subject: Using Specialty Features On Major Kitchen Appliances For Better Cooking [print this page] You may have heard of convection cooking before. Unlike standard units, a convection oven circulates the hot air using a fan. This allows for whatever is currently being cooked or baked inside to be evenly heated. The other thing it does it speed up the process by which it will heat because the air is flowing, not just surrounding it. Scientifically, moving air actually increases the rate at which heat transfers. The convection fan is one of many features professional major kitchen appliances can provide the user--and by using such features makes your job as the cook much, much easier. All you have to do is take the time and learn how to use them properly.
Many of the familiar brands you see in stores--Viking, Subzero or Wolf appliances are all examples of this--will be equipped with extra dials and mode settings. These settings are actually here for the sake of lessening your cooking times or to improve the precision of the cooking so that you get the results you seek, not to put you at dismay. You should check your user manual if you're not sure about how to set them. The only real way to learn how to take advantage of the different modes is simply to practice using them for different recipes. Look through recipe books that specifically request you use slow-cooking, simmering, baking, broiling, and more. That way you can try the precision controls. Will every attempt be a victory? Maybe not but at least you will become familiar using it and you will be a better judge with the following round.
Also, the major brands are designed for different cooking styles--if you want to cook specifically grilled items for your diet then select from any number of ovens, stovetops, and settings. Or, if you're a huge fan of Southern barbeque then get the fryer out and start breading your food. However you cook, these specialty appliances will adjust to your needs and then you can stress less about how you're going to get the meal to work and focus more on how delicious it will be when you finish the cooking.
No matter what your preferred type of cooking may be, chances are that when you look at the available features and appliance models, you will find exactly what you're looking for and what will fit the absolute best in your home, especially in your kitchen.
