Steam oven

The steam oven is a recent invention that dates back to the 90s. This type of oven was born at a professional level, but today it is also found on the market for the home.

A pioneer in the field was the Respect oven by Zanussi. It worked only and exclusively on steam.

Today's professional steam ovens, on the other hand, are equipped with advanced functions and settings to control temperature, humidity and cooking time. Some models may even offer the possibility of combining steam cooking with dry heat to obtain personalized results. Furthermore, they can be equipped with pre-set programs for different types of food and can also have defrost or keep warm functions.

Steam oven: how does it work?

This type of oven injects water through the boiler or directly into the oven chamber. It is a suitable tool for cooking large quantities of steamed food. Generally, it is used above all for vegetables and cooks at a temperature of 100 ° C to keep the color and flavor unchanged.

Steam cooking is healthy and keeps the nutritional properties of the vegetables intact. For meat and fish, it is especially useful for keeping the raw material soft and not having a substantial weight loss. For this reason the professional steam oven is more widespread than at home.

To use this oven, you need more or less high perforated trays. This prevents the water from stopping on the pan by overcooking only the part in contact with the product.

If you want to cook with an oven of this type, at a higher temperature it is essential that it has the boiler to ensure that it does not lose temperature by injecting cold water or that there is not enough steam in the chamber. In this case it is advisable to have a steam convection oven, otherwise known as a combi oven.

Once upon a time there was the respect, which was an exclusively steam oven produced by Zanussi. Today, at a home and professional level, ovens are practically all combined. The German company is one of the main supporters of the need for steam for professional cooking Rationally. At the domestic level almost all the big brands today produce a steam oven, but among the first to establish itself there has always been a German company Honey.

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