Advance electronic appliances play vital role in kitchen as they are convenient and provide ease of cooking. These appliances offer different types of functions right from pre cooking to post cooking. Various appliance-based companies offer feature-based and product-based appliances but it is necessary to realize how do these appliances work.
We at Kraft, believe that it is necessary to make the consumers understand as how to purchase and use the OTG’s (commonly known as Oven, Toaster and Griller) in the right manner, and hence our experts have answered some general FAQ’s through this article!
What is OTG?
Commonly known as oven-toaster-griller, OTG is a small, electric oven that comes with heating rods. OTG does not use electromagnetic waves instead converts electric energy to create a high temperature to bake / Cook food. Usually it is considered to be a better option than a convection microwave for baking. But you can’t heat/defreeze food and is slower than a convection microwave oven. OTG have important features such as motorized rotisserie, convection function, timer, illuminated chamber, bypass timer and thermostatic temperature control function.
What can be cooked in OTG?
OTG will grill, bake and toast food to perfection using the heated rods and makes cooking session tireless and fun.
Any special training is required?
Not really, anyone can use a microwave efficiently. OTG are simple to use and with their simplified settings and intuitive features there is no need of mastery.
Difference between a microwave and an OTG
As discussed earlier, OTG is a small, electric oven that comes with heating rods. OTG converts electric energy to create high temperature for baking & cooking whereas microwave uses electromagnetic waves. OTG is considered to bake better than a convection microwave, but you cannot use it to heat/defreeze food. It is relatively slow than a convection microwave oven. To understand it better, here’s a quick comparision
How should I select one?
It’s very important to buy the right type of OTG that suits your requirement; otherwise you would be wasting your time and electricity. If your family consists of less number of people you can look out for OTG upto 20 litres and for an office/ restaurant one must go for higher capacity more than 30 litres.
What features should I look for in a microwave?
Automatic sensors
These are sensors which make your whether your food is cooked or not. Once the food is cooked, The OTG turns off. This function helps to avoid overcooking or burning. PS. enter the food type and quantity for the sensor to give accurate result.
Turntable
This enables the dish to rotate automatically for evenly cooking. It’s always a good idea to buy OTG that comes with turntable.
Auto defrost (I am not sure of this function)
Auto defrost makes the task of defrosting a breeze. All you need to do is enter the type of food and its weight and the OTG selects the best program for you. It will defrost all types of food like chicken or paneer, without cooking it.
Child Safety Locks
Safety Locks prevents children from operating the OTG by putting a number lock. Consider this feature only if you kids around or at home.
Shortcut keys
Most of the OTG come with auto settings for common recipes. Don’t go for it if you are not going to use it
Removable racks
Insert these racks and cook more than one food at a time. This option helps you save time and energy, especially if you are cooking in small portions.
Now you know which options to look for while choosing the OTG for your Smart Kitchen! 😀
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