# oven temps **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252 "2010-09-19T03:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/1 "2010-09-19T03:17:52Z")
What’s the minimum and maximum tempature settings for a standard home oven? ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/2 "2010-09-19T03:25:04Z")
225 F - 500 F more or less. 850 F if you want to count self-cleaning mode. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/3 "2010-09-19T03:26:17Z")
[http://www.allfoodsnatural.com/tips/61-just-cooking/139-oven-temperatures.html](http://www.allfoodsnatural.com/tips/61-just-cooking/139-oven-temperatures.html) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/4 "2010-09-19T15:10:55Z")
You’re not going to find a “standard”. You might well find typical values once enough of us post anecdote. Mine is 170F to 500F. And who-knows-what in self-cleaning mode. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/5 "2010-09-19T20:12:29Z")
my convection microwave goes from 225 to 450 - but it’s limited by a 120v wall plug. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/6 "2010-09-20T00:55:00Z")
My GE electric oven made in 1995 is 170-500 and that is fairly typical, but as mentioned there is no standard. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-temps/554252/7 "2010-09-20T01:21:28Z")
Anecdata: My father once, faced with urgent baking needs, a broken oven thermostat, and a fancy digital thermometer, accidentally baked a pan of brownies at 350° centigrade, which works out to about 662°F. He had a hell of a time getting the oven to stay hot enough, but it can be done. ETA: this was on a mid- or late-80’s vintage electric oven.