Norpro Stainless Steel Vertical Roaster, With Infuser
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Norpro Stainless Steel Vertical Roaster, With Infuser
Customer Review: Norpro Stainless Steel Vertical Roaster, W/ Infuser
Summary: 4 Stars
The Vertical Roaster preformed just as the review in Cooks Illustrated magazine illustrated that it would. I was very pleased with the outcome of my roasted chicken. The Roaster was well constructed and held the roasting chicken vertically with no problem. The Infuser held the drippings, this resulted in a clean oven with no spills. Finally the stainless steel finish cleaned up quickly and the equipment folded up so that I was able to store it in the original box. I was very satisfied with it's performance.
Alex Lea
Customer Review: Norpro Vertical beats the old rotisserie
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this for my lady to replace a worn out Sunbeam 20-year-old rotisserie,
we found it does roast great tasting chickens, the only reason I went four stars instead of five was because we found the base should be larger to hold more grease.
She had to experiment with ways to lift the chicken off the roaster with the base full of hot grease it was a dangerous challenge, finally she got the idea of using several paper towels in each hand as pads and lifted it right off easily.
Customer Review: As Advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
This was just what I was looking for. After using aluminum cans for years, this is just what the odctor ordered. Holds a 6 lb. chicken quite stable, the pan jucies are easy to retrieve, cooks evenly all around and most tender. I have been experimenting with different fluids for infusion, and haven't dried a bird out yet. love it.Customer Review: Cooks Great, BUT...
Summary: 2 Stars
I think the drip tray wasn't pressed right. The two uprights that hook into the drip tray would not fit. Try as I might, they would not fit. My oven was on, the infuser was filled with rosemary and lemon juice the chicken was unwrapped and seasoned and I could not assemble the darn thing!
I decided to go ahead and MAKE it work. So, after grabbing my needle nose pliers, screwdriver, screw and a HAMMER, an hour later, I finally got it where it would work.
I cooked a four-pounder for almost two hours at 350 degrees. The chicken was crisp on the outside, moist on the inside and delicious!
One observation is that the drip tray was up to the brim with drippings after cooking a four pound chicken. I had placed the roaster in a pan which caught the juices when they spilled as I lifted it out of the oven. It makes me think that the drip tray was designed without the infuser in mind. The infuser takes up cubic capacity in the drip tray.
If you like skinless chicken, the skin just pulls off in large sheets, or you can use an electric knife to slice the breast with the skin on.
All in all, I think this will be a valuable cooking tool (now that I have it assembled), and I look forward to experimenting with different seasonings in the infuser, I also want to try it on the BBQ grill when the weather gets better. I just got really mad when the darn thing would not fit together out of the box, hence the lower rating.