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How to Set the Oven for Broiling—Close the oven door
Safety
The oven door must be closed during broiling.
Place the meat or fish on a broiler grid in a broiler pan designed for broiling.
Follow suggested shelf positions in the Broiling Guide.
The oven door must be closed during broiling.
If your range is connected to 208 volts, rare steaks may be broiled by preheating the broiler and positioning the oven shelf one position higher.
Use LO Broil to cook foods such as poultry or thick cuts of meat thoroughly without
Touch the BROIL HI/LO pad once for HI Broil.
To change to LO Broil, touch the BROIL HI/LO pad again.
Touch the START/ON pad.
When broiling is finished, touch the CLEAR/OFF pad.
Instructions Operating
The size, weight, thickness, starting temperature
and your preference of doneness will affect broiling times. This guide is based on meats at refrigerator temperature.
†The U.S. Department of Agriculture says “Rare beef is popular, but you should know that cooking it to only 140°F means some food poisoning organisms may survive.” (Source: Safe Food Book. Your Kitchen Guide. USDA Rev. June 1985.)
Broiling Guide
| Quantity and/ | Shelf* | First Side | Second Side |
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Food | or Thickness | Position | Time (min.) | Time (min.) | Comments |
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Ground Beef | 1 lb. (4 patties | E | Space evenly. Up to | ||
Well Done | 1⁄2 to 3⁄4″ thick) |
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| 8 patties take about |
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| the same time. |
Beef Steaks | 1″ thick |
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| Steaks less than 1″ |
Rare† | E | ||||
Medium | 1 to 11⁄2 lbs. | E | thick cook through | ||
Well Done |
| E | before browning. | ||
| 11⁄2″ thick |
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| Pan frying is |
Rare† | D | recommended. | |||
Medium | 2 to 21⁄2 lbs. | D | Slash fat at edges. | ||
Well Done |
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Chicken Breasts | Bone In | C | Broil | ||
| Boneless | C | first. | ||
Lobster Tails | B | Do not | Cut through back of | ||
| 10 to 12 oz. each |
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| turn | shell. Spread open. |
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| over. |
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Fish Fillets | 1⁄4 to 1⁄2″ thick | E | Handle and turn very | ||
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| carefully. |
Pork Chops | 2 (1⁄2″ thick) | E | Slash fat at edges. | ||
Well Done | 2 (1″ thick) about 1 lb. | D |
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Salmon Steaks | 2 (1″ thick) | D | Grease pan. | ||
Salmon Fillets | 2 (1⁄2 to 1″ thick) | D | Do not turn over. | Place |
*See illustration for description of shelf positions.
Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips
The oven has 7 shelf positions.
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