The Great Convection Toaster Oven

Start thinking of a toaster as a substitute for full size conventional oven and not as a substitute for your four slice toaster. Whether you seek an electric convection oven. Ovens heated convection air flow through a blower high temperature. Food warms faster in a convection oven because the fan blown air disturbs the thin insulating layer air surrounding the food otherwise.

If you live in a region of the country where summer means 24 x 7 air conditioning an electric oven convection can save both money and discomfort. Rather than turn this monster oven to roast a chicken or bake a pizza and heat up your kitchen in the process, go with an electric convection oven. For a small family one digital convection toaster can meet all your domestic and cooking needs. You can use it to bake, broil, toast, dehydrate and defrost. A .5 cubic foot model can bake a 5 pound chicken.

Although the best models can reach an internal temperature of up to 500 degrees F convection ovens can cook at a lower temperature than required size conventional oven and also cook food more quickly. Another benefit of moving the heated air is that it heats the surface of the food more evenly eliminating "hot spots" in baked goods. Convection cooking produces superior results up to 1 / 3 less time than conventional ovens. Your toaster will come with a cookbook to help make the time and temperature settings. There are also toaster many more specialized cook books at Amazon.com.

The models presented below are good choices, but usually when shopping for a toaster you want controls that allow you to choose between roast, grill or toast, and an adjustable rack that can be removed for cleaning. You'll find variation between brands and models, but ovens get hot to the touch. Some are hot enough to melt a drinking glass, plastic on the top left. None have a risk of fire, but the exterior is a hot consideration, if there are small children at home.

Each toaster oven will darken bread. The Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven and Broiler DeLonghi EO1238 Toaster 1/2-Cubic-Foot will do much more. The Cuisinart receive notes slightly better with the experts, it has an automatic shut-off and a drip pan, which are missing from DeLonghi. The DeLonghi is colder to the touch during use and can be indicative of better insulation and waterproofing. Both use a fan to circulate the heat and can actually be used to cook and bake just like your conventional oven, with the limitation on the size of the course. The T-Fal Avante Elite Convection Toaster OT8085002 and Krups FBC4-12 6-Slice Digital Convection Toaster Oven with Preset Cooking Functions are also highly regarded.

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