Customer Reviews

Ronco ST4000WHGEN Showtime Standard Rotisserie and Barbeque Oven with Bonus Accessory Kit, White

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I have this same model. The rotisserie works well and if you follow the directions carefully, the end results will be delicious. Just understand that once purchased, you can't depend on any customer service at Ronco. They don't answer emails. They don't answer the phone. If you order an accessory, it may never arrive and you won't be able to find out why. If you want an extended warranty, buy the one offered through Amazon because I can't imagine shipping anything to Ronco; it will end up in a black hole.

I absolutely love my Ronco Showtime Rotisserie Oven. Now that I have it, I wonder how I ever cooked without it.

I am very picky about my kitchen appliances being easy to use and easy to clean! There is no point in having a delicious dinner if I have to spend hours cleaning up a mess afterward. I must say, this oven could not be any easier to clean. The pieces & accessories are all dishwasher safe.

The first night I used it, I cooked a chicken that was just under 5 pounds. It took exactly as long as the instructions stated it would for the internal temperature of the chicken to reach 180 degrees. The thermometer is included. The elastic food ties are ingenious! No more strings cutting into your fingers as you fight to get them around the chicken.

I could not believe how good this chicken was. I didn't do anything special to it. I only used salt, pepper, and garlic powder on the outside of the chicken. Then, I put it on the rotisserie, set the timer, and watched it spin around in amazement. Every single bite of this chicken was juicy! My daughter and I ate it for three days, and even when it was warmed in the microwave, it was still tender and juicy.

I highly recommend this item to anyone who cooks several meals a week. It does a lot more than just rotisserie chicken! The kabobs we made in it were just as delicious as the chicken.

Have the Standard Showtime, and have used it for ten years. I have cooked the best turkey I ever made on it, and do chicken twice a week. First time I tasted an organic chicken from it, it was like food I ate when I was a kid. Could not get enough of it! Now I'm faced with having to replace it - get the same, or the compact? Kids have moved out. I feel lost without it. Oven roasted just is not the same. Have also used the basket for beef, and salmon. I have not used the top vege warmer except to put plants on when not cooking. Used the glove until it got a hole, and now use a silicone hot pad to take off the spit, with a fork's help. I have not had to salt the chicken or use any spices - have wondered if chicken gets salt in their food, or injected. I used to carefully handwash each part, but now just stick them in the diswasher. I looked at a toaster oven with a rotisserie, but they only do small chickens, not the 5 pounders. It is so good to get some real food!

Ronco used to make this product (smaller), and I had one that did Roast Chicken better than anything so simply. That was years ago.
This model came defective when I opened the box. They are not useable because one end of the spit wheel had a detached hub. The rivet and the covering of the rivet were rattling in the box. I exchanged it as defective, and the SAME DEFECT was present. Frankly, it's a piece of junk, or did I just get TWO lemons in a row???????

This is an awesome product. Very easy to use and pretty much idiot proof. Everything I cook in this comes out great; chicken pieces, whole chickens, beef roast, pork tenderloin....you name it. I have been using mine for years now and I still think its great!

They reason I gave it a 3* is because the "Non-Stick" surfaces are NOT non-stick. Food sticks to EVERYTHING!!!! The lobster/vegetable rack is the worst. A nightmare to clean. The stuff used to coat the metal is more like a non-stick looking paint. It lasted about 4 months and it was gone. I have to use SOS Pads and a wire brush to clean my racks now. Even before the very sticky non-stick paint came off I had to soak the stuff for hours and it barely helped. Pam cooking spray didn't help either.

It works like a dream.....it cleans like a bad dream.

In 2000, I went through an unexpected divorce. During the separation, I asked the ex if I could have this machine, because my culinary skills were, shall we say, very limited. We had received it several years before as a Christmas gift from my mom, but had never really used it.

People, it prevented me from having to subsist on take out and frozen pizza! When I had weekends with my daughter, she was blown away by the dishes I was able to prepare.

Since then, I have learned a bit about cooking, but I still use the rotisserie several times a month. Living alone, I can't justify buying a whole turkey. But a turkey breast, properly seasoned, will come out of the machine tasting as if a master chef had prepared it. Believe me, good quality frozen veggies are delicious if the steaming tray is used. Using the basket, well seasoned chicken pieces cook in an hour, and all the marketing propoganda heard on the infommercial turns out to be true. Marinated leg of lamb? I'm making myself hungry, just typing this review! There have been family get-togethers at my sister's house where we have had both hers and my rotisserie going full blast.

It isn't expensive. It isn't high tech. It isn't terribly sophisticated. But...it works, very reliably. Anyone will be able to get excellent results with it in a short amount of time.

Very rarely, you get more than what you paid for. If you are "on the fence," trying to decide whether or not to purchase, go ahead and jump; you won't be sorry.

Let me start by saying that I am an engineer by education and profession. Based on good reviews I ordered this. But I was terribly unhappy with the quality of workmanship and material used. Both were tacky at best. It includes the outer glass, the rotary "non-stick" bigger gears, internal bulb the outer body, the knobs for controls everything. infact when i first performed a dry run to ensure everything was working properly, there was a strong odor of burning rubber. Indications of poor electronics inside.

Am I asking for a Mercedez when I paid for a for Focus? No. FOr the same price the market has a lot of options which are built like a tank. Look at Cuisinart et al.

I returned it to Amazon the next day and got a refund.

Great service from Amazon - Bad product from Ronco.

As far as cooking goes this was an ok gadget. However, it drove me nuts because it was so noisy. It squeaked very loudly, no matter how heavy or light what I was cooking was. I could hear the squeaking throughout the entire house.

This oven is very noisy and difficult to clean unless you want to spend a lot of time. Also it is difficult to put the chicken in the rack evenly. As a result, some part got burned. In addition, Ronco has a very bad customer service department. I have several issues with this Oven, and contacted them neumerous times but got no response from them. I will never recommend Ronco to anyone.

We have purchased two of these over the years, one smaller one, our original purchase, then we bought the larger size which we use to cooks large turkeys, two chickens and hams. I cannot express how delicious each meal turns out. The juices are locked in and the skin on the chickens and turkeys are golden and crisp. I stopped using our oven and cook mainly on the rotisserie for hams, chickens, turkeys, turkey breasts. This is the best machine ever created and as stated, "set it and forget it". I do add a few extra minutes cooking time to a larger chicken and still get white meat that is juicy and tender, not dried out like the oven. Our hams are also deliciously cooked and all the fat drips into the bottom pan. Do cover it with foil before beginning so all you have to do is remove the grate, clean that and then toss out the grease and you have a clean bottom pan. I highly recommend this rotisserie!