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Setting Oven Controls
Benefits of convection cooking:
• Foods cook up to 25 to 30% faster, saving time and energy.
• Multiple rack baking.
• No special pans or bakeware needed.
How convection works
Convection uses a fan to circulate the oven's heat uniformly
and continuously around the oven (See Fig. 1). This
improved heat distribution allows for fast, even cooking and
browning results. It also gives better baking results when
using two racks at the same time. Heated air flows around
the food from all sides, sealing in juices and flavors. Meats
cooked with Convection are juicer. Poultry is crisp on the
outside while staying tender and moist on the inside. Breads
and pastry brown more evenly. Most foods baked in a
standard oven will bake faster and more evenly with the
Convection feature.
Convection
(on some models)
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To set Convection (on some models):
1. Arrange oven racks and close oven door.
2. Press
Bake
key pad. — — —°°°°° appears in display.
3. Within 5 seconds, press
or
. The display will
show the default oven temperature of 350°F (177°C). By
pressing
or
, the oven temperature may be
adjusted in 5°F increments (1°C if the control is set to
display Celsius). When setting for convection, be sure to
set the oven temperature between 300°F (149°C) to
550°F (288°C).
4. As soon as the
or
key pad is released, the
oven will begin heating to the selected temperature.
5. Once the
Bake
function is active, press and release the
Convection switch
located on the backguard to start
Convection. The Convection indicator light will glow
when Convection is active.
To cancel Convection at any time, press
.
Important notes:
••••• The Convection fan will take
6 minutes
to begin rotating
after the Convection switch has been turned ON. This is
normal.
• If the oven door is opened when Convection is active, the
fan will
stop rotating
until the oven door is closed.
••••• Convection will not operate when Select Clean is active.
• When using Convection cook time reductions may vary
depending on the amount and type of food being
cooked.
• Dark or dull pans absorb more heat than shiny bakeware
resulting in dark or overbrowning of foods. It may be
necessary to reduce the oven temperature or cook time to
prevent overbrowning of some foods. Dark pans are
recommended for pies. Shiny pans are recommended for
cakes, cookies and muffins.
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For Convection be sure to set the oven temperature
between 300°F (149°C) to 550°F (288°C).
If Convection
is active and the oven temperature is lowered below
300°F (149°C), the convection fan and indicator light will
turn off but the oven will continue to bake at the lower
oven temperature.
Fig. 1
••••• For optimum cooking results it is recommended to
preheat the oven when baking foods such as cookies,
biscuits and breads.
••••• Reduce oven temperature 25°F from your recipe’s
recommended oven temperature. Follow the remainder of
the recipe’s instructions using the minimum recommended
cook time.
••••• When using 2 oven racks at the same time, place in oven
rack positions 2 & 4 for best results (See Fig. 1). Please
note that layer cakes will have better results using the
Bake function.
Baking:
Roasting:
• Preheating is not necessary when roasting foods with the
Convection feature.
• Since Convection cooks food faster, reduce the cook time
by 25% from the recommended cook time of your recipe.
Then if necessary, increase the time until the desired
doneness is obtained.
