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The swine flu virus has become one of the most used terms over the past few months. It is a new strain of virus that was detected in Mexico around springtime in 2009. Since then, it has spread throughout the world in small pockets, because of the number of international travellers that left Mexico around the same time. The scientific name of the virus is H1N1 virus and it is simply yet another form of the influenza virus that we all know as the common cold. Dubbed ‘swine flu’ because it originated from pigs, the swine flu virus has spread rapidly but is not quite as deadly as people are claiming it to be.

First of all, one must understand where swine flu comes from. It is a mutation of the virus that causes common cold. It started through pigs like the bird virus started from infected poultry. However, in this case swine flu will not spread through pigs. The outbreak of swine flu all over the globe has mostly been because of infected carriers seated aboard many international flights. Due to lack of proper screening procedures and adequate vaccinations against swine flu in the earlier stages of its detection, many of these carriers were able to pass it on to others. Thus, H1N1 became elevated to the stage of a pandemic, as declared by the United Nations and caused the subsequent panic. Since then, procedures for screening have been made far more stringent and its been found that effective treatment for swine flu.

As mentioned before, the origin of H1N1 is believed to be Mexico. However, genetic profiling on the virus has revealed similarities to almost all the viruses that have been commonly seen in parts of South America, Asia, Europe and varied islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has also been linked to the Spanish Flu but no concrete evidence has been found till now supporting this fact. As of now, all we know is that it is not fatal unless undetected for a very long time, much like the influenza virus.

Irrespective of where the swine flu came from, it has now been declared as a pandemic. It spreads much like the normal flu, through contact with the carrier. Coughing and sneezing can spread the virus if other people inhale the respiratory droplets. Any other form of physical mouth and nose contact with a carrier can transfer the virus to another. There have been many cases of death reported in different countries, bringing the over all toll up to 9,000. Even with the development of a cure, it continues to spread but has been slowed down to a considerable extent. With the help of the Tamiflu tablets and other forms of personal care, the spread of this virus can be slowed down.

Is it possible that the Black and Decker Infrawave Speed Oven could revolutionize home baking as we know it? What if there was a new oven technology available that can cook your favorite home baked specialties in half the time, but with the same golden brown crusts as a conventional oven? Would you be intrigued? You should be, because the new infrared technology utilized by Black and Decker in their recently developed infrawave oven could change home baking as we know it.

What is so unique about utilizing infrared heating elements as opposed to electrical or convection, or even microwaves for that matter? In order to understand why infrared could be superior to almost all previous means of heating, you need to keep in mind that the conventional oven can only heat food from the outside in.

While the microwave can heat food from the inside out, the microwave doesn’t brown food like a real oven simply because a microwave relies on excitation of the water molecules within food to make it hot. The infrared oven can brown food just like a conventional oven, but has the microwaves ability to distribute heat deep inside food being cooked by utilizing longer wavelengths of infrared light. This means when using the Black and Decker Infrawave Speed Oven, you will not only enjoy the oven-seared goodness of classic oven cookery, but you will enjoy it in half the time!

Along with the utilization of new infrared technology, the infrawave oven also offers a user-friendly interface and a number of interchangeable affects to make your baking experience as hassle free as possible. These affects include a grill rack, and removable pans for easy cleanup. While the Black and Decker Infrawave Speed Oven may not be the final chapter of human cookery, it may have come very close.

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Nearly all homes in America, as well as a few restaurants, still use traditional, radiant ovens for the purpose of preparing our foods. Radiant ovens feature a heating element at the bottom of the oven with racks in the middle, and, on occasion, an upper heating element used for broiling. In traditional ovens, the heat remains motionless, which means the food takes quite a bit of time to cook and can have numerous hot or cold spots within the cooked food. These issues can all be avoided with the use of a convection oven.

Convection cooking has been popular in many European countries for quite some time, however America was not introduced to the craze until 1978, when Jenn-Air began offering residential convection ovens. Now, many homeowners stand firm on their belief that convection cooking is the only way to go, and most restaurants rely on convection ovens to create most aesthetically pleasing foods that have intense flavors and great texture. Convection ovens are also well known for reducing cooking times, which is ideal for high-volume restaurants or any application where a high amount of product is needed.

Convection type ovens operate by forcing air to circulate heat evenly throughout the cooking area, which ensures that the possibility of hot or cold spots is nearly eliminated. These ovens generally have three cooking elements, one on top, one on bottom, and one in the rear of the cooking space. These three heating elements mean that food will be cooked evenly, regardless of where the food is placed inside the cooking chamber. These ovens can also hold more food at any one time, and, thanks to the circulated heat from numerous elements, allows them to cook without the worry of burning the contents of any particular rack.

A reduced cooking temperature is yet another benefit of convection ovens over their traditional, radiant counterparts. Convection ovens typically cook foods at a temperature reduction of about 25 degrees when compared to conventional ovens. Foods also cook about 25% faster in these ovens. These two reductions can mean a huge energy savings for your restaurant, which will add up over time to save you a great deal of money in energy and usage costs.

Although convection ovens are a great alternative to the traditional oven, they do take a bit of time to get used to. Make sure that your first cooking experiment with the oven is just that – an experiment. Take a little time to get used to the differences in these oven before you prepare a meal for your friends, family, or guests.