1, volume selection

If you only want to cook simple dishes occasionally, you can consider buying a small independent oven, which can bake some flat or small and easy-to-cook foods. The price of a small oven is much cheaper than that of a large oven.

Step 2 choose the type

Heating elements used in electric ovens are usually divided into three categories:

(1) Far infrared tubes and timely heating tubes are relatively low-grade and slow in heating, but cheap.

(2) Two far-infrared tubes plus a quartz tube, this heating speed is faster, and of course the price will also rise.

(3) Some high-end ovens will add an ultraviolet heating tube, which can be directly disinfected.

3. Choose electronic temperature control or mechanical temperature control.

Electronic temperature control is definitely more accurate than mechanical temperature control. Some people say that electronic temperature control is easy to break down, but it is generally not wrong to choose a big brand with quality. To tell the truth, as long as it is not a professional commercial oven, there will be a certain temperature difference in the domestic oven, so I suggest you prepare an oven thermometer, a very cheap gadget, which may save you countless plates of biscuit cakes.

4. Selection of oven door

It is best not to choose a single glass door. Single-layer glass has poor heat insulation effect, which will emit more heat and make the temperature near the oven door slightly lower, resulting in uneven heating of food. It is suggested that you choose an oven with double or multi-layer glass doors, which has better heat insulation effect, so that the inside of the oven is heated evenly, and the maturity and color of cooked products are relatively uniform. Moreover, the temperature outside the door is lower, safer and less prone to burns.

5. There should be hot air.

Hot air means that there is hot air circulation in the oven during heating to help heat convection. If you roast chicken and roast duck at home, you will make dried fruits and vegetables, and the role of hot air will be of great help to you. When baking some western pastry, such as almond cake, hot air can also make the heating more uniform, thus improving the success rate. It should be noted that when the hot air is turned on, the thermal power in the oven will increase, and the temperature setting is lower than that in the upper and lower tube heating mode 10-20 degrees.

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Attention problem

1, oven preheating

Before baking any food, the oven needs to be preheated to the specified temperature to meet the baking time in the recipe. It takes about time to preheat the oven. If it is insufficient, the specified temperature may not be reached. If the preheating time of the oven is too long, it may also affect the service life of the oven.

2. Baking height

To bake things in a small oven, basically you just need to put the food in, but a medium-sized oven generally contains three layers of height to choose from. As long as the temperature of fire and water is not specified in the recipe, the baking tray can be placed in the middle layer. If the upper fire temperature is high and the lower fire temperature is low, unless the upper and lower fire temperatures of the oven can be adjusted separately, it is generally that the upper and lower fire temperatures are added and divided by two, and then the baking tray can be placed on the upper layer, but always pay attention to whether the surface is burnt.

Step 3 avoid burns

In addition to the high temperature inside the heated oven, the shell and glass door are also very hot, so when opening or closing the oven door, it is best to wear insulating gloves to avoid being scalded by the glass door.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-oven