Wall ovens should be an easy purchase.
It's just the oven part of your stove without the burners.
However, it is more confusing with more brands, feature possibilities
and combinations more than any other product. In this video,
you'll learn how to buy an oven step by step through sizes and gas versus electric
and some of the better features, including smart functionality.
You can use this video whether you're
simply replacing an existing oven or buying a new kitchen.
First, let's cover the basics,
wall ovens are available in twenty four, twenty seven, thirty and thirty six inches
wide. For new construction, a 30 inch wall oven has been the standard for 20 years.
When we say 30 inch wall oven we're referring
to the cabinet as wall oven dimensions do vary between brands.
It's not the actual wall oven size.
36 inch wall ovens are rare because
they're only available in super premium brands like Gaggenau, Wolf and Viking.
Twenty seven inch tends to be older oven
replacements from the 1980s and 90s, while twenty four inch styles are predominantly
older gas and some smaller European electric brands.
Although gas is a moister heat and better
for roasting and boiling, most brands manufacture electric only.
Bluestar, GE, and Viking manufacture the only decent gas wall ovens.
So you're probably going to buy electric almost as a default.
But before you buy a double oven,
you can customize your cooking around your preferences like a single oven
and a matching steam, microwave, microwave drawer, speed oven, or warming drawer.
Here's a snapshot of what each can do.
Steam ovens cook by injecting moisture
for better flavor without losing nutritional value. Miele, Wolf, Gaggenau,
JennAir, and Thermador all have good steam oven options.
Speed ovens use microwave and convection
in a combination for faster cooking without losing the texture and quality.
Speaking of microwaves,
you can buy them to fit over a single oven with a fold down door,
you can also place a microwave drawer
below instead of placing it somewhere else in the kitchen.
You can also install a warming drawer to keep
food up to three hours if you cook at one time and your family eats at another.
So you have plenty of options, all depending on how you like to cook.
So let's look at some brands to make sense out of the purchase.
It's easy to look at brands and similarly price groups.
The more expensive brands have programable features and calculate time
and temperature for you through different prompts.
These brands include Wolf, JennAir and Miele.
You'll spend roughly eight to ten thousand for a double oven.
With these features. Miele has steam-assist injecting up to three bursts of steam
in a cycle, so it's the only oven with the ability to bake bread.
The MasterChef controls are simple to operate as well.
You just program the food and how you want it to cook and the oven does the rest.
The best JennAir has controls similar
to Miele, but also shows pictures of what your food will look like before you cook.
WiFi and Alexa compatibility are standard on the JennAir as well. Wolf,
has its gourmet center giving you similar controls as Miele and JennAir.
But Wolf has the best convection system
employing blower's instead of fans for better speed and even cooking.
Gaggenau is a French made,
yet German company. It is mode driven and designed if you really know how to cook.
You can buy it as a side swing as well.
Instead of a fold down drawer like the others. Side swings and French door
ovens are better because you don't
have to lift your food over the door. In the next tier
down is Thermador. They have wi fi and smart functionality.
Smart is a promising feature for many brands.
You can control your oven through an app on your phone.
You could turn it on and off and change temperature.
Thermidor also has recipe tie ins through their home connect app.
You can download and program them automatically.
Their steam oven is also the largest
and they have a wide variety of door swing options as well.
However, Thermador is older single oven
convection versus the more modern twin convection technology. Below
Thermador is GE and KitchenAid. GE has a wide variety of ovens. Their
Café Line offers some customization as
well, with different colors and handle styles as well.
They also have a competitive French door.
It's a nice detail and like
the swing doors, you don't have to lift your food over a door.
She has made a commitment to smart functionality, and like Thermador, have recipe
tie ins through their chef Connect app. KitchenAid have been the first somewhat
smart oven with their convection conversion button.
Just place a recipe in the oven and hit the button
to convert to convection automatically.
Look at your sizes first, especially if you're replacing an existing
wall oven and then consider the different options.
Do you really need a double oven, or would
you be more suited for a more customized selection of steam speed or microwave,
along with a single oven. Then spend some time looking at the ovens,
capabilities and features like a Miele MasterChef versus Wolf Gourmet
versus a JennAir Cuisine Center, or GE versus a KitchenAid
lastly, if you're buying more
sophisticated ovens, should see them working before you buy.
Also, because the technology is evolving,
you also want to know who will fix your new technology driven wall oven.
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and in-depth comparisons of all the most popular brands answers to frequently asked
questions and buying strategies to save you money.
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