What is a fan oven?
A fan oven, also called convection, is an electric or gas oven with a built -in fan that accelerates the cooking process by circulating hot air in the oven. All furnaces rely on the air movement in the oven and also to the heat emitted from the inner walls of the oven to cook the heat transfer to the food. However, without a fan, this convection process is very slow; In addition, the furnaces can develop a hot and cold spot that leads to the parts of the food are exaggerated or underestimated. Some microwave furnaces are also equipped with fans, but these fans are only used when the oven is used in "Browning" mode. It is an environment of some advanced microwave furnaces in which conventional electric heating elements are used for brown food, which cannot be reliably achieved using a microwave. The first main advantage is that preheating is generally unnecessary with a fan furnace,Because rapid heat transfer brings the oven to cooking temperature very quickly, leading to significant energy savings. However, recipes and manuals for the owner should be consulted because some meals such as bread and Yorkshire pudding require preheating in the oven.
Another advantage of the fan oven is that it cooks faster, allowing cooking of food at lower temperatures, leading to further energy savings. In general, cooking temperatures can be reduced by about 25 ° Fahrenheit (13.9 ° C) and cooking time can be shortened by about 20 to 25%; In addition to these instructions, users must experiment. The problem of hot places that sometimes exists in a conventional oven food not only cooks faster but also more evenly.
Thefan furnaces are found in both residential and commercial applications. Although more than conventional furnaces, savings in time and energy that can be realized in residential environments may b, B can bI will be important, depending on how often the oven is used. In a commercial environment, the oven produces significant energy and time savings; The saved time can be used to increase production, which makes the fan oven clearly valuable part of the equipment in the commercial kitchen or bakery.