We continue to be impressed with our Panasonic NN-CF778S combination oven. Capable of using microwave, convection, and broiling to the same dish, automatically if desired, it is also working well in a straight baking (convection) mode, as attested to by the photo above from last night.
The oven interior is about the same as our previous Seward gas stove, 354 wide x 343 deep x 205 high (14″ wide x 13.5″ deep x 8″ high). For pies, cakes, lasagna, broiled chicken, and lamb roast it has worked great, much better than with our propane ovens in the past. This unit is too small for a large turkey, but otherwise perfectly suited to our needs, and far more energy efficient than the full sized units on land since power consumption in the end comes down to oven surface area. We might add one to the galley in Arizona next winter.
One last advantage, recently discovered. The top of the oven is ideal for warming dinner plates (two fit).
Posted by Steve Dashew (June 11, 2010)
June 11th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Nice oven. Will it operate at 60Hz frequency?
June 11th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Ours says 50hz but we run it on 60hz with the inverters and genset so far without problems.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:25 am
I seem to recall you posted some material about this oven’s electric consumption last year (about 20-25 Ah at 24V, IIRC, for 40-50 minutes of baking). Now that it’s in regular use, can you comment on how much load it’s really putting on the batteries over longer periods- especially since convection ovens, supposedly, bring a considerable reduction in baking time?
From what I’ve seen among Web retailers, the pricing for this unit plus a couple of simple induction range elements appears to compare favourably with some of what passes for “marine grade” cooking equipment…. if the added load on the batteries isn’t too huge, I think such a setup would be vastly preferable to propane.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Hi Matt:
We do not have an easy way to isolate the cooking loads. However, in the next month we will conduct some meal prep experiments with everything else turned off, in which case we can use our amp hour meter. Basically, we have seen not measurable difference in generator run time with this cooking system as compared to using propane.