Summer is just around the corner which means warmer weather is on its way. It can be challenging to try and cook a meal when it feels like a million degrees inside your kitchen. Add the heat from the stove, and it can become unbearable very quickly. Read on for some ways to help keep your kitchen cool during the summertime and keep the heat away.
Use Small Appliances
When you know it will be hot, try to focus on making meals with countertop appliances. For example, you can throw your food in the slow cooker before you go to work or toast sandwiches in a toaster oven or sandwich maker. Using smaller appliances will generate significantly less heat inside your kitchen while changing up your cooking routine.
Meal-Prep in Advance
In the summertime, try to reduce the amount of time you're in the kitchen to just a few days by cooking your meals in batches. Find meals that are easy to cook large quantities of and store. That way, you don't have to turn on your oven and heat up the kitchen. Instead, you can microwave leftovers, use cold ingredients for a big salad, or other types of preparation that doesn’t require you to use the stove again.
Cook Earlier or Later in the Day
The sun can feel blistering when it's overhead and, in turn, cause your kitchen to warm up feverishly. Try to plan out your cooking to take place before the sun has fully risen or soon after the sun has set. If you are worried you might not adjust the time you can cook, you can always double up whenever you can. For example, you can prepare ingredients like pasta for later that night while you're cooking breakfast.
Add Airflow
Adding cooler air is one of the best ways to keep your kitchen cool during the summertime. Try to keep your kitchen area adequately ventilated to blow out any smoke that may build up. Make sure to use your range hood vent whenever you are using your oven. Its purpose is to eliminate not only oils, fumes, and smells, but also smoke, heat, and steam which can become trapped and heat your kitchen while you're cooking. In addition, you can have a fan running in the kitchen to circulate air and chill it off.
The only thing that should be sizzling this summer is your food on the grill. Look for the right appliances to take the heat off you and your kitchen. Town Appliance has high-quality kitchen range hoods for sale to cool down your oven with maximum efficiency. Browse our website and contact us if you have any questions about our products.
