What's the difference between Bake & Broil?

[l Xes l]

huh?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Bake: cook in an oven with indirect heat

Broil: cook in an oven with direct heat

 

[l Xes l]

i still dont get it..

 

[daweeze02]

i thought broil just turned on the top heating coils and bake turned on top and bottom.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: krnxpride83
i still dont get it..

an oven uses the hot air inside the oven cavity to cook

the broiler setting uses a hot element to emit direct heat towards the surface of the food

 

[spidey07]

Bake is oven is set at a certain temp and the air heats the food.

Broil - top element is turned to max (> 500) and food is placed very near top element.

direct vs indirect

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

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[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
i thought broil just turned on the top heating coils and bake turned on top and bottom.

taht's what i thought too....

 

[royaldank]

Bake - put into a oven with even heat the whole time.

Broil - top heating element emits heat directly onto an item (like a grill, except heat is above)

 

[iamwiz82]

A broiler is an upside down grill, basically.

 

[squirrel dog]

About 200 degrees .

 

[sao123]

I always thought broiling had something to do with boiling and baking.

uh...der.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

baking uses warm air around the food while broiling uses heating elements right next to the food.

but this was the same answer given eariler

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Baking the heat comes from below, broiling from above. The net result is one heats the food while the other the pan that the food is on.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Bake is oven is set at a certain temp and the air heats the food.

Broil - top element is turned to max (> 500) and food is placed very near top element.

direct vs indirect

That's also why pre-heating is important when baking. You want to bake with the elements on as little as possible, as the extreme heat radiating from them will cause the outside to overcook. You want the hot air to do all the work, not the elements.

 

[Rubycon]

Baking = convection heating.
Broiling = radiation heating.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
Baking = convection heating.
Broiling = radiation heating.

Ok, so whats the difference between baking and convection?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
Baking = convection heating.
Broiling = radiation heating.

Not true, conventional baking is done via radiant heating. Convection ovens have a fan with a third heating element to move the air.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: C6FT7
Baking = convection heating.
Broiling = radiation heating.

Not true, conventional baking is done via radiant heating. Convection ovens have a fan with a third heating element to move the air.

Leading to more even heating and better browning.

mmmmmm......convection oven.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Not true, conventional baking is done via radiant heating. Convection ovens have a fan with a third heating element to move the air.

From a concept of basic principle, the explanation is true. The baking pan is between the target and the heat source thus ruling out the effects of direct radiation. Of course the baking pan does get hotter on the bottom as a result of direct irradiation from a longwave IR source (resistance wires) and/or flame heat spreader.

I did not mention convection oven! This will cook very even all around obviously.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: C6FT7
Baking = convection heating.
Broiling = radiation heating.

Not true, conventional baking is done via radiant heating. Convection ovens have a fan with a third heating element to move the air.

Wrong. Conventional ovens heat by free convection, convection ovens heat by forced convection. There will be some radiative heating by the heating elements, but if the oven is well insulated it should be considered minimal.

 

[spidey07]

Leave it to a board full of geeks to argue over how an oven heats things.