I have noticed that the convection element wattage is quite vartiable. IN specific - the Kenmore Elite states the convection elemnt is 350 watts while the KitchenAid model is 1600 watts...does this matter? I cannot find any reference that says one is better than the other bu8t one wonders?

Hi,

I'd suspect the design of that perticular range would account for the wattage changes....some use an convection only element for the convection ( my guess the higher wattage ones ) and some will use the bake element with the convection element together ( probably the lower wattage ones ).

350 watts seems very low....that is 3&1/2 100watt light bulbs.

Most/many bake elements are around 2200-3000 watts and the broil element is usually around the 3000 watt mark.

jeff.

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