Siemens HB55MB551B

This built-in Siemens double electric oven has a conventional and a fan-assisted oven plus two grills. The HB55MB551B also has self-clean catalytic liners and is big enough to fit in a turkey plus the trimmings. We sent this double oven to the lab to...

Carefully followed the 'Before using for the first time' instructions detailed in the installation manual ie Top Oven, use the function selector to set Top/Bottom heating; use the temperature selector to set the temperature to 240 degrees C.Was all set...

Previously owned a Neff Series 5 double oven, But that was poor at cooking the Main ovens Circotherm Fan was slow and uneven and cooking a roast or anything else.... on 3-Levels was a tight squeeze and over time just got annoying things being baked...

I was disappointed to see that the shelves are cheap and thin. Thinner than my 12 years old Neff's were. Otherwise I'm pretty happy. It heats up quickly especially then main oven which has a rapid heat function and beeps when the temp is achieved. Self...

This is an excellent oven but with one major failing - the shelves. This is a £1000 oven but the shelves belong on one costing £250. They are thin and flimsy. It's difficult to believe Siemens have done this, what were they thinking?

This is a very good oven - except that the oven light failed within a few months, and has repeatedly failed since. I have given up replacing it - and now make do without an oven light at all (which is irritating on such an expensive product).

"Ovens work well - WHEN you can understand how it works. I am not sure that we do...yet!"