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OPERATION
Recommended Baking and Roasting
Guide
Baking results will be better if baking pans are
centered in the oven as much as possible. If cooking
on multiple racks, place the oven racks in the
positions shown.
Rack and Pan Placement
Multiple rack baking
Single rack baking
Standard rack
(Position 1)
Standard rack
Standard rack
(Position 3)
Baking rack guide
Food
Rack position
Upper
Oven
Lower
Oven
Cakes
•
Layer cakes
•
Bundt cakes
1
1
3
3
Cookies
•
Sugar cookies
•
Chocolate chips
•
Brownies
1
1
1
3
3
3
Pizza
•
Fresh
•
Frozen
2
2
2
2
Pastry
Crust
•
From scratch
•
Refrigerator
1
1
2
2
Breads
•
Biscuit, canned
•
Biscuit, from scratch
•
Muffins
1
1
1
3
2
2
Desserts
•
Fruit crisps and
cobblers, from
scratch
•
Pies, from scratch,
2-crust fruit
1
1
3
2
Roasting rack guide
Food
Rack
position
Lower Oven
Beef
Rib
Rare
Medium
Well done
1
1
1
Boneless
rib, top
sirloin
Rare
Medium
Well done
1
1
1
Beef
tenderloin
Rare
Medium
1
1
Pork
Rib
1
Bone-in, sirloin
1
Ham, cooked
1
Poultry
Whole chicken
1
Chicken pieces
1
Turkey
1