| Is the NuWave oven really efficient and fast as seen | | | | system, heat is applied to the cooking vessel directly. |
| on TV? And do the foods cooked in this new wave | | | | The regular stove heaters are an example; whereas, |
| oven taste better? These are not the only questions | | | | induction cooking generates heat directly in the |
| on the minds of American housewives. There are | | | | cooking vessel itself. Here the cooking element is a |
| other queries too. This latest cooking technology | | | | powerful electromagnet. When a vessel is placed |
| gadget is doing quite a bit of the advertisement | | | | over this magnet, the magnetic fields induce energy |
| rounds and has had some positive product reviews. | | | | in the vessel creating heat. This translates into a |
| Yet, this product seems to have confused the | | | | more efficient utilization of heat over a cooler |
| housewife no end. To help a housewife make up her | | | | cooking surface. One point has to be remembered |
| mind, here is some nitty-gritty on the various cooking | | | | though. Induction cooking requires all cook tops to be |
| techniques that are in vogue. The basic cooking | | | | made of ferrous metal that will readily sustain |
| Simply put, cooking means application of heat to | | | | magnetic field. Infrared cooking This cooking system |
| food. Mankind first started with an open fire and | | | | uses infrared rays to bring heat to the food. Infrared |
| eventually evolved many ways to generate heat. | | | | rays penetrate both inside and outside of the food |
| Broadly, modern man today cooks either in an oven, | | | | at the same time resulting in even cooking. Then |
| on a cook top or on a grill. Cook tops are divided into | | | | what is NuWave oven all about? Nu wave promotes |
| gas and electric types. Gas heating is well understood | | | | a revolutionary technology that combines convection, |
| and needs no explanation. In contrast, the electric | | | | induction and infra red systems put together. A |
| system has many methods. These include coil | | | | NuWave oven is a dome shaped cooker that uses |
| elements, halogen heaters and induction type | | | | conduction heat, infrared heat and a convection fan |
| appliances. Convection cooking Convection cooking | | | | to cook foods faster than all other methods. The |
| was evolved to maximize the heat used in cooking. | | | | other advantages of this gadget are: * It generates |
| In a convection system, air flow circulates inside the | | | | no smoke * It is Energy efficient. Consumes far less |
| oven ensuring uniform heating of food items. Food is | | | | electricity than a conventional oven. * Cooks just |
| cooked evenly eliminating overtly browned areas. | | | | about everything that you can think of. * No need of |
| This type of cooking is particularly useful for | | | | defrosting before cooking. Nevertheless, there are |
| preparing items like cakes, vegetables, pastries, | | | | some issues one needs to keep in mind. Determining |
| cookies and roast meat. Induction cooking As | | | | the cooking time is a bit intuitive. You need some |
| explained earlier, induction is a form of electric | | | | patience and some practice. Once you familiarize |
| cooking. Induction cooking is unconventional, hence is | | | | yourself with the set up, NuWave oven can prove to |
| not fully understood by many. In a conventional | | | | be a great value- addition to your kitchenware. |