Are You Buying a New Oven? What Features Should you be Looking for? - The kitchen is the hub of the home and arguably the key appliance within the kitchen is the oven. With the various ovens available to customers, how do you know what you need to be looking for in a good oven? How will you know which will suit your family's needs and which ones are not up to the task? The secret is all in the features! When shopping for new ovens - whether on the Internet or in a traditional store you have to be aware of the jargon that may be related to them. The features should help you pick out the good ovens and highlight the bad ones.
Are You Buying a New Oven? What Features Should you be Looking for?
By Robert Deans
Jun 28, 2010 - 2:26:02 PM
The kitchen is the hub of the home and arguably the main piece of equipment within the kitchen is the oven. There is an over abundance of ovens in the market nowadays, so how can you separate a good oven from a bad oven? How do you know what kind will satisfy your family's needs and which ones won't be up to the task? The main factor to selecting the best oven is to think about the functions it offers! Whether you choose to buy your new oven from a high street electrical store or from the internet you may be faced with the same jargon. Once you are aware how each of the available features may benefit you, you will be able to choose an oven which works for you.
Below we will look at a few of the features that can be found in present day ovens. When you can understand the technical jargon surrounding oven features you will be able to select the best oven for you – and ensure the cash you spend on it will not go up in smoke!
So what features should I be looking for?
•Intelligent Technology - advanced technology will make recommendations that will help you achieve perfect cooking results. You no longer need worry about under or over cooking your meals.
•Multifunction – most ovens have this feature now, where you are offered numerous cooking options.
•Steaming – health conscious ovens that will steam your veg and fish.
•Steam Cleaning – who wants to clean their ovens nowadays? This is the solution to easy cleaning!
•Fan controlled defrosting - an oven function that circulates room temperature air to defrost food thoroughly.
•Interval Steam – Ovens that will provide the healthy option of steaming but can give you a brown crisp to your food like conventional ovens.
•Slow cooking – in recent years slow cookers have seen resurgence in popularity due to busy lifestyles. Now there is no need to have a seperate slow cooker, your oven can provide this
•Keep warm functions – Similarly because of busy lifestyles we can't always eat at the same time so modern ovens have an ability to keep food warm without ruining it.
•Timers and LCD displays - a bright display of the advanced timer function, letting you see the timing clearly.
•Tripled glazed doors - are the safer option for an oven, to keep the exterior cool. The oven is retaining its heat better than my living room now!
These are some of the most important features on modern ovens and maybe they are features that may make your life that little bit easier. Make sure you are clear on what you are looking for you are far less likely to end up being sold an unsuitable oven. By doing abit of research prior to your purchase you can make sure you get exactly what you are looking for.
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