Sharp Steamwave Oven
As an alternative to a built-in steam oven you might want to consider the microwave plus grill plus steam oven combo from Sharp. It’s called the Steamwave (pictured – more product detail) and functions as both a normal microwave and a real steam oven. Incorporating a specially designed steam generator the Steamwave offers real steam cooking and is aided by 18 pre-programmed menus just for steaming.
The Steamwave offers a range of steam temperature settings from 70°C up to 95°C. This means that there are a whole host of manual cooking options giving fantastic steam results with all kinds of food. Along with 3 pre-programmed, delicate defrost settings, you can confidently defrost food such as fish fillets, fillet steak and frozen sushi. Remember not to use metal-based cookware when using microwaves for cooking – consider glass, plastic or silicone kitchenware available from suppliers including Cutlery Drawer and Kitchencraft.
The steamwave comes with a very useful steam cooking recipe book and is full of ideas for using flavours from all around the world. Accessories include two steel steam trays as well as a handy glass tray, which can be used with the rack for perfect grill results.
Available to buy from John Lewis.
Steam Ovens At Marks and Spencer Appliances
I’ve just spotted that Marks and Spencers Appliances are now stocking a range of steam ovens. With steam oven brands such as Neff, Smeg, Miele and Siemens there’s a fair choice covering a range of price ranges. Their current best sellers include the Neff Series 5 35 litre steamer and all models are available with the M&S rapid delivery service.
Win A V-Zug Steam Oven
Win this terrific V-Zug Steam S oven, worth £1,150. The only problem is you’ve only got until the end of today (19th September) to enter at The Telegraph.
If like me you’ve not heard of V-Zug before then you might be interested to know that they are the Swiss market leader in the field of household appliances. V-Zug develops, produces and sells top-quality kitchen and washing appliances. And they evidently produce combi steam ovens too.
Good luck!
Miele Steam Oven User Guides
Miele have made available their user guides for their steam ovens here. They are all in PDF format but don’t worry as they give you instructions on how to download and read the guides.
John Lewis Steam Ovens
John Lewis are now offering their own brand steam ovens and featuring one as a part of their Ultimate Kitchen Combo pack. This appliance consists of these four items: coffee machine, LCD television, conventional electric oven and a steam oven.
The John Lewis JLBIOS609 steam single oven certainly looks the business with its black, triple-glazed glass front and stainless steel frame. The model is A-rated for energy efficiency too. The unit is multi-functional offering three different steam and cooking combinations, for healthier eating.
It’s many functions include defrosting and fan cooking, for speedier results at a lower temperature; fan grilling, which gives you the effect of spit roasting; a meat probe programme that gets your Sunday roast cooked to perfection!
Other features include:
- top heat for finishing food
- high, bottom heat for cooking pizzas
- conventional cooking for traditional one-shelf baking
- telescopic shelves
- push-button electronic controls
- 24-hour LED digital clock timer
- minute minder
- digital timer
Click here for more information and to order online.
The Miele Experience
If you’d like to try out the wide range of Miele appliances, including their steam ovens, you might be interested in The Miele Experience. Here’s what they’ve got to say about the centre:
The dedicated customer centre displays the range of Miele domestic and professional appliances. A team of Product Advisors can give you expert advice and assistance to ensure you are selecting the right appliance for your requirements. The centre offers a truly live experience as products are displayed electrically connected, so you can even try out the controls during your visit. Some of the machines are fully live so you could even try out the wash results on a favourite garment or see the results of an oven on your favourite recipe.
Sounds like it’s worth a trip if you’re in the area (Abingdon, Oxfordshire).
Steam Cooking On MegaYacht
Just a quick post to mention a site that I stumbled upon. The Wayward Chef (Christina Topham) is a blog about Christina’s plans to work as a chef onboard a megayacht, setting sail (or motors) from Seattle this August. In this particular post you’ll read that the yachts galley is being equipped with a Miele steam oven in addition to traditional convection ovens!
Smeg Steam Ovens
Can you buy a Smeg steam oven? Yes, you can – well at least we’ve found the one so far!
Sainsburys Kitchen Appliances have got the Smeg FV38X (pictured) available on their website for £505 (price may change) plus £19.99 delivery. You do get around 1000 Nectar cards points though.
Appliances store Biasco have got the very same oven for £472 (again, at time of writing) with a delivery charge of £30 – so you could save a pound or two. We do sometimes have discount codes for use at Biasco but there are non live at the moment unfortunately.
We’re on the look out for more Smeg ovens deals of course and we’ll post about them when we do find them!
John Lewis Oven Disposal Service
Let’s say you’re after a lovely new steam oven and you want to get rid of your old one – how do you do that?
Well, John Lewis have a solution for you. For example, let’s say you’re going to buy the Neff B876NO Compact Steam Oven; at the bottom of the page you can enter your postcode and check to see if you can use their £9 disposal service. They’ll take away your old appliance (the service is not just for ovens, fridges, freezers, washing machines and dishwashers are included too) when they deliver your new item – though don’t expect them to be disconnecting your existing appliance of course.
Now obviously I can’t check every postcode for you but if you live in Hoylake, Wirral too it looks like we’re covered.
Steam Ovens Stocked By Sainsburys Appliances
Of course just about everyone knows who Sainsburys are – it’s hard to miss their supermarkets all over the UK!
What perhaps isn’t quite so well known is that Sainsburys also have a dedicated website offering cut price deals on a wide range of appliances. The good news for those of you hunting for a new steam oven is that the site includes a dedicated steam oven section. The section includes models from these manufacturers:
- Smeg
- Bosch
- Hotpoint
- Neff
- Miele
It looks like they favour Miele steam ovens as the site is detailing six individual models with a colour range including both black and silver (stainless steel). The Miele DG4064L looks very hi-tech indeed – though with a price tag of nearly £3000 you’d expect it to look and act the part. All the Miele ovens come with a 2 year manufacturers warranty.