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What I think is even more brilliant is that it looks like it's about the size of a microwave. This would be a brilliant alternative for apartments where you might want to bake a pan of brownies or roast a chicken every once in a while and don't need to cook two or three racks worth of stuff.

I'm confused by how it works if there is no rack at all, though. What if you have something that needs a lot of air moving around it?

It doesn't look like it would bake as well as a normal oven. For one, the pan would rest directly on the heating surface-- no air would circulate underneath.

Also, I'm just weirded out by the attached-to-the-wall-bottom-lets-down thing. It seems like it would take a toll on the wall behind or something.

But it looks fun. Fun like those crazy circular fridges in the 50's.

I'm not really sure how this thing works yet but Gaggenau and Miele both have convection ovens about this size that are wall mounted. It really is impressive how much weight the wall mounting mechanisms can hold.

It looks neat, but is it really necessary? I don't really see much advantage to having this over a regular kitchen range in a tiny kitchen. Unless your kitchen is so tiny that all you have is a countertop stove...and no room for a standard set of built-in ovens.

This is fantastic for people who have limited strength/mobility. No more bending over & reaching in a hot oven. It comes right down to your own comfortable level.

So basically, this oven goes up to eleven?

"Why not just make ten hotter?"
"Because it's one more, isn't it? Eleven is one more than ten."

Seriously, though, this does look very slick. But I'm with verily--what's the point, unless you can't bend down anymore?

Actually, there is a point. Remember science class, hot air rises? When you open the oven you don't loose as much heat.

It has 11 cooking modes (bake, broil roast etc) not cooking temps.