Before you call - Solutions to Common Problems
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc. There is no need to preheat the oven for roasting meat or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Baking
Problems
CausesCorrections
Cookies and biscuits burn on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on top or bottom.
•Cookies and biscuits put into the oven before the preheating time is completed.
•Oven rack overcrowded.
•Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
•Cakes put into the oven before preheating time is completed.
•Rack position too high or low.
•Oven too hot.
•Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in oven.
•Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm
(2” to 4”) of air space on all sides when placed in the oven.
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•Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in the oven.
•Use proper rack position for baking needs.
•Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recommended.
Cakes not done in | • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than |
the center. |
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| • | Incorrect pan size. | • Use pan size suggested in recipe. |
| • Pan not centered in oven. | • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is | |
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| 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of |
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| pan. |
Cakes not level. | • | Range not level. | • Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with |
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| water on the center of the oven rack. If the water |
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| level is uneven, refer to the installation instructions |
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| for leveling the range. |
| • Pan too close to oven wall or | • Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2” to 4”) of | |
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| rack overcrowded. | clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven. |
| • | Pan warped. | • Do not use pans that are dented or warped. |
Foods not done | • | Oven too cool. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than |
when cooking time |
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| suggested and bake for the recommended time. |
is up. | • | Oven overcrowded. | • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except |
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| the ones to be used for baking. |
| • Oven door opened too | • Open oven door only after shortest recommended | |
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| frequently. | baking time. |
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