By Kristin
This post is probably going to get me kicked off Food Lush, seeing as I should know things to be able to write about food, yes?
Here is my admission - I don't know where the racks in the over are supposed to go. Are they supposed to go close to the top? Close to the bottom? Does it depend on what you are cooking? Have I been doing it all wrong my whole adult life?
Does it even matter? Help, oh wise Food Lush readers!
I have absolutely no idea and am usually pretty confident I'm doing it wrong. However, those pad things you have on the racks are BRILLIANT. I have a permanent burn scar on my wrist from singeing the same spot again and again. Was that a homemade solution or did you buy them somewhere?
Posted by: Kate | December 06, 2011 at 12:25 PM
I THINK that it depends on what you're cooking...and I also THINK that my mom told me when in doubt, to put it in the middle. But, I'm definitely not an expert.
Posted by: Stephanie M | December 06, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Kate - this is just a stock photo from online. I didn't even realize there were those guards. That is GENIUS!
I just Googled it and it looks like you can purchase them here - http://www.amazon.com/JAZ-Innovations-Oven-Rack-Guard/dp/B000QJDCKU
Posted by: Kristabella | December 06, 2011 at 12:53 PM
I need those gards as well! Thanks for the link!
I also have no idea about where the racks go, and I usually rely on what the recipe tells me. If it has no information, I figure it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Angela | December 06, 2011 at 02:38 PM
Man, what a bad typo! That should have been "guards." Ugh!
Posted by: Angela | December 06, 2011 at 02:39 PM
It depends on what you're cooking. I have one of Alton Brown's cookbooks and he tells you where to put the racks for each recipe! Generally, you're pretty safe in the middle. In my oven the bottom is the hottest part, so if I have something I want to get nice and brown on the bottom, I deliberately use only the very bottom rack. If I'm baking cookies, or doing something where I'll need both racks, I put them pretty far apart for more air circulation, but halfway through I rotate pans and change racks b/c the unequal heating in my oven.
Apparently, I've thought way too much about this.
Posted by: Christy M | December 06, 2011 at 02:43 PM