Dutch oven instead of oven?

I would recommend a combination toaster and convection oven. While I have a regular oven in my small apartment, I rarely use it in favor of saving energy (and money on my energy bill) by using the toaster/convection oven. I have purchased toaster oven sized muffin tins (just a 6 muffin tin) and a toaster oven sized roasting rack that fits two sizes of meat. My oven came with a roasting pan. The convection features have done wonderful things for my pies. You can get them big enough to make pizza in. As long as you aren't cooking for a crowd, it will work wonders. Things I've successfully baked in there include:

• Muffins
• Cake (did have to do it one cake at a time for a layer cake)
• Pie (the convection feature is perfect for pie!)
• Bread
• Cupcakes
• Pitas
• Steak (well, it was a broiled steak recipe - the best I can do without a grill)
• Chicken breasts

I had a friend who rented a place that has a convection cooking setting on the microwave. We successfully used it to make muffins once, but I haven't tried it further.

A counter top/toaster oven can probably cover many of your needs.

You can get ones that will hit the normal 500 F of an oven.

Here is a list of examples available at Bed Bath & Beyond

• Hard as you may try, the dutch oven still cooks from the bottom up and is not like a conventional oven which heat comes from all over the place
• You can buy a counter top oven and I don't mean a toaster oven; rather you can actually get a mini oven with two racks.
• It all depends on your budget too. You can buy a normal oven, if you are in north america, you can get a 110 volt rather than a 220v oven provided your electric circuit can handle it (consult with the owner or a certified electrician)

If you still want to make your own bread, you may want to purchase a bread-maker. Or, you can make your own boiled bagels. For the last step, I've heard you can pan-fry them instead of baking them.

My Aunt Morey used a stovetop oven, on top of one of the burners of her kerosene fueled stove. She made absolutely fabulous cakes and other baked goods with it!

A modern-day version of the same thing is made by Coleman. (Amazon sells it for about $30.) It's made to work on top of their propane stoves, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work just as well on top of a gas burner stove.

Sounds impossible to survive without an oven. It is better to take any stovetop oven.

But if you have some budget, then countertop smart and small in size ovens are being preferred as compared to Dutch ovens. Although Dutch ovens are inexpensive but can't beat the services that any toaster countertop oven can offer you. Even with some specific settings, you can bake cakes, loaves of bread and cupcakes with great ease. However, it is effortless to roast chicken and to perform other meat-related activities in a toaster oven. Here, you can visit user-friendly toaster ovens if you make mind to get one.