My oven has only one setting

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Does it only have one setting because it's broken, or is it made that way?

― Bellicose Veins (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 18 February 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I think for pizza, the hotter the better (like those wood-fired places - those ovens are probably around 800 deg F!). But you do have to keep an eye on things (also, a pizza stone or tiles or a cast iron pan helps things to not burn so much)

― jaq (jaq), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

j - there are some things you can bake/roast in a hot oven for a long time without too much supervision/worry:

jacket potatoes - scrub, set on oven rack
beets - scrub, cut off tops and roots, put in covered pan w/a little oil
hard squashes/pumpkin - cut in half, scoop out seeds, paint with oil and/or wrap in foil
parsnips - cut off tops, peel, put in covered pan w/a little oil
rutabagas - same as parsnips

― jaq (jaq), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Does it only have one setting because it's broken, or is it made that way?

This is a good question. If it's broken, it might not be able to maintain one temperature consistently, in which case it'll be difficult to cook very much at all in it.

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 19 February 2007 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm imagining a big ON/OFF button, like the earliest microwaves had.

― jaq (jaq), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

xxxpost
jaq, i missed the invitation :( that was last night (saturday), right? i am having gmt conversion confusion.

― lxy (lxy), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I think last night was Sunday? But it was last night. I ordered hot chocolate with a shot of dark rum. You were missed! plz 2 chk email!

― jaq (jaq), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link

yes (sheepishly), sunday. apparently i am having three-day weekend conversion confusion also. email being checked now. :)

also, your drink sounds dreamy!!

― lxy (lxy), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, net was out for a day, thanks for all your help and ideas, friends.

There are numbers, 1 through 8, but no matter what number i turn it to the temperature stays (or looks, i guess, looking at the gas) the same. Also, if the stove actually did work what would the numbers correspond to? but i guess that's not a question i have to worry about too much.

i am subletting so am disinclined to go to the landlord with this.

― jelkino (jergins), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 10:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Those are called gas marks. Here's a conversion chart: http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kitchen/oventemp.htm

I'd try the 5-min flour test out at mark 4 and then at mark 7 and see if there's a difference.

― jaq (jaq), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

thanks jaq! 1-8 aren't any different, i don't think, but I'll check it out.

― jelkino (jergins), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

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