GE PT970SMSS - Manual (Page 30)

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Cookware for Convection Cooking
Before using your convection oven,
check to see if your cookware leaves
room for air circulation in the oven.
If you are baking with several pans,
leave space between them. Also, be sure
the pans do not touch each other or
the walls of the oven.
Paper and Plastic
Heat-resistant paper and plastic
containers that are recommended
for use in regular ovens can be used in
convection ovens. Plastic cookware that is
heat-resistant to temperatures of 400°F
can also be used.
Metal and Glass
Any type of cookware will work in your
convection oven. However, metal pans
heat the fastest and are recommended
for convection baking.
■
Darkened or matte-finished pans will bake
faster than shiny pans.
■ Glass or ceramic pans cook more slowly.
When baking cookies, you will get the
best results if you use a flat cookie sheet
instead of a pan with low sides.
For recipes like oven-baked chicken,
use a pan with low sides. Hot air cannot
circulate well around food in a pan with
high sides.
Using the lower convection oven.
Press the Convection Bake pad once
(Convection Bake Multi mode) for
multi-rack convection baking. This
mode is used for cooking food items
on more than one rack (i.e. 2, 3 or
more racks) at the same time in
convection bake. See Multi-Rack
Baking section for more information.
Press the Convection Bake pad
twice (Convection Bake 1 Rack mode)
for one rack convection baking. This
mode is used for cooking food items
on only one rack in convection bake.
Press the Convection Roast pad for
convection roasting.
Press the number pads to set the
desired oven temperature.
Press the Start pad.
When the oven starts to heat, the
changing temperature, starting at 100°F,
will be displayed. When oven reaches the
temperature you set, 3 beeps will sound.
Press Clear/Off pad when finished.
■ You will hear a fan while cooking with
convection. The fan will stop when the door is
opened, but the heat will not turn off.
■
You may hear the oven clicking during
baking. This is normal.
How to Set the Oven for Convection Baking or Roasting
Grid
Broiler pan
■
Good for large tender cuts of meat, uncovered.
The convection fan circulates the heated
air evenly over and around the food.
Meat and poultry are browned on
all sides as if they were cooked on a
rotisserie. Heated air will be circulated
over, under and around the food being
roasted. The heated air seals in juices
quickly for a moist and tender product
while, at the same time, creating a rich
golden brown exterior.
When you are convection roasting it is
important that you use a broiler pan and
grid for best convection roasting results.
The pan is used to catch grease spills
and the grid is used to prevent grease
spatters.
Convection Roast