2007-10-11 02:36:41 · 5 answers · asked by J9 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Often, the smaller the number, the greater the heat setting. Check your manual, if you have one. Another way is to place a pot of water on the stove, and set it at each number. The hotter the water gets, the more violant the water boils!
2007-10-11 02:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Rawstuff 007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stove top burners are not thermostatically controlled. The numbers rate the amount of heat output from low to high. What temperature this ultimately results in depends on how big of a pot is on the burner and how much and what type of food is in there.
For example, if you heat a pot of water up to boiling it will remain at 212F whether you have it simmering on low or vigorously boiling on high. A frying pan will go from won't even cook an egg to instantly burnt egg for those same two settings.
2007-10-11 10:34:18 · answer #2 · answered by Brian A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only relationship between the numbers on the dial and temperature is: the bigger the number, the hotter it gets. The actual relationship with temperature will change as you change what is on the stove, like the size of the pot and the amount of stuff in the pot. Some newer stoves have temperature-controlled elements—the digital temperature display is your first clue. But even these are approximative, because they don't measure the temperature inside the pot or pan.
2007-10-11 12:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by C2020 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need to calibrate ur oven with oven thermometer
2007-10-11 10:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by enord 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low, med, and high,
2007-10-11 09:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋