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Time to replace my oven-need ideas...and dreams.

clazar123's picture
clazar123

Time to replace my oven-need ideas...and dreams.

My stove is about 30 yrs old and I am giving some thought to replacing it. I'm wondering what attributes I should be looking for? Oven size-racks-steam??

What is out there for the serious home baker?

 

JIP's picture
JIP

Well I saw this

 

http://www.universal-akb.com/27gastoveded.html

 

at my local salvage use building stuff store for like $1500.  Apparently it will cook like an oven or with steam or a combination and retailing for like $4800 I would think $1500 is a pretty good deal.

LindyD's picture
LindyD

You can spend thousands for a stove.  I know there are steam-injectors available for home kitchens but I'm not sure if they are worth the money. 

If you are going for a gas stove, sealed burners and pilot-less ignition are a must.  The former makes cleaning a breeze and the latter saves money.

Do have lots of fun shopping and once you get your choices pared down to a few, make sure you check around on the Internet for opinions by others who have purchased the same model.   I did that earlier this year and found that some of the most expensive models also came with lots of quality control and technical problems.  

Hope you find your dream stove and that it serves you well.

 

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Mako

 

I have the Kitchen Aid Steam assist oven with Bread proofing (electric)

 

I love the proof feature, but I'm still working on using the steam.  Its still a farily new to me, so my first few loaves were slightly overcooked.

 

 

keesmees's picture
keesmees

* 1  I prefer an electric oven: gives less water in the kitchens atmosphere.

* 2  oven width 60 or 90 cm?:

 mine is 60 cm outside width. baking stone 40 cm*30*2.5 weighs 9 kilo. in a 90 cm oven it will probably be about 17 kilo!

* 3 max oventemperature at least 250° for rolls and 275°C for pizzas.

* 4 a rail-system for bakingtrays is very usefull. you can pull the baking-stone complete outside the oven for easy delivering slack doughs on it.

 see the 4 first pics on:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/31104532@N06/

*5 when buying  your oven, order at the same time for 1 extra (flat) bakingtray and 1 extra oven rack. its a good investment.

* 6 I have absolute no idea about steam ovens (nor breadbakingmachines)

succes and have fun