Liters inside, centimeters outside · review
A 30-quart countertop cooker with a rotisserie, two hot plates, a 60-minute timer and a cooking lamp.
The net of it Thirty quarts, a rotisserie and two hot plates — not a mini oven but a countertop cooker, and the only machine here that can roast on a spit. Its oven and both plates together draw three thousand watts, which no American domestic circuit supplies.
Add the published figures. Bullet three: “a high power heating element at 1400 watts. The hot plate power is 1000 Watt (Large) and 600 Watt (Small).”
1400 + 1000 + 600 = 3000 watts. At 120 volts that is 25 amperes.
A standard American 15-amp kitchen circuit supplies 1800 watts. A 20-amp circuit supplies 2400.
So the oven and both plates together exceed both, and the page does not say so.
What happens in practice is that the breaker trips — immediately if everything is calling for heat at once, or a few minutes in when the oven thermostat closes while both plates are drawing.
Which is a real limit on a machine sold as a cooker, because the point of two hot plates plus an oven is doing three things at once.
The workable combinations, from the same figures:
Oven alone — 1400 W, 11.7 A. Fine anywhere. Both plates together — 1600 W, 13.3 A. Fine on a 15-amp circuit. Oven plus the small plate — 2000 W, 16.7 A. Needs a 20-amp circuit. Oven plus the large plate — 2400 W, 20 A. At the limit of a 20-amp circuit. Oven plus both plates — not available.
And bullet seven is one line long and worth reading: “Burner 1 Temperature Setting”. Which suggests the two plates may not be independently controlled at all — a single setting for burner one, and nothing published for burner two.
Before buying, find out which circuit your countertop is on. And note that the title publishes 1500 W for the oven where bullet three publishes 1400 — which would make the total 3100.
The title: “7 Cook Functions Rotisserie… Includes Baking Tray, Skewers & Handles.” Bullet one lists it among the seven: “bake on baking tray, grill with griddle, toast, turbo, rotisserie, broil and roast.”
Three things happen on a turning spit that do not happen on a rack.
The fat bastes the meat continuously. As the bird turns, rendered fat runs over the whole surface instead of collecting in a pan — so the skin crisps all round and the breast stays moist, which is the usual failure of roast chicken on a rack.
No side is ever against a pan. A joint on a rack has a bottom that sits in its own juices and steams. A spit has no bottom.
And the heat exposure is even, because every part of the surface passes the element in turn — which matters in a cavity this small, where the element is close.
What it costs is loading. Trussing a bird onto a spit, balancing it so the motor is not fighting an off-center load, and getting it out hot is a different job from sliding a tray in. Which is why the handles are in the box and why they are named: a hot spit with a chicken on it has to be lifted out of a 450 °F cavity by something.
Nothing else on this shelf comes close. The Breville at $159.95 publishes eight functions including Roast; the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M at $84.99 takes an 11 lb roast on a rack. Neither turns it.
And the seven functions are the second highest count here: Breville 8 · this 7 · BLACK+DECKER air fry $55.99 — 5 · Elite ETO2530M — 5 · BLACK+DECKER toaster $59.99 — 4 · Elite ETO449X $34.99 — 4 · Hamilton Beach $59.95 — 4 · Dash $24.99 — 1.
“Turbo” is the one function on that list with no explanation anywhere on the page — which on a machine the description calls a “convection oven” most likely means the fan, but it is not stated.
The title: “30 Quart Kitchen Convection Oven.” Bullet four: “this toaster oven’s 30+ quarts capacity.” The description: “30L Multifunction Kitchen Oven.”
Thirty US quarts is 28.4 liters. Thirty liters is 31.7 quarts. The two readings differ by about 11 per cent, and the “30+” leans toward the larger.
It is not the only figure on this page that disagrees with itself.
The oven power — 1500 W in the title, 1400 W in bullet three. The weight — “28 lbs” in bullet five, against a catalog record of 10297 g, which is 22.7 lb. A five-pound gap, probably net against gross.
What does check out exactly is the exterior. The title gives “19.6 x 16.0 x 13.5 IN”, and the catalog records 498 × 406 × 343 mm — which converts to 19.6 × 16.0 × 13.5 inches precisely.
So the outside is reliable and the inside is approximate.
For scale either way, this is the largest cavity on this shelf. Converting what the others publish: the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M is about 26 liters, and its three figures — 25L, 0.9 cuft and 13.25 × 13.50 × 8.95 inches — agree with each other to within 5 per cent. The Elite Gourmet ETO449X is about 9 liters (9.5 quarts). The Breville publishes an interior of 11 × 10 × 4 inches, which is 7.2 liters.
And “it is actually compact” in bullet four is the one claim the dimensions refuse. At 498 mm wide and 10.3 kilograms, this is the largest and heaviest machine on the shelf by a wide margin — the Breville is 4853 g, the Hamilton Beach 3765 g, the Dash 1451 g. It is a countertop cooker, and it occupies the space one needs.
1400 W over about 28 liters is 50 watts per liter — the lowest density on this shelf.
Breville — 1800 W into 7.2 liters, about 250 W per liter Elite Gourmet ETO449X — 800 W into 9 liters, about 89 Elite Gourmet ETO2530M — 1500 W into 26 liters, about 60 this — about 50 BLACK+DECKER air fry, BLACK+DECKER toaster, Hamilton Beach, Dash — no wattage published
Power per liter governs how fast an oven comes up and how fast it recovers when the door opens. A dense little cavity is quick; a large one at 1400 W is not.
Which is why two things on this page are the right design decisions. The 60-minute timer — the longest on the shelf, shared only with the Elite ETO2530M — because large cavities are for long cooks. And the cooking lamp with a glass door, because on a slow-recovering oven you want to look rather than open.
Preheating matters more here than anywhere else on this shelf, and no figure is published. Two pages do publish one — the BLACK+DECKER toaster and the Elite ETO449X, both at ten minutes, the latter specifying 450 °F. On 28 liters at 1400 W, ten minutes is a floor rather than a target: a thermostat measures air, and air heats quickly, but the walls, the rack and the tray are what cook a roast’s underside.
450 °F is the ceiling, matching five machines on this shelf. No bottom of the range is published, where the Hamilton Beach and both Elite Gourmet ovens publish 200 °F — and the bottom is the figure that decides whether a machine can hold food warm or prove dough.
“dual hot plates in large and small”, with 1000 W and 600 W published.
This is the feature that puts the machine in a different category from everything else on this shelf. The other seven are ovens. This is an oven with a hob on top.
And the use case follows from that. A caravan, a boat, a summer kitchen, an annexe, a let without a cooker, a garage conversion — anywhere there is a countertop and a socket and no stove. With two rings and a 28-liter oven you can cook a full meal, which no other machine here can.
The limits, from the figures above: the plates are 1000 W and 600 W, which against a domestic hob ring at 1500 to 2000 W means slower boiling and less control. And you cannot run them with the oven, as the first section sets out.
Bullet one also names a griddle — “grill with griddle” — which with hot plates underneath suggests a plate that sits on them, though the page does not say whether it is included; only the baking tray, skewers and handles are named in the title.
“Front panel rotary controls” for time, temperature and function is the right interface here: three dials, nothing to learn, and they survive a power cut. The Breville’s LCD is the opposite approach, and on a machine likely to live somewhere damp and cold, dials are the safer choice.
“Auto Shutoff after 60 minutes for Safety” is published as its own bullet, and it ties the timer to the safety case rather than to convenience — which on a machine with a rotisserie motor and two hot plates is the right emphasis.
“The stain resistant housing, slide-out tray, and removable grill rack make the convection toaster oven roaster easy to clean.”
Stain resistant is doing the work there. A rotisserie spatters, and a 28-liter cavity used for roasting collects fat on every surface — which is the real cleaning problem of this machine rather than crumbs.
The slide-out tray is the shelf’s universal feature, and every machine here has a version of it: crumbs and drips fall to the cavity floor, sit near the lower element and burn.
What is not published is a non-stick cavity, which only the Breville claims — “inside walls feature a non stick coating for easy cleaning”. On the machine most likely to be used for roasting, that is the omission that will be felt, because baked-on fat in an enamel cavity is the hardest cleaning job on this shelf.
No machine here claims dishwasher-safe parts, so hand washing is the norm — and a spit, two skewers and a grill rack is more hand washing than a toaster oven’s single pan.
The combined circuit draw, as above — the most consequential omission on this shelf.
A single consistent wattage, weight or capacity, as above.
No bottom temperature, as above.
No preheat time, as above.
No non-stick cavity, as above.
No rack positions, where the Breville and the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M publish three and the Elite ETO449X publishes two. On 28 liters with a rotisserie, how many rack heights remain available with the spit fitted is the practical question.
No interior dimensions, where the Breville and the Elite ETO2530M both publish them. 19.6 × 16.0 × 13.5 inches is the outside, and a quart figure tells you volume without shape — so whether a 12-inch pizza fits, as it does in the Elite ETO2530M, is not answerable from this page.
No maximum roast weight, where the Elite ETO2530M publishes 11 lb and the Hamilton Beach a 3 lb chicken in an 8 × 8 pan. On a machine whose headline feature is a rotisserie, the weight the spit will carry is the figure a buyer needs.
No air fry, which two machines here have — the BLACK+DECKER TO1787SS at $55.99 and the Hamilton Beach at $59.95.
No warranty. Only the Breville at $159.95 (“1 Year Limited”) and the Dash at $24.99 (“a 1-year warranty, or double it by registering”) publish a term. Six of eight publish nothing — and on a $149.99 appliance with a motor, two hot plates and a 3000-watt total draw, that is the most conspicuous absence on the page.
Read on the day this page was built: $150 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
Same shelf, nearest cost — where the same money else goes.
| What it is | A countertop cooker — an oven with two hot plates on top and a rotisserie |
|---|---|
| Rotisserie | Included, with skewers and handles — the only one on this shelf |
| Hot plates | Two — 1000 W large and 600 W small |
| Combined draw | 1400 + 1000 + 600 = 3000 W, or 25 amps at 120 V — see the FAQ |
| Capacity | 30 quarts in the title, 30 liters in the description — not the same figure |
| Oven power | 1400 W in bullet three, 1500 W in the title |
| Temperature | Maximum 450 °F |
| Timer | 60 minutes, with auto shutoff after 60 minutes |
| Functions | Seven — bake, grill, toast, turbo, rotisserie, broil, roast |
| Controls | Front panel rotary, for time, temperature and function |
| Cooking lamp | Yes, with a glass door |
| Exterior | 19.6 × 16.0 × 13.5 inches — and the catalog confirms it exactly |
| Weight | 28 lb in bullet five; 10297 g (363.2 oz) at the catalog, which is 22.7 lb |
| Reference | PKRTO28 |
| Amazon reference | B01JIBOA7U |
| EAN | 0068888769303 |
Not on an ordinary American circuit, and the page does not say so. Add the published figures. Bullet three: "a high power heating element at 1400 watts. The hot plate power is 1000 Watt (Large) and 600 Watt (Small)." 1400 + 1000 + 600 = 3000 watts. At 120 volts that is 25 amperes. A standard American 15-amp kitchen circuit supplies 1800 watts. A 20-amp circuit supplies 2400 watts. So 3000 watts exceeds both. What happens in practice is that the breaker trips — immediately if everything is calling for heat at once, or some minutes in when the oven thermostat closes while both plates are on. Which is a real limit on a machine sold as a cooker, because the whole point of two hot plates plus an oven is doing three things at once. The workable combinations, from the same figures: oven alone, 1400 W (11.7 A) · oven plus the small plate, 2000 W (16.7 A — needs a 20-amp circuit) · both plates together, 1600 W (13.3 A) · oven plus the large plate, 2400 W (20 A — at the limit of a 20-amp circuit). Oven plus both plates is not available. And bullet seven, which reads only "Burner 1 Temperature Setting", suggests the two plates may not even be independently controlled. Before buying, find out which circuit your countertop is on — and note that the title publishes 1500 W for the oven where bullet three publishes 1400, which would make the total 3100.
Turns the meat, which changes how it cooks rather than merely how it looks — and this is the only machine on the shelf that has one. Bullet one lists it among the cooking styles: "rotisserie, broil and roast", and the title adds "Includes Baking Tray, Skewers & Handles." Three things happen on a turning spit that do not happen on a rack. The fat bastes the meat continuously. As the bird turns, rendered fat runs over the whole surface instead of collecting in a pan — so the skin crisps all round and the breast stays moist, which is the usual failure of roast chicken on a rack. No side is ever against a pan. A joint on a rack has a bottom that sits in its own juices and steams; a spit has no bottom. And the heat exposure is even, because every part of the surface passes the element in turn — which matters in a cavity this small, where the element is close. What it costs is loading. Trussing a bird onto a spit, balancing it so the motor is not fighting an off-center load, and getting it out hot with the handles supplied is a different job from sliding a tray. Which is why the handles are in the box and why they are named — a hot spit with a chicken on it has to be lifted out of a 450 °F cavity by something. And nothing else on this shelf comes close. The Breville at $159.95 publishes eight functions including Roast; the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M at $84.99 takes an 11 lb roast on a rack. Neither turns it.
The page says both, and they are not the same quantity. The title: "30 Quart Kitchen Convection Oven". Bullet four: "this toaster oven’s 30+ quarts capacity". The description: "30L Multifunction Kitchen Oven". Thirty US quarts is 28.4 liters. Thirty liters is 31.7 quarts. So the two readings differ by about 11 per cent — and the "30+" in bullet four leans toward the larger. It is not the only figure that disagrees with itself on this page. The oven power is "1500 Watt" in the title and "1400 watts" in bullet three. The weight is "28 lbs" in bullet five against a catalog record of 10297 g (363.2 oz), which is 22.7 lb — a five-pound discrepancy, probably net against gross. What does check out exactly is the exterior: the title gives "19.6 x 16.0 x 13.5 IN", and the catalog records 498 × 406 × 343 mm (19.6 × 16 × 13.5 in), which converts to 19.6 × 16.0 × 13.5 inches precisely. So the outside is reliable and the inside is approximate. For scale either way, this is the largest cavity on this shelf: the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M at $84.99 publishes 25L, and its three capacity figures agree with each other to within 5 per cent; the Breville at $159.95 publishes an interior of 11 × 10 × 4 inches, which is 7.2 liters.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
A summer kitchen, a caravan or a second cooker, where a spit and two rings earn the space
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