What is important to know when choosing a built-in oven?

Key selection criteria

Type of execution

The first thing you need to decide when choosing an oven is whether it will depend on the hob, or whether the technique will be completely independent. We recommend choosing the second version, for the following reasons:

1. The dependent oven must be located under the hob, as a result of which they cannot be placed in different places.
2. Connected stove with oven connected to one outlet. Since the equipment is powerful enough, the old wiring may not withstand such a load.

As you can see, the disadvantages are significant, so it would be much more reasonable to choose an independent electric oven of a built-in type.

Dimensions

As a rule, oven sizes are standard. To choose an oven by size, you need to focus on a kitchen set, the depth of which is usually 55 cm. As for height and width, most models have dimensions of 60 * 60 cm. In turn, the height can be slightly less - 45 cm, and the width vice versa more - from 90 to 120 cm. When choosing a built-in oven in size, you first need to focus on the kitchen set and the purpose of the equipment.

Power

In fact, far from the most important parameter to which you need to pay attention. The fact is that most often the power of built-in ovens does not exceed 4 kW. The more power, the faster the camera heats up, so you don’t need to focus on this issue much. The only thing I would like to note is that before choosing an electric oven, make sure that the wiring in the house is able to withstand a load of 3-4 kW. Otherwise you have to replace wiring in the house to a new one, with copper conductors with a cross section of at least 2.5 mm².

Additional functions

To choose a high-quality and at the same time inexpensive oven for the kitchen, you need to know what functions should be present in it, and which are better to refuse. Why overpay for what you will not use? So, in modern built-in ovens, the following functionality may be present:

1. Mechanical or electronic control. Yes, the sensor is more convenient, but it often fails and affects the price of equipment. Rotary switches are more reliable and also make the oven cheaper.
2. Energy class. Must be "A", i.e. most economical.
3. Timer. Without it, it will be more difficult to cook a dish, becauseYou will have to constantly look at the time in order to turn off the oven in time.
4. Availability of grill function and convection heating. Very useful programs, thanks to which you can expand the list of dishes for cooking in the built-in oven. There are also models with a microwave function. The cost of such devices will be higher, but the oven can be used as a microwave oven, which is very convenient. In addition, you can choose an electric oven in which you can fry kebabs (skewers), cook yoghurts, dry fruits, etc.
5. Protective shutdown at an overheat. It is mandatory because protects equipment from an emergency.
6. Door cooling fan. Thanks to an additional fan, the door will not heat up and at the same time protect the surrounding furniture and appliances from heating.
7. Telescopic guides. With their help, it will be an order of magnitude easier to get a prepared dish (or just to evaluate the degree of readiness), and most importantly, you will not get burned at the same time.
8. Cleaning system. There may be light enamel, which will have to be washed manually with a detergent after each cooking. A more convenient type of cleaning the built-in oven is hydrolysis, in which the detergent is poured into a special tray and the cleaning mode is activated. After that, the fat from the walls is removed much easier. There are also models with catalytic and pyrolytic cleaning, due to which the fat is independently broken down and removed from the walls of the oven due to the temperature inside the chamber reaching 500^aboutC. Having learned about all cleaning options, you should choose the most suitable option for your own conditions, focusing on material capabilities.
9. The presence of a probe that can control the temperature of the dish at the very bottom.
10. Child protection. An equally important function that you should not forget about.

We also recommend that you familiarize yourself with the opinions of experts on the choice of oven that we provided on the video:

So we looked at how to choose the right electric built-in oven. Now let's talk about which firms and models of ovens are considered the most reliable.

Top manufacturers

There are quite a few manufacturers of electric built-in cabinets, however, the highest quality today can be considered:

1. Miele
2. Electrolux
3. Hotpoint-ariston
4. Bosch
5. Hansa
6. Gorenje
7. BEKO
8. Zanussi
9. Asko
10. Fornelli

Nevertheless, the first 7 firms are considered the highest quality and have earned the trust of buyers. When choosing a built-in oven for the kitchen, we recommend giving preference to TOP-7.

Rating models

Well, the last thing I would like to talk about is which electric ovens are the best in price and quality. If you do not know which built-in model to choose for a house or apartment, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the following oven options.

45 cm wide:

• Fornelli FEA 45 Sonata WH
• Ardesia HSN 040 WHITE
• MAUNFELD MEOXN 376RBB TA
• Schaub Lorenz SLB ES4610
• Zigmund & Shtain EN 192.522 B

Width 60 cm:

• Electrolux EZB 52410 AK
• Hansa BOEI62000015
• Bosch HBN231E4
• Gorenje BO 53 CLI
• Kuppersberg HO 657 BX

So we provided instructions for choosing an oven for the kitchen. As you can see, there are a lot of nuances that you need to know about before you go to the store for a purchase. We hope you enjoyed our tips on how to choose an electric built-in oven in 2017!

We also recommend that you read:

• How to install the oven yourself
• How to choose an induction stove for home
• How to pay less for electricity