Kenmore ELITE 790.488 - Manual (Page 41)

OVEN BAKING
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc. There is no need to
preheat the oven for roasting meat or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Before You Call
Solutions to Common Problems
BAKING
PROBLEMS
CAUSES CORRECTIONS
Cookies and biscuits • Cookies and biscuits put into the • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
burn on the bottom. oven before the preheating time before placing food in oven.
is completed.
• Oven rack overcrowded. • Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2”
to 4”) of air space on all sides when placed in the
oven.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet. * •
Cakes too dark on top
or bottom.
Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
Rack position too high or low.
Oven too hot.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven.
• Use proper rack position for baking needs.
• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in the • Oven too hot.
center.
• Incorrect pan size.
i I • Pan not centered in oven.
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• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
• Use pan size suggested in recipe.
• Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
5.1cm to 10.2cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level. Range not level.
• Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
• Pan warped.
Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for leveling
the range.
Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2” to 4”) of clearance
on all sides of each pan in the oven.
Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done when • Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested
cooking time is up. and bake for the recommended time.
• Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
• Oven door opened too • Open oven door only after shortest recommended
frequently. baking time.
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