Latest kitchen technology addresses time issues

According to the 2005 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, women work on average a seven-hour day and men work eight hours; one in five adults bring work home regularly; and women spend three-and-a-half hours a day on household chores. Time pressures on food preparation continue to rise. In fact, a 2003 Better Homes & Garden study found that consumers spend no more than 30 minutes on weekdays and 45 minutes on the weekend preparing a meal.

The latest top-of-the-line appliances have harnessed the best technologies available to specifically address these time issues and concerns.

The GE Profile ovens with Trivection technology combine thermal, convection and microwave energies to give everyday cooks the ability to create savory, mouth-watering meals up to five times faster than with a traditional oven.

“Speed roast” a turkey in half the time, “speed bake” breads in a third of the time and speedcook side dishes in a quarter of the time.

You don’t have to toss out your beloved cookbooks. Chef’s Guide controls automatically adjust standard recipe time and temperature for speedcook modes. Simply enter food type, time and temperature, and the oven applies the right combination of energies to optimize cooking performance.

These ovens also offer traditional cooking methods: baking, broiling, roasting and true European convection. Additional modes include defrost, warm, proof, self-clean and help. The glass touch controls make oven programming quick and easy.

The full-size oven can accommodate everything from a large turkey to multiple cookie trays. You can use the same cookware as in your traditional oven even, though microwave energies are used.

These ovens are available in a single-wall oven, double-wall oven or slide-in range configuration and are an ideal choice for upgrading existing kitchens, because no unique cutout dimensions or electrical supply requirements are needed.

From the company that created the speedcook category, the GE Profile Advantium 240 oven can save an average family up to 90 hours a year. This revolutionary oven uses powerful halogen lights to cook oven-quality food up to eight times faster than a conventional oven.

This original speedcook oven cooks the outside of food much like conventional radiant heat, but also penetrates the surface sothe inside cooks at the same time. As a result, food cooks evenly and fast enough to keep natural moisture in.

Imagine enjoying beef tenderloin in 10 minutes and holiday cookies or flaky crescent rolls, hot out of the oven, in less than 5 minutes! GE recently expanded the speedcook line with the GE Profile Advantium 120 built-in wall oven. This oven cooks great-tasting food up to four times faster than a traditional oven. It is commanding attention-not only for its powerful capabilities, but also for its design flexibility and ease of installation. The oven simply plugs into any standard 120-volt, 15-amp outlet. It can be installed either above a conventional single wall oven, above a warming drawer or by itself.