hmmm i ll have to buy a new kitchen soon ... i think one of those will be in it.

Redwraithvienna

Holy crap, this is easily the least thought out appliance I have ever seen. And I just saw the iPod fridge!

The Magnificen7

The oven is missing the usual rack with the trays that is common to all ovens. For demonstration purposes only, i bet.

[www.siemens-appliances.ie]

I've actually seen one such ovens in a real kitchen and have wanted one for a long time (yes, they're not new), if not for instant wife veto...

Drezio

Finally an oven that's easier to get small animals/children inside.

velvetwoodstock

Wouldn't that door design make less energy efficient?

comfortablesofa

This looks more like a microwave oven then a conventional oven. If true it would clear up a lot of the questions...

mockidol

@00000000: Gah, get a life.

@scoobydoo: Thats why they also sell the negative gravity energy generator as an optional add-on to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen.

SomeoneUKno

@scoobydoo: Exactly. Totally impractical. Plus, what happens when you want to use multiple racks? Does the bottom cook evenly sitting on the floor of the oven like that?

indy360

I can already see the boiling hot grease come dripping out of the bottom.

scoobydoo

Needs more Ipod dock.

00000000

i hope this thing is self cleaning

Weihovah

@comfortablesofa: Considering heat rises, I'm pretty sure this would be a more efficient design than a standard side-door model. However, practicality must be balanced as well... this seems like a case of form over function.

mpjohnst

Gaggenau came out with one of these about a year and a half ago:

[www.gaggenau.com]

Lou Zucaro

@comfortablesofa: Actually I think it makes it more efficient, as when you open the door not all the heat escapes, as it does in an conventional oven. Consider that the heat rises to the top inside the oven (then circulates and warms the entire oven) opening the bottom should / would result in less heat loss than opening the front of the oven.

If you follow the siemens-appliances.ie link that Drezio supplied and read the instruction booklet, you'll notice that on pages 18 and following there are socalled "accessory mounts" (the two little knobs) that you put two poles on and can have multiple racks. I don't think Siemens is that stupid to ship an oven without rack capability.

jlindenbaum

This is not new. This kind of oven has already existed for at least one or two years, even more.
The only drawback I see is that the place below the oven should always be free from anything.

Awax

This is a great feature if you have small children that don't like one another or their pets.

robpruitt

@The Magnificen7: I'd like to know what exactly was going through the head of the designer of this impractical piece of crap. Seriously... no oven shelves so you can only cook one thing at a time, the risk of boiling hot grease spilling out as scoobydoo says... and I bet it's a pain in the arse to clean.

Kid-A

- daaaaarling, do you know where I put my Blackberry?

- no idea, but last time I saw it, it was in the kitchen on the countertop

gizmodist

@mpjohnst: I don't know, I can get food in and out in half the time it takes that heap to make one movement.

TVGenius

Has Jeff Vader (Head of Catering) approved this expense for the DEATH STAR canteen?

OMG! Ponies!

@Kid-A: You can't cook more than one thing in the oven, so that's why you get 2 of them. People don't normally just throw their turkey directly on the rack, they put it in a pan that catches all the grease. Cleaning it would be awkward though.

The only thing that makes me think this is a good idea at all is that when the timer is done the bottom can lower down automatically and the oven can shut off, so you don't have to be around and take whatever it is out of the oven.

SLUSHIE

@OMG! Ponies!: He has not. It was put before him, but he responded with "I can cook a turkey with a thought!" He then went on to sign autographs.

Lou Zucaro

@OMG! Ponies!: Godwin's law compatible?......maybe......yes! It works.

SgtToastie

@T.W.G: No offense, but as a Jew, I tend to stay away from German ovens. Just sayin'.

OMG! Ponies!

I'm a little bit shocked:

Don't tell me that this old oven from Germany is NEW to you?

Hey guys, welcome to Germany ;)

T.W.G

For my money the best oven is the double-oven we bought at Ikea. It's 6' tall and has two complete ovens (and the top one has a convection mode).
I grant you, that as a serious cook, I still only use both ovens about twice a year. But nothing beats watching the Thanksgiving turkey cook on the bottom while the side-dishess cook by themselves on the top, and everything comes out done at the same time. Priceless.

AdmNaismith

It may not be practical, but speaking as someone who has to put on oven mitts and heave that 25 pound turkey out of the oven and up to the range top to baste it 10 times, its a great idea.

Curves

@SgtToastie: In all fairness, one of my many entries this week is the most inappropriate cross-promotion of all time:

The Daimler-Benz Viking Range

You really need to see it to be fully offended.

OMG! Ponies!

no running around to pull your food out of the oven and getting burned in the process... just let it pop out when its done and cool off...

urbanturban666

Clear Bay twenty-three-seven. We are opening the magnetic field

strider_mt2k

This looks like a great way to knock over that pot of boiling water I often have sitting on the cooktop.

WMyers

Agreed, this is nice for cooling off food. If all I cooked were frozen pizzas and cakes this would be great.

When you cook roasts, and you want to baste, you quickly open and close the oven to stop a large loss of heat. It doesn't seem to open/close as fast as you would want it to. Has anyone modded theirs?

tommo

ROFL@ "suckling pig stuffed with chicken wings"

That would be so sweet if it played the evil theme song each time the lift went up or down.

[en.wikipedia.org]

FrankenPC

Excellent Simmons! Now let us test the door retraction mechanism.
... Oh god! It has Simmons! What is it doing? OH GOD! WHY IS IT EATING HIM?!

Ghede

That is freaking cool. Complete waste of space. But really cool.

FritzLaurel

Rise Lord Vader, rise.

You won't be able to keep your Osterizer or anything else on the countertop under that thing. Not so great for efficient use of space.

GiltProto

@indy360: A stove this expensive is probably single-purpose and made for high-end kitchens. Maybe it's just for roasting single items?

Pope John Peeps II

Coolest, oven, EVAR!!!!!

alin0steglinski

@OMG! Ponies!:
Sweet Jesus, that's gonna make me laugh all week. I'm liable to just start cracking up in the middle of class!

Crim Law Geek

To those that see the problem of boiling grease pouring out the bottom of this oven: Is that really an issue with your cooking?

The only way I could see enough grease to be in the oven and come pouring out is if you are deep frying in the oven (which I've never done) and you overfill your container. I'm no chef, but the most I've had spill on the oven floor wasn't enough to run anywhere.

TreyWaters

I guess you could put it above the sink, or somewhere it wouldn't hit stuff on the way down, but it pretty much requires you to have plenned out your entiere kitchen beforehand lol

TheLostVikings

Couple of issues with the comments so far ...
Heat does not rise. Hot air rises. Heat radiates in all directions.
The heat capacity of air is very small. So opening the oven from
the bottom is unlikely to have any effect on the retention of heat.

Second: the reason "boiling hot grease" does not come "spilling
out" is for the precise same reason boiling hot grease does not
come spilling out of the oven you already own; food is conventionally
cooked in a pan or other container rather than being left on the
floor of the oven.

Joe_User

1) Gaggenau is a subsidiary company of Siemens 2) Actually it is self cleaning 3) watch this video http://www.hausgeraete.at/Files/Siemens/De/de/AdditionalFiles/se-filme-server/siemens-liftmatic-i1.wmv

BerwinKeppler

still tho, its pretty cool!

ikillbears

Thats a pretty cool design... It would probably be more energy efficient as all of the heat would stay in the top of the oven as compared to traditional ovens where when you open the side all of the heat escapes through the top.

Ziron

What about safety issues? Is there a way to get a burning casserole out of the oven quickly or spray a fire extinguisher into it without having to wait for the motor to drop down the lift? Or a way to open the oven if the power goes out?

NSX

Grease dripping?
You could use an oven tray..

Jacqueclaude

Would suck if the lift malfunctioned leaving your turkey stuck inside until you can get it serviced. Of course I imagine there might be a manual release for the lift? Maybe? I'm too lazy to follow the link and read the instructions.

yougottabekidding

I'm immature enough to laugh-on-the-inside when I hear unfortunately-named corporations, like: Siemens and Cox.

And then I think... "That's the best they could come up with?"

crapcakes

@crapcakes: Admit it! You like Siemens and Cox. :P

yougottabekidding