French Door Ovens Are Back

[combo52]

Getting Burned On French Door Ovens

This is one of the big reasons that ovens with either french doors or even single swinging doors are not popular in the US, the other big potential danger is lifting something like a hot turkey out of a wall oven and the cheap aluminum roasting pan either bends or you otherwise spill it as you remove it and it spills on you, with a drop door you are pretty well protected from such accidents.

 

John L.

 

[henene4]

I think Germany has - once again - figured out the best way



Neff's Slide&Hide door system. Neff is part of the Bosch/Siemens appliance giant, but always had a special place in the brand lineup: More substantial, better speced kitchen appliances with a few key features that were exclusive to them (mainly Slide&Hide and their own convection system).

Until BSH revised their ovens a few years back with a new convection system, new UI, new kinds of ofens etc. you had to choose between the fancy door and self cleaning. With the redesign, they now are abled to offer the hideing door together with pyrolytic self cleaning.

 

[passatdoc]

Neff

Very nice. I like the fact that one may either hide the door or leave it sticking out, depending on one's needs.

The house in which we lived when I was 2-5 years old was brand new (built 1958) and featured builder=supplied GE French door gas wall ovens. Most of the residents in the neighborhood had little kids. The moms seemed to like having French doors vs a traditional bottom-hinged single door: less chance of curious kids bumping their heads on a open oven door.

 

[combo52]

1958 GE French Door Gas Wall Ovens ?

That I would like to see, GE did not have either FDWOs or any gas cooking equipment for residential market in 1958.It would probably been a Frigidaire electric wall oven if it had FDs in 1958.

 

[passatdoc]

Probably a Frigidaire, looked just like the ones posted above.