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 slightly increase cook time for some foods but the overall result is time saved. Some food may cook faster and more evenly with Convection Bake. Convection baking uses the bake burner, the convection element 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 300°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 bake burner, convection element 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 re- duce your oven temperature. If your recipe has not had the temperature converted for convection baking you can easily reduce using the Convection Convert feature. Please see Convection Convert section on next page for further instruction on temperature conversion.
•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. If cooking on two racks, place the oven racks in positions 1 and 3. If cooking on three racks, place the oven racks in positions 1, 3 (off- set rack) and 4 if the offset rack is available or place on positions 2, 3 and 4 if not available.
•Most bakeries (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.
Air circulation during Convection Bake
Figure 1
SETTING OVEN CONTROLS
4th Rack position
3rd Rack position
2nd Rack position
1st Rack position
Oven Rack Positions
Figure 2
To set the oven for Convection Bake and temperature to 375°F
1.Arrange interior oven racks.
2.Press CONVECT. “CONVECT” and “BAKE” will fl ash and “350” will appear in the display. If a Convection Bake of 350°F is needed, press START.
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 will be displayed and after 6 minutes the fan icon will appear in the display. 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
Pressing CANCEL will stop the feature at any time.
Benefits of Convection Bake:
—Multiple rack baking.
—Some foods may cook faster, saving time and energy.
—No special pans or bakeware needed.
NOTE
The convection fan will start 6 minutes after the oven is set for Convection Bake. The display will show an icon of rotating fan within a square. This rotating fan icon indicates when the Convection Fan is operating.
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