Oven temperatures (I hate my oven!)

[OCdude]

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

Does/has anyone else had these frustrations with their oven, or is it just me?

 

[OCdude]

What types are you using? Mine's electric, although I'm starting to think gas would have been a more reliable option perhaps!

 

[OCdude]

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.

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"?)