GE Monogram ZEK73WP - Manual (Page 13)

Adapting Recipes For Convection Baking
Use the temperature called for in your recipe. Use pan size recommended in the recipe.
You may find that you need to reduce it by
depending on the type of food you are cooking.
For more information on adapting recipes, see the
Convection Cookbook.
Preheating is not necessary with foods having a bake
time of over 15 minutes.
Check foods for doneness at the minimum
suggested cooking time.
Multi-Shelf Baking
Because heated air is circulated evenly throughout the For two-shelf baking, place the offset shelf in the
oven, foods can be baked with excellent results on bottom (A) shelf position. Place the straight shelf in
two or three shelves at a time. Multi-shelf the third shelf position.
increase cook times slightly for some foods but -
overall result is time saved. Cookies, muffins,
biscuits, and other
give very good results
with multi-shelf baking.
When baking on three —
shelves, divide the oven
/
into thirds by placing the
offset shelf in the third (C)
shelf position and straight
shelves in first (A) and
fourth (D) shelf position.
offset shelf
and then, using two pot holders, pull the out by
holding the sides of it. The offset shelf is low and you
could be burned if you place your hand in the middle
of the shelf and pull all the way out.
When baking four cake
layers, four pies or four
loaves of bread, stagger
pan placement on two
shelves (as shown) for
best browning.
CAUTION: When you
are using the offset shelf
in the lowest position (A), you
offset shelf
will need to use caution pulling the shelf out. We
recommend that you pull the shelf out several inches
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How to Set Your Oven for Convection Baking
To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the
correct position before you turn the oven on.
1. Press the pad.
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BAKE
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2. Press the INCREASE or DECREASE pad.
The last oven set temperature appears in the
display. Continue pressing until the desired
temperature is displayed.
When the oven starts to heat, the word “ON” and
temperature, starting at will
be displayed. When the oven reaches the
temperature you set, a tone will sound.
3. Press the pad when
CLEAR baking is finished.
OFF
NOTE: You will hear a fan while cooking with this
feature. The fan will stop when the door is opened,
but the heat will not turn off.
To change the oven temperature during the
Convection Bake cycle, press the CONVECTION
pad and then the INCREASE or
DECREASE pad to get the new temperature.
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