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Cooking Guide
USING THE OVEN:
Cooking Guide
FOOD TYPE
RECOMMENDED
MODE(S)
RECOMMENDED
RACK POSITION(S)
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS
Baked Goods
Layer Cakes, sheet cakes, bundt
cakes, muffins, quick breads on
a Single Rack
Bake
3
Use shiny cookware.
Layer cakes* on Multiple Racks
Bake
2 and 4
Ensure adequate airflow
(see illustration below).
Chiffon cakes (angel food)
Bake
R
Use shiny cookware.
Cookies, biscuits, scones on a
Single Rack
Bake
3
Use shiny cookware.
Cookies, biscuits, scones on
Multiple Racks
Bake
2 and 4
Ensure adequate airflow.
Beef & Pork
Hamburgers
Broil Hi
5
Use a broil pan; move food down for more
doneness/less searing. Watch food closely when
broiling. For best performance center food below the
broil heating element.
Steaks & Chops
Broil Hi
5
Use a broil pan; move food down for more
doneness/less searing. Watch food closely when
broiling. For best performance center food below the
broil heating element.
Roasts
Bake
2 or 3
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan. Preheating
is not necessary.
Poultry
Whole chicken
Bake
3 or 4
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Bone-in chicken breasts, legs,
thighs
Broil Hi
1
If breaded or coated in sauce avoid Broil Hi modes.
Broil skin side down first. Watch food closely when
broiling. For best performance when broiling, center
food below the broil heating element.
Broil Lo
Bake
1 or 2
Boneless chicken breasts
Broil Lo
Bake
1 or 2
If breaded or coated in sauce avoid Broil Hi modes.
Broil skin side down first. Watch food closely when
broiling. For best performance when broiling, center
food below the broil heating element
Whole turkey
Bake
1 or 2
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Turkey Breast
Bake
1 or 2
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Fish
Broil Lo
5 (1/2 thick or less)
4 (>1/2 inch)
Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance center food below the broil heating
element.
Casseroles
Bake
3
Frozen Convenience Foods
Pizza, french fries, tator tots,
chicken nuggets, appetizers on a
Single Rack
Bake
3
Use shiny cookware.
Pizza, french fries, tator tots,
chicken nuggets, appetizers on
Multiple Racks
Bake
2 and 4
Use shiny cookware.
*When baking four cake layers at a time, use racks
and 4 Place the pans as shown so that one pan is not
directly above another.
Cook food thoroughly to help protect against food
borne illness. Minimum safe food temperature
recommendations for food safety can be found at
IsItDoneYet.gov
. Make sure to use a food thermometer
to take food temperatures.
Rack position for baking 4 layer cakes.
