Oven temp issue....

FWIW, my wife burns shit all the time too.

I suggest you eat out more.

 

Chris, sounds like that oven is pretty good now. I went ahead and found an article that explains a good way to mail cookies. This should help them get to me in pretty good shape ..

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/packing-guidelines-for-cookies-dec06

 

I see the issue. Can't fuck with a man's cookies.

 

Well we can't have that. Just on a different idea, have you checked the oven timer to make sure it works?

 

I usually bake cookies by how they look, not the timer.

 

well then your thermometer might indeed be off. and john was right now that i think about it; a convection ovens purpose is to surround the items with the appropriate temperatures air. if the top element stayed on while cooking it would just toast the top of your foods.

now that's just wrong.

 

All signs point to new oven.

You didn't try to mod this thing did you?

 

and i don't really know why i said convection oven

same shit i said applies though..

 

I start paying attention with the timer. So, 15 minute recommended bake, I set it for 12.

 

The thermostat probe is the one coming out of the back wall next to the light. The two braided wires lead to the igniter for the broiler

The top one is probably for broiling ours is

 

chris have you tried testing the temperature with oil? as long as you successfully manage not to spill it all over the elements and burn your house down when you take it out of the oven, oil is a perfect representation of heat distribution in most cooking environments. when i use an accurate fryer and put a the thermometer in it, it's always very very close to the set temperature. you could heat up a pot of oil and then even get to use your IR thermometer.