Burnt a $50 ribeye because I trusted my oven's temp display

Last Sunday I put a nice thick ribeye in at 400 like normal, came back 10 minutes later and it was smoking like crazy. Turns out my oven thermostat is off by nearly 75 degrees from what it shows. My neighbor who used to work in a kitchen told me to get a $12 oven thermometer from Walmart, now I actually check the real temp before cooking anything. Has anyone else found their oven is way hotter or colder than what the dial says?

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milessmith22d ago

Turns out my oven thermostat is off by nearly 75 degrees" - that's a huge swing. Have you checked if it's consistent across different temps, or does the gap get bigger the higher you set it?

morgan_bailey9321d ago

Does the gap get bigger" - yeah that's the real question, mine gets worse the hotter it goes.

scott.miles21d ago

My wife once accused me of "ruining" a batch of cookies because I didn't check the temp first, so I just casually blamed it on "oven inconsistency" (which is true, but I also forgot to set a timer). Turns out my oven is like 60 degrees off at 350 and like 80 degrees off at 450, so it's really just a hot mess in there.