Convection oven

[hummy]

Having a hard time trying to cook with this thing! Any hints?

[Grumpy]

You really need to experiment since not all conv/micro are the same. We usually reduce temp by 5 degrees and just shorten the time slightly. We did preheat the same as a regular oven.

[Robbbyr]

Originally Posted by hummy

Having a hard time trying to cook with this thing! Any hints?

I feel your pain. My unit came with just a cooktop and a convection microwave and I never could get it to bake satisfactorily. Worked fine to microwave, but the baking was uneven and poor. I removed the cooktop and installed an Atwood range/oven. I carry unglazed ceramic tiles which I place in the bottom of the oven after arrival. We can now bake our favorites and they come out great. Plus when prepping a meal we can use the oven and the microwave simultaneously and get everything ready simultaneously.

A big step, but we like to eat in when possible and hope to keep our unit for a while. Nothing like fresh-baked blueberry muffins in the morning!

[Click_here]

Interesting. When we were looking for RVs, if I stepped inside and saw it had no oven but only a convection microwave, we turned around and stepped back down the steps. I do most all of the cooking and have never learned to use one of those properly.

Only after a year of looking did a salesman inadvertently mention one could replace the cooktop with an entire oven assembly depending on the design. We may have missed out on some potentials units but are happy with our Greyhawk now.

And I use a perfectly fitted pizza stone in my oven to help even out the heat. Works on biscuits and cookies so far!

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by Click_here

Interesting. When we were looking for RVs, if I stepped inside and saw it had no oven but only a convection microwave, we turned around and stepped back down the steps. I do most all of the cooking and have never learned to use one of those properly.

Just shows the difference in life styles which is fine.

In over 40 yrs of having a self contained unit we never used the oven. Had a folding one for a Coleman stove and then the convection/micro. With the last 5 units never lit the stove. Either used the Coleman or elect hot-plate.

[bdreinv]

How funny we use are oven all the time, pizzas, meatloaf! Better stop getting hungry lol.Thanks

[Crossingover]

Make sure you exterior vent for the convection oven is open (ours wasn't and that affected the cooking process). Also get a remote thermometer to monitor oven temp as the displayed temp can be off. Our rig has an induction cooktop also; we use both frequently with no issues. When we had a gas oven, we used it for storage most of the time.

[us71na]

It is a shame that the manufacturers don't like their product enough to provide at least a few tested recipes for use with the micro/convection ovens they build. Our Skylark came with one and it took a few experiments for my wife to get it figured out. We do use it much of the time now. She looked for a cook book for small convection ovens but had no luck, so she started making her own.

[koko]

In the past, we always had stove/oven combos and thought the convection oven/microwave was inferior for our needs. We actually like it. It cooks evenly - however really only cuts about 5-10 minutes off a conventional oven cook time. Our present convection/micro is twice as big as any tiny gas oven we ever had. The only inconvenience is in the mountains. It's a little bit of a pain to have to start the generator everytime we want to bake, but we've certainly learned to live with it.