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Fan ovens rather than convection surely?
Fan ovens and convection ovens are the same thing
I thought convection oven was one that didn't have the fan, or its turned off. Just a box filled with hot air. Fan oven is specifically different and often has different cooking times/temperatures.
Nah, the oven without the fan is a conventional oven, and adding a fan makes it a convection oven. This is probably a regional thing, where some places "fan oven" is used and some places "convection oven" is used. Since moving back to the US I've noticed that in my time away, packaging has started replacing "convection oven" directions with "air fryer" directions because they do have different temperatures and times than conventional ovens, but it was something like 30-35% of US households have convection ovens last time I checked, and "air fryer" is a much more recognizable term here than "convection oven" even though they're the same thing