Operation - Oven

 

these pans. Follow manufacturer recommendations. Use glass or dark metal

 

pans for pies.

 

• Insulated baking pans may increase the recommended baking time.

Preheating the Oven

Preheat the oven if the recipe recommends it. Preheating is necessary for good

 

results when baking cakes, cookies, pastry and breads. Setting a higher tempera-

 

ture does not shorten preheat time. Place oven racks in proper position before

 

preheating. A beep will confirm that oven is preheated and selected oven temper-

 

ature will be displayed.

Oven Cooking Modes

Baking is cooking with dry, heated air. Both the

Bake and Warm upper and lower element cycle to maintain the oven temperature. Bake mode can be used to prepare foods like pastries and casseroles as well as to roast meats. In Warming mode, the oven uses the upper and lower element to maintain low temperature to keep food at serving tem- perature.

•Use the Warming setting on the oven to keep foods hot until ready to serve.

•Warming mode temperatures are 140° - 220° F. Default temperature is 170°.

•Foods that must be kept moist should be covered with a lid or aluminum foil.

CAUTION

When using Warm mode, follow these guidelines:

•Do not use the Warm Mode to heat cold food.

•Be sure to maintain proper food temperature. The USDA recom- mends holding hot food at 140°F or warmer.

•DO NOT warm food for longer than one hour.

Convection baking uses some heat from the top

Convection Bake and a lot from the bottom elements as well as heat circulated by the convection fan. The Convection Bake mode is well-suited for baking large quantities of food on multiple racks. It can be used to prepare cookies, pies, cupcakes, past- ries, breads, snack foods and appetizers among other items. The benefits of Convection Baking include: .

•Slight decrease in cooking time

•Three rack cooking (more even browning)

•Higher Volume (yeast items rise higher)

•Cook more items at once

Table 4: Convection Baking Chart

Food

 

Item

Rack

Temp.* (oF)

Convection Bake

 

Position

(preheated oven)

Time** (min)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cupcakes

3

325

17-19

Cake

Bundt Cake

2

325

37-43

 

Angel Food

1

325

35-39

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pie

2

Crust, fresh, 9”

2

350-400

45-55

2

Crust, frozen fruit, 9”

2

350

68-78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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