"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Wed 22 Apr 2009 06:59:59p, TFM® told us...
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>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>>> TFM® wrote on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:00:17 -0400:
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>>>> "Kajikit" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:51:01 -0400, 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. It looks like the temperature range is standard... I
>>>>> didn't know that but it makes sense.
>>>
>>>> Older electric ovens went down to 140 IIRC. I know the one I have
>>>> here is 30 years old and it goes down to 150. I'll post pictures to
>>>> prove it.
>>>
>>>> Some food safety ass decided that we didn't need to hold our
>>>> food at a safe temperature of 145, so they upped the standard to 170.
>>>> I dread the day I ever have to use one of those.
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>>> i don't know how I could hold a temperature of less than 170F since
>>> that is the lowest value my digital control will display.
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>> I have a knob inscribed with numbers. Do you remember changing channels
>> as a child? Knobs rule.
>>
>> TFM®
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> My electric range has a digital temperature setting which ranges from 150-
> 575°F. I would have been just as happy with a knob, but that's what came
> with our appliance package.

I congratulate you on your purchase of such a fine cooking instrument.
Personally, I wouldn't own an oven that would only go down to 170.

I will do all in my power to keep my antiquated POS in working order. 170
is teh suxor. 140 rules.

TFM®