OVEN CONTROLS
Setting Convection Bake
This mode of cooking enables you to obtain the best culinary results when baking with multiple pans and racks. Multiple rack baking may cook faster and more evenly with convection baking by using the three elements and a fan to circulate the oven’s heat evenly and continuously within the oven. The oven can be programmed for convection baking at any temperature between 170°F to 550°F with a default temperature of 350°F.
Convection Baking Tips:
•Always preheat your oven before using the convection bake mode.
•During preheat, the 3 elements and the convection fan are used in cycle to quickly heat the oven.
•If your recipe cooking temperature has already been converted for convection baking there is no need to reduce your oven temperature. If your recipe has not had the temperature converted for convection baking you can easily reduce using the Convect Convert feature.
•Use tested recipes with times adjusted for convection baking when using this mode. Time reductions will vary depending on the amount and type of food to be cooked.
•When using convection bake with a single rack, place oven rack in position 2 or 3. Cooking on multiple racks, place in positions 2 and 4 or 1, 3 (offset rack) and 4.
•Most bake goods (except cakes) should be baked on pans with no sides or very low sides to allow heated air to circulate around the food.
•Food baked on pans with a dark finish will cook faster.
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Figure 5: Oven rack positions
To set the oven for Convection Bake and temperature to 375°F:
1.Arrange interior oven racks.
2.Press convect. CONVECT and BAKE will flash and 350 will appear in the display.
3.Press 3 7 5. CONVECT and BAKE will keep flashing and 375° will appear in the display.
4.Press start. The actual oven temperature and the fan icon will be displayed. A beep will sound once the oven temperature reaches 375°F and the display will show 375°, CONVECT, BAKE and the fan icon.
5.Place food in the oven.
NOTE
The convection fan will start when the oven is set for convect bake. The display will show an icon of rotating fan within a square. This rotating fan icon indicates when the convection fan is operating. The bake, broil and convection elements will cycle for better heat distribution.
Figure 4: Air circulation in convection function
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