2004 AX-HC1 Superheated Steam Oven

Sharp released an innovative superheated steam oven that used a newly developed superheated steam generator to "roast" foods with water. The oven generated superheated steam^*1 at a temperature of 300℃ and sprayed it onto food, delivering approximately eight times more heat content^*2 than convection ovens. Items such as meat and fried foods cooked while excessive fat and salt melted away. This oven delivered healthy cooking: low-calorie cooking that reduced fat in fried foods, low-salt cooking that reduced salt in foods such as salted fish, and low-oxygen cooking that limited the loss of nutrients such as vitamin C due to oxidization. The superheated steam oven attracted much attention as a new cooking appliance for the health-conscious.

• *1:A clear, colorless gas obtained by heating ordinary steam at 100℃ under normal pressure to even higher temperatures.
• *2:Compared to the heating capacity per cubic meter (m³) of Sharp's RE-MA1 convection/microwave oven when the oven is cooking at 230℃.