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Using Your Electric Convection Oven
Dehydrating
You can use your convection oven to dehy-
drate a variety of foods.
NOTES:
• To learn detailed information about dehy-
dration, refer to a book written specifically
about dehydrating and/or preserving foods.
• If you do not turn off oven after dehy-
drating, the oven will keep running until
you press LOWER OVEN CANCEL.
1. Prepare food.
Prepare foods as recommended
in recipe.
2. Arrange food on drying racks.
Racks are not included with oven. See
following to order a dehydration kit
†
which includes racks and a spacer or
contact a local store handling specialty
cookware.
3. Place drying racks in the oven
to allow maximum air circula-
tion around the racks.
AUTOSENSOR
BAKE
CONVECTION
4. Position door.
Attach the dehydration spacer
*
, which is
specially designed to depress the oven
light plunger and maintain the operation
of the fan during dehydration.
The spacer provides a 1 inch (2.54)
gap between the oven frame and the
oven door allowing moisture to escape.
* The dehydration spacer (Part No.
814166) or the dehydration kit which
includes racks and a spacer (Part No.
4395974) can be ordered from your
dealer, or by calling 1-800-422-1230
and following the instructions and tele-
phone prompts you hear.
5. PRESS
6. Set temperature (optional).
Do this step if you want to set a
temperature (from 100°F [38°C] to 200°F
[95°C]) other than 140°F (60°C).
NUMBER OF
RACKS
1 rack
2 racks
3 racks
USE OVEN
RACK POSITION
3
2 and 4
1, 3, and 5
Dehydration spacer
Oven light
plunger
(Hold for 5 seconds)
PRESS
1
2
5
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