Convection Baking of
Frozen Convenience Foods
•Preheating the oven is not necessary.
•Follow package recommendations for oven temperatu re, foil covering and useof
cookie sheets. Baking times will besimilar. Seechart below for some exceptions and examples.
•Center foods in the oven. If more than one food item is being baked or if foods are being baked on multiple racks, stagger foods for proper air circulation.
•Most foods are baked on rack position #30.
•For multiple rack baking, use racks #1,30 and 4. However, pizzas should be placed on cookie sheets and baked on rack position #20, 3 and 4.
Here are a few examples of times and temperatures:
FROZEN |
| CONVECTION OVEN | RADIANT BAKE | ||
CONVENIENCE | Rack | NOT PREHEATED | PREHEATED | ||
FOODS | Position | Minutes | Temp. F | Minutes | Temp. F |
Chicken,fried | 30 | 35 | 375° | 375° | |
Donuts,glazed | 30 | 7 | 300° | 300 ° | |
Fish, batterfried | 3 | 25 | 375° | 375 ° | |
Frenchfries | 3 | 18 | 450° | 450° | |
Macaroni& Cheese | 3o | 375° | 375 ° | ||
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Pot Pies | 30 | 400° | 400° | ||
Pizza | 3o | 400° | 425° | ||
Turkey, slicesw/gravy | 3o | 375° | 60 | 375° | |
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