In the 1980s I had a gas and microwave oven combined. It was big enough to take a 35 lb turkey,
35 lbs?
Holy moly, that's a big bird. Was it raised near a nuclear power plant?
Do you preheat your oven?
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35 lbs?
Holy moly, that's a big bird. Was it raised near a nuclear power plant?
Could she mean 35kg?35 lbs?
Holy moly, that's a big bird. Was it raised near a nuclear power plant?
Biggest turkey I've seen is about 25 lbs.
Ken Natton
Über Member
This website Goodman's Geese who specialise in free range geese and turkey, offer this as their largest turkey:
Extra large 8 - 9kg (17 - 20lb)
http://www.goodmansgeese.co.uk/buying_your_goose_or_turkey
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I backwards. It is 2.2 lbs per kg. Not 2.2 kg per lb.
Ken Natton
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Pssst. Did you see that wretched Morning glory? Caught me while I was still editing my stray apostrophe. At least you had the courtesy to wait until I'd finished.
Elawin
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No! Like @Cinisajoy mine is just a standard oven with just the one shelf. I have had bigger ovens in the past but don't need a bigger one any more. I have a glass roasting dish which takes a chicken nicely and I put that in on one side of the shelf with the veg in a pan on the other - I have been known to use the lid upside down so it doesn't get in the way of the grillMy, what a big oven you have got!
. Cakes and stuff in shallow tins can go on top of the drip tray at the bottom of the oven. It's really just a case of juggling everything around for the best fit.
Elawin
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35 lbs?
Holy moly, that's a big bird. Was it raised near a nuclear power plant?
I have seen some big ones, but I've never cooked one that size. I'd be frightened it hadn't cooked through properly. I have cooked two at the same time though.
Dados1950
Über Member
I agree....easier to monitor cooking times....usually set timer a few minutes short of recipe to check and make sure not over cooked..then simply adjust accordingly.
Lynne Guinne
Veteran
How do you serve up the onion-infused cake, with or without ice cream?
Lynne Guinne
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It depends on what is going into the oven and how I want it cooked. Anything with a leavening agent like yeast or baking powder get a preheated oven. Same with a beef roast or chicken that I want to have a good crust form on. If I'm baking a mass of potatoes, or a casserole, or pans of veggies, I usually pop them into a cold oven and go from there. My oven preheats verrrryyy slooooooooowly, something like 15-20 minutes, so when heat counts I need to preheat.
With of course lol.How do you serve up the onion-infused cake, with or without ice cream?
Note to self, post baked onion recipe.
Done right, nothing gets infused and my oven takes about 10 minutes to preheat.
ElizabethB
Legendary Member
I always pre heat my oven. I set it on pre heat then do my pre work.
Sigh! I have an old electric range with a coil type cook top. I hate it!!
I learned to cook with a gas range.
Natural Gas is available but it would require running a gas line from the street to the house - under concrete. Not going to happen. Another option would be to use an LPG range. It would not be a hard task to connect a 100 lb. LBG tank to a line going from the range to outside. Most gas ranges in the US are easily converted from natural gas to LPG.
Getting this to happen will take some work. When ever I bring up the subject George gets into his growly, contrary mode.
Anyway - preheat - YES.
Sigh! I have an old electric range with a coil type cook top. I hate it!!
I learned to cook with a gas range.
Natural Gas is available but it would require running a gas line from the street to the house - under concrete. Not going to happen. Another option would be to use an LPG range. It would not be a hard task to connect a 100 lb. LBG tank to a line going from the range to outside. Most gas ranges in the US are easily converted from natural gas to LPG.
Getting this to happen will take some work. When ever I bring up the subject George gets into his growly, contrary mode.
Anyway - preheat - YES.