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Noantum · Senior Member

New Convection oven too hot!! Help

Buffington · Guru

Sounds like you have a defective thermostat on the oven. It should be close to 265 F if you put it on "oven" not convection. Sounds pretty weird to me. You might try contacting where you got it or contacting Hamilton Beach directly.

Play Days Dolls · Guru

I hope you were able to resolve the problem with the new oven. I was just wondering if you had been able to start making your doll.

jenny89 · Newbie

try a heat gun it work best

Buffington · Guru

Unless it's a mini baby I wouldn't recommend using the heat gun to cure an entire baby.

audreyscan · Member

I am also a newcomer and just picked up a Hamilton Beach today and had the same problem. Then I switched from Convection to Bake and I had to sit right there and monitor the heat but it was pretty close. I set it just above 250. I don't think it will work on convection at these temps.

Play Days Dolls · Guru

Hi Audrey, and welcome to the forum!

Thanks for sharing your convection oven experience. I always forget to ask whether it was set on convection or just the regular bake mode. I'm glad yours is working for you.

Again, welcome and please jump in when you can.

Aviva · Senior Member

Yikes 10 min. is a long time. I put my convection on and put a genesis thermometer in the back and also at first I used two of them...I have found with mine that I can cut the time back a couple of minutes...5-6 min. Check the temp in the oven..it does blow hot air for sure. I did some legs in it..this one isn't real big..not a fancy one. If you have an old doll...play with it a bit. Take it out after a few min...test it to see if it cured..what the temp is..then finally you can get it down good. Mine is usually set at 225 to 250...if I bake..it is set at 275 but if it goes to 270..then I cut it back. it only goes in degrees of 25 min incr.
Some people get it down to an art and love it..others just use the baking. I just order the one that holds two 12 inch pizza's at one time. I'll work with a doll I've gotten tired of working with. *sigh*

Play Days Dolls · Guru

My my regular kitchen oven is one that can be set on bake or convection, but I have never used the convection part because I'm not sure how it works. I want to understand how to use the convection part, but have been afraid that using the convection mode would result in melted limbs. I guess I'll have to experiment. Thanks for the advice, Aviva.

Buffington · Guru

The oven manufacturers usually say that the convection oven setting bakes the food faster than just using the regular oven. That's the main thing for convection, and it's between the regular oven and the microwave as far as baking times/speed.

celizd · Member

Hi! Im very new to this, and decided to start with the 6" doll first to see how I take to it......but stupid question while you guys are talking ovens, does anyone use the reg. kitchen oven? or convection oven should be used? I read a little about toxins and such and just feared the worse. since you all have been doing this a while, which is better? I know I read that genesis paints dont have the toxins? I dont know! HELP!! :)
-Christina

Play Days Dolls · Guru

Hello Christina,

If you do a search of the forum topics, you can find a lot of different opinions about baking in your regular kitchen oven. Try searching for something like "baking in oven". I noticed a lot of information in the Miscellaneous Chatter area.

I cannot advise you to bake in your kitchen oven when it comes to safety because I don't feel qualified. However I can tell you that I personally bake my Secrist doll kits in my regular kitchen oven, and I hope no one is harmed from it. My personal opinion is that there should be no problem if the doll kit is meets safety standards, and Secrist says their kits are non-toxix.

You will find there are people who have purchased things like portable convection ovens for the sole purpose of baking doll parts. I also do not feel I can afford or use a second oven here. It's too hot outside for most of the year to bake dolls in an outside oven.

I would definitely recommend search the forum for more answers.

Buffington · Guru

I agree with Linda. We can't really say which is best from a forum moderator standpoint, just tell you in our opinion what we do.

But I personally bake only Secrist kits (or the German made kits as they have higher safety standards than anywhere else, to my knowledge) in my home oven. My other kits are baked in my countertop oven and I put it outside. I do also bake Secrist in that one when it's too hot to bake them inside.

It's really your own personal choice but do seek out other posts in our forum.
I don't recommend baking in the "convection" mode as the manufacturers all state that "convection cooks the foods faster" which is not good as far as the heat cured paints. The manufacturers clearly state a certain time and temp for a reason on their paints. You can check with Genesis on this.

Hope this helps