We just moved & it seems our oven gets hotter than what we set it for. Is it better to use a lower temperature for a longer time or the recommended temp for less time?
2007-05-08 08:23:52 · 13 answers · asked by greatdeedo 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I changed cookers and I found this! Could it be that you have a fan assisted oven? which needs to be 20 degrees less than a conventional oven! Even if not try a recipe that you know took A. amount of minutes at B. temperature and then guage your other cooking times and temps by this! Hope that helps!
2007-05-15 11:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one of these options is a good solution. Rather, RUN to your nearest supermarket and buy an oven thermometer. You can get the old fashioned ones that sit on an oven rack and put it to one side on the middle rack. They are very cheap and they will tell you the actual temperature inside your oven. With this measurement, you can tell how far off your oven temperature guage is and adjust accordingly. That is, if your oven gauge says 350 degrees, but the oven thermometer says 375, your oven is running 25 degrees hotter than the setting. If you want to bake something at 350, you set the guage to 325. This works just fine. You really need to know the actual temperature inside your oven, though, because it makes a huge difference when you are baking things like a cake, and can even affect how a roast, chicken or turkey turns out. Please buy this helpful kitchen tool!
2007-05-15 21:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by Jan N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're sure that is the problem, that the knob or whatever is just off by however many degrees, I would set it lower to try to get the correct temp.
I had a problem with an oven that just kept getting hotter and hotter, it didn't stop when it reached ANY number. I only baked in it a few times that way, but when I did, I kept opening the door a bit to cool down, then closing to heat back up. It was all guesswork, though.
If you can get a thermometer for $5, like the previous person suggested, that would be the best way to go.
2007-05-08 08:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Peggy Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the moment use an oven thermometer and get the temperature right and follow the recipe. Note down what temperature you used and what the knob had to be set to get it.
Oven temperature is usually very easy to adjust so when you have a little time look for a small adjusting screw usually in the temperature control knob or quite near it. If you are lucky that screw will adjust the knob position and you already have the data just set the apparent temperature you used before and adjust the screw so the knob reads the same. If you have to adjust the thermostat you will have to get there by trial and error (counter clockwise should lower the temp). In this case shoot for being accurate at 350F and you will be close enough at other temps. Remember it takes time for the oven to stabilize at a new setting so don't rush things or you will be swing back and forth trying to get this correct.
2007-05-08 08:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by bvoyant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You want to use the recommended temperature (in your oven) for the recommended time. Just get yourself an inexpensive oven thermometer. That way you can see what temperature it really is in your oven at a temperature that you set. I had an oven that was 50 degrees off. I used it succesfully for several years with this method.
2007-05-15 05:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mitch B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really, the best way to deal with that is to go to Walmart or your local grocery store and spend $5 for an oven thermometer to keep inside your oven. Then you'll know how to adjust your settings to get the right temperature for a recipe. PS...Some of the nicer ovens have the ability to be calibrated, but you'd have to research the manufacturer and model to find out if yours is one of them.
2007-05-08 08:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by Erica in the Show Me State 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You should have someone come in and check your oven, or get an oven thermometer and test your oven. You can lower the temperature like you said, but; not if your baking it won't work..
2007-05-14 14:29:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a crappy oven too. At wal-mart you can get an oven thermometer for about $3. Just hang it in there and do a test run with no food. You'll get a feel for what the oven's at.
2007-05-08 08:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 19:44:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sugggest getting it fixed. You can get away with baking cookies wt troubled oven but not cakes.
After all the effort you put in preparing the batter, why take chances with the oven.
http://www.mycookery.com/blog
2007-05-08 09:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by Nora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋