Miele HydroClean: Steam Oven with DGC Pro and Self-Cleaning

Miele Steam Oven at an Entry-Level Price

In 2023, Miele is offering more affordable entry-level models for their steam ovens. For under €2000, you can get a top-quality Miele Combi Steam Oven, allowing you to steam cook food gently and efficiently. The Miele DGC Steam Oven uses a stainless steel pipe to draw in water from the door frame and then steams food with hot water vapor (70-100°C). Even at these entry-level prices, features like PerfectClean, Miele Taste Control, and other highlights are already included, ensuring you get excellent performance and convenience from the start.

Miele Premium Steam Oven

For a bit more, you can get the Miele DGC PRO Steam Oven, which also includes the HydroClean self-cleaning function. This steam oven cleans itself automatically, quickly, and without any effort on your part.

In addition to this extra function, the premium models of the Miele steam oven also impress with a full-touch display (M Touch or M Touch S). You simply tap or swipe over the text or symbol to select your desired options.

Steaming

Steaming is a cooking method where food is gently and healthily prepared using hot water vapor. The steam surrounds the food, helping it retain more nutrients and vibrant color. For example, broccoli: when cooked in a pot, its color fades and essential vitamins are lost. However, when steamed, the broccoli remains bright green and packed with important nutrients. Steaming preserves both the appearance and nutritional value of food, making it one of the healthiest cooking methods.

Combi-Steaming

Combi-steaming is a method that combines hot steam with traditional oven functions, such as hot air and top/bottom heat, to achieve perfectly crispy results. With Miele’s combi-steam feature, foods like bread, rolls, and meat are especially crisp on the outside while staying tender on the inside. This combination of dry and moist heat ensures optimal cooking outcomes. In this mode, both the temperature (ranging from 30°C to 225°C) and the humidity level (from 0% to 100%) can be precisely adjusted, allowing for versatile cooking and baking options. This method is ideal for achieving professional results at home.

Climate Cooking

Miele’s Klimagaren (Climate Cooking) uses intermittent bursts of steam introduced into the cooking chamber. This technique is similar to traditional steaming, but with a key difference in the duration and timing of the moisture infusion. The Klimagaren function is particularly ideal for baking bread. The bursts of moisture help create a perfectly crispy, glossy crust while keeping the inside soft and airy. This method mimics professional baking techniques, resulting in bakery-quality bread at home.

Automatic Cooking

The intelligent automatic program leads you through a list of foods, allowing you to select your dish, and then it determines the ideal cooking settings for you. A major advantage of Miele's automatic programs is the ability to customize the level of doneness for many foods. For example, if you prefer your vegetables a bit crisper, you can select from various stages to achieve the perfect texture.

In addition to traditional oven functions, the Miele Combi Steam Oven also offers extra features within its advanced settings. These include programs for defrosting, blanching, and drying. There’s also a special setting for proofing dough, which creates perfect conditions inside the oven for bread or pizza dough to rise, all without needing to cover it.

How Miele HydroClean Works

The Miele HydroClean system makes cleaning the interior of the DGC HC PRO steam oven effortless. A foam mixture of water and the Miele HydroCleaner loosens food residues by softening and dissolving them from the surface. Even stubborn dirt is removed easily.

To clean, first remove the oven accessories and fill the liquid cleaner into the container at the bottom of the appliance. This automatically mixes with fresh water and is pumped up to the top of the oven cavity, where it is evenly distributed by a fan. This softens and dissolves the dirt. After repeating this process several times, the cleaning mixture is rinsed and pumped out. Then, a drying phase begins. If there are still food residues left in the steam oven, the Miele HydroClean cleaning can be repeated. It is generally recommended to use this cleaning function every three months.

This is Miele PerfectClean

The oven cavity in the Miele DGC steam oven is made of high-quality, durable stainless steel with the Miele PerfectClean coating. This ensures that fewer residues stick to the surfaces of the oven and trays, making cleaning significantly easier.

Another advantage: thanks to the PerfectClean surface, you can bake without using parchment paper, as food is less likely to stick to the baking tray.