Warning

 

Close

Confirm Action

Are you sure you wish to do this?

Confirm Cancel
BCM
User Panel

Site Notices
Posted: 2/15/2012 10:44:56 AM EDT
So, you're ready to cook some food.

You go to the freezer and pull out your favorite frozen snack/dinner/whatever, and usually there are two sets of directions.

One for Conventional overs, which makes the food taste ten times better, but also takes ten times longer.

One for the Microwave Oven. This method will get your food done in minutes, however, the food is going to be chewy and taste much worse than had you cooked it in the conventional oven.

Sacrifice taste for speed, or sacrifice speed for taste?
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:45:26 AM EDT
[#1]
Oven... Always.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:46:58 AM EDT
[#2]
About 99% of the time it's going in the oven. If it's a hot pocket, then microwave.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:50:31 AM EDT
[#3]
Oven. I got rid of the OTR MW and put in a range hood. Then I bought a tiny ass $35 MW since it rarely gets used.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:51:25 AM EDT
[#4]
Nuke it.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:51:28 AM EDT
[#5]
Frozen prepared food will always taste terrible. I'll go with convenience.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:53:18 AM EDT
[#6]
Toaster oven.  Much faster than a conventional oven and works great for most frozen dinner type foods.

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:56:50 AM EDT
[#7]
Microwave to reheat, oven to cook.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:57:47 AM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Toaster oven.  Much faster than a conventional oven and works great for most frozen dinner type foods.

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile


Even better, convection toaster oven.
I do not use microwave oven at all, except for heating water and popcorn.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 10:59:58 AM EDT
[#9]
Microwave to thaw.


I love my convection/toaster oven, I hardly use my regular oven anymore.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:01:28 AM EDT
[#10]
Deep fryer.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:01:32 AM EDT
[#11]
Mainly the oven, only some foods can be done in the MW and taste good.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:02:15 AM EDT
[#12]
If it's something with both kinds of instructs, it's probably crap food, I'm drunk and don't care.  ergo: nuke it.



Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:04:10 AM EDT
[#13]
Best of both worlds. TOASTER OVEN MASTER RACE!

Throw it in, take a piss, then wait 5 minutes and have delicious food.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:06:21 AM EDT
[#14]
Quoted:
Deep fryer.


Full of win and 'Merica
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:06:30 AM EDT
[#15]
The only thing like that in my freezer is pizza rolls, and the correct answer in that case is option C: Deep Fryer.

LIKE A BOSS
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:07:04 AM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
Best of both worlds. TOASTER OVEN MASTER RACE!

Throw it in, take a piss, then wait 5 minutes and have delicious food.


Why would you urinate on your food or in your toaster oven?
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:11:17 AM EDT
[#17]
I always take frozen food and microwave it until its warm, meanwhile the oven is preheating to 500. Then i put the now almost cooked food in oven and finish it so it gets crunchy. Cuts cooking time in half easily.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:15:58 AM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
I always take frozen food and microwave it until its warm, meanwhile the oven is preheating to 500. Then i put the now almost cooked food in oven and finish it so it gets crunchy. Cuts cooking time in half easily.


Interdasting...
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:45:40 AM EDT
[#19]
Convection oven....

Now that's an oven...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Oster-Extra-Large-Convection-Toaster-Oven/13729291


The Oster TSSTTVXLDG Extra-Large Convection Toaster Oven is an ideal oven for large families. With its conventional cooking technology, it spreads heat evenly all around the cooking area thereby retaining the true flavor of your food. This microwave toaster oven provides an extra-large interior that can accommodate a frozen pizza, a whole chicken or even a 13-by-9-inch pan. The brushed stainless finishing of this Oster countertop oven gives it an elegant look to complement your kitchen décor. The interiors are easy to clean. The easy-t- use digitized menus of this microwave toaster oven offers easy selection from the wide range of options such as baking, broiling, pizza, toasting, and defrosting. This Oster countertop oven comes with an user-friendly digital control panel for convenient operation.

Oster Tssttvxldg Extra-Large Convection Toaster Oven:•Accommodates family sized frozen pizza, a whole chicken, roasts or casseroles
•90-minute timer with automatic shut-off
•Removable crumb tray
•Cooking functions include Bake, Broil, Toast, Pizza and Defrost
•2 rack positions allow for customizing, helpful when cooking a tall roast
•User-friendly digital control panel for convenient operation
•See-through door for checking on food at a glance
•Durable baking pan included
•Model: TSSTTVXLDG
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:47:25 AM EDT
[#20]
I prefer to use the conventional oven; the only time I would microwave something instead is if I was working with limited time.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 11:49:42 AM EDT
[#21]



If it doesn't have a preset button on the microwave I don't eat it.




Link Posted: 2/15/2012 12:04:29 PM EDT
[#22]
I go outside and cut down some tree, then build a clay oven, start a fire with a bow...



Of course the microwave... wtf



If I have enough time to cook something it's not coming out of the freezer.


 
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 12:06:04 PM EDT
[#23]
As a rule, I don't eat things that actually have microwave directions on the package...or any directions, for that matter.
Link Posted: 2/15/2012 1:41:35 PM EDT
[#24]
Wait, let me get this scenario straight,

Are we running on generator power under SHTF conditions?
Close Join Our Mail List to Stay Up To Date! Win a FREE Membership!

Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!

You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.


By signing up you agree to our User Agreement. *Must have a registered ARFCOM account to win.
Top Top