Disassembling the machine to test kitchen appliances, I am very resistant in my heart, and I am very resistant to the dishes I practiced in college, "boiling instant noodles (+ eggs)", I will not make food, and it is difficult to be convincing in testing cooking appliances. So I first confess that there is no gourmet cooking process in this article, only dismantling and functional explanations. The article first talks about the pits that need to be paid attention to when purchasing, and then uses this year's new "Fangtai ZK-T1.i" as an example, covering from the 10,000 yuan machine to the low-cost segment of the product, explaining in detail the current technical status of single steaming, single baking, all-in-one machine and other products.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > first, choose to avoid pits</h1>
1. Insulated door
The picture above is a picture of the explosion of a brand oven insulation door.
The most commonly used material for insulation doors is explosion-proof glass, but although it is called explosion-proof glass, it has a self-detonation rate of 0.3% (3 out of 1000 pieces will break for various reasons). Here do not elaborate on the cause of its self-detonation, simply say two solutions: (1) some manufacturers will make the insulation door into multiple layers, internal heat insulation, external explosion-proof, such as: Changdi KV35C is a double layer, we will explain in detail later fangtai high-end machine ZK-T1.i is three layers; (2) some manufacturers will be on the outermost layer of explosion-proof glass and then additionally pasted with explosion-proof film, further reduce the self-explosion rate and the harm after self-explosion, if it is an early purchase of products without explosion-proof film, you can also buy a post on the Internet according to the size.
2. Heating pipe
The heating pipe is the basic functional part of the oven, and the length of the heating pipe and whether the distribution coverage is uniform can basically determine the performance of an oven.
The picture above is a comparison of the two kinds of heating tubes, and I believe that most people can distinguish which is good and which is bad. Some bloggers say that "the oven must be selected with more than 6 heating pipes", just ask, is the straight 6 heating pipes worth this curved coiled one? I went to see the recommended products, 6 heating tubes power is only 1400W, Fangtai ZK-T1.i only 4 heating tubes, the power reached 3100W. Take some fake shopping points to pit people, open your eyes and talk nonsense!
Now the oven is generally up and down double heating tube, but pay attention to whether it is curved coiled; some also have a double-layer independent temperature control function; the price is a little higher, you can buy the upper, lower and back three-layer heating tube oven; full budget, you can choose the oven with hot air circulation function, which can ensure the temperature consistency throughout the inner tank to the greatest extent.
3. Water tank
【Water tank on top】 【Water tank built-in】
For products with steaming box function, the volume of the water tank and the way of adding water are important purchase indicators. When cooking dishes that exceed the endurance of the water tank, it is necessary to add water to the water tank halfway to extend the endurance time of high-temperature steam cooking. At present, there are still many products of about 5,000 yuan that are built into the inner tank, at this time, adding water in the middle of the way requires opening the insulation door, which will lead to the rapid loss of steam in the inner tank, the temperature will plummet, and the final quality of the dish will be greatly affected. The upper water tank is better, and there is no need to open the insulated door when adding water in the middle, which will not affect the cooking of the inner dishes.
4. Effective volume
The effective volume determines the upper limit of the number of dishes that the steaming and oven can handle at one time; the larger effective volume can also make the steaming and the heat circulation inside the oven more evenly, which is more conducive to the cooking of food. Generally speaking, if the kitchen space and financial budget are sufficient, there are large purchases in models that can meet the needs of daily cooking. If all aspects are more limited, it is best not to choose a steaming and oven with an effective volume below 35L, otherwise the cooking of steamed fish, roast duck and other dishes will be more limited.
5. Steaming pan, steaming grill
【Steamed baking pan for 35 yuan】 【Comparison of 22L and 42L steamed baking pan size】
Baking pans and steaming pans are generally made of stainless steel, and there are mainly three aspects of pits: (1) the thickness of the material is thin, and it is easy to deform at high temperatures; this situation occurs in ultra-low-priced products, such as the 35 yuan sold on a certain night to send 65 baking gifts to the oven. (2) Oven oil stains, steam box soup stains residue is difficult to clean, some manufacturers will use steaming plate opening holes, baking pan spray special coatings, etc., to make these parts easier to clean. (3) The depth of the baking pan is small, and the large-capacity intensive baking will be more limited.
6. Liner material
Because the environment in which the steaming and oven liners work is different, there is a big difference in the use of materials.
【Enamel liner】
Oven working liner general temperature can reach about 200-250 ° C, entry-level oven generally use stainless steel liner, high-grade oven will use "cold rolled steel + enamel" liner; enamel liner in terms of high temperature resistance, easy to clean and other performance than stainless steel liner is more excellent, the disadvantage is not enough toughness, easy brittle and easy to crack, so it is necessary to use special technology to fix it on the cold-rolled steel substrate.
The steaming box and the steaming and grilling machine liner will encounter a high heat and high humidity environment, because the substrate of the enamel liner, cold-rolled steel, is extremely susceptible to rust in a high temperature and high humidity environment, so stainless steel liner is generally used on the steaming box. In some high-grade steam box products will use the "stainless steel + coating" liner, special coating in addition to improving heat resistance, but also make the inner tank easier to clean.
7. Water and oil accumulation in the inner tank
Steaming tank water, oven oil is a big problem, in the purchase, it is best to choose a product with self-cleaning function.
According to the different materials of the inner tank, the self-cleaning technology is also different: the oven of the stainless steel inner tank generally uses steam self-cleaning, and the oven of the enamel inner tank can generally only be cleaned manually (the substrate is easily corroded by high-temperature steam); the steaming box generally uses the bottom heating tube to dry; the steaming and baking machine cleaning requires steam cleaning and drying functions at the same time. The more humanized the self-cleaning technology, the more expensive the product price, and the penny is enjoyed.
8. Temperature control, humidity control
The temperature and humidity control of the inner tank are directly related to the final presentation effect of the dish. In this part, there are two points in the pit: (1) The temperature of the oven liner and the temperature of the digital display are inconsistent, for example, you need 200 ° C high temperature when making roast lamb chops, the number shows 200 ° C, but the actual temperature of the inner tank is 220 ° C, then the lamb chops are old and woody; this problem generally appears in the oven of small brands. (2) The humidity in the inner tank is high, it is easy to form condensate on the top, dripping onto the ingredients, and eventually causing the dish to become watery when it comes out of the oven; when purchasing, you need to ask whether the product has a "top auxiliary heating film", which can effectively prevent condensate from forming and dripping.
9. Children's lock
Delicious dishes with the unique aroma of food, steaming, oven in the cooking will also have aroma diffuse, this taste for the family does not understand the small god beast has a very big attraction, in order to prevent the safety of children, it is best to choose products with children's locks, not afraid of ten thousand, afraid of case.
10. Installation location
This must be kept in mind that the built-in steamed products should not be installed on the bottom floor of the cabinet when installed, otherwise every time you clean up, you will have to kneel and tearfully finish.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, Fangtai high-end steaming cooking machine disassembly test</h1>
The pits were talked about earlier, and the following directly uses the disassembly of the sample model to take a more intuitive look at the implementation of various functions.
1. Appearance size
For embedded models, the appearance size is quite important, and it is necessary to reserve the corresponding space before decoration. In addition, the embedded model of ZK-T1.i, which is surrounded by a shell, is actually used as a desktop computer, not too ugly.
2. Front panel
The front panel of Fangtai ZK-T1.i is mainly divided into three parts: operation panel, water tank and insulation door.
The operation panel of Fangtai adopts a combination of multiple elements, consisting of buttons, knobs, and digital display screens, and the knobs can provide temperature adjustment of ±1 °C, which is more convenient.
【Water tank shell】 【Inlet water pipeline】 【Bottom evaporation plate】
The water tank adopts an upper water tank, which is opened by pressing, the volume is 1.3L, and the large steam state can last for 1.5h. A small motor and an inlet valve are connected to the back of the tank; under the inner tank is an evaporation disc that heats the inlet and cooling water into steam. In addition, Fangtai uses the roasting tube to heat up, which can make the water vapor reach a superheated state of 120 ° C, which can accelerate the destruction of muscle fibers and make the food softer and stickier, and the taste is better.
【Single-layer glass】
The insulation door of Fangtai ZK-T1.i is divided into three layers, the innermost layer is a layer of LOW-E glass (low-emissivity glass), the main function is heat insulation; two layers of tempered glass are added to the outside of LOW-E glass, and the outermost layer of tempered glass is also pasted with a layer of explosion-proof film. The second picture is the aforementioned Emperor KV35C double-layer tempered glass insulation door design, generally about a thousand yuan of products are this configuration; the third picture is a brand of single-layer glass insulation door design, the glass is directly punched to install the door handle, which will increase the probability of glass self-explosion, when purchasing, please detour when encountering this model.
3. Liner material
As a high-end model, the Fangtai ZK-T1.i is positioned, and the inner tank uses a "stainless steel + coating" material. The coating uses porcelain film, rather than the Teflon coating often used on non-stick pans; compared with the two, the porcelain film is more resistant to high temperatures (can withstand a high temperature of 300 ° C), and Fangtai also added lotus leaf bionic technology to the porcelain film, which is easier to clean than the general stainless steel liner; the disadvantage is that the manufacturing process technology requirements are high, the cost is high, resulting in a more expensive price.
4. Heating pipe
The heating pipe of Fangtai ZK-T1.i is three layers of distribution, the top 2, the bottom 1, the back 1 (the lower layer, the back heating tube is blocked by the inner tank, can not be photographed, here with the thermal imager to do a detection map for everyone), you can see the back and bottom heat source from the picture.
Fangtai ZK-T1.i also added a hot air circulation fan to the back to strengthen the heat convection in the inner tank, which can make the overall heating of the food more uniform.
5. Humidity control
(Wax motor)
Fangtai ZK-T1.i is mainly achieved by combining hardware such as wax motors and preset software programs (that is, the officially advertised intelligent humidity control exhaust system), and the appropriate humidity helps to control the crispness of dishes, especially the cooking function of air frying. However, because their own cooking skills are really unable to get their hands on it, so the highly complex air frying function will not be demonstrated to everyone, pick the simplest dissolved beans to see the moisture control effect of Fangtai ZK-T1.i.
Dissolved beans is a kind of infant complementary food, the main materials are egg whites, corn starch, milk powder, lemon juice, white sugar, humidity control is good, dissolved beans are crispy, humidity control is not good, dissolved beans will be too dry or wet thick.
In the first test, the stirring time was too long to be plastic:
But in the end it was still crispy:
Sorry, again, the second test of quick stirring set type open roast:
Although there is still a big gap with the online appearance standard, it doesn't matter, I am not a blogger of food, I just test the crispness of the dissolved beans:
It can be seen from the test of the surface that Fangtai's wax motor moisture control technology is still very good, which is a black technology application, and it is relatively compared to other brands of products, and there is no better technology at present. However, from the principle of analysis, this kind of wet control and separation of the party is too much publicity of intelligence or almost meaning, at least in my opinion, there is no sensor participation, less humidity information collection and feedback, intelligence is still in the stage of fixed procedures. Of course, I am looking at the hustle and bustle, but I also hope that in the next generation of products, moisture control and exhaust can achieve real intelligence.
6, baking pan, steaming pan and other accessories
Fangtai ZK-T1.i's steaming grill plate, steaming grill plate and other accessories are made of stainless steel + coating material, the effective volume of the inner tank 42L provides a steaming pan with a length of 42cm, width, 33cm and height of 2cm, which can easily put down the complete 1Kg heavy sea bass for steaming. The surface of the steaming baking pan is coated, and the metal guide rails can also be removed for later cleaning and maintenance.
Above is the steaming pan of galanz's effective volume of 22L oven, 31cm long, 23cm wide, 1cm high, relatively small.
7. Easy to use design
Fangtai ZK-T1.i's easy-to-use design is more, here are two main points: (1) electronic menu; in addition to the 49 commonly used dishes cooking programs with the Fangtai ZK-T1.i machine itself, using NFC technology, Fangtai also realizes the rapid intelligent connection of mobile phone Apps and machines, in the App, Fangtai ZK-T1.i also provides 1200+ dish cooking programs, you only need to prepare ingredients and spices according to the program to complete nearly professional cooking. I feel that this design has a bit of an impact on the business of New Oriental Chef School, is it a kind of cross-border robbery? (2) Self-cleaning function; the end of cooking is not in the baking of dishes, but in the cleaning of cooking kitchenware and tableware. If the cooking kitchen utensils do not have a self-cleaning function, the cleaning work is a headache under the heavy oil residue. Fangtai ZK-T1.i This steaming and cooking machine has steam self-cleaning and drying functions, which can greatly reduce the workload of kitchen cleaning.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, summary</h1>
In fact, the product technology of the steaming and baking system is not particularly complicated, the entry threshold is relatively low, and several hot steam oven brands that have suddenly risen in recent years have been founded after the departure of technicians of large manufacturers such as midea. The advantages of manufacturers of established steaming and grilling products, such as Fangtai, Galanz, Changdi, etc., may be in terms of word-of-mouth, data accumulation and easy-to-use design established by long-term operation.
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FOTILE ZK-T1.i Smart Steaming Cooking Machine Home Kitchen Built-in Steam oven all-in-one 2-in-1 Large capacity brand new upgrade Smart NFC menu ¥9680 Purchase
Fangtai ZK-T1.i is a new model just released this year, the main selling point is "steaming double strength": the steaming aspect has double steam, 120 °C over-temperature steaming and other functions; the baking aspect has three uniform distributed heat sources on the upper, lower and back, and the inner tank porcelain film coating can withstand 300 °C high temperature, hot air circulation and other functions; but from the perspective of use, this machine in addition to steaming, the function of frying is also very powerful, mainly thanks to its excellent moisture control technology. In fact, in addition to the most basic physical parameters, its easy-to-use design is the reason why I chose it as an example of dismantling the machine, the upper water tank to solve the steam endurance problem; steam self-cleaning to solve the problem of oil contamination attachment is difficult to clean after baking; the bottom heating pipe drying to solve the problem of water accumulation after steaming; the fuselage comes with 49 dishes, mobile phone App provides 1200+ intelligent menus, coupled with cooking memory function, every day without resampling, can eat for three years.
Fangtai ZK-T1.i is priced at 9000+, mainly related to Fangtai to create a domestic kitchen appliances high-end brand route; and Changdi, Midea, Galanz and other brands are mainly low-end products, the price of hot products are generally below 4000+; the price of imported Siemens, Mesono and other steaming and grilling machines are above 14,000+, or single steaming + single baking combination pricing is about 10,000+. As for whether a steaming cooker is worth this price, it is worth the wisdom of the wise, and if you like it, you will not buy it if you don't like it half cheaper.
Finally, give everyone a map to determine their own purchase needs, so as not to know which steaming and grilling products are suitable for themselves.
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