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What is a smart oven?
Combining innovative digital tools with flexible cooking methods, smart ovens are powerful appliances that can include digital features like voice control, remote monitoring and recipe guidance. Smart ovens are designed to elevate cooking experiences and help you unlock culinary potential.
With a smart oven, like one of these options from KitchenAid brand, you can begin experimenting with cooking technology to enhance how you create your favorite dishes. In this guide, you’ll learn more about using a smart oven and how you can leverage various smart oven features to bring new dimension to your recipes. Plus, discover select KitchenAid® smart ovens with intelligent features that recognize patterns and automatically adjust cooking behavior without help from you.
What does a smart oven do?
Smart ovens can help improve your cooking experience by using Wi-Fi connectivity to give you easy control over cooking functions and features, directly from your phone. With smart ovens, you'll often be able to use a smartphone app for remote control and monitoring, which may also feature helpful cooking and maintenance information.
KitchenAid® smart cooking appliances are designed with your creative passions in mind. With the familiar look, feel and function of traditional wall ovens or ranges, smart ovens can be used to create deliciously cooked meals with support and guidance throughout the cooking process.
Understanding how the different features on your smart oven work can help you get the most out of your appliance as you begin experimenting with the full range of its connected abilities. Read on to learn about some of the features smart ovens offer and get answers to common questions.
1. Mobile app control
Granting you remote access to cooking functions like preheating, powering on/off and timer adjustment, many smart ovens allow you to operate your appliance via a smartphone app. If it has one, exploring the different capabilities of your appliance’s mobile app can help you keep a closer eye on your recipes as they cook and improve the flexibility of your cooking experience overall.
Features available on a mobile app can vary by model. For instance, the KitchenAid™ app allows you to set the ideal temperature for your recipes and alerts you when your creations are done.
2. Remote monitoring and notifications
In addition to on-the-go operation, you may also be able to use your smart oven app to access remote monitoring features that can help you keep a constant eye on your dishes even when you’re not in the kitchen. You may find smart ovens that let you change cooking settings directly from your phone, give simple voice commands using a Google Assistant or Alexa-enabled device, or even peek in on cooking progress remotely.
On select KitchenAid® oven models, you can keep a close eye on cooking progress with Live Look-In, which lets you check on food in the oven at any time with an Intelligent Cooking Camera that displays on your oven touchscreen or connected mobile device.1
1. Wi-Fi & App required. Features subject to change. For details and privacy info, visit KitchenAid.com/connect (U.S.) or KitchenAid.ca/connect (Canada).
3. Assisted cooking
When you’re trying a new recipe for the first time, a smart wall oven with assisted cooking features can help you navigate your recipes by providing recommended timing and temperatures for your dish. These settings can offer high-level guidance while still giving you the flexibility to use your preferred recipe and cookware.
Assisted Cooking Modes on select KitchenAid® wall ovens suggest cook times and temperatures on an easy-to-navigate touch screen so you can explore new recipes with confidence.
4. Advanced cooking functions
The beauty of many smart ovens, aside from the fact that many of them have remote capabilities, is the powerful cooking functions that many of them also offer. These cooking functions vary per model, but may range from steaming capabilities and slow cooking settings to an oven function that is designed to cook fresh pizza, similar to a pizza oven.
Select KitchenAid® smart ovens offer cooking functions like:
No Preheat Slow Roast that cooks tender meats, pastas and much more without the hassle of a separate appliance.
Fresh Pizza Mode that helps you create homemade, restaurant-style pizzas from the comfort of your kitchen.
Steam Bake with Tray, which adds moisture during the baking process so you can enjoy Basque cheesecake, or fluffy, moist honey wheat sandwich bread.
5. Convection cooking modes
Convection cooking—available on some smart ovens—uses a built-in fan to circulate hot air, removing moisture in the oven and helping brown meats, caramelize vegetables and create a flaky crust on baked goods.
This KitchenAid® smart wall oven features KitchenAid Brand's Most Precise Even-Heat™ True Convection, which circulates hot air throughout the entire oven, providing optimal temperatures for delicious baked goods, juicy roasts and flavorful vegetables.
6. LCD Display
You may find that an LCD display on smart ovens enhances the overall aesthetic in the kitchen while making it easy to navigate through settings, recipe instructions, updates and more.
The Touchscreen Controls on select KitchenAid® wall ovens, for instance, feature a 3.5" full-color LCD display, making it easy to see and select cooking modes, set cook times and temperatures, connect your mobile device to control the oven from outside the kitchen and even download future feature updates.2
2. Appliance must be set to remote enable. Wi-Fi & App required. Features subject to change. For details and privacy info, visit kitchenaid.com/connect (USA) or kitchenaid.ca/connect (Canada).
KitchenAid® smart wall ovens
Experience cooking through a new lens
Select KitchenAid® smart wall ovens monitor the entire cooking process for you with features like Live Look-In and the Intelligent Cooking Camera with Doneness Detection
Shop KitchenAid® wall ovens
KitchenAid® wall ovens help your culinary creativity shine. Select KitchenAid® models have features like the Cooking Camera with Doneness Detection, which recognizes supported food in seconds and cooks to your desired doneness, monitoring the entire cooking process for you.
Some KitchenAid® wall ovens are designed to be personalized with a curated palette of mixed metal hardware. Change up your look on select KitchenAid® models with handle and knob Hardware Accessory Kits in Brass, Bronze, Black Ore and Stainless Steel.
Smart oven FAQs
From setup and use to the value they can add to your home, learn more about smart ovens with answers to common questions below.
How do you use a smart oven?
Using a smart oven is often as simple as downloading the brand’s app, then following prompts to create an account and connect smart appliances. Once you’re set up, you may be able to select cooking modes, adjust temperatures or monitor progress from your phone, depending on the model.
Some models guide users through setup and feature navigation step by step, making it easy to learn functions like remote preheating, cooking notifications and voice control.
Can you use a smart oven without Wi-Fi?
You can generally use a smart oven just as you would a traditional wall or range unit by making manual oven selections on the appliance's touchscreen or control panel. However, without an internet connection, you won't have access to any of your smart oven’s online capabilities, such as remote access and monitoring.
Functionality without Wi-Fi can vary by model. For model-specific information on manual and remote operation of your smart oven, consult the use and care guide for your appliance.
How are smart wall ovens and smart ranges different?
Smart wall ovens and smart ranges can share connected features like remote control, voice commands and cooking notifications. The main difference is installation: smart wall ovens are built into cabinetry and often pair with a separate cooktop, while smart ranges combine the cooktop and oven in one appliance for an all-in-one setup, and may also have smart cooktop features.
Are smart ovens worth it for your kitchen?
Smart ovens may be a wise investment for busy families, multitaskers, tech-savvy home cooks and beginner bakers who want remote control, guided cooking and help achieving consistent results. These appliances can help save you time and reduce guesswork in the kitchen.
Shop KitchenAid® smart ranges
Enjoy a range of possibilities with KitchenAid® smart gas and electric ranges. Select Wi-Fi-enabled Smart Appliances from KitchenAid brand feature Convection Cooking Modes to help you get consistent results with optimal temperatures.
Select models, like this option from KitchenAid brand, offer Rapid Preheat, which gets your oven to 350°F in under 8 minutes.3 This oven can be cleaned with two distinct cleaning cycles: the Steam Clean Cycle, perfect for quick, routine maintenance, and the high-temperature Self-Clean Cycle for a deeper clean.
3. Using Rapid Preheat to 350 degrees when cooktop is not in use.
