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ROASTING
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or
poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven.
Roasting temperatures, which should be low and
steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats.
Therefore, the oven controls are set for Baking or
Timed Baking. (You may hear a slight clicking sound,
indicating the oven is working properly.) Timed
Baking will turn the oven on and off automatically.
Most meats continue to cook slightly after being
removed from the oven. The internal temperature will
rise about 5° to 10°F during the recommened standing
time of 10 to 20 minutes. This allows roasts to firm up
and makes them easier to carve. To compensate for
this rise in temperature, you may want to remove the
roast sooner (at 5° to 10°F. less than the temperature
in the Roasting Guide).
Remember that food will continue to cook in the hot
oven and therefore should be removed when the
desired internal temperature has been reached.
Use of Aluminum Foil
You can use aluminum foil to line the broiler pan.
This makes clean-up easier when using the pan for
marinating, cooking with fruits, cooking heavily
cured meats or basting food during cooking. Press
the foil tightly around the inside of the pan.
How to Set Your Range for Roasting
1. Place the shelf in A or B position.
No preheating is necessary.
2. Check the weight of the
meat. Place it fat-side-
up (or for poultry
breast-side-up) on
roasting grid in a
shallow pan. The
melting fat will baste
the meat. Select a pan
as close to the size of the meat as possible.
(The broiler pan with grid is a good pan for this.)
3. Press the BAKE pad.
4. Press the INCREASE or
DECREASE pad until the desired
temperature is displayed.
The oven will start automatically. The word “ON”
and “100°” will be displayed. As the oven heats up,
the display will show the changing temperature.
When the oven reaches the temperature you set,
a tone will sound.
5. Press the CLEAR/OFF pad when
roasting is finished and then remove
the food from the oven.
NOTE: A fan may automatically turn on and off to
cool internal parts. This is normal and the fan may
continue to run after the oven is turned off.
To change the oven temperature during the
roasting cycle, press the BAKE pad and then
the INCREASE or DECREASE pad to get the
new temperature.
CLEAR
OFF
BAKE
B
A
