What's a steam oven?
What do you use a steam oven for?
If you boil vegetables or potatoes in water, they lose flavor and vitamins. In a steam oven with water vapor, the water doesn't touch your food. This way, vegetables stay richer in vitamins and flavor. In addition, they keep their color, structure, and shape. You can also easily steam rice, pasta, fruit, and shellfish. If you prepare a pie, pizza, or oven dish in the steam oven, it gets a nice crispy crust.
What are the pros and cons of a steam oven?
A steam oven has various advantages. You can prepare your food more healthily, because you don't use oil or butter. In addition, your food doesn't lose flavor or vitamins during the preparation, and it keeps its flavor and shape. This way, your food looks more appetizing than when you prepare it in a pan. A steam oven also has some disadvantages. They are more expensive to purchase than an oven with steam function. You also have to remove the leftover water after every use.
Which steam oven type suits me?
There are 2 steam oven types. You have high-pressure ovens which are used by professionals, and pressure-free ovens. We have the latter ones in our assortment. A pressure-free oven often comes as a combi version, but there are also solo steam ovens. With a combi steam oven, you have all oven function in addition to a steam function. You have pressure-free steam ovens with a partial or full steam function.
What is a partial steam oven?
If you like to bake, a steam oven with partial steam is something for you. An oven with this steam function only adds steam at the start of the baking process. The oven uses hot air for the rest of the process, just like you're used to. A cake that's steamed at the start get a nice crispy crust, but it's soft on the inside. That's very nice for baguettes, pies, pizzas, or lasagna.
What is a full steam oven?
Do you want to cook complete meals in a steam oven? Choose an oven with a full steam function. The oven uses steam during the whole cooking process. This way, you can prepare fish, vegetables, meat, pasta, and rice. If you choose an oven with a full steam function, you practically don't need a cooktop or stove anymore. That's because you 'cook' your food in the oven. You can prepare everything in the oven which you would normally prepare in a pan.
