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Cindy Hamilton[_2_] Cindy Hamilton[_2_] is offline
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Default Why don't ovens have temp gauges

On Feb 13, 11:27*pm, Van wrote:
I mean the average residential oven. *I've never seen one with a temp
gauge. *Is it because the oven manufacturers don't want you to know
how inaccurate their ovens are compared with the setting on the knob?


Probably because consumers aren't interested in paying for it.

At the risk of sounding sexist, women don't want that much
information.

Old recipes often refer just to a "slow" oven or a "fast" oven.

Cindy Hamilton