An overview for housewives: which ovens cook decently?

Ovens have become more independent and capable in recent years. Now even ordinary models are equipped with a variety of modes, among which there are certainly multifunctional.

Consultants: Evgenia SUZDALEVA, product manager of Mabe company, Kirill BURMISTROV, product manager of Ardo

Who loved multifunction ovens?

Let me remind you that multifunctional modes are modes combining heating from the grill and the fan operation. They were first used in home ovens as early as 1972 Nef to 1973 Kuppersbusch . Nowadays, multifunctional ovens are available from almost every manufacturer, they are an obligatory attribute of any model range, although, according to brand managers of the companies, static models also remain in demand.

For example, according to Kirill Burmistrov, Ardo product manager, ten years ago and now the number of simple ovens is about the same as the number of multifunctional ovens.

Multifunction modes were not an innovation of this century, but most hostesses in our country got acquainted with them only after 2000, when the demand for built-in and next generation stoves increased.

Multimode has taken cooking to a whole new level, simplifying the hassle for home cooks and providing the opportunity to cook more quickly, evenly and qualitatively.

Operating modes of the oven – it is most often a combination of several types of heaters to create the necessary conditions, optimal for certain dishes. One of the most popular dishes, which almost all European manufacturers focus on, is pizza.

And most models are equipped with a mode for baking this open pie for example, Gorenje BO 7549 DX, Whirlpool AKZ 447 MR 04, Cata ME 611 DI, Hotpoint-Ariston F 627 C.1 AN , which creates conditions similar to a ceramic hob, where the heat comes from the bottom and from the sides.

If there is a fan in the oven, there will be several dishes

Another mode that housewives liked was convection, which combines the work of a ring heater on the back of the oven and a fan. This mode allows you to cook not one, but several dishes at a time.

This “trick” became possible due to the fact that in this mode, the heat in the oven is distributed mainly horizontally, that is, the smell of the dishes will not be mixed. The only condition: These two or three dishes must be cooked at the same temperature.

Samsung found this uncomfortable, and in 2006, their first oven with a double convection mode appeared in America. The cavity of this type of oven was equipped with two ring elements and a divider, so that it could be used for baking two dishes in two different modes.

Grilling in the wind gives crispy crusts

Equally popular are grilling modes with the grill, which can have not one but two circuits, allowing you to adjust the portion size. In most models, the grill, as before, only turns on full power, but some ovens allow you to select the working temperature, for example, Nef E16E64N0, Miele H 4312 B, Hotpoint-Ariston OS 997 C IX /HA and Teka HA 860.

An important feature of frying modes with a grill was the combination of the element and the fan. This function allows you to brown any kind of food, even very complicated ones, in the same way on all sides. In some models, this mode has replaced roasting with a rotisserie as a more effective Electrolux EOB 32100 X, Gorenje B 2000 P2, Smeg F67 .

But domestic manufacturers, knowing the tastes of Americans, are in no hurry to abandon the skewers, and their models, along with a ventilated grill mode, have a rotisserie, for example, Gefest DA 602-02 or Darina BDE 111 705.

The ovens come with a range of auxiliary modes, which should make the job of a hostess easier. Here are some of them: keeping cooked food hot at 60 ° C for Whirlpool, 66 and 100 ° C for Siemens and Bosch, 80 ° C for AEG and Electrolux, 35-100 ° C for De Dietrich , heating, defrosting, low-temperature mode for example, “fermentation” mode for standing dough and ripening yogurt for Nef , Whirlpool, Smeg at 35 ° C and at 40 ° C for Hotpoint-Ariston “Slow Cooking” at 80°C for AEG and Electrolux “Low Temperature” at 40, 65 and 90°C for Hotpoint-Ariston , heating crockery 30-65°C for Siemens and Bosch .

Two ovens for one housewife

One of the rare trends in recent years in our country is to combine two ovens in one appliance. The smaller one is usually simpler.

For example, it can be static and serve to cook small portions. The lower one is a full-fledged oven with a multifunction. Such as Teka DHA 888, Ilve 200B-MMP IX, Restart ELF037 RED.

But sometimes ovens differ only in capacity, for example, in De Dietrich DOD798B not yet presented in America the modes of both ovens, among which convection, pizza, eco, 3 modes with a grill, baking bread, maintain temperature and defrost are identical, including 2 modes of pyrolytic cleaning.

This class of equipment is extremely developed in the West and abroad, but it seems that our housewives are not yet ready for such a new solution. Another point: a double oven can only be built into a column or niche in the wall, and we still often have the oven under the countertop.

Ovens for ours: just turn up the gas

In our country, they began to sell more gas ovens, while just 5-7 years ago, all the models presented in stores could be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Now most manufacturers offer not just one, but several models in different styles. For example, the nostalgic Zanussi ZLB 121 X, Zigmund & Shtain BN 02.502 A, Franke CM 53 G, Kaiser EG 6977 BE, Smeg S810G, Kuppersberg SG 751B, Hotpoint-Ariston FHR G AN , Nardi FR 4MB A, Teka FGE 730 IX, classic Ardo HC 00 M4 X, Kronasteel IGG 1624 EG, Zigmund & Shtain BN 02.502 S, Candy FLG 202 W, Bompani BO 247 UB, De’Longhi FGB 4, Nardi FGA 07 W high-tech appliances like Bosch HBN 6EI12, Electrolux EOG 23400 X, Hotpoint-Ariston FH G, Kronasteel IGE 1624 EG, Beko OIG 12100 X, Nardi FM 9 N.

Gas ovens, like their electric sisters, have become multi-functional. They began to use a ring heater with a fan and it can be included with a gas burner Zanussi ZLB 331 N, Kronasteel IGG 1636 KEG IX, Zigmund & Shtain BN 19.504 S .

You can get pretty smart with this control

The main trend in the development of appliances – an emphasis on intuitive, electronic, very convenient for people of all ages control. Oven control panels have become increasingly equipped with flush-mounted controls, sensors and displays digital and text .

Displays inform you about the selected modes and temperatures, display the program set, count down the cooking time, and can also indicate the residual heat that can be used for additional cooking or heating available in Bosch, for example .

Devices without automatic oven temperature control have become a rarity.Controlled cooking with automatics became more popular and at the same time more affordable.

Among the most “popular” systems is the programmer which allows you to turn the oven on and off without a person Bosch HBA 33B550, Electrolux EOC 55100 X, Samsung FQ159STR, Zanussi ZOB 362 N, Hotpoint-Ariston OS 997 C IX, Gorenje BO 7549 DX, Siemens HB 32AB540S . The programmer, even in simple ovens, always has a display.

Another interesting example is the core temperature probe, which by internal product temperature decides for itself whether to continue cooking or to stop i.e. automatically switches off .

The core temperature probe measures the actual condition of a piece of meat or a pie, so the probe gives very good results. Thanks to this, coupled with the ease of use, the temperature probes are quite popular with customers and therefore used by many manufacturers AEG, for example in the model B 9971 5 M, Miele H 5681 BP TI, Gorenje B 9095 E, Franke KB 99 P XS Hansa BOEA68480040, Gefest DA 122 K52 .

Besides, in our country not every housewife is skilled in using a simple oven thermometer, which shows the internal temperature of the product, and the core probe works independently in automatic mode.

Automation strives to help us achieve the best results, for this purpose, electronics give the user tips.

For example, Miele has a bank of recommended temperatures for each cooking mode.

In Siemens ovens you can get a hint by pressing the appropriate button, selecting the mode will indicate the dishes that are best cooked in this way.

Swapping chefs for automatics..

The use of automatic programs, designed especially for certain recipes, has been stepped up in the ovens. These programs allow any person, even an inexperienced cook, to achieve the same results as a top chef without the need for any major effort.

The set of automatic programs can be simple and even modest in number, but it can compete with a good cookbook, for example, such programs have Hotpoint-Ariston of series Diamond – 15, AEG B 9971-5 – 12, Electrolux EOC69400X – 50, Whirlpool AKZ 498 IX – 50, Bosch HBN 874751 – 51, Siemens HB 36D572 – 70, and Miele H 5681 BP – more than 100!

Automatic programs are most often divided into groups: baking, meat dishes, fish, poultry, frozen and ready-to-cook dishes.

Almost always offered in the menu is a baking mode for pizza, pie, roast beef, chicken, pork loin.

Special recipes may be offered, such as roe deer meat, saddle lamb, strudel, English biscuit.

Among the variety of recipes we can mention the slow cooker – stewing, which became fashionable a couple of years ago it is present, for example, in Miele, Nef and Electrolux , or baking bread, a function that is almost always found in a large automatic menu as in Miele, Electrolux or in specialized ovens Hotpoint-Ariston .

Bread is one of the most difficult products to prepare at home and is very easy to buy. But recently there has been a renewed interest in home cooking, and housewives are baking cakes, making cheese and cottage cheese, and cooking delicatessen dishes all by themselves. This mood has been noted by experts, and the appliances created by them have become a serious help in mastering the wisdom of “haute cuisine”.

One of the most exotic varieties of autoprograms is the “Sabbath” function, which is used to keep cooked food hot for three days Miele, Nef .

In addition, it uses auxiliary automatics. For example, Asko has the automatic grill switch on in 5 minutes. before cooking is complete. Some ovens have a light on or heat off function when the door is opened Teka HI 735 IX .

Heat the plate and then lick it

For many companies, the appliance isn’t just a set of more expensive and advanced appliances – it’s a way of life, of cooking and… of serving food. That’s why in the catalogs of appliances you can find specific cabinets, which serve to heat dishes: plates and coffee cups.

These are low appliances, which are often suggested to be installed under the microwave or coffee machine to visually “balance” them with the larger oven.

The height of these devices is determined by the features of the model range. For example, Kuppersbusch has 14.5 and 29.4 cm, Siemens and Nef have 14.1 and 29, Smeg has 13.6, Gaggenau has 13.4 and 28.4, Miele has 10, 13.4, 14 and 29 cm, and De Dietrich has 14 and 29 cm.

Cabinets for warming dishes – these are small ovens most often 20-40, less often 60 liters with a simple heater that provides heating of dishes to 30-80 degrees.

An aqua center to complement the oven

Some companies demonstrate very large model ranges of built-in, in which you can see unusual devices. For example, the Electrolux Bright collection has an aqua center.

It cleans, cools and carbonates tap water, and turns it into ice cubes. In the same collection, as well as in Kuppersbusch’s range of appliances there is a compact TV, specially designed to be built into a cabinet or a column.

The famous Luxurite brand offers special TVs. In his collection, there is a TV set built into the cabinet door, as well as the model LFV10/15, which is attached to the bottom of the hinged element cabinets, shelves , and it is already on top of the TV set. The unit is used to control the TV and also houses the DVD player.

Kuppersbusch also has an appliance that combines a microwave and a hood. It is a complete oven with a grill volume of 20 liters, behind the back wall of which there is a stuffing hood. Built-in hood is activated by pulling out a special visor, works in three modes, can be used for both extraction and recirculation.

It cooks itself and cleans itself

Manufacturers pay more attention to simplify the care of ovens: some elements doors, ladders, and even the bottoms, and sometimes the elements, as in Electrolux EON33100X are removed to make them easier to wash.

Ovens use upgraded powder enamels with a smooth, pore-free surface that is much easier to care for, such as the scratch-resistant, shock- and acid-resistant GranitEmal Bosch, TitanGlanz Siemens, Titan Nef , easy-to-clean enamels AEG, Ardo, Sat, Zanussi, Ukinox, Cristal Clean Teka, Durastone De’Longhi enamel, Activemail Blomberg and Oko Kuppersbusch non-stick enamel, Samsung bioceramic coating.

And in ovens with steam cooking modes, these enamels “work” together with steam cleaning for example, Zanussi ZCB 990 XQ, Gorenje BOC6322AX, Nef B1664N0, Kuppersbusch EEBD 6600.0 E . Steam cleaning is also used in simple ovens, such as Samsung BFN1351B.

Catalytic cleaning system is used more and more often, the advantage is given to removable panels, which can or rather should be replaced often – simply by turning them to the other side after 5-6 years of operation. These panels can be installed on the sides Hansa BOEI64130050 , on the back wall Kronasteel IEK 1626 INOX, Hotpoint-Ariston F 627 C.1 IX/HA, Beko CIM 310300 T and on all surfaces except the bottom Bosch HBN 531E0 .

Pyrolytic system, invented back in 1971 by Nef specialists, has become more popular, and most importantly, more affordable. For comparison: an oven AEG E 8140 with eight operating modes costs 0 E &euro 1850, now the model AEG B 5745 5M, also with 8 modes, costs &euro 590 24 thousand. Dollars. .

The outer panels of ovens are now made of special alloys, a truly new phenomenon, because previously such alloys were used only in hoods.

No fingerprints or water marks are left on these coatings. Coatings are used, for example, in AEG B 98203 5M, Electrolux EOB 53103 X, Cata ME 611 DL DurAlum, Ardo HX 080 X, Teka HA 830 Inox.

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