How to Cook With Convection
A recent addition to the cooking world has been the advent of the convection oven. This special oven allows for a quicker cooking time, more evenly cooked food and food will brown more evenly. Convection cooking uses a fan to circulate the oven's heat evenly and continuously. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Place the prepared meat into the oven. When cooking meats, it is not necessary to preheat a convection oven.
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Enter the desired temperature into the convection oven's controls. Keep in mind that convection ovens cook faster and at a slightly higher temperature. When using a recipe note that the time should be reduced (as much as 30 percent) and the temperature should be set 5 to 25 degrees lower than called for in the recipe. Check your oven manual for more precise adjustments.
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If using your convection oven to bake, be certain to arrange the racks in the oven to accommodate the items you are baking. While convection ovens can cook several racks of baked products at once (one of the advantages of having a convection oven), single rack baking tends to yield a more even browning.
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Enter the desired temperature and make any necessary adjustments to the recipe for the conversion from regular baking to convection.
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Tips & Warnings
When using convection ovens, be sure to use pans with low or no sides so that the food can come in full contact with the circulating air. Darker colored pans will have a faster cooking time. Some ovens have special convection cooking capacities, such as convection bake, convection roast and a conversion program to assist in converting the recipes for a convection oven.
Always use proper caution when dealing with hot ovens.
