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Cindy T


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I've been struggling a bit getting used to only having a convection/microwave and no gas oven.

My daughter found a website that will convert the time & temperature of a regular recipe into the proper time & temp for cooking in a convection oven.  Thought it might be helpful to other folks who only have a convection oven.  Here's the website:  http://convection-calculator.com/

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Convection ovens often use a fan to make heat more even throughout the oven's interior.
Microwaves cook the food directly, or are you talking about a combination convection\microwave oven?

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MikeH,

I do have the convection/microwave.  It's taking some getting used to, as I've never used a convection oven before.

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Okay now I'm confused.

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When in the convection mode it works like a regular oven (at least the one we had in our CruiseAmerica rental did) . . .we baked the biscuits at 450 for 12 minutes just like in a standard oven. The microwave part of the oven doesn't come on during convection baking; there's a regular heating element that makes hot and a fan to blow the heat around the inside.



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I've heard some say that to use the convection oven, one has to either reduce the temperature or reduce or lengthen the length of time for cooking.  Not being a cook, I have no idea of what one would need, so in that case the calculator would be helpful.

In our case, we have the GE Advantium combination microwave/convection oven.  I have no idea whether Jo has to adjust any time or temperatures to use it, and since she is asleep right now, I'm not waking her up to find out.  Maybe someone else can clarify this.

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We have a microwave/convection oven combination. I've only used it a couple of times in the oven mode, but I have had to turn the temperature down by about 15-20 degrees. I was able to find the manufacturer's book on-line, and got instructions that way.


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When baking with convection, I've been turning the temp down 25 degrees from the standard recipe which has worked fairly well.  I did still burn a loaf of pumpkin bread, so I'm watching things closely to prevent burning.

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Now that clears some things up thank you!
laubenthal wrote:

When in the convection mode it works like a regular oven (at least the one we had in our CruiseAmerica rental did) . . .we baked the biscuits at 450 for 12 minutes just like in a standard oven. The microwave part of the oven doesn't come on during convection baking; there's a regular heating element that makes hot and a fan to blow the heat around the inside.



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