Absolutely, you can just buy the Tovala Oven. Even without the Tovala Meals, you can use the oven to cook your own groceries to perfection. Simply set the time and temp to cook anything from chicken pot pie to frozen chicken tenders. You can even draw inspiration from chef created recipes in the free Tovala app.
If you ever need to take a break from the subscription service, you can still use your Tovala, as it has five functions outside of cooking the meals from the subscription, including bake, broil, steam, reheat, and toast.
You can cook any grocery store item with baking instructions in the Tovala Smart Oven (just like you would in a regular oven). If a specific grocery item doesn't exist in our database, simply follow the conventional oven instructions provided by the manufacturer.
Any food—any way you like it
Your Tovala features Bake, Broil, Air Fry, Toast, and Reheat modes.
The cost of the Tovala oven may still be too high for some individuals. The portion sizes of some meals may be smaller than expected, which could be a drawback for individuals with larger appetites. The barcode scanning feature may not always work as expected, resulting in undercooked meals.
Choose as few as four meals per week for around $60 or as many as 16 meals for around $218. If bought alone, the Tovala smart oven costs $300 for the regular model and $350 for the pricier pro model.
Pro tip: When heating up messier foods like pastas and stews, reuse a clean aluminum tray from a Tovala Meal. For other foods, use the included sheet tray. Cover it in aluminum foil for easy cleanup.
Overall, I was extremely impressed with the Tovala Smart Oven Pro and the brand's meal subscription service. In fact, my former toaster oven is still stored in my basement and I've continued using the one from Tovala — that's how much I like it.
In addition to the Tovala Meals and hundreds of scannable brand name grocery products you might find in Costco, you can also cook from the Tovala app's library of recipes or use your own recipes – basically anything you'd cook in your conventional oven.
Use Bake mode to air fry Insert the air fry basket. Press Bake, set Temperature and Time, then press Start. When cooking is complete, remove your food promptly using an oven mitt. (The air fry basket will be hot.)
Absolutely, you can just buy the Tovala Oven. Even without the Tovala Meals, you can use the oven to cook your own groceries to perfection. Simply set the time and temp to cook anything from chicken pot pie to frozen chicken tenders. You can even draw inspiration from chef created recipes in the free Tovala app.
We must point out that the Tovala Smart Oven can cook frozen pizzas up to 10 inches; it cannot accommodate the common 12-inch frozen pizza found in your local supermarket. If you want a smart oven that can handle a full-size pizza, you need to look to the Anova Precision Oven or the June Oven.
Tovala's latest oven is a $250 smart countertop appliance designed to cook the company's fresh meal kits perfectly. A built-in scanner lets you just pop the food in, scan a QR code that comes with the kit, and in under 20 minutes, a tasty meal is ready.
To claim a free Tovala Smart Oven, customers can visit tovala.com/freshlybreakup and simply upload their most recent Freshly receipt. The first 500 submissions will receive a direct email to claim their free Tovala Smart Oven and instructions for how to get started with Tovala's flexible weekly meal service.
Sure, you can use the Tovala as you would any other countertop oven to steam bake, broil and toast your own food.
Tovala offers flexible meal plans with 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 16 meals per week. Meals start as low as $9.99 per serving and are generally $12.99 per meal.
textures of every dish with steam. Make impossibly juicy chicken, even after a long roast time. Round out your plate with tender, vibrant veggies. Bake bread from scratch with a soft interior and perfectly crunchy crust.
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Every Tovala meal comes with all you need for a delicious breakfast, lunch, or dinner, with only one minute of prep work. Chop and mix in a few fresh veggies or add a sauce, rather than spending hours defrosting or marinating ingredients.
If you're looking for quick, tasty meal delivery, Tovala might be the choice for you. It hits a nice sweet spot with freshness and taste while requiring little time and attention for prep and cleanup, and the meal packaging is lower profile and more environmentally friendly than other services I've used.
Don't worry, you can still cook your Tovala Meals! You won't be able to scan the QR code on the meal's printed insert without a WiFi connection, but you can use your oven's Reheat button as a substitute.
The Tovala Smart Oven Air Fryer model does not have a steam function and therefore does not have a water reservoir. Instead, this model has a dedicated Air Fry mode which takes advantage of a two-speed convection fan for max power air fry capabilities.
Q: What materials are alright for me to put into the Tovala? A: Any oven-safe materials, which include glass, ceramics, and metal. Stay away from paper, plastic, or cardboard.
Reheat any leftovers (yes, even pizza) until it's perfectly hot and crispy again.