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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yes Let's see how your cake turns out when you don't.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Many people chuck it in the oven without pre-heating. Do companies factor that in when writing the instructions?

Chris does a test using a meat thermometer, and notices that ignoring the preheated instructions on chicken seems to give a better cook.

He compares food safety standards between UK and US, and there's an option to cook chicken in 10 minutes if you use a high heat and it'll still come out fine

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

Do companies factor that in when writing the instructions?

Every frozen food I get always says to put the food in the middle of a pre-heated oven.