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c/bakersthe_oscarthe_oscar28d agoTop Commenter

Watch your oven temp with digital probes - found a scary gap

I was testing my new Thermapen against my oven's built-in thermometer and found a 50 degree difference at 350°F. That means I've been underbaking sourdough for like 6 months without knowing it. Has anyone else double-checked their home oven's accuracy recently?
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paul251
paul25128d ago
Holy crap, 50 degrees?! That's insane. I had a similar shock when I put a cheap oven thermometer in mine and realized my "350" was more like 375 for the last year. How do we even know what we're baking at?
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iris574
iris57428d ago
Read that cheap oven thermometers can be way off too, wild.
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kai_park
kai_park28d ago
Is the gap consistent across different temps or just mid-range?
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