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In a convection oven, a fan circulates the heated
air evenly, over and around the food. This
convection
circulating hot air is evenly distributed
cooking?
throughout the oven cavity. As a result, foods
are evenly cooked and browned—often in less
time with convection heat. Preheating is not
necessary with foods having a bake time of over
15 minutes.
• Food is heated faster in a convection oven.
• Good for large quantities of baked foods.
• Good results with cookies, biscuits, brownies,
• Ideal for baked foods cooked on two or three
• Recipe books often give times and
• Check foods for doneness at the minimum
• Some package instructions for frozen
When using the convection feature, many
types of food can be cooked at lower
temperatures than those suggested for
regular ovens.
cream puffs, sweet rolls, angel food cake and
bread.
shelves. Because heated air is circulated evenly
throughout the oven, foods can be baked with
excellent results on two or three shelves at a
time. Multi-shelf baking may increase cook
times slightly for some foods but the overall
result is time saved. Multi-shelf baking
provides very good results with cookies,
biscuits and other quickbreads.
temperatures for cooking in regular ovens.
Convection ovens make it possible to reduce
the temperature by 25–50°F.
suggested cooking time.
casseroles or main dishes have been developed
using commercial convection ovens. For best
results in this oven, preheat the oven and use
the temperature on the package.
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