First of all, let me explain one thing. I'm not an oven expert. But because my major is western food and western food, the oven is an instrument I often use. So, although I know nothing about motors, I will talk about how to choose a suitable oven from a user's point of view. Never touched a real oven before going abroad. Our family has a very, very small Philips oven, and only two pieces of bread can be put in it. There is no temperature control function, and the temperature has been rising since it was turned on, just blindly heating and baking bread. So, this is just a toaster, not a real oven. But at first I thought it was the oven. I didn't know this oven was not another oven until I went abroad. Oven is the most basic kitchen facility for foreign families. Basically, they are all built-in, and the minimum scale should be around 60 liters. Many people even have two ovens like this, one for each person. Two ovens are usually the same. For some western families, an oven is not enough. Because the oven is used too frequently in western food recipes. Of course, for China people, we are more used to frying in the stove. But it is also necessary to have an oven at home. Even if you don't bake cakes, you can make a lot of oven dishes in the oven, which can greatly enrich your dining table. Maybe, you will ask, is it ok to buy a microwave oven with barbecue function? The barbecue function in the microwave oven is only one-sided heating with a set of heating tubes, while the ordinary oven is heated with double-sided heating tubes, so the baking effect is definitely different. Therefore, I still need to buy a more formal oven. Even a small oven in 200-300 yuan is only 1 meal or a piece of clothing, but at least hundreds of oven recipes can be created, which can be used for many years. It's worth it Since returning to China, buying an oven has become a top priority. At first, I didn't even take a look at the small ovens that were touted by baking enthusiasts as 10-20 liters for several hundred yuan. Because that's not what I want to consider at all. In foreign countries, it is customary to use a built-in large oven of about 80 liters. So, at the beginning, I only focused on the built-in. In my opinion, that's a serious oven. And I brought back a lot of baking pans and baking molds, and I couldn't put them in the small oven. I have visited almost all the furniture city and electrical appliance city in Beijing, and the quality and price of the built-in oven have disappointed me. The prices of imported ovens are basically above 5000- 10000, and the quality is barely passable, but the cost performance is very low. Domestic ovens are very rough and dry; That function is flashy; This price is killing people. Prices range from more than 2000 to 10000. Anything over 2000 yuan can hardly be seen. This is just a shoddy iron box. 65,438 438+ 10/00000 yuan is obviously a lot of fine workmanship, such as adding three layers of glass or other gorgeous external accessories, and there are countless messy functions that I can't understand. The quality is still very general, but the concept is becoming more and more uncertain. There are 8 functions, 16 functions, 24 functions ... so many dazzling functions, not including the basic function of adjusting the upper and lower fire temperatures separately. So I think its cost performance is too low. I bought a lot of electrical appliances and found that this phenomenon is widespread when I returned to China. There are more and more "functions" and the quality is getting worse. Also, when I visited the oven market, I found that the quality of the sales staff of the manufacturers was unbearable. Ask a few words casually, and you will find that the other person knows nothing. They recite the "function" of their oven over and over again like lines. But for each function, I can't tell you why. Think about it, too. Many salespeople have never even used the oven. Of course, they can only memorize the "function" in the product manual. Later, my friend introduced me to a professional baking equipment factory. At present, many baking shops in China, such as Bread Talk and Sunmile, are using that brand of machines. I have used it abroad, and the effect is very good. I was very happy when I got the product brochure. Because that's the practical oven I need. I measured it according to the size in the picture, and I feel that it can still be installed at home. And such a professional big oven only costs 4000 yuan. Even cheaper than many built-in ovens, I think it is cost-effective. So, I quickly booked one. A few days ago, I went to the newly opened international hotel supplies market, Xuanwu Machinery and other places and saw many such large industrial ovens, some of which cost only 1000 yuan. Different brands, different prices. The machine was transported from the far south to Beijing, and I was completely at a loss when I went to pick it up. The small machine in the picture turned out to be a monster. In the past, in foreign countries, because of the large space, the oven was not very big in the middle of the room. But now it's different in our ordinary residential rooms. Size is secondary, it can be put down at home, but the machine is incredibly heavy, and it took four big boys to move it. After it was shipped home, something even more terrible happened. I have no idea about the domestic residential electricity load, because some friends abroad use this machine at home, so I take it for granted that it can also be used at home. Actually, it is not. I know nothing about electricity. I thought it was just a matter of connecting more wires. Later, I learned that professional cables are extremely expensive, and even the cable money will be more expensive than my oven! Of course, for me, there are still solutions. This oven will also have its place ... but here, I want to remind students that this large-scale industrial oven should not be easily moved home! After considering the factors that the large industrialized oven is not suitable for home use and the built-in oven is too low in cost performance, I turned my attention to the small domestic oven that I have always despised. Small electric ovens are found in major supermarkets, and well-known brands include Chang Di, Hao Tong (tomato, commonly known as tomato oven), ACA, Galanz and so on. The volume ranges from 10 to several liters, and the price ranges from more than 200 to more than 1000. I have reservations about the quality of these ovens. However, after all, the price is there. Generally speaking, it is quite cost-effective in terms of cost performance. For example, the Chang Di 25-liter oven, widely touted by baking enthusiasts, was lucky enough to try it once. Although the finished product is not as good as the cake from a professional oven, it is basically ok, much better than I expected. For students who have just set foot on the road of baking, it is still more suitable. However, this oven is still a little small for me. Later, I turned my attention to Hao Tong and ACA. I pay attention to Hao Tong because it has a 42-liter oven, which is the largest external oven I have ever seen in the market. And Hao Tong's price positioning is very real, such as 42 liters at 699 yuan (this is the price of physical stores, online shopping will be cheaper. ACA34-liter oven has been positioned in the early 65,438+0,000 yuan. Of course, the workmanship of ACA is slightly more elaborate than that of Hao Tong. While I was hesitating between Hao Tong and ACA, a 60-liter oven appeared in Metro with a special price of 799 yuan. So, I chose it without hesitation. Because the 60-liter oven is already the largest external oven I have ever seen. Moreover, the price is also very affordable. I looked on the Internet and found that all of them are selling 42 liters of Hao Tong, but no online shop sells 60 liters. It takes a lot of time and energy to make a West Point. Eat fast, and there are more wolves and less meat ... so I like to cook more at a time. In this way, you need more volume. Hao Tong's oven is very light, even if it is 60 liters, it can still be easily lifted and moved. Of course, this also explains its material selection from another aspect ... and other obvious shortcomings. For example, the upper and lower tubes can be heated separately, but the temperature control is inseparable. Of course, this is also the problem that all other ovens generally lack stuffing, which is not unique to Hao Tong. Also, its baking tray is not easy to insert, it is very astringent and not smooth. Its indicator key is not clear, indicating that its workmanship is rough and dry. In addition, my most unbearable shortcoming is that there is no temperature indicator! ! ! This is an unforgivable shortcoming. The temperature indicator light is the start of oven preheating, and the light is on. When the specified temperature is reached, the light goes out. I didn't understand it before. Some students asked how to know the temperature of the oven. I couldn't understand it. I told people that when the light went out, it reached the specified temperature. Now, I finally realize that many domestic ovens don't have indicator lights! I really don't understand why manufacturers can come up with so many functions that are not used at all without adding such important accessories. It seems that I have to buy another thermometer for the oven. Although, I said so much about Hao Tong's shortcomings. But I still want to emphasize again that many shortcomings are not unique to Hao Tong, but common in domestic ovens. On the whole, Hao Tong has a good cost performance. After all, I am satisfied with the quantity and price. I want to make it clear that if an oven manufacturer is not happy to see my article, he is sorry and offended. I'm just telling the truth, without any malice. I hope that manufacturers can make more efforts in quality in the future and be more humanized in product design and use. I hope the quality of our domestic ovens can reach the world-class level as soon as possible. Next, answer the four questions that students are most concerned about when buying an oven: 1, is it better to buy an oven in a physical store or online shopping? A: The advantage of buying in a physical store is that you can change it at any time if there is a problem, but the disadvantage is that it is more expensive. Online shopping is not convenient to return for fear of quality problems. So if you buy online, you'd better choose a reputable online store in the same city as you. Also, the most important thing is that you must have an invoice and a guarantee. 2. What size oven is suitable for home purchase? A: I think it should be at least 20 liters or more. Because the internal rack of the oven is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. Maybe the salesman will tell you that you can bake food on the third floor, which is enough for your family. That was not the case. Different foods are baked in different places. When baking a food, the food can only be placed left and right, not up and down. The most important thing is how big the baking tray can be placed horizontally and how much food can be baked. For example, suppose 10 cookies can be baked horizontally. The salesman will tell you to set up three floors so that you can bake 30 cookies. In fact, baking cookies must be in the middle of the oven! Put it on top, the surface is burnt, and the bottom is not ripe. Put it at the bottom, the bottom is burnt, and the top is not ripe. (Of course, for an old baker, adjustments can be made in other ways, but the technical requirements are high and complicated, so I won't talk about it here for the time being). In addition, because of its small size (for example, less than 20 liters), the internal space of the small oven is limited, the temperature is very hot, and the top of the cake is too close to the heating tube. So if you bake an oven with high technical requirements, such as Qifeng, it will burn and so on. Therefore, it is not recommended to use an oven that is too small to make western pastry. Especially the cake with certain difficulty like Qi Feng. 3. What function should the oven choose? Answer: The most basic function of an oven is to have two heating pipes. Only fire, only fire, and fire at the same time. The temperature control can be adjusted between 100 C-250 C. At present, ovens in the domestic market can only control the fire independently, and the temperature cannot be adjusted independently. In other words, there is only one overall temperature in the oven. Of course, if you are not a professional expert, there is no need to be so harsh. So it is understandable and acceptable. In addition, the oven should have the function of turning on and off the fan. Turning on the fan is usually more suitable for cooking roast chicken, barbecue and other dishes. And most of the West Point needs to be baked with the fan turned off. In fact, to tell the truth, the oven has two tubes, which can heat and bake things, and a temperature control device, so it can be called an oven. As for how many functions are introduced by oven manufacturers now, they are just playing with concepts. Not practical. 4. What color and style of oven do you choose? A: It's best to choose an oven with a large tempered glass door, so that the baked food can be seen at a glance. There should be lighting inside, so that you can pay attention to the situation inside while baking. As for the color, mine is white, because there was only white in the shop at that time, and there was no other choice. If there is a choice, I prefer to choose a stainless steel shell, which is easier to clean and won't burst paint. 5. What brand of oven should I choose? Answer: we still choose big brands, so that maintenance and after-sales service are guaranteed. The ovens of those manufacturers I wrote above are all ok.