USING YOUR OVEN
OVEN
CHARACTERISTICS OVEN RACKS HINTS
Thetwooven racks aredesigned witha NEVER place pansdirectly ontheoven
"lock-stop" position to keep racks from bottom.Do not cover entire rack with
accidentally coming completely out of aluminum foil. Do notplace foil directly
the oven. onoven bottom or place foil directly un-
der utensil. To catch spillovers, cut a
piece of foil a little larger than the pan
Toremove: Be sure rack is cool. Pull and place it on the rack below the rack
rackout to the "lock-stop" position.Tilt containing the utensil.
up and continue pulling until rack re-
leases.Ifcooking ontwo racks,staggerpans so
OVEN BURNER one is not directly over the other. Use
The size and appearance of a properly Toreplace: Place rack on rack sup- rack positions 2 and 4, or 2 and 5, de-
adjusted oven burner flame should be ports, tilt up and push toward rear of pending on baking results,when cook-
as shown: oven. Pull rackout to "lock-stop" posi- ing on two racks.
tiontobesurerackiscorrectly replaced.
RACK POSITIONS: PREHEATING
RACK 1 (top of oven) used for 2 rack
cooking of oven meals.
-- RACK 2 used for two-rack baking or It is notnecessary to preheat oven for
Coneincenterissmaller broilingthicker cuts of meat. roasting. It is not necessary to preheat
RACK3 usedfor most one-rack baking for broiling unless darker browning is
desired or if cooking thin (3/4-inch)
and roasting some meats, steaks. Allow broil element to preheat 3
_ Coneapprox.1/2-inch RACK4 usedforone ortwo rackbaking to 5 minutes.
and roasting large meats, cooking
larger foods and for baking angel food Selecting temperature higher than de-
Theoven temperature is maintainedby cake or pie shells, sired will NOT preheat the oven any
faster. Preheating at a higher tempera-
cycling the burner on and off. After the RACK5 usedfor roastingturkey orbak- ture may have a negativeeffecton bak-
oven temperature has been set, there ingangel food cakeor pie shells, ingresults.
will be about a 45 second delay before
the burner ignites.This is normal, and
nogas escapes during this delay. ,- __ . To preheat:Setoven for bakingand al-
_ 1 lowthe oven tOheatuntildisplay shows
i the preset temperature. Depending on
During the clean cycle, and some ex- your model,either75 or 100will appear
tended oven cooking operations, you in the display until the oven reaches
may hear a "popping" sound when the 100°F. Ifthe oven temperature isabove
burner cycles off. Thisisa normaloper- -'_ _ 100°, the display will show the actual
ating sound of the burner, oven temperature. The displaywill then
show the oven temperature in 5° incre-
ments untilthe oven reaches the preset
temperature.
Once the preset temperature is
reached, and theoventemperature has
stabilized, a single beep will sound.
Ifthe oventemperatureischangedafter
_ _i _ _ _@_ _!_ _ preheating, a beep will signalthat the
adj_r_t _te_ii _ oven has reachedthe newtemperature
setting.
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