<p>I have a dual oven, bottom is standard with convection, top is a speed-cook combo of microwave, convection, and infrared. We use that speed-cooker all the time, for pizza, chicken fingers, fries, etc. The bottom oven is used with convection most times. Even heating and browning, faster, and you can cook evenly on multiple racks without issue.</p>
<p>One problem we have right now is the bulb in the top oven is dead. Replacing it requires pulling the whole unit from the wall to access from above. We’ve been cooking in the dark for a while. We also broke a spring in the door, so we have to open carefully to avoid it slamming down. I understand this is a fairly common problem. Also, our dishwasher has stopped working. It fills but nothing else. I’m thinking of a service call to take care of all these problems. Just what I need on top of tuition.</p>
<p>We “inherited” a GE Profile electric stove with two ovens- the main one has the convection option and uses that mode to preheat fast. We brought our Sharp convection/microwave oven with us and use the pizza function for frozen pizzas. A GE Profile microwave convection/range hood oven came with the house- use as a microwave oven. With just the two of us sometimes use the 30 year old Black and Decker toaster oven. Never needed much oven space when cooking foods for family. Depends on ethnic styles. I value two microwave ovens over two regular ones.</p>
<p>re needing/wanting double ovens. Depending on what your usual cooking habits are even having two ovens is a waste. Most Indian foods are stove top and most vegetables do best in a microwave. Cookies and fish are about our only use for a regular oven. I find a wall oven is likely to be a waste of space that could otherwise be used for storage. I suppose it is different if you are used to many hunks of meat or roasts a la old style cooking.</p>
<p>I don’t cook hunks of meat or roasts more than once a year or so. I do roast turkeys and chickens and pork tenderloins (rarely). I cook vegetarian food or fish most of the time, fish usually in the oven. But I cook potatoes, roast vegetables, bake muffins and cakes, the boys cook frozen pizzas. I use the convection oven almost every day, and usually I am cooking two things in it.</p>
<p>We just replaced our double wall ovens. The new ones have both convection and “regular” (non-convection) options in both units. We’ve only used it a few times on either mode, but so far, so good. We’re looking forward to cooking Thanksgiving dinner for two reasons: first, we’ve heard that a large turkey cooks much more evenly in a convection oven, and second, it’s designed specifically to allow cooking a number of different dishes simultaneously with an array of possible rack configurations. Convection supposedly allows you to cook multiple dishes simultaneously without worrying about one dish interfering with the heat source for a higher or lower rack. So we’re thinking we can roast a large turkey in one oven, and simultaneously cook sweet potatoes, an extra batch of out-of-the-bird stuffing, and a Tofurkey for our vegetarian daughter in the other oven, instead of needing to pre-cook and re-heat some of these dishes.</p>
<p>I have a Wolf wall oven that is both convection/regular oven. Convection oven setting is great for baking. I prefer it to the oven in my freestanding Wolf has range.</p>
<p>I picked up an LG double oven range about a year ago. The bottom has convection, and the top is a half-sized oven that’s perfect for when I’m just doing something thin or only need one rack’s worth of space (and don’t want to heat the kitchen up quite as much). I’ve loved the convection for roasting veggies. You know of the bottom of a steak fry roasted in the oven is usually more crispy? That’s how the whole outside turns out for mine now. And in less time, too.</p>
<p>We moved and bought all new appliances this summer. The oven and over-the-range microwave/oven are both Samsung regular & convection models. It took some adjustment and some black-around-the-edges items but now we use the convection almost exclusively. Both have self-cleaning AND steam cleaning options- the latter is terrific if you use it regularly and the fans aren’t bothersome at all (and odd noises always bother me!).</p>
<p>I love my convection oven (Miele, single oven, installed under counter)–it’s the only oven I have. Its fan is not particularly noisy. It has a whole lot of different settings, including dehydrating food and proofing bread. You can cook with convection (which is basically all burners on and a fan to circulate the air so the heat is uniform) or broil (top heat) or roast (all burners, no fan) or bake (bottom burner, no fan). I find things cook in somewhat less time than the cookbooks say, but I simply set the timer (it has one, of course) for half the time and then check on things. </p>
<p>(I have not had a problem with meringues. And yes, I’ve made little tiny chocolate chip meringues that weigh nothing.)</p>
<p>Oh, and I use the convection setting for almost everything, except when cooking large roasts at very low temperature.</p>
<p>We have a regular GE wall oven (not convection) with a microwave above it… After cooking the fan for cooling seems to run forever and is pretty noisy too. Asked repairman about it and he said it was the nature of it being a wall oven. He explained how the cooling system worked to me but I can’t remember now. Anyway, some of the fan problems may be a symptom of wall installation vs a range rather than regular oven vs convection.</p>
<p>Our inherited from the previous owner GE stove uses convection heating to preheat even for regular mode. This means faster preheating. It also automatically lowers the temp 25 degrees for convection use and has a multiple racks mode. Our various ovens (old-30 years+ toaster, 2 microwaves with convection and double in stove) get so underused with just the two of us and our eating habits. It won’t even be the two of us for Thanksgiving this year to cook many (non turkey) dishes. </p>
<p>Resale value- I agree with considering that even if you plan to stay another 10-20 years. Especially with a built in product. Also- we may all be getting old but we still deserve good products for only two in the house.</p>