Carefully. A convection oven is similar to a microwave in its speed of heating. Some fatty materials may crisp or burn.
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A convection oven is made from the same materials as a conventional oven but with the addition of a fan to circulate the heated air during cooking. The advantage is more uniform cooking temperature and faster cooking time.
Convection bake involves cooking in an oven that has fans circulating air all around it. Convection ovens cook food faster than conventional ovens.
Faster than a conventional oven, slower than a microwave
A conventional oven cooks your food with out air circulation. Where as a convection oven has a fan which allows the air to flow around and cooks your food faster and more evenly.
This Cuisinart bread machine has a convection feature making it a faster alternative to the conventional oven.
You can do this in either a conventional or a convection oven. If you use a conventional oven, I would rotate the roasting pan half way through the cooking process to compensate for any hot spots in the oven. If you use a convection oven (with the fan), cooking is more even because the fan blows the hot air around the food, but you have to remember to reduce cooking temperatures 50 degrees if you leave the convection function on.
Conventional ovens come in both electric and gas models. When manufacturers use the word 'conventional', they are stating that the oven doesn't utilize convection technology. Using a very short description, convection cooking involves a fan or fans that distribute air throughout an oven for faster cooking times and more even temperatures.
Convection oven cooking is accomplished by circulating hot air. The dish cooks faster, at lower temperatures, and more evenly. If the project can cook on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, convection is the best choice. If the dish is in a covered casserole, pan, dish or deep roasting pan then conventional ovens are better choice. When using convection ovens, choose between cooking at the same temperature as in a conventional oven, but for a shorter time; lower temperature but the same time; or shorten the time and lower the temperature. The third option is often the best.
Convection ovens have a fan in order to move the heat inside providing faster and more even cooking.
The primary difference between the conventional and convection ovens can probably be summed up by saying one thing: A convection oven is a conventional oven with a fan inside the oven cavity to circulate the hot air. The addition of the fan promotes the movement of heat by convection, and this reduces cooking time. Convection already occurs in the conventional oven, but on a limited basis. The fan kicks the process up several notches. Convection in this case is the transfer of heat from the heat source to the food item by the moving air. Air atoms and molecules pick up heat from the heating elements and carry it around in the oven cavity. The air will then transfer that heat to whatever is in there that is cooler than the heated air. The air then returns to the heat source to repeat the cycle. When thinking this through, it becomes clear that the addition of the fan gives the oven's performance a big lift. There are units on the market what include microwave capability as well, and they add another step of complexity. Microwave cooking to augment conventional thermal cooking adds another dimension to the cooking performance of the appliance.
A convection oven uses heat, like a regular oven, but sets up a convection current to move heat into the food faster. Microwave ovens use microwave radiation that causes polar molecules inside the food to move. Water being the most common highly polarized molecule in food, microwaves essentially steam food from the inside out.
The "conventional oven" dates to prehistory, used in many early civilizations. The food is heated by radiation from the walls and contact with the heated air.The convection oven is a relatively newer concept which circulates heated air rather than allowing it to "sit" -- a much faster method of cooking. One of the first retail fan-forced ovens was built in 1967.