Do you need to make any temp or time differences if baking pan is larger than what recipe calls for?

Answer 1

Yes always, except for in the case of chicken. the thighs need more time than the breasts, because the breasts are lower in fat and will dry out faster.

Another answer: This varies greatly with both the type of cooking appliance and with individual ones. I assume you mean using a conventional gas or electric oven when you say baking. As these are thermostatically controlled, if they have more food in them they usually use a bit more fuel to maintain the same temperature. As most of the heat is used to warm the actual oven and the space inside it, you are not likely to notice much difference if you are baking two or three things together. Conventional wisdom when I was growing up was 'always fill the oven' as little or nothing extra was needed, so you'd have a rice pudding as well as a meat casserole. What is affected by quantity is the speed at which heat travels into the centre of a piece of meat or a casserole. Thus a whole chicken will take longer than the same weight of well spread out pieces, and a large casserole will take longer than a small one, if put cold into the oven.

This argument does not apply if the device you are cooking with has a fixed output, like a microwave oven, in which case the answer is yes, more food takes longer.

Answer 2

yes... if the baking pan is larger, then the food you have put in it is spread out more. therefore it will cook quicker...if the recipe calls for 15 minutes in an 8X8 pan and you have a 9X9 pan, i would check the food at about 10 minutes and watch it until it is done. it will burn if left in there too long. if this doesn't make sense to you then just think about trying to boil water. put 4 cups of water in a saucepan and put it on the stove to boil. now put 4 cups of water in a larger saucepan (maybe dutch oven size) and see how long it takes to boil...the water is more spread out in the larger pan so it doesn't take as long to reach the boiling point since the heat can traverse through it a lot quicker.

Answer 3

If your oven does not have a fan you need to add 10-30 minutes of extra cooking time, depending on how crowded the oven is. If you do turn on the fan you need less extra cooking time.