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Lefty
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Topic: Micowave Convection Oven Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 7:43pm |
First of all I would like to thank all who responded to my earlier posts on "age of poders" and "cost of insurance". Now another one. Can anyone offer feedback on the convection microwave oven. Do you use it, is it any good, any shortcomings? We are about two weeks away from the 178 and can't wait. Thanks.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 8:01pm |
Love it, use if often, make most anything we make at home in the oven without much of a change in cooking time or temp.
That being said, I think it helps if you can cook by knowing something is done versus a true time. Seems a lot of ovens vary.
A lot of us will recommend getting to know your oven by making chocolate chip cookies. The store bought fridge rolls work great. It's an easy test of your ovens true temp and cooking time. Besides that no one ever minds a slightly over cooked chocolate chip cookie. And if it's under cooked then you just learned a bit about your oven's temp and you can dial in on that setting.
Other than that, always use the little raised metal table that comes in it. As you likely know that allows the convection to work by letting the air up and underneath what you're making. That's not to say you have to use it, but then especially we've had to change cooking times dramatically.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 8:10pm |
We use the microwave all the time, but have only used the convection option to roast pumpkin seeds. We attend a big Halloween fest every year and carve our pumpkins after we get there - and I love roasted seeds with oil and salt.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 8:32pm |
Originally posted by techntrek
We use the microwave all the time, but have only used the convection option to roast pumpkin seeds. We attend a big Halloween fest every year and carve our pumpkins after we get there - and I love roasted seeds with oil and salt.
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Okay gotta hijack this one for a minute. Seed, oil/salt ratio along with time and temp please! We do our pumpkins on several Halloween weekends. Have to try that one!
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 9:45pm |
My wife says the convection microwave is one of the best things about the Pod. she bakes in the convection oven just like at home. We also use the microwave as a normal microwave. both functions work as they are supposed to as long as you are hooked to shore power.
It's so good that it is going to cost me money--now we have to get a convection microwave for our home!!! Vann
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 9:48pm |
Clean them well, pat dry with paper towels. Coat with oil and spread flat on a cookie sheet (at home) or oven-safe plate (for the pod). Salt to taste. I always forget the exact temp/time but I think around 300-325 for 15-20 minutes.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 9:53pm |
Travel trailers are called the "dark side" because they don't have tenting (except the hybrids of course), and since they often have ovens I've often heard:
Welcome to the dark side, we have cookies.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 10:04pm |
We too use the microwave often the convection option we use the pizza button for frozen pizza's. Would be nice to have a oven at times for somethings but what we have works great. David and Danette
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Posted: 15 Aug 2013 at 10:12pm |
KyMooses summed it up perfectly. Use the convection the same as your home oven, watch closely at first as the convection fan circulates the air and tends to make the temps more even overall.
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Posted: 16 Aug 2013 at 9:03am |
Originally posted by techntrek
Clean them well, pat dry with paper towels. Coat with oil and spread flat on a cookie sheet (at home) or oven-safe plate (for the pod). Salt to taste. I always forget the exact temp/time but I think around 300-325 for 15-20 minutes.
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Took me 10 minutes to realize what it was you were talking about. Got it now, thanks for the info. Can't wait to do some test runs this Halloween season!
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