Convection Ovens?

[snels]

Hi,
We are going to buy a new range for our kitchen. I would like some opinions on convection ovens. I don't know much about that type of oven....Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,
snels

 

[snels]

I am giving my post a bump up in case someone has any info about convection ovens.....Maybe that gives me my answer?

 

[Minnie*J*]

I hope someone answers you soon. I have an oven that is also a convection oven and a microwave that is also a convection oven and I have no idea how to use them on the convection settings. We haven't used it once since we moved in.

 

[LJRJR]

I have a GE convection oven and I LOVE it. It does a great job with baking but it does an even better job when I am cooking a Turkey or some sort of roast. The oven does not dry out the meat and it really does a great job of browning the outside of what ever type of roast I am cooking. It also probably cuts the cooking time down by about 1/4. My convection oven also came with a thermometer that you plug inside of the oven and then insert into the meat, you can then see the temp on the digital screen outside the oven.

The way I operate the oven is very easy, the buttons on the front of the oven say "convection bake", "convection roast" or "bake", and I just select however I want the oven to operate, by pressing the button. My sister just moved into a house and it has a convection microwave and I have no idea how to operate that.

My convection oven was only $100 more than a standard oven of the same model. A convection oven needs a 220 volt line for the oven itself and mine is a gas range so I needed a gas line. Originally my home did not have gas and when we updated the house, I kept the electric line and added the gas. The salesman told me that convection ovens were not popular in my area, because most people only had gas in their kitchens, and adding a 220 can be expensive.

Hope this info helps.

 

[powellrj]

I use to work for a commercial catering company many years ago and used the big convection ovens to bake with. I LOVED them. When I went to replace my stove several years ago I got a convection oven with my stove. I felt it was a waste of money.

For one thing I never bake much these days. Maybe slice and bake cookies ever few months and desserts at holidays is the extent of what I bake. I was expecting them to be as powerful of what I was use to and it didn't come close. I just never saw the advantage.

When I had to replace THIS oven, I didn't get the convection feature and haven't missed it. I also had a convection toaster oven and a microwave and wasn't impressed with those and went back to the normal ones when it was time to replace.

 

[snels]

Thanks for your opinions....
From the lack of replies, I think that convection ovens aren't widely used by the Disney board crowd.

snels

 

[abdmom]

I love my convection oven. I agree with the poster that said it does a fabulous job on roast meats. It does an excellent job on casseroles, pastries, cookies etc.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I have only used mine for baking, and it browns more evenly w/o burning edges, especially cookies. If I had the choice, I would get the convection option again.

 

[NMAmy]

I just got my convection oven at Christmas. I've used it a few times and haven't really noticed that it's cut down on cooking time. Like LJRJR's oven, it has a temperature probe that hooks into the oven and cooks the meat to whatever temperature I select which I LOVE. I'm not much of a baker but in the summer, I'm sure I'll be trying it out when I make pies.

This new oven is so fancy that I have to keep the instructions handy so I can read up on it before I try something new.

 

[HsvTeacher]

I love, love, love my convection oven! We always had one when I was growing up, and now I have my own.

It's wonderful for baking! I can put three commercial cookie sheets of cookies in at one time, and they bake evenly. It also cuts down on energy usage, because my oven automatically reduces the temperture by 25 degrees, and I can bake a large batch of cookies in one round.