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It's rare for households in the US to have convection ovens.

by klinquist 4y ago

AussieWog93 4y ago
Do you have gas ovens or none at all? Seems crazy to imagine a giant McMansion that doesn't even have an oven in it!
- lupire 4y ago
  Gas and electric, but often the convection fans are missing.
  - Kon-Peki 4y ago
    It seems so ludicrous that I want to ask if you’re sure you don’t have them, based on my experience of never having lived in an expensive home or actually buying appliances. But then again, I’m sure you are right. Perhaps this is an easy tell - check to see if the oven has convection features. If so, the house was built for living, if not it was intended for flipping.
    - Forge36 4y ago
      I checked mine (electric) Definitely not. My mom does on both of hers (electric). I don't recall my last house having it (gas oven).
    - dragonwriter 4y ago
      > It seems so ludicrous that I want to ask if you’re sure you don’t have them, based on my experience of never having lived in an expensive home or actually buying appliances. I get how it would seem that way. I think few enough people make home buying or renting decisions based on it, that most developers building (major appliances are often preinstalled) or landlords renting homes don’t bothers with the small added expense, and most renters don’t have the choice of replacements, and most homebuyers won’t swap out unless the old one becomes unserviceable. As a result, American recipes don’t focus on them, people don’t tend to know how to take advantage of them, and the cycle continues. Maybe the Air Fryer craze will chip away at it.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Do you have gas ovens or none at all? Both gas and electric ovens without convection are common in the US; in 12 homes I can remember, as a child and adult, in almost 50 years, only in the most recent have I had a convection (gas) oven. (All have had ovens.)
- hn_user2 4y ago
  I don't know actual numbers, but a lot of people have them and don't know anything about them, or even that they have one. I only have 3 data points, but every time I have used the convection feature at someone else's house, they had no idea it was a feature, or what a convection oven even does. Edit to add: These were all in newer homes, so could be a more recent trend?
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- schwartzworld 4y ago
  > Seems crazy to imagine a giant McMansion Are you under the impression that most Americans live in giant McMansions? Gas ovens are common and so are electric, but I didn't have a convection oven until I owned my own home. It's not really worth it for most landlords to make this upgrade.

It's rare for households in the US to have convection ovens.

AussieWog93 4y ago

Do you have gas ovens or none at all? Seems crazy to imagine a giant McMansion that doesn't even have an oven in it!

lupire 4y ago
Gas and electric, but often the convection fans are missing.
- Kon-Peki 4y ago
  It seems so ludicrous that I want to ask if you’re sure you don’t have them, based on my experience of never having lived in an expensive home or actually buying appliances. But then again, I’m sure you are right. Perhaps this is an easy tell - check to see if the oven has convection features. If so, the house was built for living, if not it was intended for flipping.
  - Forge36 4y ago
    I checked mine (electric) Definitely not. My mom does on both of hers (electric). I don't recall my last house having it (gas oven).
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > It seems so ludicrous that I want to ask if you’re sure you don’t have them, based on my experience of never having lived in an expensive home or actually buying appliances. I get how it would seem that way. I think few enough people make home buying or renting decisions based on it, that most developers building (major appliances are often preinstalled) or landlords renting homes don’t bothers with the small added expense, and most renters don’t have the choice of replacements, and most homebuyers won’t swap out unless the old one becomes unserviceable. As a result, American recipes don’t focus on them, people don’t tend to know how to take advantage of them, and the cycle continues. Maybe the Air Fryer craze will chip away at it.
dragonwriter 4y ago
> Do you have gas ovens or none at all? Both gas and electric ovens without convection are common in the US; in 12 homes I can remember, as a child and adult, in almost 50 years, only in the most recent have I had a convection (gas) oven. (All have had ovens.)
hn_user2 4y ago
I don't know actual numbers, but a lot of people have them and don't know anything about them, or even that they have one. I only have 3 data points, but every time I have used the convection feature at someone else's house, they had no idea it was a feature, or what a convection oven even does. Edit to add: These were all in newer homes, so could be a more recent trend?
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schwartzworld 4y ago
> Seems crazy to imagine a giant McMansion Are you under the impression that most Americans live in giant McMansions? Gas ovens are common and so are electric, but I didn't have a convection oven until I owned my own home. It's not really worth it for most landlords to make this upgrade.