Hisense BSA66346PDBGUK Built In Single Electric Oven -Black

Great features

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I brought this item a week ago and so far I can’t complain about anything, great features, lots of auto cooking time for a range of foods.

NDubz, March, Cambrideshire

Very stylish product

This replace our old oven ,it easily slotted in to our kitchen unit and gave us a larger oven capacity. Unfortunately the instructions need improving, simplifying.

Davidhy, Hampshire

Stunning Oven - Has everything you could need!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been using this oven for the last 2 weeks, and all I can say is - What an oven! From the moment it was taken out of the package, it is stunningly beautiful and sleek as much as an oven can be. It looks and feels premium. The soft close door is a nice touch, which stops little fingers being trapped should they be any where near it. It was simple to install - literally a case of removing the old oven, wiring this new one in and away you go - took all of 10 minutes, if that - although you will need a professional electrician if you are not confident with electrics! The user guide is extensive and tells you about all the different modes this oven has (probably some I will never use!) - it also has a recipe book too for 22 different dishes and bakes for you to try which shows off the different functions of this oven. One small criticism I do have is the Wi-Fi set up isn't particularly clear in the user guide. I found following the instructions on the app much more easy to follow - so something to consider. However, even using the Wi-Fi function is a bit of a gimmick for me personally, and probably something I won't use that much, if at all. It's a nice feature to have though. It pre-heats very quickly, it can even heat up to 200c within 5 minutes if you select the turbo pre-heat option. The air fry function is brilliant - it's almost on par with our Ninja Air-Fryer we have, although personally I will probably use the Ninja more for Air-Frying day to day, but it's great to have as a back up. The pull out shelf is ingenious - it avoids you having to lift out heavy joints of meat whilst they are cooking, or even if you struggle to hold heavy things from the oven - you are able to just pull it out and check the food and push it back in - all ovens should have this feature in my opinion. It also comes with a food probe thermometer which plugs into a little 'Aux' port within the oven itself - it then tells you the temperature inside the food you are cooking so you know when it's ready - another nifty little feature. You are able to add water to the little pop out drawer at the top of the oven by the digital display, which is meant to provide steam with your cooking - ideal for when baking bread. I haven't used this feature yet but I should think it would be useful for the keen baker. Same as the pizza mode too - if you make homemade pizza's, it essentially cooks the pizza as if you were buying it from a pizza restaurant - again a very good feature to have. The digital display is clear and easy to use once you have used it a couple of times. It tells you the temperature any one time in the oven which is useful, especially after you have turned it off, so not to burn yourself should you need to go back in to put any baking trays away after use. The icing on the cake is the self clean function - gone are the days of having to scrub to get the muck and grime off. The oven has a programme built in which heats the oven up to 300c and essentially 'melts' any burnt off food and grime from the oven walls and door and turns into an ash which you can then just wipe away once the oven has cooled down. Absolutely brilliant and such a time saving feature - although you need to remove the trays first so just to bear in mind. So... would I recommend this oven? Wholeheartedly. It's a brilliant piece of kit and a great addition to our kitchen. We look forward to using it more and more over the coming months & years. Just buy it - you won't regret it.

mrrarg1393, Stockton on Tees

Smart looking oven

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I am extremely impressed with this modern-looking oven and the many features it has. The touch controls make it easy to operate and it can even be controlled by your phone! It is a self-cleaning oven and when it preheats, it alerts you that it’s reached it’s optimum temperature. It has lights at the side and the top, so this makes viewing food in the oven easier. The baking tray glides out for easy access to your food for basting etc. It comes with set programs to cook various food types and the outside of the oven door is always cold, which is a great feature when you have young children. Overall this is a great oven, however, be prepared to spend some time reading the instructions and having a play around with its many features.

George, Hertfordshire

Next Level Hisense Oven!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] From the unboxing of this oven, I knew it was going to be something special. Having swapped my double oven for this single oven, I was a little apprehensive at first but I needn't have worried as the 77L capacity has plenty of room to feed my family of 4. The Jet Black colour is stunning and so classy in the kitchen. Digital touch control and an app made me feel like I work my magic with this oven. The food probe is an addition I can no longer live without and my roasts are so on point. The oven features an air fry mode where you use the air fry basket - this is fast, economical and perfection! My baking has gone up a level with the steam add. Just by adding water allows steam to circulate inside the oven. Wow. Soft, spongy perfect bakes every time. The steam really helps crisp up your meats too. The pizza mode blew my mind. The crispiest, hottest, most amazing texture of pizza that I have ever experienced from an oven - who needs a pizza oven when you have this! One of the best features within the oven are the telescopic guides. These eliminate the need to bend down and look into the oven - the food simply comes to you with the sliding guides - simple but amazingly effective. The oven comes with a fully comprehensive handbook, recipes and easy instruction manual. There are 22 programmes from roasting to baking, desserts, savouries, meat and fish. The work is literally done for you. There are a multitude of different ways to use the oven with hot air, top and bottom heaters, grill with hot air, turbo bake, gentle baking, slow cooking - the list goes on. Choose your favourite and let this amazing piece of tech do the rest. The oven door has a soft and silent close ensuring it is safe from fingers. The top off feature for me has to be the pyrolitic self clean. Gone are the days of spraying the oven with chemicals and then scrubbing clean. This does the job for you. Set the oven to clean and once the cycle is complete, simply wipe away the ash. That's it. Job done. Hisense have really thought of everything when it comes to this oven. Classy, economical and so easy to use. I love it!

Mrs P, Llanelli, Wales

Excellent all round oven

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have installed the Hisense Hi6 Blackline BSAa66346PDBGUKWIFI as a direct replacement for a Stoves double gas oven. We have been considering converting to Electric from Gas for some time. My initial reservations about replacing a double oven with separate grill with a single oven have been dispelled. Installation of the Hisense oven was significantly easier than getting the gas to the old oven disconnected as this requires a Gas Safe Engineer. Although the oven is hardwired – the instructions to connect the oven are straight forward and anyone who has rewired a thirteen-amp plug would manage this without difficulty. The oven fitted directly into the existing cabinet and is designed to match standard sizing’s. The appearance of the oven is far more modern looking than the old oven and very pleasing on the eye. Anyone who has cooked with gas for a significant amount of time will understand there are significant differences to cooking with gas so there was a little trepidation to converting to electric. The Hi6 Blackline has however been designed to cater for the absolute novice through to the professional baker. First impressions are that the number of cooking options available are overwhelming, but the instruction manual is very comprehensive and there is a very good cross reference table which identifies which settings to use for various foodstuffs. In addition, Hisense have provided preprogrammed options into the ovens memory for different meals that can easily be adapted to suit and offer an excellent insight into the various different cooking combinations. A colour pamphlet supplied with the oven even gives recipes for use in conjunction with the programmes. These options are a very good idea to give users an insight into what can be achieved with different combinations of heat and steam. The touch controls on the oven are very responsive and intuitive so that after a few investigatory attempts the need to refer to the instruction manual is negated. There are also preset functions for homemade pizza’s, plate warming, keeping food warm, defrosting and air frying. In essence the oven has a top and bottom element, top grill, fan and steam function. These can be used in any combination in professional mode or as preset combinations from programmes, with the added benefit that the combinations can be altered when using the preset selections. The combinations are almost limitless. The oven also has a pyrolytic cleaning function which basically means that on selection, can clean itself by burning of grease and grime stuck to the insides by using high temperatures. It is even possible to clean some of the baking trays that come with the oven. With regard to the physical design of the oven, there are 5 shelf levels, a combination of 1 rack, 1 basket for use with air frying, 1 shallow baking tray and 1 deep baking tray. Any of the identified racks / trays will fit in to any shelf level giving great flexibility. In addition, the second shelf level has sliding arms allowing whichever tray is mounted to be slid out of the oven during the cooking process. This is a great safety feature and facilitates all the tinkering about required by the more adept cooks. There are 2 lights in the oven, one on the left-hand side and one on the top. The luminescence is superb, clearly shows the status of cooking but can also be switched off if desired. For those who really like technology (and I am rapidly becoming a convert) the oven can be connected to your smart phone using its internal WIFI and the Connect Life App. This gives the option to send baking instructions to the oven, even in stepped phases, thus reducing the need to hang around waiting for the 30 minutes or so at a higher temperature and subsequent switch to a lower temperature. The app also has access to a significant number of recipes (I’ve not counted but there are a lot), the bonus is that the recipes have baking settings which can be transferred to the oven via the app and very useful for those who want to do but don’t need to know. A function I like particularly is the ability to operate the oven remotely by the app. I preprepared a Lamb Bhuna in a casserole pot and put in the oven before I left for work in the morning. Before I left work, I transferred baking instructions to the oven and started the cooking process from the app. I set the oven to cook at 170 for one hour then keep warm. Food was cooked perfectly and piping hot by the time I got in. This saved me a lot of time in the evening, and I shall be using this function a lot. Okay – it is possible to set a delayed finish timer on the oven and programme a multistep cooking process without using the app and this will achieve the same results, but the convenience of using the app and the knowledge that I could, if necessary, stop the cooking process remotely won me over. It is worth noting that as a safety device the oven can only be operated remotely if the “Remote” function has been set (simple one tap operation on the touch controls of the oven). For peace of mind this means that the oven cannot be operated remotely unless specifically intended. It should also be noted that if the oven door is opened and closed again this will stop the remote function, something I thought a bit odd but the more I considered the more I understood the safety implications. I have been using the oven for approximately 4 weeks now and am deliberately trying every combination I can think of, but this could go on for a very long time. I have not had any poor results. My wife has baked a cakes which I am told came out perfectly (I don’t eat cake!). Most astonishingly my two sons are actively cooking, whether this is to do with the novelty factor or the introduction of technology only time will tell. Either way they have both produced some very nice food with varying degrees of understanding and capability. Which can only be a good thing. I started this review by stating that I had some trepidation over converting from Gas to Electric. My fears were unwarranted as this device has held my hand, told me what to do and got me to the point where I can now tell it what to do. This is technology at its best and I cannot praise the product too highly. If you’re a novice you can’t go wrong. If you’re a seasoned professional, you can still be shown a thing or two, (and I wager be impressed by it).

Sam B, Lincoln