Speed Ovens
Do you like the convenience of a microwave but feel frustrated by the results? Or, do you loathe microwaves, but wish conventional cooking could speed up? In both cases, Speed Ovens might be the answer.
Julie’s architect Jerome Buttrick (a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory) is the one who first put speed ovens on our radar. In our post 15 Essential Tips for Designing a Kitchen, he recommends considering a speed oven in lieu of a microwave. What exactly is a speed oven? Smaller in size and faster in cooking speed than a standard wall oven, a speed oven combines convection, microwave, and, in most cases, a grill element.
Together these cooking technologies reduce cooking times significantly—and without the colorless, tasteless, and rubbery results of a microwave. Most of these ovens can be operated on a single mode (for instance, microwave only for defrosting) and come with preset roasting and baking programs (a baking cycle might be 90 percent convection and 10 percent microwave) that yield great results at reduced times. Read More
A speed oven is like the InstaPot of the oven world. Somewhere between a convection oven and a microwave, the speed oven offers the best of both worlds. Here’s a list of our 10 favorites models; for more on how speed ovens work see our post Remodeling 101: Beyond the Microwave, the Speed Oven.
