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Which built-in oven should you choose?

Luuk11 NOVEMBER 2025
A woman and child are baking in a white kitchen. The child opens the oven, revealing a tray of cookies.

What should you consider when buying a built-in oven? There’s a wide choice: will it be a fan oven, steam oven or microwave? And what should you look out for with these appliances? We’ll help you find the built-in oven that suits you.

Built-in oven with grill

A built-in oven with a stainless steel control panel, black display screen, and a horizontal handle is shown.

The simplest built-in oven has top and bottom heat settings and a grill setting. With this you can prepare all kinds of recipes and bake or grill meat, fish and vegetables.

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Built-in fan oven

A modern oven with its door open is built into white cabinetry against a dark blue wall, showing interior racks and a fan.

A fan oven distributes heat in the oven by blowing hot air in through openings at the back. The advantage is that the oven is evenly hot everywhere, so you can bake on multiple levels, for example 2 cakes or 2 pizzas at the same time. This type of oven is often combined with a grill function.

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Built-in multifunction oven

A chef wearing a white shirt and a black apron is opening a silver oven with food inside, in a commercial kitchen.

This type of oven combines top and bottom heat, fan and grill in one appliance. All these functions can be used in various combinations. For example, you can cook chicken quickly by combining the fan with the grill function.

Built-in oven with microwave

The image shows an open, empty oven with a black interior. Metal racks line the sides. A circular vent is visible on the back panel.

This is an extension of the multifunction oven, with a microwave added as an extra function. This lets you heat or defrost something quickly. The built-in oven with microwave is especially suitable if you’re looking for a good built-in oven and find the microwave function handy to have as well. There are also built-in ovens where the microwave function is more prominent. These offer various programmes for both oven and microwave, and a combination of the 2. These are so-called built-in combi microwaves.

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Built-in (combi) steam oven

A stainless steel oven has a batch of muffins baking inside on a black tray. The oven door is ajar.

A (combi) steam oven has a steam function. It uses steam to cook dishes, which is exceptionally healthy. When you steam, vitamins are better preserved, and you need less fat to cook a product. Steam ovens are widely used to cook vegetables but can also be used perfectly well for complete dishes, including meat and fish. The combi steam oven is combined with a fan function. Together they can be used for dishes where you want a crispy crust or base.

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