On Apr 9, 8:55 pm, "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 5:01 pm, "Davlo" > wrote:
>
> > Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
> > not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
> > Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.
>
> Dear Davlo:
> I see you are getting a nitwit answer(s), trying to make YOU look like
> the nitwit.
>
> However, in newer (I don't know how new) conventional/convection
> ovens, the answer is:
>
> "While in a preheat mode, the convection fan will reach it's target
> temperature faster."
>
> This is different than just pressing or turning a knob to a certain
> 'bake' temperature.
> HTH
>
> Dee Dee

I failed to mention also, that when the recipe says to 'preheat the
oven,' that is an indication that the pan/dish will go into a 'hot
oven,' as opposed to an oven that has not been heated to temperature.

Dee Dee