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Just before signing yesterday on a new GE Profile range I noticed
something that resulted in my walking away from it. It concerns
the convection fan and the space it takes up inside the oven. I'm
not exactly sure I understand where the problem comes from but it
does not exist for equivalent GE free-standing convection ranges
(that have the controls at the rear of the appliance). I don't know
if slide-in convection ranges (ie those with the controls up front)
from other manufacturers suffer from the same problem.

The thing is that the convection fan and its housing stick out inside
the oven and reduce the rack depth by 3" (76mm) to about 14" (355mm),
barely enough room for a large pizza, without the box. Forget about
an extra-large pizza. I find this pretty amazing considering this is
one of GE's flagship ranges.

GE's free-standing convection ovens on the other hand have the fan
behind the rear wall and the rack depth is about 17" (432mm).

I guess if you don't eat pizza you might not mind but I imagine there
are some who use large backing sheets who could also have a problem.

A big thanks to all those who posted info on their appliances
throughout the 'net, I've spent the last week going crazy trying to
decide which appliances to buy for our new house. A very lengthy
process since there are literally hundreds of models and they each
have different pros and cons.

Paul P

"Paul P" > wrote in message
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>I don't participate in this forum, I just needed somewhere to
> post so that future appliance shoppers searching for info could
> find it.
>
> Just before signing yesterday on a new GE Profile range I noticed
> something that resulted in my walking away from it. It concerns
> the convection fan and the space it takes up inside the oven. I'm
> not exactly sure I understand where the problem comes from but it
> does not exist for equivalent GE free-standing convection ranges
> (that have the controls at the rear of the appliance). I don't know
> if slide-in convection ranges (ie those with the controls up front)
> from other manufacturers suffer from the same problem.
>
> The thing is that the convection fan and its housing stick out inside
> the oven and reduce the rack depth by 3" (76mm) to about 14" (355mm),
> barely enough room for a large pizza, without the box. Forget about
> an extra-large pizza. I find this pretty amazing considering this is
> one of GE's flagship ranges.
>
> GE's free-standing convection ovens on the other hand have the fan
> behind the rear wall and the rack depth is about 17" (432mm).
>
> I guess if you don't eat pizza you might not mind but I imagine there
> are some who use large backing sheets who could also have a problem.
>
> A big thanks to all those who posted info on their appliances
> throughout the 'net, I've spent the last week going crazy trying to
> decide which appliances to buy for our new house. A very lengthy
> process since there are literally hundreds of models and they each
> have different pros and cons.
>
Paul,
I have a profile wall oven w/convection. The inside depth is 15" to the edge
of the rack. Not sure why a slide-in would be shallower. FWIW, when I was
shopping ovens all manufacturer's convection models suffered from the same
issue.

I can't close the door with a large pizza in a box either, but we rarely put
one in the oven in the box anyway so it hasn't been a big hardship.

I did bring an extra large pie home from Costco once and was a bit stymied
by the fact it wouldn't fit in the oven. Cut it half and did it on two sheet
pans. Messy but it worked. This was the only thing I've ever had an issue
with trying to fit in the oven.

Jon