Gaggenau kitchen appliance are guided by two simple, yet powerful ideas: Professional appliance at home, and as much technology as necessary, not more.
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Professional home chef. That's the title I flattered myself with from time to time, however the laugh of the gentler part of Histerius would always put the end to that. It's not that I am a kitchen disaster, but I simple can't compare my pitiful efforts with her food masterpieces. Now, what you need to be a professional home chef? Apart from a bit of cooking knowledge the tools are of the uttermost significance.
So, let us say that you have the first and want to choose the second. One name that absolutely needs to be seen and tried is Gaggenau. We can say that that name was born back in 1681 when Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden established a hammer factory in the German town Gaggenau. That is the start of industry in the small German town that became Gaggenau-Werke. Today Gaggenau is presented worldwide and with headquarters still in Germany, it is truly a global company.
Gaggenau is guided by two simple, yet powerful ideas: Professional appliance at home, and as much technology as necessary.
The result of the first is that you have a chance to enjoy cooking using the same equipment as the world-class chefs use. Gaggenau produces ovens; gas, electric and induction cook tops, dishwashers, refrigeration and wine storage units, steamers, grills and deep fryers... All products lines are meant to bring a scent of professionalism to your home. Keeping the well-known tradition of precise and reliable German technology Gaggenau manufactured all products in Lipsheim, France, and Bretten and Dillingen in Germany. The results: The iF Design Awards, the Red Dot Prize and The Chicago Athenaeum's Good Design Award, plus praise of professional chefs.
The second means that you don't need a user manual to start to work with Gaggenau. Keeping things as simple as possible will allow you to concentrate on cooking, flavour and aroma. They say at Gaggenau that "form always follows function", but I must disagree. Speaking from experience at Histerius design studio and listening what other great designers say, I thing that design and function must be equal. I find the Gaggenau statement little understated because their form and function are melted in ideal proportions.
The lines of Gaggenau cooking appliances are clean, strong, with nice touch of details. The materials used are glass, brushed stainless steel, solid aluminum, and glass shot-blasted. The design doesn't emphasize any part culinary equipment; handles and buttons are big and well designed, and all that taken in the account we may say that you can put Gaggenau in every kitchen, no matter what style.
Talking about cooking, you have 18 different heating modes at your disposal, and precise temperature control. To control all that there are, for example, two knobs and six touch sensors. That's all. No manuals, no endless combinations of programs, no thinking about hardware... Your mind can be focused on food and efforts to be a "professional home chef". With more practice maybe the laugh behind my back will go away... ■