It seems the same as a convection oven. I have the breville smart oven, will that do the same job?
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No, it is not as efficient as a convection oven, it doesn't even "fry" food evenly
1168835
No. As K. Lee said it's basically a convection oven, but with a high powered blower. A friend bought one after seeing mine work.
191696
Don't have a clue -- I'm using it in my standard wall oven. I don't have a convection oven, and don't need it in my microwave. Sorry
498793
One more thing. There are many convection toaster ovens out there now, and if you have one, you probably don't need the halogen. It's about the same as a broiler element in the top of a good toaster oven. I have a Breville (pricey @ $249) but it is fantastic as a broiler and convection oven (very fast cooking), but it can only 'toast' things like French fries or fish sticks. If you want to make these things more like they would come out of a deep fryer, then the oiless fryer is the way to go.
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Yes, they are two totally separate functions. You must tell it you are using convection oven cooking instead of the default microwave cooking. My daughter uses the convection oven to cook her gluten free pizza instead of heating up our large oven and waiting for it to come up to heat. We love both functions but if you wish to use it for convection only cooking, you may do so. :-)
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This little oven is the best and you don't need the manual. Plug it in, look at the dials, decide what you want to (toast, convection, regular) and set the temperature dial as appropriate. You need to have the temperature set at 450 to toast. You need to set the timer at more than 10 minutes for convection. The convection function works great for reheating pizza, cooking broccoli florets and probably other things too. Good luck!
1390475
I don't think it is convection, though I stopped using it because it toasts so slowly. I bought a toaster instead.
533510
I hope to clarify the situation, more than add to confusion, but I have found the convection feature is particularly useful for pizza. To test out the regular bake versus convection bake on this oven, I took two identical pizzas. The first one I used the regular bake function - it browned the top of the crust. I then took the second pizza and cooked it using the convection bake function - it browned the entire crust, not just the top. But then again, it has a pizza bake function which worked even better yet.
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No. Not only does it NOT have a convection oven, it has no oven timer at all. It has one of those "light, medium, dark" timers for the toaster and panini options but plan to spend time learning how to set them for optimum results. Quite frankly, I'm glad I kept my old t/o because I use it for everything but making paninis... Plus the DeLonghi is smaller. And it heats very unevenly. Given the DeLonghi's higher price, I expected more -- got less.
909245
Slides out the front. Check the prices on the Breville I think it is a nicer oven but it does cost more. We use ours everday if you are a infrequent user this oven works fine.
546765
Both ovens are gas. Only the bottom one has convection. The top one is much smaller and only bake and broil. Bottom one is much larger with all the features
1556058
We have never used this in an ordinary oven other than the Whirlpool microwave convection, and then only on the crisper setting. Note, we had to replace our original crisper plate because I put it down on a hot element and melted the underside - so these are prone to melting from direct heat. I would think therefore it probably won't be suitable for a standard oven and the radiant heat in the convection oven comes from above.
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Select the operation you want (bake, broil, cookies, etc., not toast), then select desired temperature with up/down arrows, then select the amount of time with the up/down arrows and push convection button. This works for me.
533509
HI,I'm also a bit puzzled by this.I use convection most of the time. But I found that pizza doesn't do well with convection so I use conventional in that case. I think things that tend to dry out in moving hot air might not be good candidates for convection.I have very good success with frozen breaded fish fillets and french fries in the convection mode.
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dear Jan, as I see it, there is NO difference what so ever. This oven is wonderful! one tip, whether baking or using convection in oven, this puppy is a bit quick! My banana bread was too brown on top and still gooey in middle.. frozen pizza works amazing! cooks in3/4 the time... hope this helps....thanks, Tim
904494
I had a damaged one, and they sent me one at no cost. I'm pretty sure that any pan made for convection baking will work but look at your user guide for acceptable cookware.
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When you are in convection mode, you may use metalware. However, if you go into the microwave mode at any time you may not use metal. This is a great oven and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. We had a smaller version of this model and we used it for over 12 years until it broke. They don't make that model anymore.and we got this new one. I wouldn't have any other oven.