An electric cooker with oven is an ideal solution for small apartments and summer cottages. Such portable equipment can adequately replace a stationary hob, but at the same time it is compact, you can connect it anywhere where there is electricity. In addition, the appliance has significantly less weight and heats up in seconds. The modern market offers its customers many different models from different manufacturers. What are the criteria for choosing the most worthy option?
Structural features
The main advantage of electric stoves with an oven is their compactness. They look like a microwave, only on top of them is a hob consisting of one or more burners. As a result, you get not only an electric stove, but also an oven, which can significantly save money, because instead of two types of equipment it is enough to purchase one. You can cook in any technique with absolutely any dish. Desktop electric stoves for cottages with an oven are an excellent choice for summer residents. They are also used in houses and apartments with small kitchens, dormitories. The most popular is a two-burner electric cooker with an oven.
Advantages
- Light weight (easy to install, clean, transport).
- Small dimensions, compactness.
- Possibility of installation at a convenient height.
What should be considered when buying a desktop electric stove with an oven?
The selection of a much needed item for the kitchen begins with a review of the main characteristics, among which the most important are the following:
- Dimensions.
- Power connection.
- Hob material.
- Type of heating.
- Number of burners.
- Manufacturer.
- Color.
Power connection
The power of the connection indicates the consumption of the electric stove in watts while turning on the oven and all hobs.
This is perhaps one of the most important parameters when choosing a kitchen assistant. After all, sometimes it happens that almost everything is suitable to buy an electric appliance, but the power of the network (for example, in the country) is clearly not enough. In this case, it will be necessary either to include separately all the burners and the oven, or choose another model.
But do not forget that the higher the power, the greater the energy consumption indicators, respectively, the cost of electricity is higher. Therefore, in order not to overpay, you need to try to find the optimal solution.
Number of burners
An electric cooker with an oven is more often produced with two burners, floor models with four. For ease of use, burners on some models have different sizes.
Hob material
Tabletop electric stoves with an oven are available in two categories:
- Having enamel coating (disk and spiral models).
- With glass-ceramic coating (induction, infrared and combination devices).
According to user reviews, classic enameled electric stoves do not have many advantages: they are quite practical and are famous for their long service life. The rest of the enamel loses significantly - a deposit appears on it quite quickly, and with inaccurate cleaning of the surface, the panel will be scratched and get dirty even faster.
If, despite this, the choice fell on an enamel plate, it is worth remembering that models with a spiral consume much more electricity than cast-iron, and it is much more difficult to maintain them in proper form. Of the positive qualities, users noted only the cheapness and the fastest heating.
Glass ceramic is also not without certain drawbacks. And the main one is scratch sensitivity. Like the enamel coating, it does not tolerate rough cleaning, in addition, it is very difficult to wash off adhering sugar or jam. But all these inconveniences are completely compensated by excellent thermal conductivity and economical work.
The body material of the tabletop plate is also found in two versions:
- enamelled;
- stainless steel.
In this case, “Stainless Steel” clearly dominates, since it retains an aesthetic appearance, is more durable and hardy, allows the use of abrasive cleaners and is not prone to corrosion.
Color
For many housewives, it is very important that the color of the electric stove is in harmony with the overall interior of the kitchen, so the manufacturers of such electrical equipment offer a wide variety of options.
The electric stove with the oven can have the color:
- White.
- Brown.
- The black.
- Grey.
- Dark chocolate.
- Silver.
- Anthracite.
- Ivory.
- Stainless steel.
Manufacturers and reviews
The country of production and the manufacturer’s product brand are also of great importance. Similar household appliances for the kitchen are produced by many brands. Among them:
- Belarusian manufacturer Gefest ("Hephaestus"). This is the largest cooker stove manufacturer in the CIS. Over more than 60 years of its work, more than 30 million models have been produced. According to user reviews, desktop electric stoves with Hephaestus oven are of excellent quality and reasonable price.
- Russian-made products "Dream" also proved itself only from the best side. The most popular with this brand tabletop electric stove 2 burners with oven. According to the owners, the hob has a reliable and durable coating, which is quite easy and simple to care for. Among the advantages of electric furnaces of this brand, buyers note compact sizes, quick heating, and oven lighting.
- Ukrainian producer Nord ("Nord").
- Gorenje, made in Slovenia.
- AEG (Germany, Romania).
- Beko ("Beko") - Turkey. Each electric stove-oven of this brand has many positive reviews. High-quality performance of models, numerous design decisions and quite affordable prices are noted.
Other European manufacturers:
- Saturn.
- Indesit.
- Clatronic.
- Candy
- Mora
- Electrolux
- Gorenje.
- Zanussi.
- Hansa.
- Swizer
- Hotpoint Ariston and many more.
So, we examined what characteristics it is advisable to consider when buying such a necessary and indispensable assistant in the kitchen as an electric cooker with oven. Naturally, one should not forget about such a parameter as price, since it is on it that the final decision in choosing a new electrical appliance for cooking the most sophisticated and varied dishes depends. The device takes up significantly less space than conventional models and saves energy.
But when choosing, you should pay attention to the material of the case. If the manufacturer used thin metal sheets, after a while they can deform from heating and damage the electrical wiring.