Checking for hot spots in your oven

[Bedlam]

I have been reading Yoke's sourdough bread book and thought this was worth sharing.
She says check your oven for hot spots by placing a piece of baking paper to cover a rack in the middle of your oven then turn your oven on to 200C for about 10 minutes.  You will see on the browned paper a pattern of your ovens hot spots.
Knowing this you can rotate as required.

[judydawn]

Thanks Denise, what a great idea.

[Wonder]

Great idea Bedlam

[Cuilidh]

The temperature variation in my oven is terrible.

Another way I have read for checking is to put some nice, cheap, fluffy white supermarket bread on a baking tray (3 rows of 3) and do the same, into the oven and see what happens.

I have to rotate whatever I am baking every 10 minutes!

[Mama Fergie]

What a great suggestion Denise

[kmw]

Thanks for the ideas this could help me with my oven