What is a Forced Air Convection Oven?

Simac

Morning,

I'm wondering if one of you very clever people can help me.

I need a new oven and I was going to replace like for like with a fan oven. I've seen one I really like, but it says it is a Forced Air Convection oven, is this the same as a fan oven?

I'm sorry if this is a really stupid question

totalsolutions

Look at the De Detrich range of kitchen appliances to start with.
Pyrolytic Double Oven fully self cleaning is the ones to buy.

CKdesigner

totalsolutions wrote: »

Look at the De Detrich range of kitchen appliances to start with.
Pyrolytic Double Oven fully self cleaning is the ones to buy.

I don't think that actually answered the OP's question.

Forced air convection oven is a posh way of saying 'true fan oven'.

Just so you know there is a difference between a fan assisted oven and a fan oven. A fan assisted has conventional top and bottom elements and the fan helps it heat up quicker. A true fan oven has the element wrapped around the fan so that there is a more even distribution of heat and you can cook sweet and savoury at the same time without any cross flavouring.

CK

Simac

CKdesigner wrote: »

I don't think that actually answered the OP's question.

Forced air convection oven is a posh way of saying 'true fan oven'.

Just so you know there is a difference between a fan assisted oven and a fan oven. A fan assisted has conventional top and bottom elements and the fan helps it heat up quicker. A true fan oven has the element wrapped around the fan so that there is a more even distribution of heat and you can cook sweet and savoury at the same time without any cross flavouring.

CK

:T:T:T Thank you, that explained it perfectly. I'm so glad I asked now, I had no idea about the fan/fan assisted difference either. I think I shall be going for the Forced Air Convection, I like the idea of being able to cook sweet and savoury together without everything tasting weird!

Thanks for humoring me, I thought I was just being thick :rotfl:

CKdesigner

Simac wrote: »

:T:T:T Thank you, that explained it perfectly. I'm so glad I asked now, I had no idea about the fan/fan assisted difference either. I think I shall be going for the Forced Air Convection, I like the idea of being able to cook sweet and savoury together without everything tasting weird!

Thanks for humoring me, I thought I was just being thick :rotfl:

Glad to help. Now what oven are you going to have? As with everything there is different qualities. Just for example if you have around £300 to spend look at Neff, if over £700 look at Miele.

Thanks

CK

ormus

its all marketing hype.
we have one type of oven and my DD has the other type. there is no discernible difference in cooking. savoury, sweet or whatever..

Simac

CKdesigner wrote: »

Glad to help. Now what oven are you going to have? As with everything there is different qualities. Just for example if you have around £300 to spend look at Neff, if over £700 look at Miele.

Thanks

CK

Hiah, afraid 300 is about my limit and I'm kind of limited to the type of oven I can have. It has to be a built in single oven, ideally 13amp plug (as I really don't want to hardwire), i'd like energy rating a if possible and a full size grill. I don't want much do I LOL.

The one I had my eye on is a Smeg SC485x-8. The reviews look good, is Smeg a good brand to go for?

CKdesigner

ormus wrote: »

its all marketing hype.
we have one type of oven and my DD has the other type. there is no discernible difference in cooking. savoury, sweet or whatever..

Sorry Ormus you are very wrong here. You may not notice the difference because of the particular models you have, but in a quality brand such as Miele or Neff these 2 functions are very different and therfore suit different types of cooking.

CK

CKdesigner

Simac wrote: »

Hiah, afraid 300 is about my limit and I'm kind of limited to the type of oven I can have. It has to be a built in single oven, ideally 13amp plug (as I really don't want to hardwire), i'd like energy rating a if possible and a full size grill. I don't want much do I LOL.

The one I had my eye on is a Smeg SC485x-8. The reviews look good, is Smeg a good brand to go for?

Hi

I have just checked and the basic Neff oven is around £340, personally I wouldn't go any cheaper than this. This can have a 13amp fuse although it is always best to 'hard wire' an oven.

Personally I wouldn't touch anything Italian at the cheaper end of the market like SMEG as these are purely built to be cheap. Also their service is patchy at best.

CK

Simac

OK thanks, I'll keep that in mind and have another look round. Thanks again for your advice.

macman

CKdesigner wrote: »

I don't think that actually answered the OP's question.

Forced air convection oven is a posh way of saying 'true fan oven'.

Just so you know there is a difference between a fan assisted oven and a fan oven. A fan assisted has conventional top and bottom elements and the fan helps it heat up quicker. A true fan oven has the element wrapped around the fan so that there is a more even distribution of heat and you can cook sweet and savoury at the same time without any cross flavouring.

CK

Our old Parkinson Cowan was proudly described in the shop as being a 'gas cycloheat oven'. On further enquiry about 'cycloheat', the assistant informed us that this apparently new technology 'cycled' the heat so that it was hotter at the top than the bottom of the oven...seemingly an amazing technical breakthrough..