Why do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the oven at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · edit-2 20 days ago

Why do cooks and chefs cook in base 5 increments? For example setting the oven at 350 , 375, 450 and so on. Is there a reason for this or is this how it always has been done?

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 20 days ago

It’s not even really 5° increments, it’s typically 25°. Ovens can’t really hold temp much more precisely than that, and even if they could you wouldn’t notice much of a difference. 342° is gonna behave basically the same as 359°.