Product preview: Back-saving wall oven

Imagine a wall oven without a door. Instead of lifting and lowering a roast or casserole into the Gaggenau Lift Oven, you push a button and the base descends to the countertop. After you load up the base, you push the button to make it ascend into the cooking cavity. Gaggenau also claims this the glass-ceramic base on this electric wall oven lets you bake cookies, breads, and pizza directly on its surface without nonstick trays. In stores in July, the self-cleaning wall oven offers 11 heating methods, including convection and grilling and four wire racks or trays that hook into the oven walls. At 24 inches wide, it’s significantly smaller than a standard, 27- or 30-inch-wide electric wall oven. While you needn’t reach into a hot oven, you may still say “ouch” after forking over the $3,300 this new-tech oven sells for. You might also need to do some carpentry work to fit it into the usual space.
Web site: www.gaggenau-usa.com

Essential information: Our buying advice will give you an idea of the different types of wall ovens and the benefits and drawback of electric, gas, and newer induction cooktops. Features that count tells you which options are worth the money and about how much they’ll add to the cost of that wall oven or cooktop.

Comments

[paula]

Re: Kitchenaid microwave model KCMS1555RBL-2. I have had two of these in the last year where the panel that covers the microwaves that feed into the appliance have melted down. Has anybody else experienced this? It seems like a manufacturer's defect. They have been great about replacing the whole appliance, but, I am afraid some time it is going to cause a fire.