If you’re already looking ahead to the New Year with a resolution to be healthier in 2013, perhaps you should add a steam oven to your Christmas wish list. Steaming food is a great way to prepare flavorful food while minimizing fat and salt content and maintaining natural flavors and nutrients. Sharp says of their steam oven, “It can help change the way you eat by changing the way you cook.”
Reading through a few steam oven reviews might help narrow down the choices and inform you about the benefits and conveniences of cooking with a steam oven. Today, we’ll discuss three of our best steam ovens here at Elite Appliance.
Viking Steam Oven (VCSO210SS Combi Steam/Convect Oven)
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Viking’s steam oven is a four-in-one appliance that allows you to cook healthy meals with minimal fuss. The oven functions as a steam oven, steam convection oven, convection oven and traditional microwave oven. With Viking’s steam oven, you can steam and brown meat, fish and vegetables to preserve moisture and nutrients; you can rely on the appliance as a supplemental oven for conventional baking; and you can quickly reheat leftovers. To make things even easier, the oven has 43 automatic settings so you can tailor the cooking to the exact type of food you’re cooking. An instant sensor also serves to ensure foods are cooked thoroughly without overcooking, and to keep your family safe and your cooking uninterrupted, a child safety lock prevents little ones from playing with oven settings.
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Viking’s new Combi Steam/Convect oven.
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The Sharp steam oven provides the same cooking options as the Viking using Sharp’s own SuperSteam technology. The main functions include steam, steam convection, convection and microwave. The oven also includes the exact same number of automatic settings, 43. While it does not have some of the more advanced features such as the child safety lock or the instant sensor, the Sharp steam oven is the most affordable option when compared to the Viking and Miele steam ovens.
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Sharp’s steam oven can be built-in or freestanding on a countertop.
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The Miele steam oven offers its own set of advanced features packaged in a contemporary exterior to coordinate with other ultra-contemporary Miele appliances. The Navitronic touch pad and the MasterChef technology allow you to scan a list of menu options at the touch of a finger, identify the food you’d like to prepare, and press start. The oven does the rest. Similar to the Viking instant sensor, the Miele steam oven relies on a platinum tipped electronic thermistor to control the temperature inside the oven, detecting minute changes and adjusting to ensure food is prepared to the optimal standards.
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Miele’s ultra-modern steam oven makes a bold design statement.
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The Viking and Sharp steam ovens can sit on top of a counter or can be purchased with a trim kit and built in to your kitchen wall. Miele’s steam oven requires built in installation, either as an undercounter unit or in a traditional wall cavity with a trim kit. Whether you opt for the basic functionality of the Sharp or the advanced features of the Viking or Miele, you’ll be on your way to a healthier lifestyle without having to learn a new way of cooking or searching for obscure healthy recipes.
