Comment on Why do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the off at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done?

Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also, to expand on your thought a bit, most ovens are lucky to hold ±5° of set temp anyways.

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  • klugerama@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to expand on that, even the nominal temperature is more of a “middle” temperature. Depending on the size, the temperature of most standard size home ovens will vary by as much as 50° F between top and bottom. Convection ovens help to mitigate this, but the recipe needs to account for that.

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Absolutely, our oven is very old, and we generally have to run it 10°C above what the recipes say.

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• trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’d also be surprised, if most ovens could even regulate the temperature that accurately…

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