Tovala Review: Is This The Best Smart Oven + Meal Delivery Service?
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
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Intro - 0:00
Unboxing - 0:12
About Tovala & Meals - 1:00
Cooking Our Meal - 1:54
Taste Test - 2:46
Is It Worth It? - 3:31
Hey Food Box HQ Family! Today we're reviewing Tovala (the oven and meal delivery service). They're one of the most popular smart ovens on the market and for good reason! This little steam oven can do so much. Not only can it act as a regular oven to bake and broil foods, it can also toast or even just warm or reheat foods. We've reviewed Tovala a few times in the past and have always been very impressed with the overall quality of the oven as well as the meals-they cook perfectly. Because it's a steam oven, it's able to heat the food way more thoroughly than a microwave. You know when you heat cold food in the microwave and the outside is scolding hot and the inside is still cold? We've never had that happen with any of our Tovala meals. In fact, we use our Tovala almost every day to make breakfast (it saves a huge amount of time).
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So far this is the best and most helpful review of this oven that I've found. I appreciate your effort. Thank you!
I have been really happy with mine too.....
I’m fascinated by this because as a single person this makes a lot of sense. I cook on my gas grill a lot but sometimes after a long day at work and the weather is cold and rainy using the Tovala seems way easier. Plus as a single person keeping a lot of ingredients in my small fridge and cabinets isn’t feasible. Hmm might try this out .
It cooks things really well. We use ours for everything from toasting bread to cooking salmon. There are a few of these types of “smart ovens” out there these days - June and Suvie are 2 other big names. I believe Tovala is the only one with a meal delivery service though.
Like the combination of the food coming with the oven; it is sooo awesome and cool. Thank you for sharing this video.
Our pleasure!
I just ordered the tovala and food on Dec 28th and the oven is coming about a week before the food. Kinda sad about that because I'm very impatient, but I'm thinking it will be worth the wait. My kid can make her own food with this and my husband might finally feed himself for once in 15 years. 🤣
Can you microwave anything in it? It says it reheats, but what about warming up water in a cup like a regular microwave?
Would you recommend this over hello fresh for single person? I have hello fresh but this looks even better, less work!
Tovala is one of our favorites for those who live alone. You can basically get fresh, home cooked meals with very little prep and cleanup. :)
Thank you, I might give this a try! Your videos really are informative!👍🏼
Natasha hello fresh is better quality. I prefer Factor and do not happy with this oven In returning it same day as the first meal was cooked.
ABSOLUTELY! My husband and I eat differently so he ordered this for me. From my understanding, Hello Fresh sends you the food, and it tells you how to put the ingredients together, and then you cook it. These, your meals come in a big box, each box has all the ingredients, a 1-2 step prep; such as separate the two pans, place meat in one, veggie in the other. Next, you press the "scan" button, you scan the code on the back of the direction card, and press start. Every meal is done in 20 minutes or less. Once done, there maybe toppings for your food in which you have the option to use or not. Then eat and enjoy!
my mom is the plant manager and also i suggest getting the oven and food stuff its good (:
She’s got a cool job!
If you have a family, each meal has to be done separately. Looks good for a single person.
You can cook 2 meals at a time not just one
Do you have vegetarian meals
I was surprised to see the good color it got on the broccoli
I wonder about price and if it's cost prohibitive for the average family of 4... Could be nice if they made a bigger oven with family sized meals.
There are some meals that come in bigger sizes for an added fee. If you eat out at a restaurant it will be more expensive than the tovala, but if you budget prep meals at home, it's more expensive!
I'm super busy, as I run a business, care for my mom, daughter and husband as well as pets, so me saving time anywhere is worth a little extra money. We all have different schedules as well, so for an easy breakfast or fast lunch this is PERFECT! Honestly, if I weren't middle class/upper middle class, I likely wouldn't be able to afford this every day. It would be the 3 or 4 meals a week option if I didn't have the income I have, but like I said, having that extra time for myself is worth it.
Say after a year, you cancel your dinner, do you keep the oven or do you have to return it?
You get to keep the oven. You pay for the oven and their meal delivery service. The oven works great without their meals too.
Freakin Reviews,said, $99 with 16 week Food Delivery Service. $12 & $12+ a meal. Some meals are 1 serv some 2. Not worth it to me.
@@rickyn1135 Exactly and the serving sizes seem pretty small for men. We all know that we'll be right back in the kitchen hunting through the cabinets for extra food or junk food just after one serving! Maybe this is suitable for some who are on a strict low calorie diet but it just WOULDN'T CUT IT FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON!
If your cooking for 2 adults do you have to cook them 1 at a time?
Nope, you can place 2 meals in one Tovala.
Screw the oven, I’ll take this beautiful lady instead hands down! 😂😂😂
Do you have to have a phone that will take aps? I do not.
i wouldn't say it's restaurant quality. Quite often my veggies burn and things like potstickers and eggrolls are burned on at least the bottom if not the top also
Hi, would you recommend Tovala for a non tech savvy senor citizen? My uncle is a recent widower and I'm trying to find options for him.
Definitely! You just scan their meals and press start and they cook. Very simple to use. It can also be used for foods outside of their meal kit. We use it every day to make toast :).
No I would not! I just got my first box of food and the oven left the chicken in a pool of blood. Is he isn't savvy he might not figure out how to continue to cook it enough Also it was so bland. The chicken parm had marinara that was just salty tomato paste. All in all better to get him fresh meal delivery that just needs to be reheated. Most are healthier and tastiest and usually not as expensive as this oven Didn't expect commercial quality but this is a huge disappointment. My review is from a person who actually paid for product, didn't get a freebie to review
The oven is cool and everything but who wants to pay $11 for a stouffers meal?
Is this better than factor 75 meals to you ?
It's just different. I've been ordering Factor for a few years. They are already cooked and refrigerated to reheat. the old Factor meals were better but lately they've had fewer choices and no longer seen to use wild caught salmon, and early is ever have beef that's not ground. After cooking a few Tovala meals i should be able to make my own recipes for it using higher quality ingredients.
Honestly, in my opinion, no. There aren't enough packaged foods to scan yet and I'm not going to order their meals constantly. Without those two options, it just sat on our counter because the oven was just as easy. 🤷♀️ the suvie...I'm gonna try that.
Are all their meals just for one person?
Yep, they are.
there are now a few which are for 2 ppl
I stopped buy meals from Tovala and use Home chef "oven ready" meals. they cook faster and taste better with minimal prep. Also, and I am not certain, but I think Tovala food or at least some of it comes precooked. If I wanted precooked I would stick with Freshly.
Home Chefs oven ready meals are a great alternative
@@FoodBoxHQ I got to say, even though I dislike the meal service, I really love the oven. I always use the reheat feature.
I can reheat stuff in 10 mins and its not nasty like a microwave!
Seems to me you 1. buy frozen food from store. 2. put in oven at time shown on carton. Done! And get a bigger portion at less cost.
RmTom ur correct about cost but the funk in frozen prepared meals is the main reason i don't eat them.
Do I need to have it wifi connected to use it?
Can't I just scan or press the buttons on the oven?
Can you manually set cook functions/times?
Are the portion sizes listed?
Are the meal tins reusable? Can I use my own baking tins in the oven?
Would it be worth getting to make my own meals?
You just need to connect it to your phone over bluetooth, not wifi.
Yes, you can use it on its own (without bluetooth) by simply scanning the meal and pressing "start".
Yes, you can manually set the cook functions on the oven.
Feel free to check out our review for more info regarding the meals, packaging, etc -- foodboxhq.com/reviews/tovala/
Did you pray before you ate your begal?
Link has some bad characters at the end
"Food Overload… That Page Doesn’t Exist!"
thank you for the heads up! just fixed ✌️😃
300 dollars for the oven and 12 dollars a meal 0_0 cool concept but ill pass
its 99 dollars rn!!!!!
@@biancalogan8530 yeah, and i will still have to pay 12 dollars a meal. i can easily make myself a lot more food given 12 dollars. Cool concept though, its innovative, but expensive
@@rayhanrizvi334 I agree, if you to eat 3 meals a day it would cost $36 a day that's ridiculous. Not worth it
That's the main reason I'm deciding against getting one. At 8 dollars a meal I would probably consider it, but 12 bucks a meal is not justifiable for me
Are the cooking trays plastic?
Where is the oven made?
How do u cook dinner 4 u'r whole family of 5... I would only think that this would bee good 4 a single person 😏
It’s really only good for couples or people who live alone. You can really only fit 2 meals in at once.
I have a friend who is blind, and this would be great..however, she is on disability and the price of the meals is WAY over budget. I guess it would be ok if you are wealthy, and single.
It’s definitely not cheap :/. There are a few meal delivery services available that take medical insurance (have to check with provider). Magic Kitchen and Moms Meals are 2 I know of off the top of my head.
If you can, when you’re doing these on boxings, please describe what you’re doing. Those of us who listen to it, and can’t see it, need to know what’s going on. Also, please take out the music. It’s not helpful, and at best it’s a distraction. It would be better just to have you talking with no music. I happen to be blind, and find such a Videos more helpful the more you talk.
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