Setting Oven Controls
Oven Baking
For best cooking results,
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
If you feel your oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust its temperature. Refer to the "Adjusting oven temperature" section.
Baking Problems
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
CausesCorrections
Cookies and bis- cuits burn on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on top or bottom.
Cakes not done in the center.
•Cookies and biscuits put into the oven before the preheating
time is completed. Oven rack overcrowded.
•Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
•Cakes put into the oven be- fore preheating time is com- pleted.
•Rack position too high or low. Oven too hot.
•Oven too hot.
oIncorrect pan size.
oPan not centered in oven.
•Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in oven.
•Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the oven.
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Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in the oven.
•Use proper rack position for baking needs.
•Set oven temperature 25°F lower than recommended.
Set oven temperature 25°F lower than recommended.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
Foods not done when cooking time is up.
| 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 is |
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| uneven, refer to the installation instructions for level- |
| Pan too close to oven wall or | ing the appliance. |
o | Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of clear- | |
| rack overcrowded. | ance on all sides of each pan in the oven. |
o | Pan warped. | Do not use pans that are dented or warped. |
| Oven too cool. | Set oven temperature 25°F higher than suggested |
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| and bake for the recommended time. |
| Oven overcrowded. | Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the |
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| ones to be used for baking. |
oOven door opened too fre-Open oven door only after shortest recommended
quently. | baking time. |
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