When to cover food in the oven

[CoolCat]

I don't usually put vegetables in the oven unless I am making some kind of vegetable pie and I never cover those. Outside of that I cover all meat that requires cooking time of more than an hour. It speeds up the process for me and where I want a nice brown finish I uncover once the meat has been partially cooked. On the odd occasion meat might be overcooked but we all prefer that.

I wouldn't go that far. Sure, I don't like my meat raw or at a level where it could be unsafe, but with most meat I'd rather it be a little under my ideal cook than over. I can always fix undercooked meat by popping it in the microwave at short intervals until it cooks through, but you can't salvage overcooked meat. It gets dry, stringy, and, in my opinion, inedible.