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 | Causes | Corrections | |
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Cookies and | • | Cookies and biscuits put into | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature |
biscuits burn on |
| the oven before the preheating | before placing food in oven. |
the bottom. |
| time is completed. |
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| • | Oven rack overcrowded. | • Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm |
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| (2” to 4”) of air space on all sides when placed in |
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| the oven. |
| • Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. | • Use a | |
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Cakes too dark on | • | Cakes put into the oven before | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature |
top or bottom. |
| preheating time is completed. | before placing food in the oven. |
| • Rack position too high or low. | • Use proper rack position for baking needs. | |
| • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than |
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| recommended. |
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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. |
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Cakes not level. | • | Range not level. | • Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water |
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| on the center of the oven rack. If the water level |
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| is uneven, refer to the installation instructions for |
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| 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. |
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Foods not done | • | Oven too cool. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than |
when cooking time |
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is up. | • | Oven overcrowded. | • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the |
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| 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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