Miele speed oven - is it worth it/does it work well?

9 months ago

Hello
We are renovating our kitchen and I'm interested in a speed oven. Basically so I can have an oven and a half and no need for a microwave.
The sales guy suggested the Bosch or Meile as they have bake and broil elements so can function as a true oven. The Bosch has horrible reviews.
Miele sounds good but is so expensive.......
Does anyone have a newer model? How well does it work as a microwave? As an oven? How much can you fit in there? Is it worth it?
We are looking at around 2-3x the price to go with a Miele speed and Wall oven vs a GE double oven (I realize that's a huge difference in brands). Am trying to figure out if Miele is really worth it.

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Kim G
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
I have had the Miele Speed/Wall/CSO ovens for almost 9 years now. I love all 3 of them and would buy them again. The speed oven works great as a second oven - it has almost all the oven modes as my wall oven. It does have a lower max temp than the wall oven but that has not been an issue for me. I can fit all of my baking pans in the oven. The largest baking sheet that fits comfortably is a jelly roll size sheet. It works fine as a microwave, but I am not a big microwave user. Usually just use the minute button and stop the oven when I need to. I do use the lower power setting if heating up something more delicate. The speed function is ok but use it rarely - mainly to speed up baking potatoes. Being retired - speed cooking is not a need for me anymore. The wall oven is wonderful. It heats relatively quickly, is VERY quiet (important for me), and bakes very evenly. I love all the different cooking modes and the masterchef features. Both the speed and the wall oven have been very reliable.

I agree they are pricey and definitely more expensive than when I purchased them in 2015. Have you looked at the advantium to pair with a GE wall oaven? There is a lot of love for that oven on this forum. If you search Advantium in discussions your should find serveral threads. Seems that might be more cost effective.
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wdccruise
9 months ago
In CR's tests, the KitchenAid KOCE500ESS ($3200) was a top-notch performer and its upper microwave oven includes convection cooking via heating elements.
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Kim G
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
I had a similar kitchen aid wdccruise mentions below in our last home - 2002 model. The wall oven worked well; however, the cooling fan was very loud and ran for a very long time after the oven was turned off. We were quite shocked the first few times we used the oven. The convection microwave was so so as a convection oven. I only used it a few times that way. No bottom heating element so things did not brown on the bottom. You could not turn the rotating bottom plate off so a 9X13 pan didn’t really fit. Also the pull down door broke at least twice as it is basically a string not a spring. It wasn’t cheap to repair. I have seen this issue mentioned in several threads.
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wdccruise
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
@Kim G: "I had a similar kitchen aid wdccruise mentions below in our last home - 2002 model."

That's nearly a quarter-century ago. Certainly the KOCE500ESS is not the same appliance. The turntable can be turned off. The upper convection oven is 1200 watts (900 watt microwave). I don't know why one wouldn't want to use that to convection-cook smaller quantities of food in that oven's 1.4 cf cavity rather than heating the the larger, 5.0 cf lower convection oven.
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dan1888
9 months ago
A micro without convection is useful. The convection add-on is a waste and not used, ime.
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