Whirlpool GGE388LXQ Rack Positions - Upper Oven - Hidden Bake, Traditional Cooking, Bakeware

Rack Positions - Upper Oven - Hidden Bake

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	1
Baking
FOOD	RACK POSITION
All foods	1
Broiling - Exposed or Hidden Bake Ovens
FOOD	RACK POSITION
Broiling	1

Rack Positions - Lower Oven - Exposed and Hidden Bake

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4

3

2

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Traditional Cooking

FOOD	RACK POSITION
Large roasts, turkeys	1 or 2
Yeast breads, quick breads, muffins,	2
tube cakes, small cuts of meat and
poultry and 2-rack baking
Cookies, biscuits, casseroles, muffins,	3
cakes, 1-rack baking
2-rack baking	4 and 5, or 2 and 4, or
	2 and 5

Convection Cooking (on some models)

FUNCTION	NUMBER OF	RACK
	RACKS USED	POSITION(S)
Convection baking	1	3
Convection baking	2	2 and 4
Convection roasting	1	1 or 2

Multiple Rack Cooking

2-rack: Use rack positions 2 and 4 when baking 2 racks of pizza. Stagger pizza so that the pizza on rack position 2 is toward the right side of the oven and the pizza on rack position 4 is toward the left side of the oven.

Baking Layer Cakes on 2 Racks

For best results when baking cakes on 2 racks, use rack positions 2 and 4. Place the cakes on the racks as shown.

Model	Cook	Bake	Rack
	function	element	position
GGE388	Bake	Exposed	2 and 4
GGE390	Convect	Hidden	2 and 4
	bake

GGE390 Bake Hidden 2 and 4

BAKEWARE

To cook food evenly, hot air must be able to circulate. Allow 2" (5.0 cm) of space around bakeware and oven walls. Use the following chart as a guide.

NUMBER	POSITION ON RACK
OF PAN(S)

1Center of rack.

2Side by side or slightly staggered.

3 or 4	Make sure that no bakeware piece is directly
	over another. See illustrations for placement of
	layer cakes.

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