Oven temperatures (I hate my oven!)

OCdude

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I've always understood that "every oven is different" and you pretty much have to get used to how your own oven runs... slight temperature variations, hot spots and what not... but I'm starting to get really annoyed with my new oven.

I've got an AEG double oven (conventional and fan) and the conventional oven seems to run WAY too cool (I just left a temperature probe in it, set the oven to 200C and 20 minutes later it's levelled out at just under 150C). The fan oven, while clearly should be "hotter" than the conventional, seems to be stupidly hot (haven't measured it yet though).

I made a cake the other day, the recipe said 180C for 1h-1h15. I took the cake out after around 1h30 and i'd say 40% of the interior was raw still :mad:

Does/has anyone else had these frustrations with their oven, or is it just me?
 
I would say the oven we have is fairly reliable. If it says put somethnig in for 12 minutes at 200C, thats what I do. And the thing pretty much always comes out looking cooked enough and not burnt. I sometimes have to give things a few extra minutes just to finish it off, but thats not common.
 
Yep parents is about 50degrees out, I would warranty it if possible. A little out is ok, but it shouldn't be that much out and stops you from going high temp as most only go to 220 so if that stays the same then your max is 170 which just isn't hot enough.

Hate gas ovens. You have to spend way more and get way less just to get a even ish heat. Electric is always better value for money on ovens.
 
SourChipmunk said:
How new is it? It sounds like you might have a defective temperature sensor (thermostat). We did have a similar problem with our oven when we moved into our house, ended up just getting a new oven.
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It's about 12 months old now, so I imagine it's still within warranty.

I think i'm going to do a few more temperature measurements so i'm 100% sure.

I've got a normal oven thermometer as well as a temperature probe.. i'm assuming that there's no reason that the temperature probe would give inaccurate results is there? (as it's designed to be "stuck in things"?) :P
 
OCdude said:
It's about 12 months old now, so I imagine it's still within warranty.

I think i'm going to do a few more temperature measurements so i'm 100% sure.

I've got a normal oven thermometer as well as a temperature probe.. i'm assuming that there's no reason that the temperature probe would give inaccurate results is there? (as it's designed to be "stuck in things"?) :P
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I calibrate for a living and have various types of temperature probes, thermocouples, ovens, temp controllers, indicators etc etc.
A digital thermometer with probe 'should' be fairly accurate. A cheap model will still usually come in at +/- 2C.

Without an accurate standard to check it against you can't be sure but an easy way to confirm is simply boil some water. Or check weather report for your local area and stick it outside. Easy way to find out if it's at least within a few degrees of what it should be.

Ovens are notoriously innaccurate. Tightest tolerance on ovens on our site are +/-5C, although I maintain them to a higher accuracy than this.

If your oven is so far out, it's likely a faulty thermostat or damaged seals as noted by others. Deff try to get it changed under warrenty.

I'd always recommend anyone to pick up a digital thermometer if you want accurate cooking (I offer to check them too if people want as I have high accuracy standards in a UKAS accredited lab).
Always 'expect' your oven to flucuate at leats a few degrees though.
 
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