Baking is an art that keeps giving. One day you will learn to make real cakes, and the next thing you know, there is something called edible paint. One of the most common directions bakers uses is “180° fan”. As typical as this expression is, most do not understand what this means and how to …
If you have a self-cleaning oven or have taken advantage of this feature, you are probably all too familiar with the smoke and foul odors that your oven emits during the self-cleaning cycle. You may have even had the unfortunate experience of your oven catching on fire. If this has happened more than once, it’s …
A clogged oven vent is excellent for removing odors and steam, but it rarely receives the attention it deserves. The vent is a simple piece of equipment that consists of a large inlet vent, usually the size of a countertop and a pipe to the outside. These hoods are rarely included in a cleaning routine …
Moldy Food Left in Oven. I’m sure it’s happened to you too. You go away for the weekend, forgetting that the lasagne you left cooling in the oven hasn’t been moved to the fridge yet. Oh, dear! It’s a long weekend, and you just know that by the time you get back on Tuesday evening, …
An oven uses an open flame to heat the inside of a gas oven, just as it does when heating items on the top of a gas range. However, you can’t see the flames of some oven burners, yet there are often holes in the bottom of the oven in other ovens. The holes allow …
Many Americans have fond memories of their parents or grandparents taking a glass pan full of edible goodness from the refrigerator and sticking it into a waiting oven. Unfortunately, those days are over. Modern glass pans are made differently than glass pans first made in the early 1900s. They are prone to breaking or even …
In this blog post, we will be answering the age-old question: can you put a cold dish in the oven? This might seem like a silly question, but it is important to know if your dish needs to be heated up before cooking. If you are going to cook a cold dish in an oven, …
If there’s anything that life as an adult will teach you, it’s that not everything is oven or microwave-safe. Talk to your close family members and friends, and you’ll find they have all probably put something in the oven or microwave that was not suitable for that level of heat. Most items purchased for food …
