German Cooking Appliances

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  German companies are often noted for their expertise and ingenuity in the manufacturing realm. Many cooking appliances available in the U.S. and around the world have been engineered, if not manufactured, in Germany. They go by names most would recognize, including AEG, Bosch, Miele, Siemens and Neff. These companies make ovens, ranges, cooktops and small appliances for cooking, as well as other residential appliances, such as washers, dryers, vacuum cleaners and dishwashers.
  
  

Miele

• In 1899 Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann started a company to build cream separators. From that beginning, many other time-saving appliances were born. Ninety percent of Miele's appliances are still manufactured in Germany. In the cooking world, Miele makes cooktops and ovens utilizing either gas, electric or induction methods. Standard oven features are touch control pad, multi-lingual display, metric/English conversion, convection, residual heat cooking, infrared broiling and self-cleaning. AutoRoast, Intensive Bake and Sabbath are trademark modes of the Miele oven.
  
  

Bosch

• Bosch has joined with the Siemens company to form the Bosch and Siemens Home Appliance Group making it the third largest manufacturer of home appliances in the world. The Bosch company was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch, a German engineer, and established as the first U.S. subsidiary in 1906. Ranges offer convection heating, a power burner (16,000 British Thermal Units- BTUs), a simmer burner (500 BTU), five burners, a hidden bake element and a large capacity oven with 5.0 cubic feet. Bosch also offers separate ovens and cooktops, ventilation hoods, microwave ovens and warming drawers.
  
  

AEG-Electrolux

• Begun in Germany in 1887 as Allgemeine Electricitats Gesellschaft, which means General Electric Company, AEG later joined with Electrolux. Since 2005 the company uses the twin name logo and the mantra "Perfect in Form and Function" to tout its products. AEG-Electrolux offers multi-functional ovens, including a steam cooking mode, digital and auto-cooking and Pyroluxe TM cleaning. Some ovens offer as many as eight functions. This manufacturer also produces double ovens, compact ovens and side opening ovens, as well as cookers, coffee machines, microwaves, warming drawers and vent hoods.
  
  

Neff

• The German appliance manufacturer known as Neff is a family run company founded about 1855, according to White Box Deals, Manufacturer's Guide. They are best known for their cooking appliances and are highly regarded throughout the United Kingdom. Their basic function range features Circotherm TM which draws air from the oven cavity, heats it up and forces it back into the cavity thereby requiring little or no preheating. It also offers a defrost feature and a full surface grill. The cooktop, known as hobs (burners) are bought separately and combined resulting in great flexibility. Deep fryer, wok, barbecue grill, and induction hobs are available, as well as an extra large gas hob. Ceramic, electric-sealed plate or gas hobs are choices.