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Posts tagged “oven”

DIY Oven Maintenance: Adjusting the Temperature Gauge

Given how much oven temperature can fluctuate, it's no wonder that one of our most repeated bits of kitchen advice is "Buy an oven thermometer!" But constantly compensating for an oven that runs hot o...

Quick Tip: Preheat Your Cookie Sheets!

During our recent move, we misjudged where our steps were and landed ourselves out of commission for 5 days. Only being able to lay flat in bed, we spent a good amount of time in front of the TV, ca...

Could You Live Without an Oven?

This kitchen corner with dining nook is one of our favorite tiny kitchen spaces from Small Cool 2009. The whole apartment is only 260 square feet! Ann, the owner, made some tradeoffs, though, when she...

More Adventures in Oven Cleaning

When we tell people how dirty our oven is after roasting a chicken, they are incredulous. No one believes that, after roasting a Zuni-style chicken (meaning that chicken is bone dry, with no added fat...

Quick Tip: Keep the Oven Door Closed!

It really is so very very tempting to keep opening the oven door to check how a dish is coming along, isn't it? Unfortunately, this is one lesson we've definitely learned the hard way......

Good Question: Are There Natural Oven Cleaners?

Liz just wrote us with an excellent question on cleaning her oven without harsh chemicals. She says: I recently had a tart pan leak in my electric oven, and some stuff burned to the bottom of the ov...

Hot or Not? Oven Liners

Earlier today we talked about cleaning your oven, but now we're wondering - how many of you cut down on cleanup by just using a liner in your oven (or toaster oven)? Do you think oven liners are worth...

Survey: How Do You Clean Your Oven?

Part of the joy of home cooking, for us, is starting with a clean kitchen. But the inside of the oven is another story—we close the door and forget the chicken fat splatters, pebbles of blackened fo...

New from Williams-Sonoma: Beehive Pizza Oven

We obviously have pizza on the brain, because it was just yesterday we posted Breakfast Pizza and now we're practically salivating over this very expensive beehive pizza oven from Williams-Sonoma. ...

Gas vs. Electric Ovens

We have always used electric ovens, but recently we made pizza in a friend's gas oven and were puzzled when it wouldn't heat as hot as we wanted it to. Then we broiled a dish in another friend's gas...