Why Is Your Oven Cooking Unevenly?

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Cooking at home should be fun and delicious. But when everything you pull out of the oven is well-done on one side and almost raw on the other, cooking can be frustrating! Rest assured—uneven cooking is almost always due to a problem with the oven, rather than anything you are doing or failing to do. Here are a few common reasons why ovens start cooking unevenly.

1. A Faulty Thermostat

The problem could be that the oven is no longer registering its own temperature properly. Say, for example, you set the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The oven does not sense that it is too cool until it reaches 250 degrees Fahrenheit, so then the heating elements have to turn on for a long time to bring the oven back up to temperature. The part of your dish near the heating elements ends up overcooking, and the rest of the dish ends up undercooking. 

A good way to tell if a faulty thermostat is to blame for your problems is to put an oven-safe thermometer in the oven. Make sure you can see it through the door. Watch what happens to the temperature as your items bake. If the temperature falls more than 10 or 15 degrees below the setting before the oven kicks on again, then you have a problem. An appliance repair expert can help by replacing your repairing your oven's thermostat or heat sensor.

2. A Broken Heating Element

Most ovens these days have one heating element at the top and another at the bottom. This ensures that heat is evenly delivered to all sides of your dish. If one of the heating elements breaks, then your food will only be heated from the top or from the bottom, which can lead to uneven cooking. 

It's rather easy to tell whether this is the problem with your oven. Watch which heating elements kick on when the oven heats up. If one appears not to be working, you need to call an appliance repair team.

3. Faulty Gaskets

Another possibility is that your oven is losing a lot of heat through a faulty gasket, causing the front of the oven to be cooler than the back. Stand in front of your oven when it is on. If you feel more than a little heat escaping, the gasket is probably leaking. You may also see that it is cracking or peeling away from the oven door. Replacing the gasket should be an easy fix for an appliance repair team.

Don't keep suffering through cooking with an unevenly heating oven. This problem can usually be fixed with appliance repair services!

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