BAKING
(continued)
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Aluminum Foil
Never entirely cover a shelf with aluminum foil.
This will disturb the heat circulation and result
in poor baking. A smaller sheet of foil may
be
used
to catch a
spillover by placing it on a lower shelf
several inches below the food.
Don’t Peek
Set the timer for the estimated cooking time and do
DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum
not open the door to look at your food. Most recipes
time. Opening the oven door frequently during
provide minimum and maximum baking times such as
cooking allows heat to escape and makes baking
“bake
3040
minutes.”
times longer. Your baking results may also be
affected.
ADJUST THE OVEN THERMOSTAT-DO
IT
YOURSELF?
You may feel that your new oven cooks differently
than the one it replaced.
We recommend that you
use your new oven for a few weeks to become more
familiar with it, following the times given in your
recipes as a guide.
If you think your new oven is too hot or too cold,
you can adjust the thermostat yourself.
If you think
it is too hot, adjust the thermostat to make it cooler.
If you think it is too cool, adjust the thermostat to
make it hotter.
We
do not recommend the use of inexpensive
thermometers,
such as those found in grocery stores,
to check the temperature setting of your new oven.
These thermometers may vary
2040
degrees.
To Adjust the Thermostat:
Bottom screw moves toward
1. Pull the OVEN TEMP
HOTTER or COOLER
knob off the shaft,
look at the back of the
knob and note the
current setting before
making any
adjustment.
The knob
is factory set with the
top screw directly under
the
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2. Loosen both screws on back of the knob.
3. Hold the knob as shown in the illustration of’ the back
of the OVEN TEMP knob and turn so the
bottom
screw moves in the desired direction. You will hear
and feel notches as you turn the knob. Each notch
changes the temperature about 100 Fahrenheit.
The
bottom screw
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increase
the temperature.
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4. Tighten the screws.
5. Return the knob to the range.
Re-check oven performance before making any
additional adjustments.
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Back of the OVEN TEMP knob
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