What would the modern kitchen be without the microwave? How would we pop popcorn? How would we ever heat up left overs? Would Stouffers be in business without the genius that is Lean Cuisine??? And now, the big brains at GE have REALLY done it! Not only is this baby a microwave, but it is also a convection oven. WHAT??? You don't know what a convection oven is? Well guess what... neither do I. So let's lean on our friends at Wikipedia once again:
Convection ovens/fan ovens augment a traditional oven by circulating heated air using a high temperature fan. Food warms faster in a convection oven since the moving air strips away the thin layer of air which otherwise would surround and insulate the food. This is analogous to how wind chill makes a windy day effectively colder than a calm one.
By moving hot air past the food, convection ovens can operate at a lower temperature than a standard conventional oven and they can cook food more quickly. The air circulation, or convection, tends to eliminate "hot spots" and thus bake more evenly.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Thinking to myself: I wonder what happened to World Book. When I was a kid growing up EVERYBODY had World Book Encyclopedias. I used to actually sit in the corner and READ the encyclopedia. I loved the profiles of each of the states, the US presidents... What? Huh?... Just a minute, my super-ego has requested an audience.)
JPE Super-Ego: What do you think you're doing?So, as I was saying... this microwave also doubles as a convection oven. From the GE website:
JPE Id: Oh, just reminiscing about the joys of growing up with World Book Encyclopedias.
JPE Super-Ego: Silly Id, you've just shared a little too much information and confirmed our nerdiness as a child? It's bad enough our mother can't stop telling this story, now you've published it in a blog?????
JPE Id: But, but...
JPE Ego: While Super-Ego and Id duke it out, let's get back to the blog:
Speedcook technology — Delivers oven-quality food up to four times faster than a conventional oven
Multiple cooking modes — Combine four ovens in one with speedcook, traditional, sensor microwave and warming options for an incredible second oven!
Over 100 Pre-Programmed Menu Items, Recipe Saver, Manual Cook, Help and Demo Mode
Sensor cooking controls — Automatically adjust the time and power for exceptional cooking results
Auto and Time Defrost — Automatically defrosts for a specified amount of time
Halogen Cooktop Lighting — Brilliant, natural-looking lighting illuminates every inch of the cooking surface
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Dude, I LOVEDDDDD our World Book. Our edition was from 1980. I used it for like 10 years. I did this report in 4th grade on CATS. I think I basically used every line from the encyclopedia in my report.
BTW: Leads to the question of : will children get why Encyclopedia Brown was named so? He was a smart kid but maybe he needs a switch in nomenclature ... Wikipedia Williams or something
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