Trying out my new Halogen Oven + Sausage Test

Hello and welcome back. So finally I can

start making videos again. Oh, I've had

such a stressful few days because

my sister has been home and my mum has

been home, and then we had these repairmen

fixing something upstairs all day

long. Had no time alone to be able to make

any videos, and I don't really have any

time to cook anything complicated because

I think my mum's coming home soon and I

want to quickly make something at least.

And I've got this new halogen oven which

I'll open. It's quite big actually, isn't

it? So let's just open this and

give it a quick test. Maybe we can cook

some sausages inside of it. How do I

open this?

Hopefully it's not broken because I think

it's made out of glass. It's like a glass

bowl and

it uses some kind of light bulb to cook

the food.

I think I've opened it upside down, but it

should be fine.

Okay, let's have

a look. Oh, it's upside down.

Oh, it's quite good.

This serrated knife is really good for

cutting cardboard, by the way. Wow.

Oh no.

It's okay, I didn't break it.

Good old S10 Plus. If that was the Galaxy

Fold, would have been in trouble. Imagine

if I dropped that £2,000 phone.

It's okay, don't worry about

it. Wow, premium halogen oven.

From Imperial.

So this is what it looks like. Oh, why

does my mum have so much junk all over the

place? It's called a multifunctional

halogen oven and it roasts, grills,

bakes, fries, boils, and steams. Wow, I

can make so many things using this. I

could roast a chicken, I could grill some

cheese toasty things, I could bake a cake,

I could fry fish and chips. Chips, maybe.

I could boil some ramen and steam some

ham. Oh wow, it comes with all of these

free accessories as well, worth £50. It

comes with a high rack, a low rack,

set of tongs, extender ring, a baking

tray, a steamer tray, 4 times skewers,

and a halogen oven unit. All for— how much

did I pay for this? I think I paid about

£35. It's so cheap, I can't believe it's

so cheap. Oh, look at the accessories you

get! You get little trays and racks.

Okay, let's open this up. Now the

main reason I bought this is because I'm

really bored and I like buying stuff, but

also it's, um, as you can see, it's

see-through so I could do time lapses of

the cooking process. I can't really do

that with the oven because it's very dark,

and it's a lot easier to clean this little

bowl compared to that massive oven. Also,

my mum keeps complaining that I don't

clean the oven. So I thought if I get my

own oven, then she can't complain about it

because it's mine, so I can do what I want

with it. I thought that was some good

logical thinking. And it's only £35.

Can you believe that?

£35, and you could do so many things with

it. Oh,

looks interesting.

Hopefully it's not broken because there is

a big hole on the other side of the box.

I think I need 2 hands to do this. Maybe

not. Oh wow, so this is the— this

is the lid, goes on top,

and that's the halogen light bulb. That's

going to heat up the food and make it

taste delicious. Try not to drop that

because it's made out of glass.

And then we have polystyrene.

Oh, look how big it is! I didn't think

it'd be so big. Halogen oven, don't need

that. Please don't be broken.

So we have some trays so we can Fry

stuff on. I really want to make fish and

chips. That'd be fun. Oh,

look at that!

Is it glass? I think it is glass.

Get rid of all this. Don't need that.

Okay, so to assemble the unit, we place

the large container into this thing.

You could put a tiny baby in there,

couldn't you? Or a cat, or a giant

rat, anything you like. And then this

goes on top.

This goes on top and

then you can cook stuff. This plugs into

the plug. Oh, that's it

really. Yeah. Oh, what's this metal thing?

This metal thing is going to get in the

way. How am I supposed to time-lapse the

cooking with this in the way? I could do

it like this, I guess. Like that, but it's

kind of blurry, isn't it? The glass is is

not clear. Like do

this, you can see the cooking process in

action. That'll be fun and exciting for

the channel, won't it? So it looks kind of

straightforward to operate. We've got two

knobs. One is the temperature goes up to

250 degrees centigrade. And this one's the

time, so we can go up to 60 minutes.

You can hear it ticking.

How do I stop it from ticking?

That's weird.

You can't stop it from ticking when it

starts. You can add more time. But if

you try twisting it, it speeds up.

Well, that's not very good, is it? What if

I want to cancel it? Now it's just going

to tick for 40 minutes.

Ah, oh great, now it's going to be ticking

for the rest of the video.

Let's open these.

I had such a massive headache when those,

those repairmen were here repairing the

plumbing or the pipeworks. They were here

for about 5 hours and I had this massive

headache because I felt really stressed

out. Having strangers in the house. And as

soon as they left, I felt so much better.

And now my sister left as well. She left

about 10 minutes ago. She went back to

London. It's kind of sad seeing her walk

up the driveway and then turn left and

then slowly vanish.

I don't know why it feels sad. I guess

it's because my dad always used to drop

her off at the train station.

I think my sister is a lot sadder than I

am about our dad passing away. I mean, I

feel pretty sad, but I wasn't as close to

him as my sister was. They were very close

to each other. Anyway, I don't want to bum

you out. She's doing well. She's, um,

yeah, she's doing well with her job in

London. Not really sure

what I want to cook as the the first test

cooking. Maybe just cook a sausage, place

some sausages on top like that.

This one is lower down.

I guess this one's for cooking things like

chips.

Not sure what this is.

Weird contraption.

Okay, so I've placed it over here,

and then we're going to put in this

rack. Uh, what should we get from the

fridge? Uh, I feel

like eating some sausages. Do we have any

sausages left? I think since

it's a test, test run, we'll just cook 2

sausages. Don't want to waste food.

And then we just place it in like this, I

guess. This is my first time losing— using

a halogen oven. I'm very excited.

Yeah, I think that's how you do it. I know

this is not very exciting as a recipe,

but don't worry, the next

video will hopefully be more interesting.

I'll, I'll make something a little bit

more complex. So this goes onto the top,

and then we switch on the power,

and then we choose a temperature.

How hot should it be? How about 150

degrees? Then I guess we press— what

happens if I press this? Oh, nothing

happens. How do I turn it on?

It says off/on handle position.

What does that mean?

So up is off and then down is— whoa!

Whoa, whoa, it's on! It's like a

spaceship. Look at that,

that's pretty cool actually.

It's like a UFO cooking

my sausage. Look, you can

see inside as well.

Oh, it smells funny.

It's weird you have to push the handle

down for it to start cooking. I wonder

how, how fast it heats up. I guess this is

gonna get really hot, isn't it? Is it on

properly? That's so weird you can just

cook like that using a light bulb. Wow.

Oh wow, it's going brown! It's slowly

cooking, and it's been about 10 or

15 minutes. I had the temperature set to

150. And then I bumped up to about 225,

but then I was worried it would burn, so I

put it back down to 175. I'm a bit worried

that it'll be brown cooked on the outside,

but when I cut it open, it's going to be

all pink and raw on the inside. Little bit

worried. Maybe I should have pricked these

sausages, but it's supposed to be able to

cook a whole chicken,

and if you can cook a whole chicken just

by putting it in there, then it should be

able to cook 2 sausages. I think we'll

have to take them out soon. I'm not sure

if it's cooked on the underneath. Only the

top seems to be cooked, but I can't see.

It should be cooked all around because

it's an oven. Okay,

so I think the sausages are looking very

brown, so I think it's okay to Turn it

off. How do I turn it off?

Whoa, it's vibrating.

So you lift up the handle to turn it off,

and to be extra safe, we will turn it off

here as well. The stupid timer is still

clicking. I don't know how to get rid of

What a stupid design. You can twist it

that way, but you can't twist it the other

way. So let's see what happens when I lift

the lid. Will steam come out? Whoa,

no steam. That's weird.

Is it safe to put down here? What if it

burns the counter? My mum shouts at me. I

think it's safe. The weird thing is

there's no— ouch! Oh, it's actually

not that hot. I thought it was really hot.

It's kind of warm. There's no liquid

anywhere. There's no oil coming out of the

sausage. There's no steam or anything.

So let's get a fork. Sorry about the

ticking, but there's not much I can do. I

think— oh, it's really hard actually. I

think I overcooked it. Look at that.

Look at that sausage.

Okay, it should be fine. It's just a

little bit over crispy.

Listen, I think I overcooked it a little

bit. So for the sausage test, I just want

to split it open, see what it looks like

on the inside. It might be dried out.

Oh wow,

it's actually cooked the whole way

through. Incredible.

Look at that. It's a bit crispy on the

outside. I think I overcooked it, but on

the inside it looks fine. That's a

good-looking sausage. Can you see that?

That is cooked.

Cooked by a light bulb using the power of

light, not fire.

I guess it's kind of like having a very

small sun inside of a glass bowl. Look at

that sausage— perfection!

Yeah, I'm pretty impressed with the

halogen cooker so far. Um,

next time I have to think of something

more interesting to cook. Maybe, maybe

I'll get a duck. Okay, let's give this

halogen-cooked sausage the taste test.

Let's see if it's any good.

Oh,

it's crispy on the outside, soft and juicy

on the inside. I think that was a fairly

successful testing of the halogen cooker.

Hopefully in the next video I'll make

something more interesting to watch, and I

have to What do I have to do now? Um,

eat my sausages, I guess. So I'll see you

next time.