sheet pan

noun

plural sheet pans

: baking sheet

Place pepitas on a sheet pan and bake until they start to pop, about 7-10 minutes.

—Ruth Tobias

No need to shell out for a high-end roasting pan and rack; just buy a cheap but sturdy sheet pan.

—Sara Dickerman

Examples of sheet pan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To cook the waffles, set a sheet pan with a wire rack in the oven and preheat to 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 degrees Celsius). —Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025

Place the pork on an ovenproof cooling rack set over a half sheet pan, or on a roasting rack placed in a roasting pan. —John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025

So if my son looks back on eating sheet pan chicken or peanut butter-banana sandwiches fondly, that’s okay with me. —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025

Photos from the event showed Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet participating in the packaging line with their parents and the year-end video Archewell Philanthropies released last week showed Lilibet helping Harry push a sheet pan rack and Meghan dancing alongside Archie. —Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sheet pan

• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• crankpin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman