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Using and Caring for Your Oven
Rack positions
Your oven has three straight racks and five
rack positions. Rack position 5 is the high-
est position, or farthest from the bottom of
the oven. Rack position 1 is the lowest posi-
tion, or closest to the bottom of the oven.
Baking tips
(BAKE pad)
For proper cooking, follow these
guidelines:
• When using one rack, place the rack so
the top of the food will be centered in
the oven.
• When using more than one rack, use
the Convection Bake setting.
• Use only one cookie sheet in the oven at
a time when using the Bake setting.
Bakeware tips
• When baking with insulated cookie
sheets or baking pans, place them in the
bottom third of the oven. You may need to
increase the recommended baking times,
so test for doneness before removing
from the oven.
• When using ovenproof glassware or
dark bakeware, reduce the oven tempera-
ture by 25°F (16°C), but use the same
baking time. Because these pans absorb
heat, producing darker bottom browning
and crispier crusts, place the rack in the
center of the oven. When baking pies and
bread, you can use the temperature sug-
gested in the recipe.
No. 4
No. 3
No. 5
No. 2
No. 1
Rack placement for specific foods:
(For rack positions, see “Rack positions” in
previous column.)
NOTE: For additional baking tips see “Baking
or convection baking” in this section.
Convection baking tips
(CONVECTION BAKE pad)
• Do not use aluminum foil when convection
baking. Aluminum foil may block airflow.
•
Reduce recommended standard cooking tem-
peratures by approximately 25°F (16°C). The
cooking times can also be reduced for most
recipes. See recipes and cooking charts in
your convection oven cookbook for recom-
mended temperatures and times, or use EASY
CONVECT™ Conversion (later in this section).
NOTE: Cooking time may be longer when
you use more than one rack.
• When baking on two or three racks, use
the Convection Bake setting for more even
results. (You can, however, use only one rack
when Convection Baking.)
• To use three racks during convection
baking, place one rack in position 5 (the
highest position), another rack in position
1 (the closest to the oven bottom), and the
third rack in position 3. This allows all three
racks to be an equal distance apart for
better baking.
• Stagger cake pans or other cookware in
opposite directions on each rack when
three racks are used.
RACK
POSITION
2
1 or 2
2 or 3
FOOD
Frozen pies
Angel food and bundt cakes,
most quick breads, yeast
breads, casseroles, meats
Cookies, biscuits, muffins,
cakes, nonfrozen pies
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