iChef+: Revolutionary Oven Touch Control

Gorenje+ exclusive built-in appliances, premiered at LivingKitchen 2011, feature the unique iChef+ oven module with a large colour display that allows selecting the functions simply by sliding your finger across the screen. iChef+ is a global innovation: the most powerful computer control system to be used in an oven, it allows excellent cooking results and it is also patent-protected. First Gorenje+ ovens featuring the unique iChef+ module will be launched in the European markets this spring.
iChef+ - a revolutionary oven module with a large colour display is a global innovation and the most powerful computer control system to be used in an oven.
iChef+ presents a new plus for more cooking pleasure with professional effects – by logical touch control through colour icons! The complex innovation translates into simplicity of use and highly appealing form. Controlling your oven becomes pure pleasure ringing a familiar bell of the most exciting experiences offered by consumer electronics products. Simple, logical, innovative. Touch by touch. Slide by slide.

Main menu: gateaway to all programs and features

Initially, the display will indicate time and date. Upon your touch, the main menu will appear to allow you to set the time and date, as well as language – offering you a choice of 30 options. Main menu is also your gateway to the cooking program menu: from SIMPLEbake, AUTObake, MYbake, EXTRA and PRObake to STEPbake, a unique and patented feature, allowing you to set up to 3 cooking stages with different, fully customized settings. This is a true revolution in simple presetting.

iChef+ presents a new plus for more cooking pleasure with professional effects – by logical touch control through colour icons! Your favourite dishes may be saved from the AUTObake program, or you may store any desired dish for which you have created your own favourite procedure using the PRObake and STEPbake functions. iChef+ will communicate every simple step to be made, and when the food is ready it will only wish you Bon Appétit.

iChef+ presents a new plus for more cooking pleasure with professional effects – by logical touch control through colour icons! Your favourite dishes may be saved from the AUTObake program, or you may store any desired dish for which you have created your own favourite procedure using the PRObake and STEPbake functions. iChef+ will communicate every simple step to be made, and when the food is ready it will only wish you Bon Appétit.

SIMPLEbake: PLUS for the simplest way to your favourite dish

SIMPLEbake and AUTObake programs make cooking truly simple. Select the dish on the photo, estimate the weight and touch the START command – and the cooking begins! SIMPLEbake program offers 9 categories of most commonly prepared dishes while AUTObake offers a choice of 65 preset recipes including photos, checked with and approved by chefs and nutritionists. These programs will surely thrill even those not too enthusiastic about electronic controls, as they deliver excellent results to all who enjoy contemporary cooking methods but refuse to dwell on the details of cooking procedures – even complete beginners.

PRObake and STEPbake: PLUS for cooking in accurately defined steps

PRObake program, paired with the additional program called STEPbake, two unique features in the market, allow full use of your cooking experience. Professionals and skilled amateurs may choose all settings themselves. The settings used in combination with your own PRObake choices do not have to be changed during the cooking procedure; rather, you may define them in advance! For example, you can start with low temperature, then step up to high, and finish with medium; you may want all heaters to work at the beginning. Innovative, patent protected STEPbake system allows setting up to 3 subsequent combinations. By selecting the heaters, temperature, and cooking time, you will make your dishes as you like them, done to your taste. And when the food is ready iChef+ only wishes you Bon Appétit!

MYbake: Plus for recreating your most successful combinations

MYbake program makes sure the dishes cooked to your taste are the same each time, using the same steps and settings. The program you have set up may be stored in the oven memory to be retrieved next time you need it. You may save the most commonly used settings and combinations for your favourite cooking method.

EXTRA programs: Plus for the right help at any time

Also to mention EXTRA program which includes features like Cleaning+, Defrost+, Probe+ (allowing use of a meat probe), and various alternative uses of heating such as Preheat+, Warming+ (for keeping cooked food warm), or Serving+ (to heat your plates).

iChef+ programs, settings, and features

Main menu

Touch by touch. Slide by slide.

Plus for rapid access to desired contents! Initially, the display will indicate time and date. As you touch the display protected by the glass screen, the main menu appears, to allow you to set the time and date, as well as language – offering you a choice of 30 options. Main menu is also your gateway to the cooking program menu: SIMPLEbake, AUTObake, PRObake, STEPbake, MYbake and EXTRA.

SIMPLEbake

Plus for the simplest way to your favourite dish at the time you want!

When the SIMPLEbake option is selected, nine photos appear on the interactive colour display, representing 9 categories of dishes that are most commonly cooked in the oven. The preset program already includes the settings for the choice of heaters, the level at which to insert the baking tray or wire support, and duration of the program assuming a standard quantity. The program will adjust automatically to your input of estimated weight, choice of doneness, and perhaps the timing of the completion of the dish. iChef+ will communicate every simple step to be made, and when the food is ready it will only wish you Bon Appétit.

AUTObake

Plus for a lavish choice of 65 preset dishes!

iChef+ already includes preset optimum settings for 65 dishes in 10 categories. The settings are adjusted to the amount, desired level of doneness, and perhaps the timing of the completion. Choose the category of dishes (e.g. meat, vegetables, pastry, etc.), select the dish from the category and press START. The program will ask about approximate amount, desired level of doneness, and the time you wish your food ready. All other adjustments are made automatically and the program delivers reliable and tasty results at the time you specified.

PRObake

Plus for masters looking for total control!

PRObake choices leave the chefs with all the creative freedom they may wish for, while elevating the reliability and accuracy of cooking procedures to a new level. Do you wish to use only some heaters, accurately set the temperature, etc.? No problem! You may use the oven in the conventional way you are used to. But the innovative display allows even more. Cook in several steps: the revolutionary new sub-program STEPbake, a unique and patented feature, allows you to set up to 3 stages with different, fully customized settings! This is a true revolution in simple presetting.

STEPbake

Plus for cooking in accurately defined steps!

The settings used in combination with your own PRObake choices do not have to be changed during the cooking procedure; rather, you may define them in advance! For example, you can start with low temperature, then step up to high, and finish with medium; you may want all heaters to work at the beginning, but only the upper one from there on; you may want the settings to change in particular time intervals – it is up to you. Innovative, patent protected system allows setting up to 3 subsequent combinations of heating system, temperature, and duration – in a straightforward way. The settings currently effective in the oven are always displayed.

MYbake

Plus for recreating your most successful combinations!

MYbake program allows selecting preset recipes and storing your own combinations to keep a cooking library of settings for up to 120 dishes. The memory program offers 10 categories of food (such as meat, fish and clam, vegetables, bread etc.) and 15 dishes and combinations used to cook them within each category. Your favourite dishes may be saved from the AUTObake program, or you may store any desired dish for which you have created your own favourite procedure using the PRObake and STEPbake functions. Hence, reliable automatic repetition of the procedure is always available just a touch away!

EXTRA

Plus for the right help at any time – at the right temperature!

EXTRA choices allow automatic adjustment of temperature for the task of your choice, such as rapid preheating with the Preheat+ feature, keeping the cooked food warm with Warming+, heating the plates before serving with Serving+, etc. There are also convenient temperature presets for defrosting frozen food with the Defrost+ feature. The EXTRA choices also include settings for the meat probe (Probe+) and simple cleaning with nothing but water (Cleaning+).

Gorenje+

Gorenje+ exclusive built-in appliances are based on a comprehensive concept of user experience and design, combining a wide range of superior cooking and refrigeration appliances, and dishwashers. Your choice is always individual, yet in your kitchen, it always comes together as a harmonious whole.

Gorenje

Effectively combining smart technology, excellent design, care for the environment and great value into every one of Gorenje appliances for over 60 years, Gorenje is constantly raising the bar of quality standards and consumer expectations for Europe’s leading domestic appliance manufacturers. Gorenje's quality and reputation are witnessed by numerous prestigious international awards including the Red Dot Design Award, Plus X AwardTM, Grüner Stecker prize, Get Connected Product of the Year Award, Product Innovation Award, Trusted Brand, Superbrands, Icograda Excellence Design Award, ICSID Excellence Design Award, Innovation of the year, to name but a few.

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