Just bought a convection oven.

18 years ago

Because of this problem with rising prices of natural resources i went out and purchased a convection toaster oven. Its big enough to fit a store bought frozen pizza in there so for one person its great. It cooks in less time than a traditional oven. The best part about it is that it electric so no gas is used at all. I recommend them to anybody trying to cut down on their gas use during these times when you might want to conserve on gas and oil.

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grainlady_ks
18 years ago
I've had a Sharp Carousel Microwave/Convection Oven since 2002 and love it because I can bake a panned loaf of bread in 20-minutes and NO preheating (25 minutes for 2 loaves).

For even MORE savings on utilities I use my two Solar Ovens as much as possible.

-Grainlady
eandhl
18 years ago
grainlady, I too have the Sharpe micro/conv and find I am using it less. Can you give me other ideas for uses? TIA
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grainlady_ks
18 years ago
eandhl-

Call the company and see if you can get another copy of the Cookbook that came with your oven. It has all kinds of recipes in it. Once you've used a recipe in the book, you can quickly translate it to one of your regular recipes, or use the recipes in the book as a guide-line for adjusting your regular recipes.

Panned Bread: Place the panned bread on the low rack which is sitting on the Carousel Turntable (the turntable is also a utensil itself). Low-Mix / 325Â°F / 20-25 minutes for one loaf (1 to 1.5 pound loaves), 25-30 minutes for 2 loaves. NO preheating.

You can place shaped breads (a braided bread or round "country" loaf) on the turntable (with or without a piece of parchment paper) and allow it to rise on the turntable. No preheating is needed to bake it. Bake for three-fourths of the time in your conventional recipe on LOW MIX (I usually reduce the temperature by 25Â°F).

Cookies: On the low rack (which sits on the carousel turntable) for one pan, or for two pans, place one pan of cookies on the carousel turntable, and another pan on the tall rack (which is perched on the turntable). Make sure the turntable is ON. For cookie sheets, I cover 12-inch round pizza pans with parchment paper. Make the dough balls about 3/4-inch big (or smaller), placed 2-inches apart. Preheat the oven / Bake 12-minutes at 350Â° / Convection Setting. I've found it takes less time to bake cookies after the first trays are done, so watch them carefully.

Baked Goods: Use the Low Mix setting for baked goods that require more than 20 minutes baking time. - Angel food and bundt cakes, quick breads and yeast breads and large muffins are examples of foods that work on this setting.

Convection: Ideal for foods requiring 20 minutes or less cooking time. Preheating is necessary with convection cooking. You can use two 6-cup muffin tins at the same time, place one on the carousel tray, place the other on the high rack. Make sure the turntable is ON.

A rectangular cake pan, large cookie sheet or 12-cup muffin pan are ideal for convection baking on the low rack with the turntable OFF.

I reduce the temperature by 25Â° and baking time to 25-50% from the typical oven temperature and time for the recipe.

I usually check things at 50% of the normal baking time and adjust from there. I make notes on my recipes for baking in the Sharp.

Hope that gives you some new ideas...

-Grainlady
eandhl
18 years ago
Thank you grainlady. You have given me some ideas and I will call to see if I can replace the book. I still haven't located a lot of stuff with our move.
marys1000
18 years ago
I love my regular little T.O. and had the same thought of my next one being convection too - although I still don't want a big one? A whole pizza - that must take up a lot of counter real estate?
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18 years ago
It takes up about the same amount of space as a microwave. I have a microwave and a convection. I found space for both but if you want to conserve space you can get a two in one.
sands99
18 years ago
When my micro bit the big one I went after a micro/convection but wound up with a convection toaster oven. I love it, chicken nuggets in 30% less time :)

Just bought a convection oven.

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