Home Appliances: Ovens

With the different types of cooking methods and installation styles available in ovens today, people looking to purchase a new oven may be easily confused by all the options. Here�s some oven-speak to make your shopping trip a bit easier.

Food cooked in microwave convection ovens is as nutritious as food cooked in other ways, and studies suggest that microwave ovens retains more vitamins, minerals and nutrients than boiling. Nutrients like vitamin A and E are less likely to be destroyed. This is good for health.The microwave convection oven is a wonderful creation. It provides the couple advantages of microwave and convection methods. There are some other features too that make this oven so special.

The space you have for an oven will be another consideration in your purchase. Ovens may be installed in the wall, under a counter, or as part of a traditional stove/oven combination unit. Ease of cleaning may be a factor for some people. Standard ovens will have to be cleaned the old fashioned way, on your hands and knees with oven cleaner and a scrubbing pad. Self cleaning ovens have a super high temperature setting that are used with the oven otherwise empty and the door locked, that burn any food left in the oven to ash, which makes it easy to wipe out with a damp sponge. You can also use your vacuum cleaner to clean out ash and dust. Continuous cleaning ovens have a surface that helps absorb and spread out spills so that they can be burned off at lower temperatures. They can be cleaned periodically with a damp sponge as well. Larger spills will have to be cleaned similarly to a standard oven and stains may become permanent if left too long.

Author: Cathy Peterson