Oven smokes when cooking sheet pan meals

Question

Whenever I make a sheet pan dinner, my oven gets splattered with oil from the food. Then my whole house gets smoky. What am I doing wrong?

PHIL · Answer

What exactly is smoking, the food?  the bottom of the oven?

HalfPint · Answer

Sheet pan might not be large enough for the amount of food. When you are cooking with oil, splattering is almost a given. Having enough surface area, can keep the splattering to a minimal, but there's still going to be oil splatters. How much oil are you using? Which goes to what @boulangere asked: how hot is the oven temp?

There might be a little water on the surface of the food, contributing to the splattering.

I would also check the oven. When was it last cleaned? Is there remnants of older food that dripped and got baked on the racks, oven floor, and/or heating element?

boulangere · Answer

What combination of sheet-panning and at what temperature are you baking it?

Oven smokes when cooking sheet pan meals

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