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I know this is kind of out there but I hope one of you will be kind enough to help me.

I just moved to a place with an ancient range and the oven only has three settings:
Top
Bottom
Top and bottom

I will be buying an oven thermometer but I will have to buy it online and it will take a while to arrive so I was wondering if any of you kind /ck/ooks would be willing to help me with this experiment.

Since most things are baked at 350F/180C, I would like a willing participant to stick a few slices of bread in their oven at 350F/180C for, say, 15 minutes and take a picture of the result. I will, then, also stick the same amount of bread in my oven for 15 minutes and compare results, thus figuring out if any given setting of my oven is close to 350F.

I do realize this is kinda retarded and if you have a better idea, by all means hit me with it. But until I get my oven thermometer I honestly can't think of anything better and I would rather not ruin real food trying to figure the goddamn thing out.

Picture, sadly, unrelated.

>> No.3929301

The amount of energy it takes to heat water is so well-established, that it is the basis for several prominent units of energy. For instance, the calorie is the amount of energy it takes to heat one gram (1 mℓ) of water by 1°C. As a straightforward extension, 1 kcal = 4184 J (often Calorie with capital C) is how much energy it takes to heat one kilogram (or liter) of water by 1°C. Likewise, 1 Btu = 1055 J is the amount of energy it takes to heat one pound of water by 1°F.

So if I want to take 500 mℓ of water from 18°C to boiling, I need to expend 82×0.5 kcal to get the job done, or 171.6 kJ.

do you even math?

>> No.3929311

>>3929301

Uhm, ok. Now go and try boiling water in your oven.

Why not buy a bag or two of cheap french fries and bake them for the time it says on the bag at different settings. The one that is closest to the desired result will give you a rough estimate.

Though looking at your post it seems like the oven only has one heat setting and choices between which heating elements are used. For most of your oven baking you will want to use top and bottom... Are you sure there is no way to set the heat?

>> No.3929315

>>3929311
Yeah, I am sure. There is only one dial for the oven. I don't even understand why they would make it that way. I felt stupid for a while, like I was missing something, but I asked a neighbour to come look at it, hoping they had the same over and would be able to help me, but I had no such luck!

The fries idea is good, cheers for that.

>> No.3929343

>>3929315

Then it probably does mean that there is only one temp and the choices you have are for which heating elements to use. If that is the case the temperature will most likely be around 200 degrees celcius since that is a very common temperature to use.

>> No.3929360

>>3929343
If that's the case I could totally work with that.
I just cleaned it as thoroughly as I could and turned it on, it's smoking up a storm but I'm not really bothered. I guess I'll let it burn whatever shit I couldn't clean (like around the coils) and try to actually bake with it tomorrow.

>> No.3929370
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3929370

Sorry OP, I had too <3

>> No.3929377

>>3929370
To*

>> No.3929425
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3929425

>>3929370
You son of a...


To be fair, I thought fuck it and made a 1 egg batch of cupcakes and watched them closely and they baked just fine. It seems to be a little over 180C, which is what a previous anon predicted, but the cupcakes came out golden brown and yummy in just under 15 minutes. Considering I usually bake them for 17, I think I can live with my current oven!
Not that I'm not incredibly jealous of yours...

Picture related, just baked these!


And just because why not, here's the recipe for the cupcakes

42g / 1/3 of a stick of butter, room temp
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, room temp
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat your oven to 180C/350F, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO UNLIKE ME
Beat the sugar and butter until fluffy.
Add the egg and beat well.
Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add half to the wet mix.
Incorporate the milk and vanilla.
Add the rest of the dry.
Bake for ~17 minutes.
Enjoy!

>> No.3929456

>inb4 OP figures out that his "range" is the dishwasher

>> No.3929552

>>3929425
Haha, to compensate for my cruelness I will save your recipe to my recipe-book.

Thank you and good luck getting to know your new (or should I say old?) oven!