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Steve Calvin
 
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Default Oven temperature!

Dave Smith wrote:

> sandy wrote:
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>>Adjust your baking times in accordance with the real temperatures
>>shown on your notes. If the thermometer's reading were less
>>than your oven's dial setting...Bake for a longer time. If the
>>thermometer's reading were more than your oven's dial settings...
>>ake for a shorter time. You can also change the outside settings
>>to be a little higher or a little lower instead of changing the
>>baking times. Do whatever works best for you. "Make notes of your settings".
>>
>>Sometime your oven's temperature setting device will match its
>>real inside temperature on some setting and not on others. It's
>>good to know what the real inside temperatures are for high
>>and low settings.

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> How about matching your oven settings to the actual temperature. If you set your
> oven to 350 and it is actually 340, try setting the oven 10 degrees higher and
> try to match your settings to the actual temperature rather than messing with
> cooking times.
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Most all of the newer units with electronic controls allow you to
modify the actual oven temperature so that if the oven thinks that
it's at 350 and it's actually at 340 you can increase the oven temp by
10 degrees.

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Steve

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