Living for food, flavour and flair

In the beautiful region of Emilia Romagna in northern Italy, sharing a long, sumptuous meal with friends and family is the ultimate reason for living. 

Producing appliances to ensure better results in terms of the flavour of food has been the driving force behind Smeg’s development of world-first, innovative cooking technology since 1948. Today, every Smeg oven features Thermoseal – a system of cooking which locks in flavour and ensures consistent results with very little effort or intervention. 

Thermoseal comes with a number of advantages for easy living. Smeg ovens are cooler and cleaner because they do not directly vent hot cooking vapours from inside the oven into the room. This means a cooler, non-greasy kitchen! A Smeg oven door is always cool to the touch, even when temperatures inside the oven exceed 0°C during a pyrolytic clean. This gives peace of mind, especially if the oven is underbench and young grandchildren are visiting.

Cooking with Smeg is “set and forget”, which means you don’t have to turn and baste food – it’s better if you leave everything alone until the end of the cooking time, which can be set to automatically turn off – a fantastic safety feature. In addition, Smeg furnishes certain oven models with telescopic racks for easy loading and unloading of trays from the oven. 

And cleaning up with Smeg is also easy! Smeg dishwashers with orbital wash technology ensure every piece of crockery in the dishwasher is thoroughly cleaned and rinsed with minimal use of water. Some models feature SmartDry (Enersave) which pops the door open at the end of the cycle to ensure thorough drying using less energy. All Smeg dishwashers feature pull-out cutlery baskets so there’s no need to stoop. Mounting a Smeg dishwasher higher up in the wall is also a good idea. Smeg’s self-balancing hinges ensure the door will never drop unexpectedly. 

Smeg is also driven by a passion for beautiful design, and desire to offer people different aesthetics to express their own personal style. Since the 1980s, Smeg has used architects to design appliances. Why architects? Because architecture is for life – it transcends fashion and its permanence defines the future. Smeg’s architectural approach to design was realised in 1985 with the Guido Canali-designed Classic Collection, with signature Canali control knob. 

Never before has such a small and seemingly innocuous piece of design received such adulation – with good reason. Smeg’s architectural approach brought into play human interaction and the study of ergonomics. More than just ‘useful decoration’ – this Canali knob is immediately intuitive to use and easy to grip with wet, slippery or even arthritic hands. Aesthetically, it’s elegant simplicity. Canali knobs are also featured on Smeg’s induction cooktops, as an alternative to touch controls which can be tricky for older people to use. 

Painstaking research into human needs, ergonomics and function carry through all Smeg appliances, expressed with timeless architectural style. This means that Smeg appliances are beautifully elegant, wonderfully easy to use and produce unrivalled results. 

It’s our sincerest wish that all Smeg customers, at no-matter what stage of life, should live life to the full – having the daily joy of owning appliances which suit their personal style and decor, and serving the best tasting food to share with family and friends with the least amount of effort. For Smeg, this is the ultimate expression of love and life. 

This article was provided by Smeg, a National Retirement Living Summit 2017 sponsor.