FEATURE/New Trivection Technology from GE Perfecting the Delicate Balance of Heat and Time LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004--GE's newest cooking technology - Trivection(TM) Technology - has won numerous awards and been highlighted in a variety of national consumer and technology publications since its unveiling in late 2002. Just how does GE's Trivection technology work and what went into the creation of this innovation that offers the delicate balance of heat and time to produce great food?
Trivection technology uses a combination of three heating methods to produce succulent foods up to five times faster than a conventional oven. It leverages the best cooking qualities of three methods: consistent oven temperature from thermal technology, optimal air circulation from GE Precise Air(TM) convection technology, and remarkable speed from microwave technology.
For over five years, GE engineers and product development team members combined Six Sigma and food science, learning that different foods cook differently. Each food group required its own cooking program that varied the amount of microwave, convection and thermal energy to get the ideal texture, crispness, moistness and browning for that food type. Development team members confirmed their programs by testing many types of foods such as hundreds of cakes, frozen pizzas, casseroles, potatoes and turkeys to get optimal cooking performance for all varieties of food.
One example of a Trivection-tailored cooking program is cake, which is extremely delicate. Cakes need to finish rising before the surface sets and browns. The thermal energy is used at the beginning of the cooking process to allow the cake to rise. The convection energy speeds the browning later in the cycle while the microwave energy completes cooking the cake's interior. A traditional oven cooks an angel food cake in 48 minutes. A GE Profile oven with Trivection technology cooks an angel food cake in 26 minutes.
Poultry, which has a large amount of surface area, has a tendency to dry out during cooking. To combat this, the thermal and convection energies will help brown the outside to seal in the juices, while the microwave energy will speed up the cooking process to prevent moisture loss. A traditional oven cooks a 22-pound turkey in 4 hours using only thermal energy. A Trivection oven cooks the same turkey in 2 hours using thermal and convection energies continuously and microwave energy for 80% of the cooking cycle.
User-friendly Chef's Guide(TM) controls make cooking with a GE Profile oven with Trivection technology a snap. Consumers simply select the cooking method and type of food. They enter the traditional recipe temperature and cooking time. Once the oven is programmed, it automatically adjusts the ideal heating combination and the cooking time to the food type selected - delivering exceptional results.
There's no need to convert the temperature and time found on consumers favorite family recipes. AutoRecipe(TM) conversion does it automatically.
The GE Profile Ovens with Trivection Technology are available in a single wall oven, double wall oven or slide-in range. GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE:GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram(R), Profile(TM), GE(R), Hotpoint(R), SmartWater(TM), and Reveal(R) consumer brands, and Entellisys(TM) industrial brand. For more information about GE Consumer & Industrial, consumers can visit the company's web site at www.ge.com.
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