. The grill has a 740W heating element.
• Accessories - The Tefal Optimo comes with a rotisserie kit, a reversible grid and a baking tray.

Summary

All things considered, the Tefal OF445840 Optimo Mini Oven is a multi-purpose and multi-functional appliance which can cook a wide variety of food, with the added ability of rotisserie cooking a chicken. It has 8 cooking modes, an adjustable temperature and an up to 2 hour timer. We rate the Tefal Optimo Mini Oven 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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