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Default What temperature range does your oven have?


Kajikit wrote:
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> Just curious... when you turn our Maytag electric oven on it defaults
> to 350F and my usual cooking range is 300 (for spareribs/slow
> braises), 350 (cookies, cake), 400 (roast chicken) and 450 (pizza).
> But last night I turned the thermostat down as far as it could go to
> warm the oven for my yoghurt-making, and it goes all the way down to
> 170F! And being a self-cleaning oven, at the other end of the spectrum
> it goes all the way up to a blazing 550F! I'm impressed... So what
> can your oven do?


Same here, 170-550. 170 = holding food for late guests and drying
desiccant packs, 550 = pizza.