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Oven temperatures

Just about every food website in the world, along with the majority of recipe or culinary training books have an oven temperature conversion table.

Well, here is another one. Not just because I so love typing out tables of data, but also because this site contains a number of recipes and it seems only right to provide all of the info that you need to cook them in the same place.

I’ve added a separate column for fan assisted ovens in °C, the general rule is that you subtract 20°C (about 36°F) when using a fan oven.

°C °F
Water freezes 0 32
Water boils 100 212

Oven Temperatures

°C °C (fan) °F Gas Mark
Very cool 110 90 225 ¼
130 110 250 ½
Cool 140 120 275 1
150 130 300 2
Moderate 170 150 325 3
180 160 350 4
Moderately hot 190 170 375 5
200 180 400 6
Hot 220 200 425 7
230 210 450 8
Very hot 240 220 475 9

If you want to convert between any temps that aren’t listed here, don’t forget that you can always use Google for just about type of conversion, simply by typing the amount you want to convert and the from and to units into the search bar.

There are 8 comments on “Oven temperatures”

  1. Barry Williamson Says:

    Thank you! I wondered why everything was overcooked or burned in my new fan oven even though I followed the recipes.

  2. John Says:

    Glad it helped!

    Every fan oven is slightly different, so you will need to experiment slightly, but the rule above is pretty reliable.

  3. amme Says:

    this is so helpful thank you so much

  4. judith Says:

    At last! I now have a proper conversion of gas regulos for my fan oven. I’ve been struggling for so long to get the correct temperature for my food. Many thanks judith

  5. John Says:

    Glad that it helped Judith – It seems that the majority of temp conversion charts don’t bother to mention the fact that fan ovens need to be much lower than conventional ovens.

  6. cer1970 Says:

    Thank you so much, No more burnt offerings!

  7. barbara Says:

    hi john
    Thankyou so very much, brilliant. No more guessing cooking with a fan oven, (need it perfect for simnel cake! )recipe book about 50 yrs old so no such thing as fan ovens!! love the tip for calculating quickly as well – subtract 20 for fan oven. no more shakey baking. thanks again. Barbara

  8. Pat Amos Says:

    Thank you so much John. Now I should know there is no mopre guessing that I have it correct.

    Regards Pat

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