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Most ovens nowadays include Conventional Cooking, Closed Door Grilling, Fan Forced Cooking, Defrosting, Fan Assisted Cooking, Bottom Element and Top Element so we will talk about these characteristics below.
Conventional Cooking:
Conventional Cooking is the traditional static cooking mode using bottom and top elements with no fan. Our grandmothers cooked delicious meals using conventional cooking which is still an excellent way to bake heavy cakes such as banana, mud, Christmas and fruit cakes. While there is no fan the conventional mode distributes heat unevenly with the top being warmer compared to bottom shelves so it is good for cooking desserts for example pavlovas, meringues and sponges at lower temperatures. It is also great for large roasts.
MEALS TO COOK While using CONVENTIONAL COOKING FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Roasts Delicate Pastries Pavlovas, Meringues & Sponges Cakes including Banana, Mud, Christmas, Fruit Cake, Slow Cooking Cakes
Grilling Mode:
This is a traditional grill function with heat radiating previously mentioned. This function is the best for grilling/browning the top food. Most new ovens include closed door grilling that is a safer alternative to the old closed door grilling. If your oven has a fan grill function that you can do mlm grilling so you could cook sausages and chops on the top level and baked potato on the bottom level.
MEALS To prepare While using GRILL FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Grilled Vegetables for example Asparagus, Eggplant, Capsicum, Sausages, Hamburgers, Chicken, Beef Bacon Fish Burritos Garlic Bread Cheese on Toast Pasta Bake
Fan Forced Cooking:
The fan forced function may be the new standard, everyday cooking function. The fan at the rear of most contemporary ovens is surrounded by a triple ring heating element which will evenly distribute heated air throughout the oven there are no 'cold' spots. The hot air is produced as soon as the fan is started up therefore the food starts cooking at the same time making it quicker while you don't have to pre-heat your oven. Also because the heat is efficiently given to the meals cooking temperatures can be lower than those used for conventional ovens. This really is ideal for multiple baking (e.g. you are able to cook muffins on a single shelf and biscuits on another) where an even temperature is required. This function is the best for general cooking and readymade meals but it's not good for meals with special cooking requirements such as pizzas, flans or grilled recipes.
MEALS TO COOK USING THE FAN FORCED FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Just about everything!
Ideal for foods that need to be tender or rare on the inside and well done on the outside for example lamb, roast beef and whole fish.
Defrosting:
Defrosting in the oven requires the light and fan standing on but no heat. Defrosting in the oven is preferable to the microwave because this mode does not dry or par-cook food. The only disadvantage compared to a microwave is the fact that defrosting is a slower process in the oven.
MEALS To prepare While using DEFROST FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Something that is frozen and requires to become defrosted
Fan Assisted Cooking:
If you are wondering 'what is the difference between Fan Forced and Fan Assisted Cooking?' you're not alone! These two functions are suitable for most of the same meals. Fan Assisted Cooking uses the very best and bottom element with the fan in the rear pushing the heat around. While using the fan assisted function the oven will have to be pre-heated for the same amount of time like a conventional oven so cooking times aren't reduced. The cooking temperatures, however, will be the just like fan forced ovens. In case your oven has both fan assisted and fan forced cooking functions you would employ the fan assisted instead of the fan forced if you're preparing food that requires either bottom or top heat concentration.
MEALS To prepare While using FAN ASSISTED FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Just like fan forced, almost everything will cook well in fan assisted cooking mode. Foods such as bread (i.e. it needs to be cooked through but cooks well with top and bottom heat concentration) be more effective in fan assisted than fan forced cooking mode.
Bottom Element:
This function uses the underside element only. Ideal for slow, gentle cooking for example that necessary for stews and casseroles. Bottom element having a fan is ideal for foods including quiches, pastries and pizzas.
MEALS To prepare USING THE BOTTOM ELEMENT FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Stews Casseroles Quiches Pastries Pizzas
Top Element:
This function uses the top element only. It's suitable for 'au gratin' style cooking for any firm crust.
MEALS TO COOK While using TOP ELEMENT FUNCTION INCLUDE:
Potato Bake Cauliflower with cheese sauce
We have covered typically the most popular functions on electric ovens but this list is by no means exhaustive. You may even have Rotisserie function, Pizza function, Fan Grilling, Bottom Element with Fan Forced, Bottom Element with Fan Assist, Top Grill, Fan Forced and Bottom Element, Half Grill, and Quick Start/Pre Heat. Depending on your typical cooking style you may or may not need these extra functions. For the average home cook the oven modes that we have outlined tend to be more than sufficient.