Using the oven for broiling.

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Broiling may be slightly different from any previous broiling you may be acquainted with, so be sure to read this section completely.

Safety Instructions

How to Set Your Oven for Broiling

Broiling is cooking food by intense radiant heat from the upper element in the oven. Most fish and tender cuts of meat can be broiled. Follow these steps to keep spattering and smoking to a minimum.

If the meat has fat or gristle around the edge, cut vertical slashes through both about 2″ apart. If desired, fat may be trimmed, leaving a layer about 1/8″ thick.

Place the meat on the broiler grid in the broiler pan which comes with your range. Always use the grid so the fat drips into the broiler pan; otherwise the juices may become hot enough to catch fire.

Place the shelf in position C for most broiling.

Close the door. Always broil with the door closed.

Turn the OVEN TEMP knob clockwise to BROIL. You will feel a slight niche at the broil position.

Turn food only once during cooking.

Turn the OVEN TEMP knob to OFF. Serve food immediately, and leave the pan outside the oven to cool during the meal for easiest cleaning.

Operating Instructions Care and

Broiling Guide

If desired, marinate meats or chicken before broiling, or brush with barbecue sauce the last 5 to 10 minutes only.

Frozen steaks can be broiled by positioning the oven shelf at the next lowest shelf position and increasing cooking time given in this guide 112 times per side.

When arranging food on pan, do not let fatty edges hang over sides because the dripping fat will soil the oven.

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.

Cleaning Installation Instructions

 

Amount or

Shelf

Time In Minutes

 

 

Food

Thickness

Position

First Side

Second Side

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bacon

1/2 lb.

C

312 min.

312 min.

Arrange in single layer.

 

(about 8 thin slices)

 

 

 

 

 

Ground Beef

1 lb. (4 patties)

C

10 min.

7 min.

Space evenly.

 

1/2 to 3/4thick

 

 

 

 

 

Beef Steaks

1thick

 

 

 

Steaks less than 1

Medium

C

9 min.

9 min.

 

1 to 112 lbs.

 

 

 

thick cook through

 

 

 

 

 

before browning. Pan

 

 

 

 

 

frying is recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

Slash fat.

 

Chicken

1 whole

A

35 min.

15 min.

Reduce time about 5

 

2 to 212 lbs.,

 

 

 

to 10 minutes per side

 

split lengthwise

 

 

 

for cut-up chicken.

 

 

 

 

 

Brush each side with

 

 

 

 

 

melted butter. Broil

 

 

 

 

 

skin-side-down first.

 

Fish

1 lb. fillets

C

5 min.

5 min.

Handle and turn very

 

1/4 to 1/2thick

 

 

 

carefully. Brush with

 

 

 

 

 

lemon butter before

 

 

 

 

 

and during cooking,

 

 

 

 

 

if desired. Preheat

 

 

 

 

 

broiler to increase

 

 

 

 

 

browning.

 

 

 

 

 

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