How does an electric oven cook food?
Obviously if I put meat and vegetables in a casserole with a lid, the food inside is heated and cooks by simple heat.
Obviously, if I put meat on a BBQ or under the grill (broiler) the meat is heated and cooked by radiated energy.
But if I put a leg of lamb into an oven how much is it cooked by the hot air inside the oven and how much by radiated heat?
And what is the effect on pastry? Is it cooked in an oven by just plain hot air or is there some radiated heat as well? What causes the pastry to burn? Excess heat? Prolonged heat? Radiated heat?
What effect does the circulating fan have?
Obviously if I put meat and vegetables in a casserole with a lid, the food inside is heated and cooks by simple heat.
Obviously, if I put meat on a BBQ or under the grill (broiler) the meat is heated and cooked by radiated energy.
But if I put a leg of lamb into an oven how much is it cooked by the hot air inside the oven and how much by radiated heat?
And what is the effect on pastry? Is it cooked in an oven by just plain hot air or is there some radiated heat as well? What causes the pastry to burn? Excess heat? Prolonged heat? Radiated heat?
What effect does the circulating fan have?