Telescopic rails for the oven: features and installation rules

The stove is a place for cooking, no self-respecting housewife will allow a poor quality oven to be put in her kitchen. It makes it easy to prepare a wide variety of dishes as well as baked goods. The modern market provides the consumer with a large selection of stoves, hobs and ovens, differing in parameters, configurations and general functions. But it so happens that you have to complete the purchased equipment yourself. How to select and install telescopic oven rails?

Guides for the oven can be of several types.

To begin with, consider the most common guides - stationary. Most middle class ovens are equipped with just them. These are small grooves made inside the cabinet at different levels, they are parallel to each other. It is in these recesses that the sheet is placed. The positive aspects of such systems are that they are convenient enough to wash, nothing interferes, and fat can be easily removed.

The downside is that since the baking sheet is placed in the grooves themselves, there is no gap between the sheet and the body. The baking sheet simply gets stuck in the grooves, thereby scratching the enamel surface. Because of this, there is the possibility of burns and other injuries. Stationary models are common on the market, the price for such a model is low.

The second type of guide is removable. The metal rods are fixed inside the oven on the sides, parallel to each other, at different heights from the fire. These systems are easy to clean by simply removing the rods and rinsing them in the sink. The sheet is placed on a metal frame, that is, on rods, without touching the walls of the oven itself. This means that the enamel will not be damaged and will last much longer. And removing the baking sheet from the oven becomes easier as the sheet lies flat, does not move anywhere and does not catch on for anything.

The next type is telescopic guides. These are built-in wide metal guides that slide out after the sheet or grate outside the oven.

The telescopic system is divided into 3 types of runners. The most obvious difference between them is their ability to slide out of the oven.

• Partial system. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the runners are partially extended, that is, not completely, but half. Due to such a simple move, the price category of such models is much lower than that of systems with full extension.
• Matching system. This system combines two types of extension: full and partial. One level, often the uppermost or middle, is done with full extension, and the rest with partial. There are models with a choice of filling.
• Complete system. Here the runners can be extended at all levels, completely and without any restrictions. It is considered the best option for people who love to cook, but the price segment for these models is much higher than that of the previous ones.

Many refer to the complete system as models with guides, which, when the door is opened, start the mechanism, the rods automatically slide out after the door. But this is just a kind of guides.

Any model, regardless of the manufacturer, has its pros and cons.

The pluses include the following points.

1. Safety is the most important indicator. Due to the ability to push the baking sheet outside the oven, contacts with hot steam, walls or the rods and sheet themselves are minimized. And this is very important, because the number of burns is significantly reduced.
2. To get a baking sheet, no effort is required. It is enough just to slightly pull the sheet towards you.
3. No damage to the side walls. Since the baking sheet will not touch the walls of the oven, it will not scratch them. Therefore, no deformation of the walls will occur.
4. Any drop of the dish is excluded or a baking sheet from the system.
5. Functional. The ability to cook different dishes at the same time, at different levels.
6. No restrictions in self-assembly.

Despite all the positive aspects, there are also disadvantages.

1. One of the significant disadvantages is that with such a system, a stove or built-in electric oven will have a much higher price. They will come out more expensive than the same models with fixed or removable rails.
2. Difficulty maintaining frequency in such systems. Due to the design, thanks to which the grate moves, grease, soot and various dirt accumulate in the mechanism. And unlike removable models, it will not be so easy to remove the retractable structure. After all, in order to clean those very grooves for easy sliding, you will have to disassemble the entire system, and this will take enough time.
3. All removable rail elements must not be greased or washed in the dishwasher. It is best to clean with hot water, a soft sponge, no rough or fibrous surfaces and a special oven cleaner. All this must be done manually.

The main positive feature of telescopic guides is that there is the possibility of self-assembly in those models in which they were not previously provided. Or, when buying a new oven, it was not possible to purchase a model with this particular type of guides. Installation will not take too long. If a telescopic system has not been previously installed in the proposed model, then it is necessary to make all measurements with particular importance and accuracy in order to avoid any subsequent problems.

You can buy the necessary material in salons that specialize in the sale of household appliances or in the sale of stoves. The system can be installed at all levels, or not several. You can also choose the number of fully extendable runners or stop at partial extension.

Gently slide the runners to the rear surface. All components are installed according to a similar system, with each successful fixing there must be a click. After everything has been established, you need to make sure that all guides work symmetrically and at the same pace. Using this method, you can create the required model of a built-in electric oven with telescopic guides without special costs.

How to remove the telescopic rails on the Gorenje oven, see the video below.