The dumb cooking related questions begin

[EvianBaby]

Ok, let's get the first one out of the way....

How do I know if my oven is a fan oven?

There's no little symbol on the front but everything I've cooked (which isn't much) seem to cook pretty quick and it's quite loud.

There's no model number I can google. Already looked for that to save myself this embarrassment.

I'm cooking a roast for the fam today and I want to give myself a fighting chance of getting it right.

[DTCwordfan]

not dumb Evian, it's just a new house.
whats the model - perhaps a pic of it and someone will know.

[RATTER15]

You will see a fan at the back of the oven, you will also hear it purring, it will often stay running for a while after you turn the oven off.

[Tilly2]

Does it have a circular grid on the inside, either on the back wall of the oven or on the top?

[ummmm]

You'll hear the fan come on. So if it's noisy the chances are it's a fan.

[venator]

Blow some smoke into it and turn on with the door open.
If the smoke blows out, it's a fan.

Burn paper if you don't smoke.

Most new ovens these days seem to be fan ovens.

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[NoMercy]

What joint/bird are you cooking and how heavy is it? X

[venator]

"I" ?

Don't forget, fan ovens tend to cook a bit faster than conventional ones.

[EvianBaby]

Right, it's an Ariston and it's built in.

Is this a fan? (god I feel like such a moron)

http://i1253.photobuc...ianbaby1/74552c3a.jpg

[boxtops]

what make is it, evian - it must tell you somewhere!

[boxtops]

^Derrr, that wasn't there when I asked...

[friedgreentomato]

that looks like a fan oven (is that a fan in the back wall)

[EvianBaby]

NoM, I got a leg of lamb. I'm not quite sure yet why I bought such a huge one but it's 1.95 kilos.

[ummmm]

A nice shiny oven....don't forget to put tin foil down...

Yes, it's a fan. My fan oven has that and my other, non fan, doesn't :-)

[albaqwerty]

Looks like a fan to me. And a very nice clean oven it is too :-D

[RATTER15]

Its a fan oven!

[boxtops]

Blimey, are they meant to be shiny? :-(

[EvianBaby]

Phew! Thanks loads everyone!

You have saved me from burning £30 quids worth of food. :)

It's likely the oven will remain that clean as I'll hardly ever use it :)

Ummmm, just a bit of foil on the bottom of it?

[Kathyan]

I've got a fan oven and I always set it 20 degrees lower than it says on the recipe/cooking instructions. I wouldn't go back to an ordinary oven now!

[NoMercy]

Evian, I'm afraid I never measure, weigh or calculate cooking times unless I'm baking.

With the lamb, I would be inclined to cook it slowly for a few hours on Gas Mark 5 (when in doubt, low and slow) and check on it every half an hour.

Hope it turns out well.

[albaqwerty]

Boxy, no. That's just Evian showing off.




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