Because of its temperature.
When baking, food placed on the bottom rack of the oven may cook faster; however, it may cook too fast, and burn. When broiling, food placed on the top rack of the oven will cook faster, but will need careful watching to prevent burning.
To broil food in the oven, set the oven to the broil setting and place the food on the top rack. The broil setting uses high heat from the top heating element to cook the food quickly. Keep an eye on the food as it cooks to prevent burning.
The broil function on an oven uses high heat from the top heating element to cook food quickly and brown the top surface.
The conventional oven symbol on your oven represents the standard baking mode where heat is generated from both the top and bottom heating elements to evenly cook food.
You cook staple foods in many ways. You can use the stove top, microwave, and special appliances such as a toaster, toaster oven, or slow cooker.
Broiling in the oven uses high heat from the top element to cook food quickly and create a crispy outer layer. This differs from baking, which uses lower heat from all sides to cook food evenly, and roasting, which uses dry heat from all sides to cook food slowly and develop flavors.
Refrigerator, oven and cook top
The top of the oven is usually the hottest because that's where the heating element is located. The element radiates heat downward, creating a hot spot at the top of the oven. Additionally, hot air rises, further contributing to the top being the hottest part.
Always cook a cake on the middle rack, whether the oven is on fan forced or not, otherwise you'll burn the top.
Near the top or were the heat comes from
Cook at 25 degrees less heat than recipe advises. Also cook on top rack in top 1/3 of oven.
Yes, I cook with asta cookware all the time, both on stove top and in oven.