In a world where every household member keeps to their own meal schedule, kitchen appliances need to be versatile.

The move toward ovens that reciprocate and guide the chef with personalised settings is all part of modern kitchen styling.

While searching for the right appliance, you are bound to notice the uptake of innovative and multifunctional pyrolytic ovens that even clean themselves when the cooking is done.

When you heat your oven, the temperature isn't always as consistent as you'd like it to be. It likely has hot and cold spots, which are easy enough to map out. However, your oven's temperature might be off to begin with.

Preheating the oven is something we all do without thinking, but this step can be eliminated in a lot of cases, saving you a bit of time and energy.

If you spend any appreciable amount of time in the kitchen you will, at one point or another, be confronted with a kitchen fire. Dumping buckets of water on the situation is almost never a great idea, but luckily Bon Appetit has some tips on how to prevent and handle various kitchen fires.

Baking a couple of frozen pizzas at once may seem like a pretty easy task. After all, there are several racks in your oven, which seems perfect for several pizzas. If you've tried this in a traditional oven, you may have ended up with one scorched pizza and one underdone pizza. To prevent this, you need to understand your oven's heat zones.