I owned a cooking school for years and graduated from a culinary school in Paris. I worked with true convection ovens. In this great country of false advertising and reality versus marketing we are subjected to endless false statements Just because a company slaps the name convection on their range does not mean that it is truly convection. Most companies have a fan in their ovens and thus the ridiculous results as the lop sided muffins and burnt products when using convection. That is not by any stretch authentic convection. After using many many brands we settled on Dacor as they are the best convection on the market. We had Wolf, Viking (the worst) and in the beginning cheaper brands such as GE, Maytag etc..which we quickly dumped. I can cook anything but not on inferior ranges. I would not even consider buying a range unless you can take it for a test drive. That is one thing I liked about Dacor as they had test kitchens where one could see the results first hand. That sold me and served us well. Just remember that the sales people tell you whatever the manufacturer wants you to hear. Words are cheap and are simply adjectives made up by marketing firms to entice you to spend your money. I have a vacation home. We bought a Samsung range for about $1,500. After 2 1/2 years the oven stopped working and we were told the oven could not be repaired. Buyer beware.

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