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Encyclopedia > Oven
Oven depicted in a painting by Millet
Oven depicted in a painting by Millet

An oven is an enclosed compartment for heating, baking or drying. It is most commonly used in cooking and pottery. Two common kinds of modern ovens are gas ovens and electric ovens. Ovens used in pottery are also known as kilns. An oven used for heating or for industrial processes is called a furnace or industrial oven. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2435, 381 KB) Description: Title: de: Frau beim Brotbacken Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 55 × 46 cm Country of origin: de: Frankreich Current location (city): de: Otterlo Current location (gallery): de: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller Other notes: de... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2435, 381 KB) Description: Title: de: Frau beim Brotbacken Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 55 × 46 cm Country of origin: de: Frankreich Current location (city): de: Otterlo Current location (gallery): de: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller Other notes: de... HVAC may also stand for High-voltage alternating current HVAC is an initialism that stands for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning. This is sometimes referred to as climate control. ... Some examples of baked food. ... Drying is a mass transfer process resulting in the removal of water moisture or moisture from another solvent, by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid (hereafter product) to end in a solid state. ... Cooking is the act of preparing food. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Charcoal Kilns, California Gold Kiln, Victoria, Australia Hop kiln. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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History

Ancient Greek portable oven
Ancient Greek portable oven

Settlements across the Indus Valley Civilization were the first to have an oven within each mud-brick house by 3200 BC. [1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... (33rd century BC - 32nd century BC - 31st century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) Events Ancient Egypt: Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs Crete: Rise of Minoan civilization Neolithic settlement built at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands, Scotland New Stone Age people in Ireland build...


culinary historians credit the Greeks for developing bread baking into an art. Proper front-loaded bread ovens originated in Ancient Greece. The Greeks created a wide variety of doughs, loaf shapes and styles of serving bread with other foods. Baking developed as a trade and profession as bread increasingly was prepared outside of the family home by specially trained workers to be sold to the public. This is one of the oldest forms of professional food processing. This article or section should be merged with Hellenes Greeks in Ancient History In Latin literature, Græci (or Greeks, in English) is the name by which Hellenes are known. ... For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ... The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. ... Dough Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by grinding with small amount of water. ... For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ... Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. ...


The Greeks also pioneered sweetbreads, fritters, puddings, cheesecakes, pastries, and even wedding cakes. Often prepared in symbolic shapes, these products were originally served during special occasions and ceremonies. By 300 AD, the Greeks had developed over seventy different kinds of bread. Sweetbread is the name of a dish made of the pancreas (belly/stomach) or thymus gland (neck/throat/gullet/heart sweetbread) of an animal younger than one year old. ... An apple fritter Malaysian roadside fritters A fritter is any kind of food coated in batter and deep fried. ... Pudding can be prepared with a large variety of toppings such as fresh fruit and/or berries, and whipped cream Christmas pudding Dessert pudding Illustrations from Isabella Beetons Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management, 1861 Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but can also be a savory dish. ... For Cheesecake in the sense of female glamour photograph, see Pin-up girl. ... Basket of western-style pastries, for breakfast Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pastries For the Pastry Distributed Hash Table, see Pastry (DHT). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the year. ...


Cooking

Modern oven
Modern oven

In cooking, the conventional oven is a kitchen appliance and is used for roasting and heating. Food normally cooked in this manner includes meat, casseroles and baked goods such as bread, cake and other desserts. A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ... The word appliance has several different areas of meaning, all usually referring to a device with a narrow function: One class of objects includes items that are custom-fitted to an individual for the purpose of correction of a physical or dental problem, such as prosthetic, orthotic appliances and dental... “Roast” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Meat (disambiguation). ... In cooking, a casserole (from the French for stew pan) is a large, deep, covered pot or dish used both in the oven and as a serving dish. ... For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Desert. ...


In the past, cooking ovens were fueled by wood or coal. Modern ovens are fueled by gas or electricity. When an oven is contained in a complete stove, the burners on the top of the stove may use the same or different fuel than the oven. For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... Coal Example chemical structure of coal Coal is a fossil fuel formed in ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Fuel gas can refer to any of several gases burned to produce thermal energy. ... Electricity (from New Latin ēlectricus, amberlike) is a general term for a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. ... A stove is a heat-producing device. ...


Ovens usually can use a variety of methods to cook. The most common may be to heat the oven from below. This is commonly used for baking and roasting. The oven may also be able to heat from the top to provide broiling. In order to provide faster, more-even cooking, convection ovens use a small fan to blow hot air around the cooking chamber. An oven may also provide an integrated rotisserie. Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Broiling Broiling is a process of cooking food with high heat with the heat applied directly to the food, most commonly from above. ... Convection ovens or fan ovens or turbo ovens augment a traditional oven by circulating heated air using a fan. ... A vertical rotisserie cooking kebab For the fantasy sports game, see Rotisserie sports It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Spit (cooking aide). ...


Steam ovens introduce water (in the form of steam) into the cooking chamber. This can aid the formation of a crisp crust on baked goods and prevent the drying-out of fish and casseroles. The degree of humidity is usually selectable among at least several steps. Some steam ovens use water carried to the oven by the user in a container; others are permanently connected to the building plumbing. Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... For other uses, see Steam (disambiguation). ... A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings A complex arrangement of rigid steel piping, stop valves regulate flow to various parts of the building. ...


More modern ovens, such as General Electric's Trivection oven, may also provide combined thermal and microwave cooking. This can greatly speed the cooking of certain types of food while maintaining the traditional characteristics of oven cooking such as browning. GE redirects here. ... The Trivection oven is an home appliance created by General Electric, which combines heat, convection and microwaves for customized cooking. ... Microwave oven A microwave oven, or microwave, is a kitchen appliance employing microwave radiation primarily to cook or heat food. ... The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring the addition of heat. ...


Ovens also vary in the way that they are controlled. The simplest ovens (for example, the AGA cooker) may not have any controls at all; the several ovens simply run continuously at various temperatures. More-conventional ovens have a simple thermostat: this both turns the oven on and off and selects the temperature at which it will operate. Set to the highest setting, this may also enable the broiler element. A timer may allow the oven to be turned on and off automatically at pre-set times. More-sophisticated ovens may have complex, computer-based controls allowing a wide variety of operating modes and special features including the use of a temperature probe to automatically shut the oven off when the food is completely cooked to the desired degree. Orthodox Jews may purchase ovens whose controls include a sabbath mode automation feature. Photograph of a modern 3 oven AGA cooker The AGA cooker is a stored-heat oven invented in 1922 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Dr. Gustaf Dalén (1869 - 1937), who also founded the AGA company. ... Bi-metallic thermostat for buildings A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the systems temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature. ... A simple digital timer. ... This article is about the machine. ... NTC thermistor, bead type, insulated wires Thermistor symbol A thermistor is a type of resistor used to measure temperature changes, relying on the change in its resistance with changing temperature. ... Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonised in the Talmudic texts (Oral Torah) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... Sabbath mode is a feature in many modern ovens which is intended to allow the ovens to be used (subject to various constraints) by Sabbath-observant Jews on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. ...


Some ovens provide various aids to cleaning. Continuous cleaning ovens have the oven chamber coated with a catalytic surface that helps break down (oxidize) food splatters and spills over time. Self cleaning ovens use pyrolytic decomposition (extreme heat) to oxidize dirt. Steam ovens may provide a wet-soak cycle to loosen dirt, allowing easier manual removal. In the absence of any special methods, chemical oven cleaners are sometimes used or just old-fashioned scrubbing. Catalyst redirects here. ... Simple sketch of pyrolysis chemistry Pyrolysis usually means the chemical decomposition of organic materials by heating in the absence of oxygen or any other reagents, except possibly steam. ... Elbow grease is an old term for working hard at manual labor or trades. ...


Industrial, scientific, and artisanal use

Outside the culinary world, ovens are used for a number of purposes.

  • A furnace is used either to provide heat to a building or used to melt substances such as glass or metal for further processing. A blast furnace is a particular type of furnace generally associated with metal smelting (particularly steel manufacture) using refined coke or similar hot-burning substance as a fuel, with air pumped in under pressure to increase the temperature of the fire.
  • A kiln is a high-temperature oven used in ceramics and cement manufacture to convert mineral feedstock (in the form of clay or calcium or aluminum rocks) into a glassier, more solid form. In the case of ceramic kilns, a shaped clay object is the final result, while cement kilns produce a substance called clinker that is crushed to make the final cement product. (Certain types of drying ovens used in food manufacture, especially those used in malting, are also referred to as kilns.)
  • An autoclave is an oven-like device with features similar to a pressure cooker that allows the heating of aqueous solutions to higher temperatures than water's boiling point in order to sterilize the contents of the autoclave.
  • Industrial ovens are similar to their culinary equivalents, and are used for a number of different applications that do not require the high temperatures of a kiln or furnace.

A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... Blast furnace in Sestao, Spain. ... Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942) Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ... For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ... Coke may refer to: Coca-Cola, a soft drink originally based on coca leaf extract The Coca-Cola Company Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola Coke (fuel), a solid carbonaceous residue derived from destructive distillation of coal Petroleum coke, a solid carbon rich residue derived from distillation of... Charcoal Kilns, California Gold Kiln, Victoria, Australia Hop kiln. ... This article is about ceramic materials. ... For other uses, see Cement (disambiguation). ... Quartzite, a form of metamorphic rock, from the Museum of Geology at University of Tartu collection. ... A vitrification experiment for the study of nuclear waste disposal at Pacific Northwest National Labs Vitrification is a process of converting a material into a glass-like amorphous solid which is free of any crystalline structure, either by the quick removal or addition of heat, or by mixing with an... Cement clinker, in the manufacture of Portland cement, is the product of the kiln. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ... Front loading autoclaves are common Stovetop autoclaves need to be monitored carefully and are the simplest of all autoclaves Multiple large autoclaves are used for processing substantial quantities of laboratory equipment prior to reuse, and infectious material prior to disposal. ... Pressure cooking is a method of cooking things at high heat without boiling them. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

See also

Classical Pompeii oven
Classical Pompeii oven

Photograph of a modern 3 oven AGA cooker The AGA cooker is a stored-heat oven invented in 1922 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Dr. Gustaf Dalén (1869 - 1937), who also founded the AGA company. ... Convection ovens or fan ovens or turbo ovens augment a traditional oven by circulating heated air using a fan. ... Dutch oven from the 1890s Note the evidence of ashes on the lid. ... An earth oven or cooking pit, is one of the most simple and long-used cooking structures - a simple pit dug in the ground to hold heated materials for food to be cooked over. ... An Indian chef places bread into a modern tandoor A tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven used in Punjab region, northern India and Pakistan in which food is cooked over a hot charcoal fire. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... The Gas Mark is a system of marking temperatures on gas ovens and cookers in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations countries. ... A wood-burning brick oven. ... A clome oven is a clay oven with a removable clay door, typically found in farm houses in Cornwall and Devon. ... Horno is a mud adobe built outdoor oven used by the indians and early settlers. ... Microwave oven A microwave oven, or microwave, is a kitchen appliance employing microwave radiation primarily to cook or heat food. ... A reflector oven (sometimes known in older cooking literature as a tin kitchen [1]), is a polished metal container designed to surround an article of food being baked over an open flame and reflect the heat back towards the food. ... a solar oven A solar oven or solar cooker is a way of harnessing the suns power to cook food. ... A stove is a heat-producing device. ... A toaster is a machine for toasting food such as sliced bread and bagels. ... Wood-fired ovens, also known as wood ovens (or Forno in Italian), are ovens that use wood fuel for cooking. ...

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