Westinghouse WVEP6717DD
VerifiedMPNs: 854079 and WVEP6717DD5 reviews
- Daily
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- Several times a week
Very impressed with these ovens. Controls clear, nice feature is the temperature graph showing progress of heat up and cool down, and dual displays of either time and temperature or target and actual temperature. Air frier works brilliantly at first attempt with zero learning curve.
To respond to the comments in a negative review below...
1) yes you grill with the door closed... just like every oven i have used for the last 25 years. And??? So you can't use a non oven safe frypan in the oven... this seems like common sense, and if anything a negative comment to make about one's choice of frypan... it is hardly the oven's fault that it gets hot; that's what ovens are supposed to do. If you want a frypan that works in an oven, buy one.
2) it is completely false to say nothing browns in this oven... it's an oven. Food browns if you set it correctly. And there's zero evidence of it being inaccurate in its temperature settings. It works as i expect at temperatures that i have previously used in other ovens. Based on the criticism below, i got out my calibrated thermocouple and checked it... as per the photo below, it is within 3 degrees C of set- point, in less time than the instructions say should be allowed for preheating. This is within 1.5%, which is very, VERY good for a commercial, non-scientific product. In my experience as an engineer buying accurate equipment, things start getting extremely expensive if you want better than the normal commercial level of 2% accuracy. And this is a modestly priced consumer product that's accurate to around 1%. So if a user has a problem with THIS oven performing to their expectations, it is the expectations that are wrong, not the oven.
3) And yes it defaults to a different temperature in different modes, OF COURSE. Thats because you need a higher temperature to do air frying than normal roasting (for example) so it defaults to what's probably going to be a good choice for that mode, and then you adjust from there if you feel it appropriate for what you're cooking. This is intelligent and thoughtful design, not a fault. ...if THAT's the biggest problem, you don't have much to complain about.
I also like that the baking tray does double duty as a drip tray under the air frier shelf. This has the hidden benefit that it isn't costing you storage space in your cupboard when you aren't using it.
Follow-up · Responding to others' questions, after a number of weeks use, I can advise... Energy use seems very good compared to my previous ovens (based on real time observations from the energy monitor built into my home battery system). There's no noticeable noise in operation. I tested the thermostat accuracy against a calibrated thermocouple and found it very accurate. The controls are simple and easy to understand. The build quality seems good. The smaller air frier trays will fit in the dishwasher, although i haven't needed to do that yet... just a dish brush and soapy water has been enough. I haven't needed to do a pyro clean yet, so can't comment on that function. Very happy so far.
Purchased in at The Good Guys Physical store.
- Product is used: Daily
This oven has a lot of annoyances in operation. Many of those things are minor, but frustrating nonetheless. Mostly just because some programmer decided to be clever. Or not clever enough, in the right areas. For example, the installation instructions give you the size of the hole, but not the location of the front facia relative to the hole. Which might mean that some people have a clash with the cupboards. it's 10-15mm higher than the hole, if you need to know.
or, just the fact it assumes a completely new temperature if you change cooking modes.
Or the fact you lose the last significant figure on the timer when you hit "ok". Not a problem for seconds, but when it's more than 10 minutes, you lose a whole minute and it's annoying.
There are two more significant problems, however.
The moderate problem is you have to grill with the door closed. This is a problem becomes evident under two circumstances. Firstly, if you want to grill something in a pan. If the handle is too long or can't survive under the griller, you simply can't grill it. The second circumstance if if you are baking something and want to brown it. It will only grill until it reaches temperature (240) and then it will turn off. If you are baking at say 200 it only gives you a minute or two of grilling and that's it.
This problem is exasperated by the biggest problem, however. It's the fact nothing browns in this oven.
At first I thought this was because the temperature settings were wrong (as other reviewers have). But I checked with my own thermocouples, and they are close enough.
What I came to realise is it's because the oven is insulated too well. Which sound great, until you realise it means the elements turn on much less. So nothing really browns. It just gets up to temperature and then sits there with no radiant heat that's needed for browning.
The solution is to cook everything at much higher temperatures than you normally would. 180 fan forced, on a regular oven, equals about 210 on air fryer, in this oven.
This would be fine, but it presents several problems. Firstly, the window to use the griller, for browning, is now even narrower. Secondly, the oven is not capable of cooking like a true 250 degree oven. Cooks more like 210 degrees when set at 250. And that not great for things like pizza. And the pizza setting is one of the reasons I picked this oven.
And lastly, it's likely the oven will burn out sooner, because it's being operated at higher temperatures all the time.
I would not recommend this oven to anyone.
Purchased in at Bing Lee.
- Product is used: Several times a week
Terrible oven. Don’t waste your money – I have had this oven for around 8 weeks and it will not hold temperature or brown anything. Roast vegetables are cooked but are pale and soft not brown and crispy. They sent out a technician (who I waited 3 weeks for) and all he did was check the temperature and said it was fine. I have been cooking for well over 50 years, and this is the worst oven I have ever bought. I have tried all different settings and read the manual at length and it will not brown any food unless I turn it up to 240 degrees. Even then I have to wait for over an hour to get even minimal browning. At $1400 this oven is a waste of money.
Purchased in at Harvey Norman for $1,399.
- Product is used: Daily
Avoid this oven – I chose mediation but really only after the Good Guys sales manager chased this up, I finally was given a store credit. It's what I wanted because I do not trust this product.
Purchased in at The Good Guys for $1,300.
- Product is used: Several times a week
Temperature is Inaccurate - Technicians have been unhelpful – This brand new oven has not cooked at the correct temperature at any stage. I cannot get this oven to accurately reach target temperatures. It indicates it has reached a temperature (sound) when it is 50degrees cooler. it does then continue to heat until it is 20 degrees cooler than the target temperature, at which it holds. Technicians have been here twice and stayed less than ten minutes and apparently will return. They don't read the notes, they don't have parts, they don't know what they are doing. Each visit i have to wait 3 weeks. So we are now 9 weeks without a solution. Avoid this product and this company.
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