Oven

An Oven is an electronic appliance with closed compartment for drying, baking, or heating. Generally, it is used in pottery and cooking. Ovens that are utilized in pottery are called kilns, while an oven utilized for industrial procedure is called an industrial oven or furnace. Nowadays, the usage of ovens to cook and heat food has increased drastically.

History of Oven

Before 3200 BC, the Indus Valley Civilization people utilized a mud brick house to cook food. But, this process was not adopted by all people and it remained confined to only higher class people. Majority of people preferred to cook food in open fire itself. But, the concept of Oven (Heating Effect) was invented at that time itself.

Types of Ovens

There are nine different types of ovens; they are

• Dutch Ovens,
• Solar Ovens,
• Brick Ovens,
• Range Ovens,
• Multifunction Ovens,
• Domestic Ovens,
• Pizza Ovens,
• Mini Ovens, and
• Toaster Ovens

Dutch Ovens

Coming to brief discussion about these ovens, Dutch Ovens are 3-legged cooking pots, usually made of heavy cast aluminum or iron, meant to be utilized in place of a hearth or open fire.
There are 2 standard forms of Dutch ovens. The first is made of cast iron and second one has a tight fitting lid. These are very versatile and can be used for baking, steaming, and frying.

Solar Ovens

Solar Ovens don’t consume electric energy unlike the other ovens. They make use of the naturally available solar energy to cook the food, and hence turn out to be really cheap in terms of operational costs.

Brick Ovens

The Brick Ovens are used to cook stews, pizzas, and bread. Generally, these are used to cook junk food, but not traditional food items.

Range Ovens

If you want to cook for a large number of people, it may not be too easy with an ordinary oven. At this time, you have to go for a Range Oven. Range Oven has a separate grill and 2 full sized ovens to assist in cooking more recipes, and large quantities of food at a time.

Multifunction Ovens

With the help of this oven, you can cook anything including junk pizzas, breads, and usual food. Vegetable and meat can be cooked with the help of this oven very quickly. This oven has separate divisions to cook different items, hence the name Multifunction Oven.
Then the remaining ovens such as Domestic Ovens, Pizza Ovens, Toaster Ovens, and Mini Ovens are used to cook food in usual manners.

How Does an Oven Work?

The working of oven is similar to an ordinary pressure cooker. The only difference between then is that a pressure cooker has some air inside it, whereas an oven does not. It creates vacuum inside the oven and with the help of water molecules of food it cooks the food items. It slots between a pressure cooker and a microwave oven. Unlike a microwave, it doesn’t use microwave energy to cook the food.