Hi Lisa, the Kenmore Elite range I have has controls for cooking in a regular oven or making the same oven converts to convection baking. I could tell you a lot about its great options, but the only thing that is kind of a negative to it, it has no buttons or switches. I made a template from a plastic material named Lexan gotten at Home Depot. The range has touch spots on the back panel. I got a friend to hold up the Lexan and mark where the touch spots are located. Then, I had a guy drill holes for each touch spot into the Lexan. I attached the plastic template to the back panel with Velcro. There is not one function that I cannot perform. The manual could be read. I know this sounds like a lot of work, but the product you get to use is superior and has so many options.
If you want to explore this option, let me know. I can walk you through the process. One option is that you can enter the temperature for the recipe you want to bake, then the time to bake, then press a spot which then in turns converts the recipe cook time and temperature which are both lower because it then would bake with convection air being circulated around the oven. The range has a smooth top, but that has some snazzy options for the size of burners (I called them hot spots). You can adjust the size of the hot spot to match your pan, 6 inches, 9 inches, or 12 inches. Another hot spot is adjustable if you want to cook in a Dutch oven, so that is adjustable to accommodate Dutch ovens. There are two regular hot spots. There is a warm and hold spot on the top. You can use the bottom drawer for a bread proofing drawer. I could go on because there's lots more niceties. The range beeps when the oven reaches the desired temperature. The timer beeps when it is expired. On and on! Good luck. Gary Patterson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lisa filroy Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CnD] hi everyone hi all, i haven't been on here in a long time and decided to come back. for those of you who don't know me, i am lisa filroy and i live in missouri. i love to cook and try new recipes. which brings me to a question. i am planning to get my kitchen remodeled in a few months and am going to get a new stove. i am trying to decide between a stove with convection oven and one with just the conventional oven. any suggestions or input would be appreciated. look forward to hearing from you. i will try and post some recipes as well. lisa _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16110) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16130) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
