Using a microwave's 'oven' feature - Does it use radiation?

[azibux1]

Hi all,

Just wondering, when a microwave has a 'conventional oven feature', and you can cook chips, potato wedges (and anything else you'd put in a conventional oven), using the same temperature and times etc

As you're using the microwave to do this ... Does it use radiation to cook the food like the normal microwave mode? Or does it use whatever technology a normal oven would use?

Serious answers only please

Hope you can help!

 

[azibux1]

I assume this is what your referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection_microwave ?

Read this old chap, answers are (as im sure you know) only a short Google away! http://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-a-convection-microwave-good-questions-164540

Read both of those

I will check the model number of the microwave soon and see if it is a 'convection' microwave

So basically if it is... It does not use any microwaves when in 'oven mode', instead it uses a fan to create hot air and heat up the whole of the inside of the unit?

 

[azibux1]

The microwave is a Sharp R86STM

And is referred to as a combination microwave

It has an oven power of 1850 W, 40-250°C

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sharp-...81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=lmpixrwt&istBid=t

 

[azibux1]

Thanks for all the replies everyone

I think it is one of the ones with a fan as the back has a big section that sticks out with a little 'vent' at the top

Like arknor above said, if it is just as safe, it makes more sense to use because it should take less energy to heat it up