Advantages of a Steam Oven

What is a Steam Oven and How does it Work?

Steam Ovens are different from convection and conventional ovens because it uses hot, pressurized steam instead of hot air to cook the food. The steam is well circulated which gives Steam Oven cooking a faster cooking time than other ovens.

Steam ovens use the oven’s heat to convert water into steam, the water is sourced from either a manual reservoir or can be connected to your plumbing system. The steam circulates around the food to heat it up, whilst retaining the moisture, and cooks food quickly.

Advantages of a Steam Oven

1. Healthy Cooking

A Steam Oven will significantly reduce the loss of nutrients in your food. This is because a steam oven uses steam to cook your food rather than hot air. And steaming your food tends to keep nutrients and vitamins locked inside.

Hot air significantly lessens the nutrients in your food because you run the risk of overcooking food which destroys nutrients.

Also steaming does not require boiling your food in water. You see when you boil vegetables and other foods it leads to the nutrients and vitamins seeping into the water.

Another plus with a steam oven is that you are not required to use lots of oil or fat to cook any dish.

2. Better Taste

Cooking in a steam oven allows food to cook without being dried out. Allowing your food to be moist as well as flavorful.

Also, since limited nutrients are destroyed by the steam oven, most foods tend to tastes better. In fact, many restaurants use a steam oven to cook food as they work quickly but still leave food with delicious flavor.

3. Quicker Cook Time

Steam Ovens offer a faster cooking time than other ovens including convection and conventional ovens.

Steam cooks at 212 degrees while an oven cooks at higher temperatures however a steamer will cook faster because steam transfers heat 100 times more efficiently than air. 

This is because water is a much better conductor of heat than air which allows the food to cook faster. You can expect to cook food on average between 20 and 30% faster with a steam oven in comparison to a regular oven depending on what you are cooking.

4. Versatile for cooking a variety of dishes

Steam Ovens can cook/steam a large variety of healthy foods including fruits, vegetables, fish, chicken, curries, soup, rice pasta, and the list goes on.

A Combination Steam Oven which is like a regular oven and a steam oven combined can cook, steam, roast, and bake any dish.

5. Use moist heat which lessens the risk of burning

The risk of overcooking your food is less with a steam oven since steaming cooks your food evenly. The steam is well circulated in the oven which leads to even cooking. Usually, in a regular oven the bottom of the food is browned first while the top takes a while to cook through. This won’t happen in a steam oven.

6. Warms food evenly without drying it out

Steam helps left-over food to retain moisture and flavor and unlike a microwave heats food in an even manner. Also Steam provides better moisture retention, so your food is juicier when reheated.

7. Cooking Foods Simultaneously

A variety of foods can be cooked simultaneously in a steam oven. Also, because of the design of steam ovens, there won’t be a transfer of taste or flavors between foods.