Oven temperature

Dublinneil

Hi, we bought and oven recently but the temperature between the top and bottom imbalance seems massive, i thought because it was fan assisted the temperature would be more even, as and example if i set it to 200 and put chicken on the bottom it'll cook fairly slowly and not brown at all,
we've only ever had old ovens that so we've nothing to compare too, is this normal or is there an issue with it?
thanks in advance

coylemj

I assume that '200' is Celsius/Centigrade? That sounds about right for roasting a chicken, most recipes I can see on the web say 200 C conventional, 180 C fan. Typically you can drop the temperature by 10% to convert a conventional oven temperature (as stated in a recipe) to fan.

When you say 'on the bottom', do you mean the floor of the oven or the bottom (wire) shelf? The roasting dish needs to be on a lower wire shelf so that the hot air can circulate under it.

https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/roastchicken_90247

Dublinneil

Thanks for the reply!
You’re right, I had it on the floor, guess that’s the problem!