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Originally Posted by jeffrey
This is a general rule and you'll need to adjust to the particulars of your oven. The thing to remember is that you don't need to preheat the oven to the cooking temp before putting in the dish. You can put it in before it reaches that temperature and also use heat left over after you turn off the oven.
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Additionally, leaving the door open on the oven after cooking can warm the room, sometimes by 3 - 5 degrees. When the gas oven is used in my house, at 400 degrees, it warms the kitchen and living room by 4 degrees just by leaving the oven door open for 20 minutes.