convection oven

noun

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of convection oven

: an oven having a fan that circulates hot air uniformly and continuously around food

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Recent Examples of convection oven from the Web

An additional convection oven is situated with a microwave and warmer drawer, and the adjoining breakfast room is open to the home’s main living area.

— lisa zapalac, Houston Chronicle, "Hunters Creek Village home featured in magazine," 1 Apr. 2018
As Instant Pot brought pressure cookers to the forefront of faster cooking, several manufacturers, among them De’Longhi, are showing new countertop convection ovens to make baking faster.

— debbie carlson, chicagotribune.com, "A $600 toaster and 4 other gadgets that caught our eye at the International Housewares Show," 12 Mar. 2018
Bake in a convection oven at 350 degrees for six to eight minutes, or adjust time for a conventional oven.

— nancy miller, The Courier-Journal, "The Cafe is unpretentious, down-home Southern cooking - with an Italian flair," 26 Dec. 2017
Two conventional ovens and two convection ovens heated up the small kitchen in the large home that houses synagogue Chabad of the East Side.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jewish bakery in Milwaukee teaches job skills to adults with special needs," 17 Dec. 2017
The 1,800-square-foot FRESH Basic Needs Hub houses shelves of canned and dried foods, coolers for refrigerated and frozen items, toiletries and a kitchenette complete with blenders, a convection oven, a microwave and a coffee machine.

— teresa watanabe, latimes.com, "UC Irvine opens expansive food pantry as more college students struggle with hunger," 28 Sep. 2017
The spuds go through a two-step baking process, beginning in a pizza oven at 600 degrees for an hour and ending in a convection oven at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

— charles passy, WSJ, "Spuds Are Gastronomic Hit at N.Y. State Fair," 31 Aug. 2017

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