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Plan a holiday dinner through one oven
Enter your menu and the time you want to eat. One Oven Dinner works backwards, shares the oven between dishes and prints a minute-by-minute plan. One file, works offline, $5.
- One-file planner that works offline in any browser, on a laptop or a phone
- Backwards schedule from your serving time with oven, stove and make-ahead steps
- Shares the oven between dishes at similar temperatures, within the pans you can fit
- The day to start thawing the turkey, and its roast time from USDA timetables, 8 to 24 lb
- Fahrenheit or Celsius, 12 or 24-hour clock, print and copy-as-text
- 14 common dishes ready to add, plus your own
| Time | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1:15 pm | Into the oven: Roast turkey (225 min at 325°F); the oven moves to 340°F at 4:25 pm for its last 35 min, so start checking early. |
| 4:25 pm | Set the oven to 340°F (shared by 325°F and 350°F dishes). Allow about 10 minutes to get there. |
| 4:35 pm | Into the oven: Sweet potato casserole (40 min at 350°F); the oven is at 340°F then. |
| 4:45 pm | Into the oven: Stuffing (45 min at 350°F) |
| 5:00 pm | Out of the oven: Roast turkey. Rest it 30 min. Into the oven: Green bean casserole (30 min at 350°F) |
| 5:05 pm | Set the oven to 365°F (shared by 350°F and 375°F dishes). Mashed potatoes on the stove |
| 5:18 pm | Into the oven: Dinner rolls (12 min at 375°F); the oven is at 365°F then. |
| 5:30 pm | Stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls, mashed potatoes and gravy are ready. Last dish out. Serve dinner. |
Condensed from the real output for a 9-dish menu with a 14 lb turkey, dinner at 5:30 pm and 3 pans in the oven at once. The full plan has about 26 lines and also says to put the turkey in the fridge to thaw 4 days before dinner, lists the day-before jobs (cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie), and flags any dish that cannot fit, with a fix.
Made for
Who it's for
The oven maths is done for you
Dishes within 25 F share the oven, different temperatures are kept apart, and the number of pans at once never exceeds what fits. A dish that cannot fit is flagged, with fixes.
Nothing is online
The file makes no network requests and keeps your menu in your own browser. Print the plan or copy it as text to send to whoever is helping in the kitchen.
Rest and waiting times respected
Every dish has a rest time and a longest wait, so the turkey rests, the rolls come out last and the casseroles are not left sitting for an hour.
What's inside
Everything you get
How it works
From checkout to done
Buy
Pay securely with Stripe.
Open
Your download page opens straight away. Save one-oven-dinner.html to your device.
Use
Open it, enter your menu and serving time, then print the plan.
Questions
Good to know
Does it replace my recipes?
No. It schedules the times you enter, which are the typical times from your recipes. Ovens differ, so follow your recipe and check food with a thermometer. For turkey, 165 F in the breast, thigh and wing is the USDA target.
Does it work offline, and what does it store?
Yes. Open the saved file in a browser with no internet. Nothing is sent anywhere. Your menu is remembered in that browser under the file's location; if you move the file or clear site data it starts again from the example, so print or copy the plan you want to keep.
What if my dishes cannot all fit?
It says which dish does not fit and offers fixes: make it the day before and reheat, use the stove or another appliance, let it wait longer, or raise the number of pans that fit. It never hides a clash.
Is it only for Thanksgiving?
It suits any big meal with several oven dishes: Christmas, Easter, a roast dinner or a big family Sunday. Turkey times are built in, and every other dish is entered by you or taken from the 14 presets.
Can I use it on a phone?
Yes, it is laid out for small screens and works in the phone browser. Saving a downloaded HTML file differs by phone, so a laptop or tablet is easier for setup. You can then print or copy the plan to your phone.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If it doesn't work as described or you can't access it, email us within 14 days and we'll fix it or refund you. See the refund policy for details.
One Oven Dinner
Offline holiday dinner planner: backwards schedule, shared oven, thaw start day, printable.
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