Fan or conventional oven?
Vox Humana wrote:
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>>Vox Humana wrote:
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>>>"bonniejean" > wrote in message
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>>>>Why do people like and even prefer convection ovens? I've never owned
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>>>The temperature is more even throughout the oven. Therefore, things
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>>>bake and brown more evenly. You don't usually have to rotate pans
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>>>baking and you can often bake four trays of cookies at once. Convection
>>>ovens can save energy because you can reduce the temperature and reduce
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>>>cooking time. For some items, you don't need to pre-heat the oven which
>>>also saves time and energy. Meats roasted on the convection setting
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>>>a nice crust while remaining moist and juicy in about 30% less time.
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>>>The next step up is to combine convection with microwaves. I have a
>>>microwave convection oven that I use for most of my baking needs. I was
>>>able to roast a small pork loin in 35 minutes today without any
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> preheating.
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>>>The convection component browned the surface and the added 30% microwave
>>>power speeded the cooking and eliminated the need to pre-heat the oven.
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>>>can take a raw, frozen pie and bake it, without pre-heating in about 45
>>>minutes. Quick breads that normally requires pre-heating and 60-75
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>>>of baking are done in 35-40 minutes without pre-heating at a lower
>>>temperature than in a standard oven.
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>>Wow, sounds like it is both efficient and that the result is very
>>desirable. Do they come full size with a stove on top like a regular
>>oven? Can they be gas or electric? My Aunt has one but it is on the wall
>>and she still has her regular oven.
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> The one I have is an over-the-range model. While it is small, it is
> adequate for most of my needs since there are only two of us. I know that
> Kitchen-Aid and GE both have wall ovens that have a second, smaller
> convection-microwave oven. So far I don't know of a full-sized unit. I
> think it is something that people don't quite "get" yet, so there may be a
> time before demand builds enough to make a large version.
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Thanks for the info.
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