Anyone ever calibrate their own gas stove?

wino · **Posted:** Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:48 pm

Yes, however it only begins at 300F.

pepperhead212 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:58 pm **Posts:** 1206

Wino,

Maybe try some oil in the containers instead of water? And maybe add it at about 20º under the setting you are testing for, so it won't take long to get up there?

TheFuzzy · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:38 am

Wino,

Here's the physics: as the oven gets hot and dry, the water is evaporating, which lowers its temperature. A pan of water in the oven will never reach the same temperature as the oven for this reason.

Use oil instead, as Dave suggests.

Tim · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:53 am

Hi,

The Harvard Science and Cooking Course has a effective way to calibrate using a phase change on sugar which melts at 366F. I followed this with a verification of the cycle my oven.

Phase Change Calibration:

Code:

1) Preheat your oven to 350F (177˚C).
(2) Place the granulated sugar in an oven proof dish or on aluminum foil
(3) Place in oven for 15 minutes
(4) If the sugar doesn't melt, raise the temperature of the oven by 10F (5˚C) and repeat the experiment.

I found my oven running hot by 15 degrees. I also found slight melting a the lowest temp after leaving the sugar in the oven.

The oven probe documented a 23 degree cycle over time. I then talked to my repair shop who said that cycles varied up to 25 degrees. They also mentioned that some new ovens have very low cycle changes.

Tim

jim262 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:33 am

The best way I have ever found to audit the the performance of an oven is to bake a big batch of Chewy Sugar Cookies. If they are done on time and evenly browned, the oven is doing its job.

Water can also be used. Preheat the oven to 350º for at least 30 minutes. Place 1 cup\237 grams\8.3 avdp ounces of 70º water in a two cup Pyrex measuring cup and place it in the middle of oven rack that is in the middle of the oven. After 15 minutes the temperature of the water will be between 149º and 151º if the oven is accurate.

A probe thermometer can provide some entertainment too. Place the probe in the center of the oven. I feel less silly if the probe is stuck through a potato. Set oven to 350º, hit <START> and watch the probe display for next hour. You can learn the actual preheating time of your oven, the programmed cycle for the burner and gather some information about the precision of the oven display.

wino · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:15 am

Many thanks to all; it will be a day of discovery - results to be posted ASAP

Tim · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:29 pm

Tim wrote:

Hi,

I found my oven running hot by 15 degrees. I also found slight melting a the lowest temp after leaving the sugar in the oven.

The oven probe documented a 23 degree cycle over time. I then talked to my repair shop who said that cycles varied up to 25 degrees. They also mentioned that some new ovens have very low cycle changes.

Tim

I just spotted Whirlpool's "AccuBake Temperature Management System" with "6th Sense Technology". It takes a pretty sizeable manure fork to hold all of that in one appliance.

Tim

JesBelle · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:50 pm **Posts:** 2062

"6th Sense Technology"

It sees dead turkeys.

cmd2012 · **Joined:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:53 pm **Posts:** 946

JesBelle wrote:

"6th Sense Technology"

It sees dead turkeys.

And that's why I love this board! Thanks for the laugh!

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