Masonry oven India, tandoors are traditional clay ovens, although these days modern electrically fired tandoors are available. The open-topped tandoor is a transitional design between the earth oven and the Roman-plan masonry oven. In the precolumbian Americas, similar ovens were often made of clay or adobe and are now referred to by the Spanish term "horno" (meaning "oven"). Horns are also traditional in the American Southwest. The traditional direct-fired masonry design is often called a "Roman" or "black" oven and dates in Western culture to at least the Roman Republic. It is known as a black oven because the fire generates soot
Oven temperatures Oven temperatures Common oven temperatures (such as terms: cool oven, normal oven, slow oven, moderate oven, hot oven, etc.) are set to control the effects of baking in an oven, for various lengths of time. The various standard phrases to describe oven temperatures include words such as "cool" to "hot" or "very slow" to "fast". For example, a "cool oven" has temperature set to 90°C (200°F), and a "slow oven" has a temperature range from 150°C. A "moderate oven" has a range of 180–190°C and a "hot oven" has temperature set to 195–225°C. A "fast oven" has a range of