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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS
Convection Bake
Convection Bake uses a fan to circulate the oven's
heat uniformly around the oven. This improved
heat distribution allows for even cooking and
browning results. Heated air flows around the food
from all sides.
Convection bake may be set for any oven tempera-
ture between 175°F (79°C) and 550°F (288°C).
Benefits of convection cooking include:
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Multiple rack baking.
Convection baking tips:
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Use Convection Bake for best results when bak-
ing cookies and cakes on 2 racks.
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For best results it is recommended to preheat
the oven before baking items like cookies,
biscuits and breads and move pans to center of
the racks.
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If your recipe is not written for convection bak-
ing, reduce the oven temperature by 25° or use
Convection Convert option.
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No special pans or bakeware required.
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For cookies use the following racks:
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Single rack baking use 3 (glide rack).
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Two rack baking use 2 (flat) and 5 (glide).
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For baking cakes use the following rack posi-
tions and place bakeware as shown in Figure 11.
In upper rack use position 5 (glide) or 6 (flat).
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Cookies and biscuits should be baked on pans
with no sides or very low side to allow heated
air to circulate around the food. Food items
baked on pans with a dark inish will cook fast-
er.
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Leave oven lights of while baking.
Figure 11: Pan positions for best results when bak-
ing cakes on two racks.
To set convection bake:
1.
Push in and turn the Oven Mode knob to CONV
BAKE. The temperature display will show ---.
2. Turn the Oven Temperature knob to the desired
cooking temperature. The display will show
PREHEATING and the current temperature
inside the oven.
3. When the oven reaches the chosen tempera-
ture, the PREHEATING indicator will turn of.
For optimum results, allow the oven to fully
preheat before adding food.
4. When inished cooking, turn the Mode knob to
OFF.