I need help. We're redoing our kitchen and I'm carefully choosing appliances. When it comes to the ovens, I'm stuck. Currently, we have double 24 inch thermal ovens and I want to replace them with 30 inch convection ovens.
I am leaning towards a certain brand or three, but I'm wondering if I should consider opting for a convection oven with a convection microwave combination above. I use one oven probably 80-90% of the time. I use the microwave almost daily, mostly for heating coffee, reheating leftovers and defrosting.
I've seen rave reviews about these oven with micro/convection combinations but want to know if anyone here has experience using them and if you think it's a good trade off instead of getting a double oven (which appear to be more prone to breaking down as compared to single ovens).
Also, if I get a single convection oven/micro convection oven, I will get a warming drawer stacked with them.
Here are some examples that I'm looking at:
http://www.ajmadison...ml#BVRRWidgetID
http://www.ajmadison...E30MC75JPS.html
Thanks all!
Double Oven or Single Oven with Convection / Micro Combo
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monavano
, Jun 25 2012 06:40 PM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:14 PM
I have a KitchenAid convection oven & KA microwave/speed cook (which I guess is convection), although I didn't choose them, they were here when we got the house, I've been completely satisfied with them over 7 years. I'm one of those people who can't imagine not having a microwave, even if it's just for reheating/melting/boiling water...
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leviathan
Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:23 PM
I have a KitchenAid convection oven & KA microwave/speed cook (which I guess is convection), although I didn't choose them, they were here when we got the house, I've been completely satisfied with them over 7 years. I'm one of those people who can't imagine not having a microwave, even if it's just for reheating/melting/boiling water...
Do you use the top micro/convection to cook or bake, or just use it as a micro?
I'm also looking at the Kitchenaid Architect II combination:
http://www.ajmadison...KEHU309SSS.html
I'll be putting my microwave in my island if I don't get a combination oven. The small downside is that I'll lose 2 drawers.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:31 PM
I haven't baked in it, but I use the browning pan a lot, & I like to cook fish & veg in the microwave also...
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:52 PM
We have Kitchenaid's double wall oven but we opted to have convection only in the top one, and it's the one with the temperature probe. I think the temperature probe is awesome, and we like the blue interior color. If we weren't filling an existing hole in the cabinets, we probably would've gone with the combo you suggested instead of double ovens.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 12:35 PM
I also have a countertop Sanyo digital convection/toaster oven (which is mostly used as a toaster, but I have baked in it several times), so I think I have all the bases covered. But I'm not as much of a baker as I used to be, so a double oven would be wasted on me-now, I tend to accumulate more outside cooking stuff (smokers, grills, stoves) to handle the occasional cooking for the masses...
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