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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I've often wondered why the instructions on ready meals say to pre-heat the oven.
Why not just stick the ready meal in when you turn the oven on?
It takes 5 mins for the oven to get up to speed, so just add five mins to the cooking time.
It saves making two trips to the kitchen - one to turn the oven on, and again to stick the meal in.
By cutting the number of trips in half, you get more reading time - so this is a relevant topic here. 
Is there any advantage to pre-heating?  |
If you add five minutes on to the time, then you run the risk of what you put in being dried out a bit. That's the worst of it.
I also am a big fan of the Hormel Completes. They just sit on the shelf until you need them, and then you have a super quick lunch in 90 seconds. I think they have about 12 flavors.