BAKING TRAY/POT DISH

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Does it make a difference to the cooking time or end result whether you use a baking tray or a pot dish? I know you would always make roast potatoes on a baking tray but what about over things? TIA.

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Had oven on the brain.

bumping my own message

Yes

Thin metal things like baking trays or cake tins heat up and cool down quickly and transfer the heat quickly to the food inside.

Ceramic baking dishes (guess this is what you mean by a 'pot dish'?), earthenware, Pyrex etc take longer to heat up and retain the heat better so are more useful for things that need long, slow cooking.

You can make roast potatoes in an earthenware casserole - but make sure you heat the oil in the oven first before putting the spuds in, else they go into cold oil in a cold dish and go soggy rather than crispy.

ceramic!!! That is the word I couldn't think of.

Thanks for that. Helps a lot.