Helpful Hints
ROASTER OVEN SHOULD ALWAYS
BE PREHEATED FOR 20 MINUTES.
ROAST
•Roasting meat in your NESCO Roaster Oven keeps it moist
and tender. For additional browning, you can add 1/2 Tsp.
browning sauce to oil or margarine and brush over skin
before roasting.
•Simmering less tender cuts of meat will make them very
tender. Adding a gravy or sauce will make them extra
flavorful.
•To sear meat, Preheat Roaster Oven at 450°F. Add
margarine, Cover, then sear meat for 10 to 15 minutes per
side until lightly browned. Stir ground meat once. Time will
vary depending on the quantity of meat.
•Alternative browning method for self-basting turkeys: Follow
recipe directions with these exceptions: Preheat NESCO
Roaster Oven and set temperature at 400°F. Roast turkey at
400°F for the first hour. Reduce heat to 350°F using time in
recipe, 13 to 18 minutes per pound. During the last hour of
roasting, remove all juice from Cookwell and return
temperature to 400°F.
COOK
•Cut-up meats and vegetables should be of uniform size
pieces.
•Remember, little moisture escapes during slow cooking so
add additional liquid sparingly.
BAKE
•Use the baking rack to place casserole dishes and baking
pans on during cooking time. This will allow for more
even baking.
•Two loaf pans will fit into the Cookwell. A meat and a
vegetable, or two loaves of bread, may be baked at the
same time.
•Cover the baking Rack with aluminum foil and use as a
baking sheet.
•Most 1 & 2 Qt. casserole dishes, 9-inch pie plates, and most
9x13 baking pans will fit into the Cookwell. Place dish on
baking rack for more even baking.
•Three 1-1/2 Qt. pans fit into the Cookwell. Ideal for
preparing meat, vegetables and potatoes at the same time.
When baking bread, either one or two loaf pans are
recommended.
•Convenience foods can be baked in the Roaster Oven.
Follow package directions.
STEAM
•No fat is used when steaming, so it’s an easy way to cook
tasty and nutritious low calorie foods.
SLOWCOOK
•When slow cooking, heat is very gradual. This allows a very
slow simmer, which is aided by keeping the Cover on; no
stirring is necessary.
•To convert a standard recipe to slow cooking: for each
30 minutes required in a standard recipe, slow cook about
1-1/2 hours at 200°F to 250°F.
•When slow cooking meats and poultry, it is not necessary to
use the Rack. The low temperature prevents the meat from
sticking to the bottom of the Cookwell.
•Remember, little moisture escapes during slow cooking, so
add additional liquid sparingly.
418-Qt. Roaster Oven
The Automatic
Temperature Control
provides a wide range
of temperature settings
which allow you to slow
cook, cook, roast, bake,
steam – as well as sear
and brown foods.
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