04-11-13, 01:51 PM | #11 |
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re the "efficiency" of convection ovens. The air temp in a convection oven is set with a 25 degree F offset compared to a conventional oven. This is because the convection oven heats food faster.
The reason is the infamous "stirred static layer". In a conventional oven, the hot air tries to infiltrate the food, but there is a layer of cool air immediately surrounding the food, less than 1 mm or so. The convection oven fan disturbs this and smears this layer so the existing heat gets into the food faster. Steve
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04-11-13, 02:54 PM | #13 |
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I see that text "(Support EcoRenovator.org & get rid of these annoying ads!)" but never have seen the ads.. I have a free FireFox add-on called Adblock Plus. That must be stopping them.
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04-11-13, 04:37 PM | #14 |
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Is the energy saved by shortened cooking time offset by energy consumed by fans for blowing air? I know with less and less time to cook a meal shorter cook time can be of its own value. As well as more(volume) of food well cooked in smaller space(less batches for some foods).
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04-12-13, 06:02 AM | #17 |
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I use ABP also on Chrome. I use it mostly to block persistent and malicious ads that pop up as soon as you click something. Though it cleans up all other web pages beautifully.
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