Dometic DOTRC11B, DOTRC11W manual Convection Cooking, Introduction

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OPERATION

CONVECTION COOKING

INTRODUCTION

Convection ovens are not new. They have been a favorite of professional bakers for many years. Both conventional and convection ovens cook food with heat generated by gas or electricity. In a conventional oven, air remains stationary; the heat rises to the top of the oven and is not evenly distributed throughout the oven interior. In a convection oven, a fan circulates the warm air. The continuous flow of warm air around food in a convection oven causes it to be cooked more evenly and somewhat faster than it can be cooked by motionless air in a conventional oven. Convection cooking, with its circulating hot, dry air, is a superb cooking method for baked goods, roasts, poultry and other foods that require a crisp, browned surface.

Your oven uses convection cooking whenever you use the Convection Command Pads.

●Do not cover baking rack with aluminum foil. It interferes with the flow of air that cooks the food.

●Round pizza pans are excellent cooking utensils for many convection-only items. Choose pans that do not have extended handles.

●Use convection cooking for items like souffles, breads, cookies, angel food cakes, pizza, and for some meat and fish cooking.

●You do not need to use any special techniques to adapt your favorite oven recipes to convection cooking; however, you may need to lower some temperatures or reduce some cooking times from the convection oven cooking directions.

●When baking cakes, cookies, breads, rolls or other baked foods, most recipes call for preheating. Preheat the empty oven just as you do a regular oven. You can start heavier dense foods such as meats, casseroles, and poultry without preheating.

●All heatproof cookware or metal utensils can be used in convection cooking.

●As in conventional cooking, the distance of the food from the heat source affects cooking results.

●Use metal utensils only for convection cooking. Never use for microwave or combination cooking since arcing and damage to the oven may occur.

●After preheating, if you do not open the door, the oven will automatically hold at the preheated temperature for 30 minutes.

●You can set up to three convection cycles.

(Example for two crust pies: you can set the oven to preheat for baking at 425°F and to finish baking at 350°F.)

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