'Convection Oven' for Christmas
 

I got a wonderful toaster oven for Christmas. I wanted it simple - looks like it is. BUT it's a CONVECTION oven. What does that mean to me? Is it different temperatures? Different timing? Does anyone have one? Love it or hate it?
I'm tempted to take it back.

A convection oven also has a fan that circulates the heat. It's supposed to eliminate hot/cold spot in the cooking area giving you a more consistent result. It can also speed up your cooking time. My wall oven has a convection option. I don't use it to cook, but my husband uses it to bake.

I have had one for years...love it!

Did you read the manual? I'll bet there might be some explanations in there. That is if it came with one ;-) Maybe look up the brand on the internet and read some of the reviews and comments.

I usually reduce the heat setting a little, on mine.

The one I had was set up to use traditional toaster oven setting, or toaster oven with convection. It did seem to speed up the cooking time a little and make it cook more evenly. Gave it to DD as we hardly used it.

My toaster oven has a fan in it but I never use it. Love the oven as it saves heating up my full size oven so it must save on electricity costs. Most every thing fits in my toaster oven except cookies.

Sounds really cool, I have never had one.

A true convection oven usually reduces your cooking time and temperature by about 30 percent. Not sure if those same principles apply to a toaster convection oven though. In my full size oven I have a fan as well. DH uses it more than I do. Does help when I'm making multiples of something alot. Will sometimes use it to speed things up a bit but it really doesn't seem to me to cut down on the cooking time by that much.

Thanks everyone - I'm beginning to think this may be fun. I went onto the Target website and read the reviews. Gosh, almost all of them were negative - couldn't find a really good one. Sounds like they don't last very long. I guess I have one more question since reading this. What is the brand that has worked best for you?

I have the Black & Decker and it's over a year old. Use it almost every night for dinner, however I've only played with the convection part of it, so can't offer any advice on that. This model had everything else we wanted so that's why we ended up with that option as well. Have fun! What brand is yours?

I got mine at william sonoma and use it daily. It works beautifully and has lasted years. the toaster/convection overn heats up much faster than my traditional oven. My traditional oven is horrible and takes up to 20 minutes to heat up.

I had one - Used it once.

I have a convection oven as well as a microwave/convection oven combination. I love them both and use convection all of the time. The microwave/convection is getting old and when it dies, I'll get another one. The convection setting on the microwave is perfect when I want to cook something fast (but not microwave) just for me. Once you get used to it, you will probably love it!!

Mine is an Oster. Several family members got them at the same time several years ago. So far none have had any problems.

I have one and really like it. You can cook about 25 degrees less than the temp called for and about the same time as stated. I think mine is an Oster toaster/convection oven.

My main kitchen oven is a convection oven. I was shopping for new kitchen appliances last week and most all of the ovens had the convection feature as standard. The newest oven out now is the pressure oven. When you want to use it you pull a lever that seals the oven.

I have a convection toaster oven and love it. It has different temps and cooks much more evenly.

Forgot to mention I have the Oster large one and can use a 9 by 13" casserole in it.

We have a couple more months on this one. That's when the warranty runs out. Every one we've had about a month after the warranty, they decide one of the functions won't function anymore. DH decided never again a pop-up toaster after a small roach just happened to be toasted with a piece of his toast. The first one lasted the longest. Now the only part that functions is the broiler and it's about to go.

I have a GE toaster/ convection oven and I love it. It will hold a frozen pizza, plus it is tall enough to haves two shelves, although I usually only use one at a time. I cook just about everything in it that I would in the large oven, just smaller amounts. Really wonderful for a single person.

The following are general guidelines for converting conventional recipes
for use in a convection oven. *

Option one: Bake at the same temperature that the
conventional recipe recommends, but for less time.
Option two: Bake for the amount of time that the conventional recipe calls for,
but reduce the temperature of the oven by about 25 degrees F.
Option three: (Best) Bake for a little less time than the conventional recipe
calls for, and also reduce the temperature of the oven.

My toaster oven croaked just before Christmas. Went to WM and got another one just like it, (other one was older and very well used) and see it is a convection oven. First one was too and made no difference worked great and here in FL in summer time you don't want to turn on your big oven if you don't have to. Enjoy it and it will not bite and will work great.

Convection ovens are wonderful!! It takes some time to get used to it!

I had a toaster/convection oven that got really hot on the outside when i used it. You might want to hang on to the paper work and receipt till you're sure it does what you want.

I have a Black and Decker convection/toaster oven and love it. I use it more than my oven of my kitchen range. I make about anything in it that i would in the big oven. Takes less electric. Have had it for several years. I don't use the convection part. I would buy another one when this one fails.

Last month bought an Oster toaster / convection/bake oven -from Walmarts online. Last one was a Black&Decker.
It was 82f in south Fl today so I always try to use mine --love it !!

Hi cindyb, I have used a convection oven for years.The thing is you can cook on every shelf at the same temperature, perfect for batch baking.You can also cook at a lower temps' mosy recipes give directions. Love Letty

Cindyb...I have had a full size convection oven for many years and love it. The one I currently have in my range allows me to chose regular cooking/baking or convection cooking/baking. Kelela

I have a Toastmaster convection/Oven/broiler love it and had it for MANY years. great for a single person and since it is small saves money.

I have one and i Love it!!

Just got the Waring convection/toaster oven at Lowe's and so far I love it. Can't figure out how it's different from any other toaster oven, but all I know is that it works great.

Anita

Lucky you...I have had two one in my motorhome and now one in our fifth wheel. I would love to have one in my kitchen but no space yet. Baking and Cooking times are at least 1/3 shorter. You can brown when baking. Read your instructions carefully. I love ours!!! Use it for most of your oven needs.

I've always heard that convection ovens were top of the line ovens. I've always wanted one. This Christmas our oven and our washer went out on us and we had to buy both. I so wanted to buy a convection oven, but I wanted this fancy front loader washer, so I had to buy a regular oven with a glass top, which I love. Maybe next time I'll get a convection oven. Be happy with your convection oven! I'd love to have one.

We just got a new range and it has a convection oven on it. I've used it a few times but honestly everything comes out the same. I did use it to make 2 pans of cookies instead of 1 at a time and it seemed to work well for that.