Thursday, March 29, 2012

Kitchen Geek- Vintage Oven Temperature Chart

     Often reading vintage and antique cookbooks, booklets, promotional recipes and Junior League collaborations I see directions for oven setting at make me want to bang my head on the oven door. {Vintage Voice-over: " Bake this amazing cake in a Slow Oven for 45 minutes or until done."}
 What the Hades? 
     Fear not! A detailed chart of conversion for descriptive oven temperatures and their actual counterparts was found! I am seriously a Kitchen Geek and I am not ashamed to admit it. :D

 Table of equivalent oven temperatures
Description °F °C
Cool oven 200 °F 90 °C
Very Slow oven 250 °F 120 °C
Slow oven 300–325 °F 150–160 °C
Moderately Slow 325–350 °F 160–180 °C
Moderate oven 350–375 °F 180–190 °C
Moderately Hot 375–400 °F 190–200 °C
Hot oven 400–450 °F 200–230 °C
Very Hot oven 450–500 °F 230–260 °C
Fast oven 450–500 °F 230–260 °C

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