Thread: What does a convection oven do?

On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
> also a convection oven. *What can you do with this other than
> toasting things?

Convecting things also.

On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
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..com>:

> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
>> other than toasting things?
>
> Convecting things also.
>

LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. )

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:58:02 GMT, Cheryl <[email protected]> wrote:

>I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
>also a convection oven. What can you do with this other than
>toasting things?

An Oster?

On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:29:26a, Stu wrote in rec.food.cooking
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> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:58:02 GMT, Cheryl <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and
>>it's also a convection oven. What can you do with this other
>>than toasting things?
>
> An Oster?
>

Cook's Essentials.
<http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/v...params.CM_SCID.
coll.item.K25067.desc.Cooks-Essentials-6Slice-Stainless-Steel-
Convection-Oven>

On Sat 09 Jan 2010 09:58:02p, Cheryl told us...

> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
> also a convection oven. What can you do with this other than
> toasting things?

You didn't give us many details, Cheryl. Mine is large enough to bake a pie
in a 9" pan. I bake potatoes, grill chicken, chops, hot dogs, sausages, etc.
Recently I bake a 9x9 pan of gingerbread.

BTW, I *never* use it to make toast.

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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:15 GMT, Cheryl <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
><news:[email protected]
>.com>:
>
>> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
>>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
>>> other than toasting things?
>>
>> Convecting things also.
>>
>
>LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. )

Convection ovens all have a fan built inside the oven cavity, which circulates
the heated air throughout the oven and around all of the food.

This does the following:
1. Heats the inside evenly throughout, from level to level and back to front.
2.Speeds up the cooking process by forcing the heat around the food constantly.
3.Creates a surface "skin" of heat around the food, which prevents flavor
transfer.

Cheryl wrote:

> On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:29:26a, Stu wrote in rec.food.cooking
> <news:[email protected] >:
>
>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:58:02 GMT, Cheryl <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and
>>>it's also a convection oven. What can you do with this other
>>>than toasting things?
>>
>> An Oster?
>>
>
> Cook's Essentials.
> <http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/v...params.CM_SCID.
> coll.item.K25067.desc.Cooks-Essentials-6Slice-Stainless-Steel-
> Convection-Oven>

IME, a lot of things you can bake in a "normal" oven can be baked
or "roasted" in a convection oven with equally good results. (If you
can fit them in there <grin>).

But judging by the dimensions/specs of your oven listed on that site, I
reckon you might be able to "roast" a small chicken in there (2-3lbs) -
or some chicken pieces if you can't get such a small chicken - or a
even a small chunk of beef using the convection setting. I often bake
spuds in my convection ovens. (My MW has a convection setting and I
also have one of those 'flavorwave-type' ovens). Butternut is good
cooked that way too. Lasagna, cakes, muffins etc. are also a few other
options. Dunno if yours would get hot enough for pizza - but some of
the reviews reckon it can be done...

Didn't it come with some sort of User Guide and/or a few recipes to give
you some ideas?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On 1/9/2010 6:58 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
> also a convection oven. What can you do with this other than
> toasting things?

A convection oven makes it possible to have a relatively small,
lightweight, standalone appliance that's able to roast and bake instead
of just warming and toasting. I think that one of these could make a lot
of sense if you want to do some light, small-batch baking or don't have
or want a regular range. I used one for a few months when my oven broke
down. A good-sized convection oven that's capable of cooking a large
chicken can be pretty handy.

This is referring to the sheet metal ovens built like a large toaster
oven, not one of those plastic dome thingies with a blow drier as a heat
source. I've never used one of those noisy contraptions.

dsi1 wrote:

> This is referring to the sheet metal ovens built like a large toaster
> oven, not one of those plastic dome thingies with a blow drier as a
> heat source. I've never used one of those noisy contraptions.

Heh. I have one of those "noisy contraptions". Sat in a cupboard for
years until somebody mentioned them here, so I dug it out and tried it.
Turns out it works just as well as the convection setting on my MW; of
course it's considerably smaller than my MW so I am a bit more
restricted as to what I can cook in it.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

In article <[email protected]>,
Cheryl <[email protected]> wrote:

> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
> also a convection oven. What can you do with this other than
> toasting things?

Read the directions that came with the oven. Also, the old saying
"google is your friend" applies ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection_oven

On Jan 9, 11:54*pm, Stu <i...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:15 GMT, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
> ><news:[email protected]
> >.com>:
>
> >> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
> >>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
> >>> other than toasting things?
>
> >> Convecting things also.
>
> >LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. *)
>
> Convection ovens all have a fan built inside the oven cavity, which circulates
> the heated air throughout the oven and around all of the food.
>
> This does the following:
> 1. Heats the inside evenly throughout, from level to level and back to front.

Not "throughout," all around. It does not heat the inside directly,
like microwaves somewhat do.

> 2.Speeds up the cooking process by forcing the heat around the food constantly.
> 3.Creates a surface "skin" of heat around the food, which prevents flavor
> transfer.

--Bryan

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On Jan 9, 11:54 pm, Stu <i...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:15 GMT, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
> ><news:[email protected]
> >.com>:
>
> >> On Jan 9, 10:58 pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
> >>> and it's also a convection oven. What can you do with this
> >>> other than toasting things?
>
> >> Convecting things also.
>
> >LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. )
>
> Convection ovens all have a fan built inside the oven cavity, which
> circulates
> the heated air throughout the oven and around all of the food.
>
> This does the following:
> 1. Heats the inside evenly throughout, from level to level and back to
> front.

Not "throughout," all around. It does not heat the inside directly,
like microwaves somewhat do.

--Bryan


Stu meant (and stated above) it heats the *oven* throughout, not the food.

Jill

phaeton wrote on Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:20:44 -0800 (PST):

> On Jan 9, 10:58 pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
>> and it's also a convection oven. What can you do with this
>> other than toasting things?

> Convecting things also.

I don't have a "convection oven" but, as I understand it apart from
broiler and microwave ovens, all ovens function by convection of hot
air. A convection oven uses a fan to move the air more efficiently and
will usually be faster at cooking than an ordinary one.


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Potomac, Maryland

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On Jan 9, 11:54*pm, Stu <i...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:15 GMT, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
> ><news:[email protected]
> >.com>:
>
> >> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
> >>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
> >>> other than toasting things?
>
> >> Convecting things also.
>
> >LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. *)
>
> Convection ovens all have a fan built inside the oven cavity, which circulates
> the heated air throughout the oven and around all of the food.
>
> This does the following:
> 1. Heats the inside evenly throughout, from level to level and back to front.
> 2.Speeds up the cooking process by forcing the heat around the food constantly.
> 3.Creates a surface "skin" of heat around the food, which prevents flavor
> transfer.


I've had a Euro-pro convection for a year now and the only problem
I've had with it was learning to step down the heat for things. I
can't go with the package directions for things because they will get
incinerated. A frozen pizza that says bake for 40 minutes in a pre-
heated conventional 350 degree oven would be a smoking cinder in the
convection. 25 minutes or so at 225-250 will heat it perfectly though.

Christopher Helms <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've had a Euro-pro convection for a year now and the only problem
> I've had with it was learning to step down the heat for things. I
> can't go with the package directions for things because they will get
> incinerated. A frozen pizza that says bake for 40 minutes in a pre-
> heated conventional 350 degree oven would be a smoking cinder in the
> convection. 25 minutes or so at 225-250 will heat it perfectly though.


Same here!

Practice makes perfect, usually!

Andy

To err is human, to forgive is devine!

Andy

Cheryl wrote:
>
> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas and it's
> also a convection oven. What can you do with this other than
> toasting things?

Spouse and I just love our Krups convection toaster oven! It is used
daily and several times at that. Funny thing is, we don't use it often
as a toaster <g>, but it does toast bread pretty well, too. Our
previous toaster ovens (usually B&D) did not toast bread very well, so
we've had a separate bread/bagel toaster on the kitchen counter.

We often bake frozen french fries, frozen breaded shrimp, pork
tenderloin roasts, baked potatoes, chicken breasts, leftovers and
anything else that's really too small to practically cook in the large
range oven. We have the option to use or not use the convection
feature. What I especially like with this Krups toaster oven is it has
six heating elements instead of the usual four.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...1&SKU=13562741

or

http://tinyurl.com/ydzrrwg

Sky, who rarely uses her large oven

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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:50:18 -0800 (PST), --Bryan <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Jan 9, 11:54*pm, Stu <i...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:15 GMT, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:20:44a, phaeton wrote in rec.food.cooking
>> ><news:[email protected]
>> >.com>:
>>
>> >> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
>> >>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
>> >>> other than toasting things?
>>
>> >> Convecting things also.
>>
>> >LOL! I guess I don't know what that means. *)
>>
>> Convection ovens all have a fan built inside the oven cavity, which circulates
>> the heated air throughout the oven and around all of the food.
>>
>> This does the following:
>> 1. Heats the inside evenly throughout, from level to level and back to front.
>
>Not "throughout," all around. It does not heat the inside directly,
>like microwaves somewhat do.
>
>> 2.Speeds up the cooking process by forcing the heat around the food constantly.
>> 3.Creates a surface "skin" of heat around the food, which prevents flavor
>> transfer.
>
>--Bryan

Acording to the manufacturer it does

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:20:27 -0800 (PST), Christopher Helms wrote:

>>>> On Jan 9, 10:58*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I bought a toaster oven with a gift card I got for Christmas
>>>>> and it's also a convection oven. *What can you do with this
>>>>> other than toasting things?
>>
>
> I've had a Euro-pro convection for a year now and the only problem
> I've had with it was learning to step down the heat for things. I
> can't go with the package directions for things because they will get
> incinerated. A frozen pizza that says bake for 40 minutes in a pre-
> heated conventional 350 degree oven would be a smoking cinder in the
> convection. 25 minutes or so at 225-250 will heat it perfectly though.

i have found this conversion site useful:

<http://www.convection-calculator.com/>

your pal,
blake