The first (well almost, Cuisinart had one that was discontinued) home countertop combi steam oven that doesn’t cost a fortune is scheduled for shipping Sept 28th and pre-ordering is open. Was delayed for several years, in part due to Anova being acquired by Electrolux.
True, but that only mimics a fraction of what combi ovens can do. Wider availability of affordable combi ovens is equivalent to what happened to sous vide cooking a few years ago. In a few years, you won’t be able to call yourself a serious home chef without one.
Don’t think so. I think I’ll stick with my steamer and dutch oven. I thought it was a comedy/parody video when they made an omelette in the oven. I can’t imagine why anyone would sacrifice counter space to this ugly thing? That said, I also don’t own a microwave–but this looks like a microwave.
I don’t know anything about this particular model, but I’m a huge fan of the combi steam oven. When we built our kitchen, the pertinent question for each piece of equipment was “Can it do something that nothing else can do nearly as well?” The steam convection oven passed this test with flying colors. Along with all the baking, steaming, low&slow cooking, etc. it is also the best reheater of leftovers there is. No, you wouldn’t buy one just for that, but it’s a big plus!
A lot of “serious home chefs” don’t require or use a lot of fancy new options - just sayin.’ Use whatever you like or need to cook as you want, but let’s not make “serious” equal “expensive new tools”
Ordered
Hejna Gave me a heads up
My microwave died 3 mo ago. Have the perfect spot for this and reading Sarah’s raves about her combi and covering the Miele version for a while, I’m going to start here.
I have a six figure first floor gut rehab hopefully in the queue for next fall. If this works as advertised, it will seal the deal on a built in version.
The combi ovens are much more than a steam oven. This makes me very excited.