tostatrices

A stove or range that includes a tostatrice, a high-temperature fire-baking chamber for finishing cooking dishes, especially pasta and pizza, is a type of stovetop known as a tostatrice range or tosta stove. This cooking technique involves pre-cooking or \`part-ingwellqing\` cooked food in a moist heat environment before finishing it in a dry heat oven, similar to the method used when grilling meats and vegetables.

The name "Tostatrices" is Italian and stems from the word "Tostare," which means to toast or brown. Thus, the term tostatrice stove is used to refer to stoves that can toast food by exposing it to high heat before cooking it. Tostatrici stoves can reach extremely high temperatures, often above 550 degrees Fahrenheit (288 degrees Celsius), which allows for perfectly toasted crust on breads, baked goods, and pastries, especially when baking in a tostatrice.

High heat tostatrice stoves are often very specialized, with precise control over gas burners and pyrometer-controlled temperatures. But gas stoves and consumer-grade tostatrices also have this feature. Some more advanced ovens can be controlled using smartphone apps to reach precise preheating times and control temperatures, specialize for grilling top-priority roasted dishes such as shish kebab, southern roasted potatoes, slide browning sear-roasting hot scripts.

Tostatrici stoves have been in common use in New York and Metropole Italy among many Mediterranean countries since the 1950s, particularly in public and restaurants.