Top positive review
30 people found this helpful
This shawarma machine is the gateway drug to purchasing machetes.
By Vanessa on Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020
If you love shawarma, rotisserie chicken, or al pastor, this NutriChef Countertop Vertical Rotating Oven is a must buy! At first I was skeptical, but the results did not lie. There are two modes, fast and slow, and it refers to speed of cooking/heat applied, not the rotation speed. Initially we tried slow, and I was convinced it was broken as the heating element didn't glow red hot, but upon changing it to "fast", it did. Seriously, this thing cooks perfectly. It's quite astonishing. It's pretty easy to use too. I'm not a chef, cook, or even home cook by any stretch of the imagination, and I got the hang of it pretty quickly. The ease of use reminds me of that old late night infomercial, "just set it, and forget it", although I can't tell you what the product was in that advertisement... this machine's timer goes up to an hour. It's pretty foolproof. Put a landbird or some seasoned meat on it on it, and in an hour you'll be sending food pr0n pics to your friends, despite swearing you're not one of "those" people. Plus, now you have a great reason to buy that machete or jumbo specialty butcher knife for the kitchen. This shawarma machine is the gateway drug to purchasing machetes; you've been warned. Whatever the case is, it's still better than having to put on a face mask (and shoes) just to go to the grocery store for a rotisserie chicken.
Top critical review
93 people found this helpful
The idea of the product is great but it has some deficiencies
By Dmitiry Kovalenko on Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018
The idea of the product is great but it has some deficiencies. It's great for cooking a whole chicken or a huge slab of meat but where it falls apart is with heat and physics and bad design for the kabob attachment. 1) If you are cooking a whole chicken the heat will be destributed ok though he body. However, I've tried to cook 2 cornish hens, the top one had nice and crispy skin and the bottom one was still under cooked and had rubber for skin. 2) the Kabob desin is pretty bad. 2 major problems are: - the metal spears were completely round, so the meat slides off as soon as you put it on. There is no way to keep the meat evenly destributed (see attached pictures) - there is no automatic rotation for the kabobs so i had to rotate the kabobs with 2 forks because the spears kept on sliding out of holding area. i could have left them in a single direction but i do not like having 1 side be burnt to crisp while the other side is under cooked 3) The glass door sounds like a great idea for keeping the meat nice and hot and protect your kitchen from kitchen splashes. Until you try to scrub it off from a place where the meat accidently brushed against it. 4) I could not get the top and bottom holder to be even, i've tried multiple times to pin them in place but the top and bottom wheel were not aligning correctly. (see attached photo) 5) Even though the item is marketed as "dishwasher safe" for all detachable parts, the bolts which attach to the central turning rod started to rust and became brown after a single dishwasher use.
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