Nesco 4816-14 Porcelain Roaster Oven, 6 quart, White Import To Shop ×Product customization General Description Gallery Reviews

Great product.Really great during the holidays because it will free up your oven for all the extras.

Replaced the original one with same style for the temp settings as opposed yo just warm or hot.Seems to have a hot spot on one side but works great so far.

Powerful enough to slow cook in an unheated garage.I like this Nesco 4816-14 Roaster (6 quart). I like to slow cook foods over many hours but I also like to make them flavorful which also makes them quite aromatic. A slow cooker in our house overwhelms me with strong aromas for hours and hours. It smells good for about the first 20 minutes but then I crave relief! I wanted to move the process to our separate unheated garage but a standard slow cooker didn’t have enough power to maintain a 250º temperature when it was cold outside. So, I took a chance on this roaster. Sure enough, the instructions indicated that it is capable of doing just what I wanted to do by specifically mentioning in the instruction booklet that it is suitable for use in a garage. I’ve only used it twice so far but it worked great. One day had temps in the 20’s but the Nesco roaster maintained a 250º temp in our closed garage. Now, I can go crazy with onions and spices and let it cook away for hours with total disregard for any persistent strong aromas. To me, the food tastes better when I haven’t been forced to smell it all day or night.Nesco claims it has that “circle of heat.” I presume they are the only ones? I don’t know. But, it certainly seems like a great idea that will keep me loyal to the Nesco brand. It means that the heating elements aren’t on the bottom so as to cause burning of the food. Nesco says their heating elements encircle the cooking area from the side so there’s less chance of burning.The cookwell is black porcelain. It cleans easily if you soak it and this one perfectly sits diagonally submerged in our standard sized kitchen sink. Nesco warns that, as porcelain cookware is known to do, it will discolor a bit where liquids and such touch the material. Even on the first use, the cookwell developed a cloudy “ring” at the liquid level and there were immediately some cloudy spots where drips of liquid had contacted the cookwell. They say it’s only cosmetic. I guess that is so. It still cleaned up easily after soaking. I have to admit, I’ve got some black porcelain roaster pans for my gas oven that have also discolored in the same way. They’ve been fine for years so I’m not worried about the Nesco cookwell.I would purchase an upgraded model, however, if it was offered in stainless steel with a stainless steel cookwell. I like stainless. If I’m in a hurry, I don’t have to wait for a soak. Stainless steel lets me immediately go to work with scrapers and a stainless steel scrubbing pad and get the job done quickly. You can’t use anything but plastic scrubbers on porcelain, so, porcelain requires that soak time.There is a stainless steel roaster with a stainless steel cookwell in the Nesco product line but it is 18 quarts. That’s too much for many of the small meals and roasts that I prepare. A bigger roaster requires a lot more broth and other ingredients to accomodate the larger size of the roaster no matter what quantity of food you may wish to cook. I do more “moist” cooking with liquids over a long period of time than purely “roasting” with dry heat.This Nesco 4816-14 Roaster (6 quart) uses about 600 watts. That means my electric garage door opener won’t blow a fuse while the roaster is operating. Nice.(I keep repeating the model number because Amazon and blogs that plagiarize these reviews will sometimes jumble reviews for one product into another product’s reviews. I’m trying to help keep this review identifiable.)

Best Roaster in the world!People I have to tell you this is one of the best cooking elements you will ever spend money on. I’ve cooked up to 15 lbs of Roast Beef in it and, after I seared the meat (eye roasts) in a pan on my cooktop surface…then I transfered it to the already heated cookwell(which is NON-stick) you can spray w/ cooling product for extra measure; but, I promise you the meat cooks to perfection set at either 350 degrees or higher (I started my cooking process our at 400 degrees, then lowered it after 2 hours to 350). I let the meat cook for almost 5 hours this way. Then I let it rest to a cooling temp. Do not take this amount of meat OUT OF THE pan…chill over night by lifting out the cookwell and place in your fridge. Next day, Bring the meat back to the Roaster, set in the cookwell containing the meat….and resume cooking at 350 for two (2) hours. Take the meat out, let rest for 30 minutes and slice w/electric knife (it will be so tender, using the electric knife helps cut the meat WITHOUT any breakage). Have an 8 to 10 quart heavy pan on the stove ready to pour the strained gravy into it, and then the sliced meats. Let cook on med-low for a couple hours. Periodically, check the meat as it cooks in the cookwell, as you will need to add water to your meat/gravy which will make it even MORE tender.**As with ALL recipes, use the initial ingredients in preparing the meat, and the condiments etc., you know what you like and put them in the juices (mushrooms, onions, etc.The reason I wrote this particular recipe for you is to point out that with this roaster you can do meats, turkeys, pork roasts etc….for large groups (and with SUPER BOWEL coming up, you will not do the work…the Nesco will do it for you. ALSO, all the side dishes you want to serve, you can put at least 4 cups of water in the clean cookwell, and set your 3 pans inside on a warm temp 200-250 to serve warm/hot to your guests. You will be a relaxed cook while your guests think you killed yourself all week long. I love my Nesco roasters, I have two 18″ ones, two 6 quart ones, and use them at different times for different things. I personally like “Nesco” because it is the only company that has the “Circle of Heat” trademark…which is what you pay for in a Convection oven. Vary your recipe, mine is just what I like and use. I get plenty of compliments when I make this..and you will too.CookingGirl

Cooks decent, but sub-par fit and finish.I had my eye on a Nesco roaster for several years. I finally made the purchase and have mixed feelings on this appliance. Funny how they advertise this as the roaster Grandma had and everyone remembers. No, it isn’t. Nesco used to manufacture these in America, and they were heavier and better made. I purchased the stainless model, and it was evident right out the box there were quality issues. The heatwell is the black porcelain part which is mated to the housing. On mine, on the right side this heatwell was more flush with the housing (1st pic). But on the left side, you can clearly see there is a noticeable gap and poor forming (2nd pic). And in both photos, you can see fibers of the insulation sticking out from underneath the edges. This is nothing short of substandard manufacturing coupled with poor quality control. I thought, “I’m not happy about this, but as long as it doesn’t affect the performance, I can live with it.” So the next test was cooking. I did the ‘burn in’, which is covered in the manual. One hour on the front porch and it was done. The smoking actually ceased within 15 or 20 minutes, but I went the full hour as recommended. For the cooking, I put a spice rub on a 5-lb. hen and followed the instructions. In about 2 and half hours, I was rewarded with one of the best, juiciest roast chickens I’ve ever had. Not dry or stringy, and perfectly cooked from top to bottom and front to back. So there it is, in a nutshell. C- minus for fit and finish, but a solid A+ for cooking. Nesco has a good product, but I wish they would work on the materials and overall quality.