Gaggenau EB388 Built-in Oven
Cooking like a pro requires restaurant-grade equipment that’s large enough to handle a crowd while delivering the precision needed for baking delicate desserts. The Gaggenau EB388 Built-in Oven offers all that and more in a stylish built-in package that pleases both the chef and interior decorator in you. This 36” wide oven, the largest built-in oven in the Gaggenau collection, is approximately 30% larger than conventional ovens. Wider than tall, this “Best Of” has space to broil or roast 3-4 hefty pieces of meat side-by-side. Long known for its restaurant-grade cooking technology, Gaggenau packs the EB388 oven with innovative options like built-in rotisseries, simultaneous cooking with hot-air broiling and convection and an automatic cooking timer you can program up to 24 hours in advance. Temperature control is professionally precise, covering 120-170° F in 5° F increments and 170-570° F in 10° F increments. Actual oven temperature display, quick-clean speckled blue porcelain coating and a meat probe that sounds an alarm and automatically shuts off the oven when the desired core temperature is reached are among the numerous advanced features of this “Best Of” oven.
After thorough independent research we selected the Gaggenau EB388 Built-in Oven as a 3LUXE "Best Of", to see our other two oven reviews visit our ovens overview.
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Gaggenau
780 Dedham Street
Canton, MA 02021
www.gaggenau.com 780 Dedham Street
Canton, MA 02021
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FEATURES
- The speckled blue porcelain coating repels just about everything, so a quick wipe around with a damp sponge and a little cleanser is quite sufficient to keep the oven clean after normal use. A special porcelain coating takes the work out of looking after the oven's broil pan and baking tray too.
- The automatic cooking timer allows you to program a cooking start time and a duration up to 24 hours in advance. Therefore, you can put a prepared roast of meat in the oven in the morning, for example, and remove it cooked and ready just when you need it. The digital clock also functions as a short-period alarm timer. It operates independently of the oven function selected, so you can use it to time things heating on the stove or even simply to remind you to do something.
- It is not normally possible to expel air from the oven directly to the outside, so the only way to keep the cooking air fresh is to clean it. Here too, Gaggenau leads the way. Our novel catalyst-based air cleaning system for ovens removes grease and odors from the air and, since it is self-regenerating, has an almost unlimited lifetime.
- The oven temperature control covers the 120 - 570 ºF range in 5 or 10 ºF increments. Such fine control makes it easy to change temperatures during cooking, so you can start a roast on a high temperature to brown and crisp the outside and finish it off at a lower heat to keep the inside tender and pink.
- The needle tip of the meat probe, available in most Gaggenau ovens, inserts into the center of the item being roasted or baked to measure the core temperature. The result is shown on the illuminated display. When the core temperature reaches the figure selected at the start of cooking (no higher than 210 ºF), an intermittent alarm sounds and the oven heating switches off automatically.
- The actual temperature display shows the exact temperature inside the oven. Refer to it after raising or lowering the set temperature, for example, to check on heating or cooling progress and to find out when the oven has settled at the new temperature.
- Gaggenau's SuperQuick control activates hot air heating and the lower heating element together to dramatically reduce preheating times. All current EB 200, EB 300 and EB 900 series ovens feature SuperQuick control.
- The child lock is set with a combination of buttons and control knobs, preventing little hands from switching the oven on by accident. The vacation lock shuts off the heat if the oven is left on for more than 12 hours without the controls being touched.
- Typical of Gaggenau ovens, the universal cooking system provides up to eleven alternatives from which to select the ideal cooking mode for baking, roasting, heating, broiling and browning. A convection system with a circular heating element and fan ensures that the heat is evenly distributed through the oven in the convection mode. The conventional lower heating element may be used in combination with convection heating or the upper heating element or on its own. The upper heating element may be likewise be used alone if required. The universal cooking system also includes a dough proofing mode, an air circulation broil mode, in which a fan circulates hot air generated by the 12 pass temperature controlled broiler, and a large area broil element with variable power settings. The optional baking stone opens up additional possibilities.
- The halogen light floods the whole of the oven with a clear bright light so you can see exactly how your food is progressing.
- The oven door comprises of 5 successive layers of glass. This arrangement provides excellent thermal insulation, so the outer temperature of the glass remains fairly cool even at the extreme temperatures reached during pyrolytic cleaning.
- All the inspiration you need to become a dedicated bread and pizza maker, the baking stone has its own heating element - perfect for bread, rolls and pizza. The heated baking stone is a unique Gaggenau accessory: with crusty bread and pretzels, delicious cakes and mouth-watering pizzas it's like having your own clay oven.
- A typical Gaggenau feature: the robust rotisserie is driven by a powerful motor while the broil tray beneath catches all the dripping juices.
