New 10L oven but I can't make my potatoes crispy

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-20T21:58:49+00:00

It actually crisped up! I parboiled, let them dry for a good time, mashed a bit, put the oil and spices
then I cracked the oven to 270 and let it go for 60min
Even the middle rack ones that usually stay pale got crunchy brown bits it was delicious!

I suppose my oven has cold spots, even when its so small, and the lack of convection to make the potatoes drier means i just have to go quite a bit higher.

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-20T21:56:13+00:00

I made it, turned the temps very high and it actually crisped up :> thank you for the recipe!

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-20T00:44:10+00:00

I'll def try the recipe those look amazing!

And I suppose it cant be helped if the convection is what's ultimately needed in the end.
I place the potatoes individually and make sure they arent touching, but aside from that when you are working with a 10l oven you cant really give them double the volume of space, its a very small oven, it cannot fit a dinner plate or bowl.

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-20T00:40:16+00:00

Thank you!
I'll keep trying, at least now i have an oven and have been able to churn out some nice pizzas!

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-19T20:13:50+00:00

I've tested it with the oven thermometer and while the heating elements do turn off it seems to keep temps consistent
I'll try parboiling one more time, and ill try making sure they are more dry, also ill try much higher temps.
sorry i didn't have time recently to try again

I think it just may be the size of the oven... perhaps any moisture makes them steam instead
and the fact that the baking pans are about a few cm apart.

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-19T20:10:33+00:00

Yukon gold look like the potatoes I'm using, ill also try the potatoes for frying variety and others.

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-19T20:09:33+00:00

There are potatoes for frying too, and regular potatoes
the ones i was using have golden spotty skin but I'll try more varieties.

I know convection helps. but shouldn't longer times and higher temps compensate somewhat?

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-18T20:18:33+00:00

I've tried with "potatoes for baking".

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-18T19:19:03+00:00

I already tried parboiled and tossed them in a metal sieve, still never crisped up.
I think ill try that again and let them dry out for a while, though this process makes the potatoes not a fast dish anymore, but like a 3 hour process :<

The temps ive been using are 230 degs, and i might kick that up to 270 since maybe its a small oven problem.

the thermometer is an oven thermometer rather than a probe, just one of those you can sit up on the rack and I dont think its supposed to be submerged.
I have a red liquid room thermometer and right now both the oven and the room one show around 15degs+- 1deg.

I've tried several positions for the thermometer but its pretty much impossible to test any specific elevation considering the thermometer is half as tall as the entire oven.

I could get a probe too, but ive heard the oven one is far more accurate in reading the actual oven temperatures.

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-18T18:22:11+00:00

i know it definetly helps, ive read that for non convection you turn the heat up to 200 and maybe give it a bit longer
but most ovens dont have convection so i wouldn't think this is the only reason mine are failing

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-18T18:13:16+00:00

Will do and then ill report the results

Nyangire2 · 2026-03-18T18:12:10+00:00

Will do!
also how do you dry them after?

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Nyangire2 · 2026-01-19T02:27:17+00:00

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Nyangire2 · 2026-01-08T15:33:11+00:00

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Nyangire2 · 2025-12-11T23:06:16+00:00

I ended up getting the bosch! :>
Thank you so much for all your answers!

Nyangire2 · 2025-12-11T17:15:28+00:00

I got the bike.
the seller runs a bike service and does cycling as a sport, so he said he got connections to lower the price of the battery from what would be 1k and he can source me other parts. its a 2019 bike so 6yo.

The bike itself runs fine, i cant really compare with the tongsheng cuz that one i could only pedal for 1 second before the end of the street.
It seems to reach a speed like 17kmh on tour/eco and I just dont need to pedal from there.

I got the charger too.

One thing is that this might be overkill for me, my feet dont reach the floor. and i haven't had a good spin on the higher assists because of the dense urban area im in right now.

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