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if something needs to be cooked for thirty minutes on gas mark 6 does that mean if you cook it on gas mark 3 it will take an hour?
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I'm stupid enough to go by what you said to begin with also, it makes sense to me, but obviously is wrong.
im glad someone else thinks the same. makes perfect sense i think:yes:
Yeah definitely does, so what is the correct answer to the question
The gas mark scale doesn't double the heat when it doubles the number, and, even if it did, that doesn't mean that you can halve the time.
The heat may not be sufficient to cook the food properly (depending on what it is) no matter how long you leave it for.
What do different numbered gas marks mean then?
I'm so useless.
Nope .. doesn't work that way
Try cooking toast on a grill on a really low flame and really slowly - it will brown however it will be really crunchy by the time it's cooked
Then cook another piece really fast and brown to the same extent and it will be much softer.
Time & heat are not interchangable when it comes to cooking.
Some food have to be cooked at a tempreture over a certain heat or they'll never cook properly or at all (e.g. pop corn will not pop below a certain tempreture)
They just represent higher heat, but not necessarily on a multiplying scale.
Google for "gas mark temperature conversion" if you're really that interested...
And remember the top, middle and bottom sections of an oven are gonna be at different tempretures too!!