If your oven runs hot by 25 degrees, set it for 25 degrees lower than the recipe calls for, and so on and so forth. Oh, and don't take your oven at its word—or ding, as the case may be—that it ...

Don’t trust your oven dial, according to Ina Garten. This $5 Taylor oven thermometer is her top recommendation for better accuracy.

$7. Buy on Amazon. This elegant tool was designed for a single job: telling you exactly how hot it is inside your oven. You can either hang it from the grating of your oven rack or stand it up on ...

Hang an oven thermometer in the center of the middle rack and preheat the oven to 350˚F (176.67˚C). Allow the oven to preheat for at least 20 minutes and take a temperature reading.

The Yummly Smart Thermometer will be available in early 2020 for $129; later in the year, it will integrate with select smart ovens from Whirlpool, which acquired Yummly in 2017.