List of ovens
This is alist of oven types.Anovenis a thermally insulated chamber used for theheating,bakingordryingof a substance,[1]and most commonly used forcookingor for industrial processes (industrial oven).Kilnsandfurnacesare special-purpose ovens. Kilns have historically been used in the production ofpottery,quicklime,charcoal,etc., while furnaces are mainly used inmetalworking(metallurgical furnace) and other industrial processes (industrial furnace).
Materials; the two basic historical types
[edit]Ovens historically have been made by either digging the heating chamber into the earth, or by building them from various materials:
- Earth ovens,dug into the earth and covered with non-permanent means, like leaves and soil
- Masonry ovens,a term historically used for "built-up ovens", usually made ofclay,adobeandcob,stone, and brick.
Modern ovens are made of industrial materials.
Earth ovens
[edit]Anearth oven,or cooking pit, is one of the most simple and long-used cooking structures. At its simplest, an earth oven is a pit in the ground used to trap heat and bake, smoke, or steam food. Earth ovens have been used in many places and cultures in the past, and the presence of such cooking pits is a key sign of human settlement often sought byarchaeologists.They remain a common tool for cooking large quantities of food where no equipment is available.
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| Barbecue | 
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Barbecue is both a cooking method and apparatus.
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A traditionalNew ZealandMāorimethod of cooking food using heated rocks buried in apit ovenstill used for special occasions. |
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| Pachamanca | 
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Masonry ovens
[edit]See below under "Baking ovens", both formasonry ovenin general and for various types.
Purpose
[edit]Broadly speaking, ovens have always been used either for cooking, prominently for baking; or for industrial purposes – for producing metals out of ores, charcoal, coke, ceramic, etc.
- Baking ovens
- Industrial devices
Baking
[edit]Bakingis a foodcookingmethod that uses prolonged dry heat byconvection,rather than bythermal radiation,normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.[2]Bread is a commonly baked food.
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| AGA cooker | 
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A heat storageovenandcooker,which works on the principle that a heavy frame made fromcast ironcomponents can absorb heat from a relatively low-intensity but continuously-burning source, and the accumulated heat can then be used when needed for cooking. |
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| Beehive oven | 
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| Chorkor oven | ||
| Clome oven | 
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| Communal oven | 
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| Convection microwave | 
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| Convection oven | 
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| Cooker | 
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May refer to several types of cooking appliances and devices used for cooking foods |
| Dutch oven | 
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| Easy-Bake Oven | 
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| Egyptian egg oven | 
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| Halogen oven | 
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| Haybox | 
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| Horno | 
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| Hot Box (appliance) | 
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| Kitchen stove | 
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| Kitchener range | ||
| Masonry oven | 
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In Arabic-speaking countries, the masonry oven is called "furn," derived from the Greek word "fournos" |
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| Microwave oven | ||
| Reflector oven | 
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| Rotimatic | An automatic kitchen robot that bakes rotis and tortillas | |
| Russian oven | 
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| Self-cleaning oven | ||
| Solar cooker | 
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| Roaster oven | An electric table or cabinet top popular in the 1950s. Large enough to bake turkeys, they had removable inserts which held the food and a lid, often with a glass insert. | |
| Tabun oven | 
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| Tandoor | 
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| Tannur | 
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May be used for either baking or cooking |
| Toasterand toaster oven | 
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| Trivection oven | ||
| Wood-fired oven | 
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Industrial
[edit]Industrial ovens & furnaces
[edit]Industrial ovensare heated chambers used for a variety of industrial applications, includingdrying,curing,orbakingcomponents, parts or final products. Industrial ovens can be used for large or small volume applications, in batches or continuously with a conveyor line, and a variety oftemperatureranges, sizes and configurations.
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| Batch oven | A type offurnaceused for thermal processing. They are used in numerous production and laboratory applications. | |
| Burn-in ovens | ||
| Clean process oven | ||
| Flame broiler | ||
| Industrial oven | 
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Pictured is an industrial convection oven used in the manufacture of aircraft components |
| Heat tunnel | ||
| Reach-in oven | ||
| Walk-in/Truck-in ovens | ||
| Spiral ovens | Ovens with a helical conveyor |
Coke ovens
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Kilns
[edit]Akilnis a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Various industries and trades use kilns to harden objects made fromclayintopottery,bricksetc.[3]Various industries userotary kilnsforpyroprocessing—to calcinate ores, producecement,lime, and many other materials.
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| Anagama kiln | An ancient type ofpotterykiln brought toJapanfromChinaviaKoreain the 5th century. | |
| Charcoal kiln | 
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See for instanceBirch CreekandTybo Charcoal Kilns |
| Bottle oven | 
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| Brick clamp | 
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| Cement kiln | 
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| Lime kiln | 
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| Rotary kiln | 
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Apyroprocessingdevice used to raise materials to a high temperature (calcination) in a continuous process |
| Top-lit updraft gasifier | ||
| Tube furnace[dubious–discuss] |
See also
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References
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- ^Oven.Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-23.
- ^Oxford English Dictionary
- ^"Brick making kilns"(PDF).Retrieved2012-05-20.