new oven, bottom of roast is raw

Oct 08, 2003 3 Replies

I have a brand new gas oven and so far with the roasts I've cooked (chicken & pork) the bottom 1/2 an inch remains uncooked. I've checked the oven temp with a thermometer and seems to be fine.



A friend said it's because I put water in the bottom of the roasting pan, but I've always done that with roasts before without this problem. Besides, I use a rack inside the roasting pan so the meat doesn't sit in the water.



Any ideas on why some of the meat won't cook through? Anyone else had this problem?


never had this problem but i do regularly baste my joint and also turn it over at least once during the roasting.

Does that keep it from canoeing?

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