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9. First thing you need is an oven thermometer

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 01:02 PM

Oct 2022

It sounds like your oven is most likely miscalibrated and isn't giving you the proper cooking temperature.

An oven thermometer is something I've always kept since I lived in shitty Boston apartments and none of them had stoves with properly calibrated ovens.

Amazon's cheapest: https://www.amazon.com/Thermometer-50-300%C2%B0C-100-600%C2%B0F-Instant-Stainless/dp/B083BMMQV9/ref=sr_1_5?crid=28TDS903KF6NV&keywords=oven+thermometer&qid=1666461611&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjIwIiwicXNhIjoiMy41MSIsInFzcCI6IjMuMzcifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=oven+thermometer%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-5

None of them on the first page of results was over $15.

ETA: This advice goes for the new stove, also. An oven thermometer is an essential piece of kitchen gear, IMO.

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A simple electric range [View all] murielm99 Oct 2022 OP

Thanks. murielm99 Oct 2022 #2

I looked at the glass cooktops a year or so ago. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #3

Don't blame you. We got what sounds exactly like yours. we can do it Oct 2022 #4

I just went to the appliance store and turned in my stove. murielm99 Oct 2022 #8

First thing you need is an oven thermometer Warpy Oct 2022 #9