# What foot do you bake with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102 "2023-05-15T23:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/1 "2023-05-15T23:46:24Z")
When that pre-heated oven door is open and you are offering the baking dish to the shelf while keeping your face out of the way - what foot is forward? I plant my right foot and prepare to yank back if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/2 "2023-05-16T01:05:26Z")
Left foot. But then again, I’m left-handed, and I’m turned to the left partially shielding myself from the blast. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/3 "2023-05-16T13:45:30Z")
I can seldom get one out of my mouth for long enough to use it to prop myself up for oven door opening situations. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/4 "2023-05-16T14:23:35Z")
i used to use my right foot, but with my recent slip/fall/shoulder fracture i no longer do any cooking tasks with my feet. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/5 "2023-05-16T14:26:52Z")
Left foot. I’ll put my left foot down to the side of the open door to use my right hand for moving heavy items in and out of the oven or poking them with thermometers or whatever. For lightweight items or no need to reach in, such as just taking a look, then it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/6 "2023-05-16T14:34:44Z")
Baking-wise, I’m ambi-pedi-dextrous. I don’t favor one foot over another and give zero thought to my stance. I guess I just live dangerously. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/7 "2023-05-16T14:55:55Z")
It depends whether i’m using the automatic oven or the manual. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/8 "2023-05-16T15:12:54Z")
I was so sure the title was a typo talking about driving. But to answer the OP, I don’t know. I haven’t ever paid attention to which foot I put where. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/9 "2023-05-16T18:46:09Z")
Is this about avoid steam? Our new induction stove has a fan inside and so the steam vents up and out the back, saving us from doing the flat foot floogie ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/10 "2023-05-16T18:53:13Z")
On my right knee. Oven is floor level, hinges to left side and swings open like a door (rather than a tailgate style). Left hand opens door, right hand inserts today’s tragic attempt at fooling myself I can cook. Glasses steam up. Hilarity… often happens. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/11 "2023-05-16T20:50:08Z")
I’ve been known to shut the oven with my right foot\*. So I suppose it’s my right, but then again I have better balance on my left leg. I’m left sided too. \*(Hey, don’t judge! It’s a personal issue with touching things other people have touched. My daughter says she has an issue with touching things someone’s foot has touched. “Girl, please. Relax and get a Clorox wipe. It’s my kitchen, you know”) Putting things in or out I don’t think I have a preference. But I might do the “flat foot floogie” just for fun. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/12 "2023-05-16T20:54:41Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Left foot. I’ll put my left foot down to the side of the open door to use my right hand for moving heavy items in and out of the oven or poking them with thermometers or whatever. For lightweight items or no need to reach in, such as just taking a look, then it doesn’t matter. This. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/13 "2023-05-16T21:03:21Z")
I use my late grandfather’s bakelite foot prosthetic. It bakes, it’s lite, and heat resistant. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/14 "2023-05-16T21:42:17Z")
@Pardel-Lux ok, you win this one ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/15 "2023-05-16T21:45:14Z")
I bake with my hands and stir batter with my feet, like any sane person. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/16 "2023-05-17T14:18:16Z")
I think I use my right, but I now stand to the side when I open the door thus avoiding the scalding steam. I learned this lesson when I opened the oven door when I was roasting a huge pan of Italian sausage, peppers, potatoes and zuke. I opened the door and started to reach in for the pan, the steam came blasting out and scalded my arm. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102/17 "2023-05-18T16:15:11Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I was so sure the title was a typo talking about driving. That’s the original thread. This is the satire thread. > [@Which foot do you brake with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/6): > > This was driving me absolutely nuts the other day as the guy in front of me had his brake lights just constantly fluttering in a normal driving situation (occasional slow down but not stop-and-go). And the lengths of the brake lights were variable, so I couldn’t really tell if he was slowing down or not. Only when we obviously were speeding up did I figure out what was going on.