Stupid fucking electric fucking ovens, fucking fucking...

[desperance]

Heat rises. Everyone knows this. Even the people who make stupid fucking electric fucking ovens ought to know this. How can an oven be hotter at the bottom than it is at the top?

I roasted my shallots, all golden and lovely, for a tart tomorrow; then I slid them into the bottom of the oven - where it's supposed to be cooler, y'know? - just to jam up a bit while I roasted chicken thighs for a salad.

Stupid fucking electric fucking ovens, fucking fucking. I have charred shallots. I am going out to buy new shallots. Snarl.

Comments

[time-freak.livejournal.com]

Fucking bloody fucking ovens.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

Did you put them on the bottom *shelf* of the oven, or directly onto the bottom?

[glass-mountain.livejournal.com]

The Pod prefers electric ovens, but me, I like gas (commiserates).

[fatbaldguy60.livejournal.com]

The heat that is rising is coming FROM the bottom, where the element is. [American ovens have an element on the top as well, which is used as the broiler. When I lived in England, the broiler was usually a separate entity.] The heat that rises is somewhat dissapated by its rise. That is why the center rack is the normal place to cook things, since that is about where the temp equals the actual setting on the dial.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Considering the SIZE of an oven, I wouldn't count on too much of a difference between top and bottom. That heat works its way in every nook and cranny of the oven. it's, er... the basic principle of the thing.