Suzanne writes:

Subject: Convection Ovens

I have to say that I completely disagree with the comment that convection ovens take less time to cook. In fact I'm certain from my personal experience that it takes longer than in a conventional oven. Baking cookies just last night took every bit of almost 5 minutes longer per cookie sheet to cook thoroughly. I only used one sheet at a time with only 8 cookies on each sheet so they were not over crowded. After talking with friends and co-workers with convection ovens, I found their experience to be exactly like mine. It take longer to do the same thing at a lower temp. My over cooks both ways and converts for me as well. I love it, but I'm not crazy about the convection cooking. It's not all it's cracked up to be in my opinion.

Kevin writes:

Subject: Convection vs. Conventional Ovens... What's the Difference?

You are quite correct in stating that in a conventional oven, the top is hotter than the bottom. This, however, is a virtue if you wish to cook/bake several things which require different temperatures, at the same time.