It's surprising how little good information is published about cooking with combi steam ovens. Reminds me of cooking sous vide in 2007, trawling forums and blogs for dubious n-of-1 insights… then a few years later, info became ubiquitous!
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There’s a reddit, icymi!
I’ve been eyeing the Anova one… seemed to have reliability problems, but supposedly awesome when it works.
Have you got one? would you recommend?
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I hadn't seen the Reddit! Not learning a ton here yet, alas, but it's something—thanks.
I have a Miele combi. I often use it as a straight steam oven (sous vide without bath, cooking veggies). Still learning about how to use it effectively in combi mode. Challenging.
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make your own “Keep Warm” program for holding takeout / recently cooked things!
Wolf has one built-in. Miele will auto keep warm at the end of a program but that option is not on by default. I find the custom program useful.
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resuscitate old bread! Broil, but press the steam injection button a few times at the beginning.
Or steam reheat and then broil to crisp.
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When I worked in a professional kitchen that relied on theirs, the manufacturer-produced manuals and how-tos were a constant reference. Steps for particular, oft-repeated dishes were memorised. I don't think there was much generalised knowledge, in the team, just algos.
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