OldMtWoman – Glad to hear your energy level is coming back up!
Mama Cando – Thanks! I haven’t found a good YouTube video showing the particular method I’m planning to use to convert the extra-large toaster oven to operate as a tea-light oven. However, here’s the webpage address for a great article (with lots of helpful photos) that explains how to do it: http://www dot bluebonnetacres dot org/diy-tea-light-oven-off-grid-cooking/ The toaster oven the author of that article converted is smaller than the one I’ve ordered but the conversion method should be basically the same. I’ll just need to make a few more holes in the back wall of the extra-large toaster oven for air flow than she did in the smaller toaster oven. Also, I may need to use two terracotta bread basket stones or small un-glazed quarry tiles, instead of just one, to attach to the underside of the top of the toaster oven to store and radiate heat back down onto the baking/roasting food. Of course, I’ll also need to plan on using more tea-lights to heat the extra-large toaster oven. Apparently the best type of tea-lights to use are the kind that are individually poured into their little metal bases/cups, not the kind that are “stamped” out of a large sheet of paraffin and only then placed in the metal bases/cups. I suppose you could also use soy wax or beeswax tea-light candles if you wanted to avoid burning paraffin candles.
This morning I ordered a model “TO3265XSSD-HD Black & Decker Crisp ‘N Bake Air Fry 8-Slice Toaster Oven” for $25 plus shipping from a nice vendor on eBay. The vendor very kindly checked their stock for me and found one that had a damaged heating tube, which they could sell me at a significant discount. Once it arrives, I’ll measure the interior and figure out how many (and what size) bread basket stones or small, unglazed quarry tiles I should buy to fit in it. Converting it should be a fun project 🙂
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Amy Dixon.
