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Benton Tarantella
03-06-2008, 10:26 AM
I was talking to my sister the other day and she told me she wanted another area to bake cookies and cakes when she's baking a set in her regular oven. She have been researching which convection/micro combo to purchase but has not found the answer regarding how it cooks. I couldn't find anything, either.

Does anyone have one and do you regularly bake in it? :confused:
wildfire
03-13-2008, 04:07 PM
What exactly is a convection oven used for? I was always curious.
mcnerd
03-13-2008, 06:00 PM
What exactly is a convection oven used for? I was always curious. An oven having a fan that shortens cooking time by circulating hot air uniformly around the food.

You see them in both conventional and microwave ovens. For a microwave, you would actually achieve browning and other benefits because of the circulating heat, plus achieve the fast cooking speed of a microwave.

I have a portable convection oven (not microwave) and things cook about 1/3 or more faster and at lower temperatures (about 25°F lower) so there is a time and energy savings. For crispy chicken you can't beat it.
wildfire
03-14-2008, 01:29 PM
Thanks! That actually sounds really useful, I should look into getting one.
missingarrow
05-30-2008, 12:25 AM
Never used a convection/microwave combo before. I loved cooking with convection ovens at my old summer job, so much nicer and faster.

I still remember the first cake I made that had waves in it because I forgot to turn the fans down to "low".
Hashi
06-23-2008, 03:15 PM
hi, this is my first post:) i had just recently purchased a convection oven. its about the same size as a microwave and it big enough inside to fit a frozen pizza. I love making things in it because it takes less time and doesnt use gas.
Liketobake
06-23-2008, 06:10 PM
hi, this is my first post:) i had just recently purchased a convection oven. its about the same size as a microwave and it big enough inside to fit a frozen pizza. I love making things in it because it takes less time and doesnt use gas.

Hi Hashi, welcome to the forum:D
Bentley Green
07-06-2008, 08:50 PM
I had one of these years ago. I didn't like it, and the people that were staying with me, at the time, were drug addicts and they stole it and sold it to get money for crack!