How long to cook 200 foods in the oven — as an open dataset with official sources (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Yesterday I released a recipe dataset. Today its companion: oven cooking times and temperatures for 200 products, from chicken breast to cheesecake — every number backed by a primary source.

Download

JSON (~216 KB): https://theunitools.com/data/unitools-cooking-times-v1.json
CSV (one product per row): https://theunitools.com/data/unitools-cooking-times-v1.csv
Docs: https://github.com/farcrak/unitools-recipes
Dataset page: https://theunitools.com/en/data

What each record holds

Oven temperature (°C and °F) and a practical time range in minutes
Safe minimum internal temperature where an official one exists (FoodSafety.gov / USDA FSIS charts)
Rest time, reference weight/thickness, doneness levels, and the key geometry driver (thickness vs weight vs batch size)
sources — the actual URLs each number came from: government charts, King Arthur Baking, manufacturer package directions (Ore-Ida, Gorton's, Stouffer's, Totino's…)
confidence — an honest high / medium flag: chart-backed numbers vs converging culinary sources

Why sources per row matter

Most cooking-time tables on the internet are copies of copies with no provenance. Here you can trace "boneless chicken thighs: 18–25 min at 425°F" back to the page it came from, and decide for yourself whether to trust it. The medium confidence flag marks numbers where no official chart exists — that honesty is baked into the data rather than hidden.