Does it matter how you place pan in oven?
AmandaMarx
matters in the cooking process. My kneejerck reaction is to just place the
loaf pan or whatever type cookware I'm using at the time straight in the oven
(vertically), but I'm wondering if it cooks as well than if it were placed in
the oven horizontally. Especially in an electric stove where the cooking
elements are different than a gas oven, do you think it matters? Thanks.
Julianna Avedon
AmandaMarx wrote in message
<19991222222824...@ng-co1.aol.com>...
It does sort of matter, but it's entirely dependent on your oven.
The older an oven is, the more likely it is to develop "thermals;" little
warps
and dings that redirect the heat in uneven patches. This is the case
regardless
of the type of oven you use, i.e. electric, gas, solar...
If you have a brand new oven with very little wear, it may not be an issue
for you.
If you have an older oven, you will acheive better results by dividing the
total
baking time for a product by four and giving the product a quarter turn at
each
quarter interval.
Happy baking,
Juls
Jennifer Olson
rotate...
Charlie Sorsby
AmandaMarx <amand...@aol.com> wrote:
= I've always wondered if placing the pan in the oven vertically or horizontally
= matters in the cooking process. My kneejerck reaction is to just place the
= loaf pan or whatever type cookware I'm using at the time straight in the oven
= (vertically), but I'm wondering if it cooks as well than if it were placed in
= the oven horizontally. Especially in an electric stove where the cooking
= elements are different than a gas oven, do you think it matters? Thanks.
But don't the contents spill if you put the pan in vertically? :)
Sorry--I couldn't resist. I really do know what you mean but the
Devil made me do it.... ;)
--
NB: While I welcome reasonable and relevant e-mail responses, any
e-mail with a *long* "To: list" or any mailing list will be treated
as spam and reported to the sender's ISP.
--
Best regards,
Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby Edgewood, NM "I'm the NRA!"
c...@swcp.com www.swcp.com/~crs USA Life Member since 1965
Kattz
I put 6 Ore Ida fish sticks at the end of a cookie tray and spread out
on the rest of the tray frozen potatoes (that usually are cooked with
a higher temp for a shorter period than the sticks are supposed to be
cooked) then I shove the tray in so the end with the sticks touch the
back. I always used Zesties but now I can't because of the high
sodium in the coating so I tried Cottage Fries and they timed just
right with the sticks. Sometimes I had to put the sticks back in for
extra cooking when I used Zesties (unless I forgot to check them and
ended up with crunchy crispies).
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:21:35 GMT, "WRL" <WRLI...@cinci.rr.com>
pondered briefly then wrote:
>Barbara Kofka reports in her book "Roasting" that the temp in the rear of
>the oven is higher than the front. The temp at the top of the oven is
>higher than the bottom (heat rises). If you are roasting a turkey, you
>would want to put the bird in the oven legs first because they require
>longer cooking. In baking, you will notice that cookies at the rear of the
>oven will brown faster. So, it does matter how you place your pan in the
>oven for some products.
>
>Bill
>
>AmandaMarx <amand...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:19991222222824...@ng-co1.aol.com...
>> I've always wondered if placing the pan in the oven vertically or
>horizontally
>> matters in the cooking process. My kneejerck reaction is to just place
>the
>> loaf pan or whatever type cookware I'm using at the time straight in the
>oven
>> (vertically), but I'm wondering if it cooks as well than if it were placed
>in
>> the oven horizontally. Especially in an electric stove where the cooking
>> elements are different than a gas oven, do you think it matters? Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>