Removing Convection feature of convection oven (2025 Update)

Why not just isolate one of the leads to the fan? Tom Work at your leisure!

How about that; one question and I'm already out of my league! By isolate, I imagine you mean to disconnect it? I haven't taken the back off yet, as it's a pain to pull out and wanted to get feedback before doing so. That's part of what I was wondering: what am I going to find inside? Do I simply disconnect (and is it simple) the heating element from the wires (leads?)? What's the white foam I see in there, and is this okay to do? I can't "simply" do one lead, as I need to remove the heating element and fan to make room in the oven, the main reason I'm doing this. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

Just realized that you specifically said to the fan. Again, I'll need to disconnect both as I need to remove the fan, too. But also, there's a separate heating element behind the fan solely for the convection oven feature, that I want to remove. Again, sorry if I wasn't clear the first time.

Hi,

Make, model#?

Why?

You would have to access the back of the range and disconnect the wires for the fan motor and for ( if it has one ) the seperate convection element and tape up the wire ends. On the inside the fan cover at the back of the oven can be removed to pull out the fan motor and element.

Insulation, high temp insulation is whitish.

Unless you want to buy new racks you won't be gaining any space at the back since the original racks won't fill the whole space anyway.

jeff. Appliance Repair Aid

Hi,

Make, model#?

Why?

You would have to access the back of the range and disconnect the wires for the fan motor and for ( if it has one ) the seperate convection element and tape up the wire ends. On the inside the fan cover at the back of the oven can be removed to pull out the fan motor and element.

Insulation, high temp insulation is whitish.

Unless you want to buy new racks you won't be gaining any space at the back since the original racks won't fill the whole space anyway.

jeff. Appliance Repair Aid

I was wondering the exact same thing! It really bothers me that I can’t put two tray pans side-by-side on the same rack because that fan takes up a good 3-4 inches back there! So your observation about the racks makes me think that it’s too complicated of a process and that I should sell the one I have and get one that doesn’t have the convection feature.

I lack the context, but any normal oven with a heater or a fire is a "convection" oven. All ovens for centuries have been convection ovens. Those with a fan are not convection ovens.

Those with a fan are marketed as convection ovens.

A convection oven has a fan and exhaust system that circulate hot air around the inside of the oven, making it ideal for multi-rack cooking. Like conventional ovens, convection ovens can be gas or electric and come in different models with various features.

One type of convection oven is a True convection oven. True convection, also called European convection or third-element convection, adds a third heating element in addition to the fan. With True convection, your dishes not only cook more evenly when using multiple racks, but may even cook faster.

Ovens without a fan are technically "radiant" or "conventional" ovens.. Adding a fan to circulate the heat makes it a "convection" oven while a "true convection" oven has the equivalent of a heat gun which pre-heats the air being circulated through the oven. I KNOW - "convection" is scientifically described as the movement of air influenced by heat gradient - hot air rises, cooler air falls - due to change in air density caused by heat. There is virtually NO air movement in a "conventional" oven due to virtually no heat gradient, so a "convection" oven forces the air movement to take place, while a "true convection" oven also introduces the heat gradiant to the air movement.

Usually microwave ovens with a resistance at the top, aka "grill". The fan distributes the heat, but that is not "convection", but "forced heat distribution". Convection is passive.

Well, it's not radiation or conduction, so I'd have thought it must be a form of convection.

A DEI engineer would suggest that you buy smaller tray pans.