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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.
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February 28th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Thank you! I wondered why everything was overcooked or burned in my new fan oven even though I followed the recipes.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Glad it helped!
Every fan oven is slightly different, so you will need to experiment slightly, but the rule above is pretty reliable.
November 1st, 2009 at 11:22 am
this is so helpful thank you so much
February 13th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
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
February 15th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
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.
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Thank you so much, No more burnt offerings!
March 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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
March 10th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Thank you so much John. Now I should know there is no mopre guessing that I have it correct.
Regards Pat