Oven Temperatures

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Mrs. Beeton

Things like "roast dinner" don't get recipes, you simply put the meat in the oven.  the table below gives a rough guide to cooking times when the oven is set to gas Mark 6, 400 deg. F or 200 deg. C.  Let the oven warm up for twenty minutes before putting the meat in the center of the oven.

 

Meat

 Cooking Time - English Cooking Time - Metric
Beef 20 minutes + 20 minutes/lb 20 minutes + 45 minutes/kg
Lamb 25 minutes + 25 minutes/lb 20 minutes + 55 minutes/kg
Pork 30 minutes + 30 minutes/lb 30 minutes + 65 minutes/kg
Chicken 15 minutes + 15 minutes/lb 15 minutes + 35 minutes/kg

Ovens vary enormously, a brand new, a state of the art fan oven should have a uniform temperature at close to what's on the dial.  However, something found in student digs will require some experimentation to get the setting and position right.