Whirlpool SB160PEE - Manual (Page 8)

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Using Your Oven
To get the best cooking results, you should use your oven the correct way. This section tells
you what you need to know to use your oven safely and efficiently. This oven is equipped
with an electronic ignitor for the oven burner and a second ignitor for the broil burner. The
electronic ignitor automatically lights the oven burner each time it is used. This oven cannot
be used during prolonged power failure.
NOTE: This oven was tested for use with natural gas and is also design approved for use
with Liquified Petroleum Propane gas. Instructions for conversions are in the Installation
Instructions.
Positioning racks and pans
General guidelines
Follow this section carefully to get the best
cooking results.
• Before turning on the oven, place oven
racks where you need them.
• To remove a rack, pull it out to the stop.
Lift the front of the rack and slide out. To
replace the rack, fit it onto the guides on
the oven walls. Tilt the front of the rack up
and slide back into place.
•
Be sure the rack(s) is level.
• Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect
your hands if rack(s) must be moved while
the oven is hot.
• When baking/roasting with 1 rack, place
the rack so the top of the food will be
centered in the oven.
• When baking/roasting on 2 racks, arrange
the racks on the 2nd and 4th rack guides
from the bottom.
• Do not place items on the oven door when
it is open.
Using insulated bakeware,
ovenproof glassware, and dark
metal pans
• When baking with insulated cookie sheets
or baking pans, place them in the bottom
third of the oven. You may need to in-
crease the recommended baking times, so
test for doneness before removing from
the oven.
• When using ovenproof glassware or dark
bakeware, reduce the oven temperature
by 25°F but use the same baking time.
Because these pans absorb heat, produc-
ing darker bottom browning and crispier
crusts, place the rack in the center of the
oven. When baking pies and bread, you
can use the temperature suggested in
the recipe.
Rack placement for
specific foods:
FOOD
Frozen pies, large
roasts, turkeys, angel
food cakes
Bundt cakes, most
quick breads, yeast
breads, casseroles,
meats
Cookies, biscuits,
muffins, cakes,
nonfrozen pies
NOTE: For information on where to place
your rack when broiling, see “Broiling rack
position chart” on page 19.
RACK POSITION
1st or 2nd rack
guide from bottom
2nd rack guide
from bottom
2nd or 3rd rack
guide from bottom