You should not put an aluminum container directly in the oven
If you put an aluminum container, containing food to be cooked or reheated, in your oven directly on the shelf, the shiny base will reflect a large part of the oven heat (like a mirror). This means that the food will take much longer to cook or heat through than usual.
Last modified on: February 21th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:AluminiumContainerOvenShelfHow long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 1 min. | 1 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 min.
To prevent this the best solution is to put the aluminum container on a baking sheet before putting in the oven.
Stage 2
If you do this, food will cook or reheat as normal.
Remarks
You might have noticed that this is why aluminum containers used for commercially prepared frozen dishes have dull bases.
Source
Home made.
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But the heat they produce, mostly infra-red, act as light in front of a shiny base of aluminium.
So this is true, sorry for you...