what cooking temperatures are available for the convection function ? Cooking pizza is best done at quite high temperatures: above 500degF !
1547659
My oven died completely after about 14 months! I don't recommend buying this unit.
1547660
It doesn't go up to 500. Get a pizza oven that will hit 800 and you'll be much happier.
1063315
There are two convection settings. One, convection bake, ie for baking potatoes or other things to shorten time and lower temp. Two, convection rotisserie, for roasting meat using the rotisserie. Hope thus helps.
1377355
You should be able to do this, but the Weber brings the temp to 550 - 600 degrees. The pizza cooks fast and delicious every time!
1458664
Aloha John, First I love my oven and so does my neighbor who also has this model, hers was refurbished mine was not.The low on bake setting is 120 degrees the high is 450 degrees. However on broil it goes to 500 degrees. I hope this answers your question. My neighbor bakes more than I do and just loves how her pies, cookies and cakes have come out. I like to roast, toast and broil. The convection fan speeds up the cooking process. I have a small kitchen and in Hawaii I don't need the excess heat in the small space. The amount of wattage is that of a good hair dryer. I save energy with this oven. I don't plan on cooking a whole turkey. If I needed to cook one I can do it on my Weber outside! Aloha John, First I love my oven and so does my neighbor who also has this model, hers was refurbished mine was not.The low on bake setting is 120 degrees the high is 450 degrees. However on broil it goes to 500 degrees. I hope this answers your question. My neighbor bakes more than I do and just loves how her pies, cookies and cakes have come out. I like to roast, toast and broil. The convection fan speeds up the cooking process. I have a small kitchen and in Hawaii I don't need the excess heat in the small space. The amount of wattage is that of a good hair dryer. I save energy with... » Read More Aloha John, First I love my oven and so does my neighbor who also has this model, hers was refurbished mine was not.The low on bake setting is 120 degrees the high is 450 degrees. However on broil it goes to 500 degrees. I hope this answers your question. My neighbor bakes more than I do and just loves how her pies, cookies and cakes have come out. I like to roast, toast and broil. The convection fan speeds up the cooking process. I have a small kitchen and in Hawaii I don't need the excess heat in the small space. The amount of wattage is that of a good hair dryer. I save energy with this oven. I don't plan on cooking a whole turkey. If I needed to cook one I can do it on my Weber outside! « Show Less
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I haven't had my oven thru a winter yet, but I would imagine you could, you'd just have to allow additional time for heat up and perhaps even cooking. Currently on medium I cook a pizza in 5-8 minutes depending on how much stuff I put on top, so I would venture to say that cooking on high would be close to the same with temps in that range. We get that low here where I live and it will get tried this winter!
1519405
My oven can get pretty hot. I usually crank it as high as I can, leaving the pan inside. I use a peel to get the pizza in and out of the oven. I just took a temperature reading from the center of the pan today, and it read 585.3F. The pizza cooked in 6 minutes.
1383920
I've never baked a pizza on this pan at 500 degrees nor would I recommend it. It's best to go with a pizza stone at that temperature.
2254779
Convection Bake, Bake Steam and Bread settings have a Max temp of 450 degrees. Broil and Broil Steam settings have a Max Temp of 500 degrees. These specs are based on the user manual and I have not conducted my own tests to verify the accuracy.
855356
The oven has a function called "convert" which allows you to put in any temp. and time and it will determine what time it will take. You can choose between baked goods, meat, casseroles, etc. There is also a menu function which probably has "baked potato" as an option. There is a separate pizza function which works well. Things come out as if they had been in a full-sized oven.
197127
As hot as you build your fire. We are still working to determine the correct temperature. We've eaten a couple of blackened pizzas, Ha! Still delicious, just slightly charred.
1629605
We made pizzas outside on Cape Cod on New Year's Eve. It was 17 degrees and they came out great!! It did take a bit longer to cook them, though.
2079920
cooks, toasts, broils, etc. very evenly. I suggest a crisper pan or mesh for pizza. It gets very hot, I burned a couple of things at first, pay especial attention to direction to turn on/off button past 10 before setting desired time.
934258
Necessary? No...Just depends on how you like your pizza crust. I highly recommend it. I like my dough crisper...So I feel pre-heating is necessary for that end result. Ex: I prefer preheating mine all the way up to 550 degrees F and then I remove it, lay the dough on to the heated surface (be careful), and build my topping per taste. But it isn't necessary... to do so...however, I feel not pre-heating it doesn't take the full advantage of the cast iron characteristics that most are seeking--holding heat.
1468591
It has to do with the heat distribution. The convection has a fan to circulate the heat for more even cooking. It's especially good for baked goods.
2036219
I can set mine to any temp. I want for bake. Broil will only set for 350 or 450. I haven't tried the warming. Pizza works at my wanted setting too.
101598
Hello. The convection function gets the interior hot like an oven and can bake things. It has no broiler or heat element at the top which will toast things.
508045
I bought one a couple of days ago. The manual now says it reaches over 710 degrees. I checked after 10 minutes and my high temperature thermometer reads nearly but not quite 725 (but I did have to open the lid to read the temp). Let's call it 720 (the thermometer is marked with 25 degree increments). As for why you'd want that amount of heat: the shorter the cooking time of a pizza the less the crust dries out. And it does not burn once you figure out how long it takes for a pizza to cook. I'm still working on figuring that out so that I don't have to keep opening the lid.