I just got a new oven (YEAH!!!!). It has the convection option. I know some people love theirs and others hate it. I just want to know any hints for making it work well so that I can have a love relationship with this new oven. I'm sorta scared to use it!

I have one and hate it. Sorry. I have heard that it's GREAT for roasting, but not for baking.

We baked in out convection ovens at school. We baked @300- for a decorated cake, lower for other dessert, and turned the fans off!!

You could always tell a cake that had baked with the fans off, they were really leaning!!

Different recipes will require a difference in temps, but generally always turn it back at least 50'

Once you get used to it, you'll love it!! My cake decorating teacher said to wrap cakes that baked in convection oven with bake even strips or wet towels. I never did, still worked for me.

Good Luck!!

Happy Baking- Katie

I don't know what I'd do without my convection oven. I totally love it! I can load it up with lots of cake pans at the same time, 3 or 4 sheets of cookies . . . you get the idea. Best.Invention.Evah!

I just started using my convection feature after 3 years of being afraid. Yes, I always use it for cooking large meals, but never for baking. I read a post here on CC about the use of convection for cakes and decided to put my fears to rest. I used it this weekend because I had lots of baking to do. I used it for cookies, cheesecakes and cakes (layers and bundts). I could have just kicked myself for waiting all this time to try it. All my baking cake out just beautiful. My oven has settings for convection bake, and and easy convection bake conversion feature. Try it, you may love it.

I use the convection ovens at the church and SOMETIMES have a problem with uneven baking, but, I think we just need it to be calibrated. I LOVE IT for cinnamon rolls! I put the fans on HIGH and watch those babies PLUMP UP! MMMMMM! Is that cinnamon I smell?

Beth in KY

What brand does everyone have? We're putting a whirlpool in our new house and I'd love to know if anyone is using that brand and how they like it.

Mine's a GE.

Kitchenaid Suberba

Mine is a kitchenaid suberba too. Maybe I should give it another try. tyty, do you lower your temp by 50 degrees also???

what leahs said. It's real common for me to bake 10-14 single layers of cake, have them mixed, baked and saran'd in the freezer inside of 3 hours.

Can't do that in a regular oven.

I have a Kenmore.

I have had a Frigidaire since July and love it! I use mine primarily for knocking out multiple trays of cookies and sheet cakes. I haven't yet tried it for round cakes. Although mine has the convection convert option on it, the one time I tried it, I didn't think it worked as well as just using convection bake. I don't change the temperature for my cookies or cakes, and they have been just fine. It is probably a trial and error thing with each oven. The only thing that did not work for me was a cheesecake. It got too done on the outside before finishing up in the center. I ended up having to remake it using just a normal bake cycle in a hot water bath.

I love mine! The fans circulate the heat evenly around the oven and everything bakes evenly! I forgot to turn it on the other day and the cakes on the top rack were nice and done and the ones on the bottom were not even close to being cooked!

Love it.