If you’re looking for a home oven with a very high temperature for a specific recipe or cuisine, knowing where to start can be tricky since most domestic ovens will only go up to 230 to 250 degrees Celsius, depending on the brand. You will even find that most commercial convection ovens will only reach …
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The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is an iconic UK television program that hits our TV screen every autumn. It’s a must-watch for any keen home baker. You can enjoy watching the wonderful home-baked creations from the contestants and get inspiration for your own baking. But as all good cooks know, being a successful baker …
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There is nothing worse than opening your oven door after the timer goes off and finding burnt food. Or perhaps you have the opposite problem—you’ve sat down to eat only to discover your meal is undercooked. Unfortunately, this is a common issue with ovens and usually means the temperature calibration is inaccurate. So, how can …
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Pyrolytic ovens are a type of self-cleaning oven. They use extreme heat to shift stubborn grease and debris from your oven’s interior, leaving it shiny and clean. On the surface, a pyrolytic oven seems like an incredible addition to any modern kitchen. After all, cleaning the oven is one of the worst kitchen chores, so …
There was a time when French door ovens were reserved for professional kitchens. Professional chefs love these ovens, but why? And will they add anything to your cooking compared to a regular pull-down oven door? Well, we’re exploring French door ovens today and some pros and cons of them. We’ll then throw our hat into …
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If you’ve just found your perfect oven, but it comes with a plug, and you have a cooker circuit in your kitchen, you may be wondering if you can simply hardwire your new plug-in oven into the existing cooker circuit. There are a lot of conflicting answers to this kitchen question online, and it can …
If you’ve been looking at new ovens recently, you may have stumbled across combi-steam ovens. These are relatively new to the consumer market but have been in professional kitchens for many years. But what are these ovens? Are they anything to write home about, and should you get one of these ovens for your home? …
If you’re planning a new kitchen, there are certain faux pas to avoid and things that simply aren’t possible. But is installing a cooker or oven into a kitchen island one of these? Is having a cooker in a kitchen island possible? And if it is, should it be done from a design standpoint? Well, …
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Slide and hide ovens have featured on many different cooking shows on TV but rose to fame, at least for me, on The Great British Bake Off. The moment I saw that oven door disappear, I knew I needed one in my kitchen. If, like me, you’ve coveted these ovens for some time, but they …
Built-in ovens are a good choice if you enjoy cooking at eye level and don’t want to have to bend down all the time. Built-in ovens are designed to fit within a kitchen cabinet unit, unlike built-under ovens which go under the kitchen countertop. It’s easy to get confused about these two categories of oven …
