Temperature of Electric Fan Ovens
In an electric fan oven when cooking a specific recipe at a given temperature should that oven reach that temperature given the 20deg. difference between that and a conventional oven? I bought an oven thermometer placed it in the Fan oven and set the oven at 170deg C. the thermometer only reached 140deg. C. is my oven faulty?
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So now you have the oven thermostat saying one thing and a thermometer saying something else. As other answers have said, that could be because you didn't wait long enough for the oven to heat evenly, or that the thermometer is not in a good location. If neither of those applies, the only conclusion you can draw is that one of them is wrong. In order to conclude that the oven is off, you need at least two thermometers. Of course, if you do that, you may find that all three disagree.
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What temperature is a fan oven?
Oven Temperatures Conversion TableGas\xb0FFan \xb0C12751202300130332515043501605 more rowsWhat is 180 for a fan oven?
Oven temperature conversion tableGas markFahrenheit (\xb0F)Fan (\xb0C)33251404350160537517064001803 more rowsIs a fan oven hotter than a normal oven?
Fan-forced ovens therefore cook faster. Cooking temperatures for fan-forced ovens are roughly 20C lower than those for conventional ovens but with the same cooking time. At lower temperatures this difference is less, 110C/100C fan. Conversely, at higher temperatures the difference is greater, 250C/220C fan.What is the temperature difference between fan oven and conventional oven?
Conventional Oven to Fan Oven Every oven is different but as a basic guide, you can reduce the temperature by about 20 degrees Celsius when cooking with a fan oven. And this results in a cooking time reduction of about 25%.Convection vs. conventional ovens explained
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Answer 2
Yes, it sounds like your oven is faulty. Or at least that the thermostat is wildly off. It's not uncommon for thermostats to be 10-20°C off, but 30°C seems like too much.
(On the other hand, how much do you trust your thermometer?)
Answer 3
You also have to consider how long the oven had to warm up (when the light goes off it may not be evenly warmed up, though this should be better in a fan oven) and whether you had to open the door an let cold air in to read the thermometer.
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