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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 fl ows around the food
from all sides.
Convection bake may be set for any oven tempera-
ture between 170°F (77°C) and 550°F (288°C).
Benefi ts 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
baking 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 (fl at) and 5 (glide).
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For baking cakes use the following rack posi-
tions and place bakeware as shown in Figure 4.
In upper rack use position 5 (glide) or 6 (fl at).
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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 fi nish will cook fast-
er.
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Leave oven lights off while baking.
To set convection bake with a default oven set
temperature of 325°F (163°C):
1. Turn the Mode knob to
CONV BAKE
. The tem-
perature display will show
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.
Figure 5: Pan positions for best results when bak-
ing cakes on two racks.
1
2
3
4
5
6
2. Turn the Temperature knob until the display
shows 325°F (164°C). 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 off .
For optimum results, allow the oven to fully
preheat before adding food.
4. When
fi nished cooking, turn the Mode knob to
OFF
.